Ben Coates

@bencoates1

Best-selling author of 'The Rhine' and 'Why The Dutch Are Different' (). Writer, aid worker, speechwriter, recovering Tory.

Rotterdam/London/Zomba/Kampala
Vrijeme pridruživanja: srpanj 2009.

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  1. Prikvačeni tweet
    15. lip 2019.

    Quick reminder for followers old and new: if you enjoy this Twitter account’s blend of fascinating facts, sharp wit, unpopular political views and ill-advised social commentary, you might also enjoy the longer versions 😘

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  2. prije 16 sati

    Glorious morning for a jog around Copenhagen. Icy blue skies, golden light, beautiful city

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  3. 4. velj

    This didn’t seem to get much attention with everything else that’s going on, but it’s astonishing. Around *a quarter* of the population of Africa is now automatically banned from traveling to the US, simply because of where they were born

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  4. 4. velj

    Commuting, Amsterdam style

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  5. 3. velj

    75 years on, the troublesome pieces have changed

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  6. 3. velj

    Easy to joke about this, but anyone who votes on the basis that there are “too many Muslims” in their country should be forced to think through what that means in practice: loading non-white people onto buses and deporting them on the grounds that they’re not white

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  8. 3. velj

    Trying not to read too much into the fact that Boris gave his big Brexit speech under a portrait of a Dutch leader who was invited to take control of England after a period of uncertainty and strife...

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  9. 3. velj

    I don't care if there's a suicide bomber outside, I'm finishing my bacon and eggs first

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  10. 3. velj

    Always curious to know if Geert Wilders’ “great repatriation plan for non-western foreigners” would also apply to people with parents or grandparents from Indonesia. Such as... Geert Wilders.

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  11. 3. velj
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  12. 1. velj

    Special Brexit dinner cooked by a thoughtful friend last night. The Europeans at the table had French cheese, focaccia, chorizo, olives etc etc. I had bread soup, made from old bread soaked in vegetable stock, “Because that’s all you’ll have to eat soon” 🤢 🇬🇧

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  13. 31. sij
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    31. sij

    Absolutely this! I may disagree with the course britain is currently taking, but it remains a nation to be proud of.

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  15. 31. sij

    In case you were wondering, *this* is how an ardent Leaver should be celebrating Brexit. A million times more class and grace than the likes of Farage

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  16. 31. sij

    My unpopular hot take: Despite everything, Britain is still great. As Bill Bryson put it in 1995:

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    30. sij

    Brussels has lit up its main square in Union Jack colours to say goodbye to the Brits 😭 – mjesto: Grand Place / Grote Markt

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  18. 30. sij

    Brussels. A truck driver delivers a load of wood, and leaves it in the middle of a busy street. Buses, cars, bikes all grind to a halt. Forklift driver has gone for an early lunch and it can’t be moved. I ❤️ Belgium.

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  19. 30. sij

    Is there anything more glorious than a flock of birds, swooping through the sky like a tide rolling on a beach? I stood and stared for a good twenty minutes, while the rest of the world carried on

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  20. 29. sij

    Rather sad to make my last visit to the European Parliament as an EU citizen. There’s much to criticize here but also a huge amount to admire. As a British European, not being represented feels like a real loss. I’m going to steal a toilet roll or something as a souvenir.

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  21. 29. sij

    This reminds me of when (at ten years old) I divided me and my sister’s shared bedroom with tape lines on the floor, and gave myself the half which contained both the beds and the door

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