William Tench
@williamten.ch
Musical theatre, cricket and liberalism
📍Winchester/Llangefni | he/him 🏳️🌈
📍Winchester/Llangefni | he/him 🏳️🌈
Barnes very lovely though!
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Barnes very lovely though!
I didn’t realise quite how car-y Zone 3 London is
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I didn’t realise quite how car-y Zone 3 London is
When did it become so common and socially acceptable to put your bag on the seat next to you. On a semi busy train and nearly every free seat has a bag on it. Fine these people!
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
When did it become so common and socially acceptable to put your bag on the seat next to you. On a semi busy train and nearly every free seat has a bag on it. Fine these people!
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the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo
James is using a spoon like a knife…
January 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
James is using a spoon like a knife…
There have perhaps been better places for political signs…
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 AM
There have perhaps been better places for political signs…
I’m not sure this season of the traitors has been a great advertisement for the legal profession
January 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I’m not sure this season of the traitors has been a great advertisement for the legal profession
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Our plan could see the end of 12-hour A&E waits by the end of this year.
Will the government listen?
Will the government listen?
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Our plan could see the end of 12-hour A&E waits by the end of this year.
Will the government listen?
Will the government listen?
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It’s another Labour U-turn! My @libdems.org.uk colleagues and I have been calling for the Government to drop their unworkable and costly compulsory digital ID plans - delighted they have seen sense! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID
Scheme intended to verify someone’s right to work in the UK will be optional, government admitted in 13th U-turn since taking power
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
It’s another Labour U-turn! My @libdems.org.uk colleagues and I have been calling for the Government to drop their unworkable and costly compulsory digital ID plans - delighted they have seen sense! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Hosepipe bans when it is sunny, sewage dumped when it rains.
Is any industry so completely broken as the water industry?
Is any industry so completely broken as the water industry?
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Hosepipe bans when it is sunny, sewage dumped when it rains.
Is any industry so completely broken as the water industry?
Is any industry so completely broken as the water industry?
A much better way to spend £10 million rather than give it to Reform!
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
National Trust gets record cash donation: £10m to spend as it pleases
The conservation charity received the sum from Humphrey Battcock a philanthropist who received a CBE in the new year’s honours list
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:24 AM
A much better way to spend £10 million rather than give it to Reform!
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
partner working hard doing important work on the train while I watch reality tv
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
partner working hard doing important work on the train while I watch reality tv
Stormy day in Plymouth
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Stormy day in Plymouth
Ironic that the PR industry has such bad PR
January 11, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Ironic that the PR industry has such bad PR
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It’s time we started taking Trump’s threats seriously.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
It’s time we started taking Trump’s threats seriously.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
Was served a G&T in a Fosters glass, no wonder we lost the ashes
January 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Was served a G&T in a Fosters glass, no wonder we lost the ashes
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Over 20,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia.
For this act alone, Putin should be hauled in front of the International Criminal Court.
youtube.com/shorts/mqI_5...
For this act alone, Putin should be hauled in front of the International Criminal Court.
youtube.com/shorts/mqI_5...
20,000 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia must be returned
YouTube video by Danny Chambers
youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Over 20,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia.
For this act alone, Putin should be hauled in front of the International Criminal Court.
youtube.com/shorts/mqI_5...
For this act alone, Putin should be hauled in front of the International Criminal Court.
youtube.com/shorts/mqI_5...
Buying this card for my good friend, Stalin
January 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Buying this card for my good friend, Stalin
Mao Zedong’s follow-up was rather unexpected
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Mao Zedong’s follow-up was rather unexpected
radical idea, if I open up a link that sends me to an app and my version on the app isn’t fully updated then it should still open!!!!
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
radical idea, if I open up a link that sends me to an app and my version on the app isn’t fully updated then it should still open!!!!
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Ffs at very least say "taking action on" rather than "talking about".
this must be the most banal political soundbite of recent years, via Sir Keir Starmer:
“Every minute that we’re not talking about the cost of living is a wasted minute.”
“Every minute that we’re not talking about the cost of living is a wasted minute.”
January 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Ffs at very least say "taking action on" rather than "talking about".
According to Tesco.com, the 2l one costs £2.15.
This is a tax on convenience and I believe is a deliberate scam to make meal deals appear to be better value.
This is a tax on convenience and I believe is a deliberate scam to make meal deals appear to be better value.
January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
According to Tesco.com, the 2l one costs £2.15.
This is a tax on convenience and I believe is a deliberate scam to make meal deals appear to be better value.
This is a tax on convenience and I believe is a deliberate scam to make meal deals appear to be better value.
When did this become an acceptable price for 500 ml of pop
January 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
When did this become an acceptable price for 500 ml of pop
The BBC is a public broadcaster that should be empowered to be an intelligent, authoritative and, at times, esoteric source of news.
Instead across its news output it decides to be this.
Instead across its news output it decides to be this.
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The BBC is a public broadcaster that should be empowered to be an intelligent, authoritative and, at times, esoteric source of news.
Instead across its news output it decides to be this.
Instead across its news output it decides to be this.
