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gavindrake

2/2 ... the standing committee choosing a new name: "Anglican Witness: Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative" #anglicanfudge about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
1/2 I love Anglican fudge! A proposal to rename international "Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative" to "Anglican Witness" results in... about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
Oh Cobblers, @A1exNicholls is moving to Northampton! Thanks for all you've done at WFC Alex, and best wishes as you move on. about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
Final tweet in this mini-rant. The LINK network should expel Visa over insistence cash machines near Olympic venues accept no other cards about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
Visa sponsoring the London Olympics gives them no right to *force* customers to use them. That's tyranny not advertising. #marketingfail about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
The IOC, LOCOG and Visa don't understand that sponsorship is about *persuading* consumers, not *forcing* personal behaviour. #marketingfail about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
The Butler did it, allegedly, but did he act alone? My report for @churchtimes on the arrest of the Pope's butler: drakene.ws/N31BAa about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
DMReporter LEVESON: Andy Coulson released from custody after proving his perjury testimony was clearly labelled as 'opinion' and not as 'fact'. 10:57 AM May 31st via Tweetbot for iOS Retweeted by gavindrake and 14 others
RT @OHnewsroom: Reporter: “There’s a new @HBO show about journalists.” Photo chief: “Are they all sitting at home not having jobs?” 10:57 AM May 31st via UberSocial for BlackBerry
AndrewBloch An unfortunate pixel fail on the big screen outside BBC Media City twitter.com/digidickinson/… (via @digidickinson) 12:38 AM May 31st via web Retweeted by gavindrake and 15 others
RT @timpage001: RT @jackson_richard: Good luck to all presenters and newsreaders today. #JeremyHunt #itwillhappen 12:52 AM May 31st via UberSocial for BlackBerry
@LouiseMensch ... contact with NI or what he was doing, who are SpAd's accountable to? There appears to be no scrutiny for these posts. 12:46 AM May 31st via UberSocial for BlackBerry in reply to LouiseMensch
@LouiseMensch May I ask a Q - not Political or anti-Hunt: If neither the Permanent Secretary or Jeremy Hunt knew extent of Adam Smith's ... 12:44 AM May 31st via UberSocial for BlackBerry in reply to LouiseMensch
The @ICOnews barely copes with its DPA and PaEC(ECD)R obligations. If #Leveson intends them to be new press regulator, they'll be toothless 6:38 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
Is it just me, or does Ken Clarke look like he's arrive at #Leveson after a liquid lunch? 6:12 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
How not to do PR: A Malaysian shopping centre's PR team mock consumers on Facebook comments page: drakene.ws/NcMNMT 4:23 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
@loveandgarbage @timgattitv ... I successfully argued difference between legal & dictionary definitions of "arrest" - plus, he was convicted 3:56 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
@loveandgarbage @timgattitv ... saying it was HE who had been arrested, but his boat (by naval fisheries protection officers) ... 3:55 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
@loveandgarbage @timgattitv Reminds me of when I reported conviction of a fish skipper and talked of his arrest. He threatened to sue ... 3:54 AM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to loveandgarbage
@ShappiKhorsandi You've got a gig in Walsall? #excited 3:50 AM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to ShappiKhorsandi

Name Gavin Drake
Location My heart is in Jerusalem
Web http://blog.drake...
Bio Writer/Broadcaster specialising in religion, law, crime & consumer stuff. Walsall FC pitchside announcer. Views expressed are mine or nicked from others.