Tinni

Tinni

@tinnii.bsky.social

Director of Digital and Social at Lexington

36 Followers 342 Following 4 Posts Joined Nov 2023
3 weeks ago
BROOKE GLADSTONE:
The Inquiry brought up the case of Denholm Elliott's daughter -
PAUL McMULLAN:
Oh, yeah -
BROOKE GLADSTONE:
- which is one case that you truly do regret.
PAUL McMULLAN:
I do, yeah. After Denholm died, she hit rock bottom, was allegedly doing methadone. And although she had, you know, the half-million-pound flat that Denholm had bought her, she didn't have any money to get her ten-pound bag in the morning. So she'd get up and go begging at the tube station.
Here was a young girl crying out to be helped, and she met a police officer who didn't help her but rang up the News of the World and asked for money because he couldn't believe that this is the same girl who'd walked down the red carpet behind Eddie Murphy with Denholm Elliott, you know. BROOKE GLADSTONE:
And you offered her 50 pounds -
PAUL MCMULLAN:
Yeah.
BROOKE GLADSTONE:
- if she would come to your place and have sex. So you led her into prostitution, which she wasn't in that space for.
PAUL McMULLAN:
No, indeed. But she was in such a bad place that someone offering her 50 pounds for sex. I mean, that's five bags. BROOKE GLADSTONE:
So how do you justify that? Yes, she was a drug addict, yes, she was begging. Why push her that extra step? Why take pictures of her topless?
PAUL McMULLAN:
I was keen. It was in my first year. I wanted to impress Piers Morgan, who was my boss at the time, and just wanted to say, not only have I caught this girl begging, but l've got pictures of her topless and I've got her offering me sex for 50 quid. How great am I?
BROOKE GLADSTONE:
This is a pretty dehumanizing enterprise, not just for Jennifer Elliott, but for you, yourself.
PAUL McMULLAN:
Yeah, that's why I feel terrible about it, not just 'cause she killed herself afterwards, but I, I actually liked her as a person.

Sharing from a friend, a passage from the Leveson Inquiry regarding the British actor Denholm Elliott, who died of AIDS in 1992. Three years after her death, the News of the World journalist Paul McMullan did the following to his daughter—neither a celebrity nor even someone of public interest.

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1 month ago

Radcliffe should remember we immigrants and children of immigrants are here because of British colonisation and make a huge contribution. He moved to Monaco to avoid £4bn tax. His club Man U owes everything to migrant players and migrant supporters. He’s an embarrassment to the club and game.

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1 month ago

Also, the world is awful. This is the only respite.

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1 month ago
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Lib Dem peer suspended again over harassment allegations The party says it

Lib Dem peer suspended again over harassment allegations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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5 months ago

For there to be no comment from the government on Musk's call for violence, let alone action against X, is unconscionable. An utter dereliction of its responsibility for national security and an affront to every member of an ethnic minority, who is being put at risk by this rhetoric.

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5 months ago

The problem is that ‘this is not who we are’ is coming to feel a little empirically unconvincing. It might help if the PM actually stood up and made the case for a liberal, tolerant and inclusive country.

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6 months ago

No, but have definitely been interested! Just hadn’t got round to doing it!

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6 months ago

😱

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8 months ago
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Guest Post: "You made my Dad British" Bea Dutton, a registrar in England, reflects on the quiet power and joy of citizenship ceremonies

Adore this. If you've ever been lucky enough to go to a citizenship ceremony you'll know that it's big-hearted and deeply nourishing. Our immigration debate could learn so much from them.

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1 year ago

“Not breaking the law”. This is terrifying.

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1 year ago

should be 200 years… not 20.

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1 year ago
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Bluesky Wants To Be 'Part Of' Westminster Conversation A senior executive of Bluesky has said that she wants the emerging social media platform to be “part of the conversation” in Westminster and expand...

Bluesky COO @rose.bsky.team tells PolHome the website wants "to be part" of the Westminster conversation

She also discusses echo chambers, a new verification system, and monetising

On Government joining — "no pressure, but the engagement numbers are there, right?"

Iv w/ @zoecrowther.bsky.social

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