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Daniel Finkelstein

@Dannythefink389k followers

Times columnist, Conservative peer, Director Chelsea FC, Chair @cfcfoundation, Dad of 3. Author of Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad

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1May 22, '25Hilariously the band Kneecap has issued a statement saying that their “message has always been — and remains — one of love”. They are literally called Kneecap.97.1×5.3M7.5k654136
2Jun 30, '23The Rt Hon Sir Jake Berry went to private school, became a lawyer, was in Cameron’s No 10, was a remainer, was chairman of the Conservative Party & was knighted for his service30.9×1.7M7.3k1.6k34
3Sep 16, '23The man who wrote this poem, Pastor Martin Niemöller, wrote it as a confession. He became a friend of my grandfather, Alfred Wiener, and they corresponded about racism and the Past30.2×1.6M7.3k96683
5Nov 2, '23I’m so upset by this graffiti attack on my grandfather’s library. Alfred Wiener had a PhD in Islamic studies and cared deeply about Arab people. To see his Holocaust archive vandal21.6×1.2M5.2k1.3k91
6Jun 8, '24I agree with Robert. I can’t imagine what on earth persuaded either Boris Johnson or the Mail to think this was acceptable in any way.21.3×1.2M4.1k80881
7Apr 24, '20This is my youngest son, Isaac. It is his Barmitzvah tomorrow and there was to have been a party afterwards. But now the party has had to be postponed. But he will still be reading19.9×029k74216
8Jul 12, '25FIFA project our logo into the Manhattan night sky in a drone display as the final approaches.15.9×869k9.5k1.2k273
9Nov 14, '23A lot of my politics over the last eight years can be explained by the fact that people tried to make this man prime minister.13.1×713k4.1k630138
10Feb 22, '24This idea, common overnight among commentators, that last night was just embarrassing games and pomposity is quite wrong. If violent threat prompted the change in motion selection 10.4×567k2.9k646122
11Jul 13, '22Welcome to Chelsea.10.3×017k7347
12Feb 21, '24The Speaker of the Commons has announced that he ignored precedent & selected motions because of MP’s concerns of violent retribution if presented with the usual alternatives. 10×547k2.5k54369
13Feb 2, '23Welcome home, Enzo.9.8×533k7.6k43712
14Nov 1, '23Just to be clear what a ceasefire means, it means Israel unilaterally stops defending itself against this.9.3×508k4.3k1.1k118
15Jun 22, '22I’m so proud to have been named a director of @chelseafc. Serving on the Board of the club I have always loved is a privilege I take very seriously. I will read & reflect on fa8.3×012k96048
16Nov 27, '19My friend was in an airport lounge when a man came in and said “is there an economist in this lounge?” My friend, startled but pleased, announced proudly: “Actually yes I’m an econ8.1×011k1.5k47
17Nov 2, '23The brilliant response of @TSimpsonWHL and the Wiener Library has been to add the vandalised sign to the Library’s collection of antisemitic material. It will be catalogued and pre7.5×409k2.9k58834
18Oct 31, '17Just to be clear what it meant to my family. The confiscation of their property, years in hard labour camp for my grandfather, exile to the edges of Siberia for my Dad (aged 10) an7.3×05.8k3.3k3
19Sep 17, '18I’m in an unaccustomed position with Katie Hopkins. My normal attitude is sympathy to almost anyone in trouble. But she’s different. She hypothesised she could make a fortune by sa7.0×09.2k1.4k5
20Nov 3, '23A brilliant statement, showing immense moral clarity.6.8×373k1.8k343138
21May 23, '20To try to suggest that what Mr Cummings did was not a breach of the lockdown is never going to work. It drags everyone into making completely unconvincing statements and (ludicrous6.6×08.6k1.4k29
22Jan 2, '24Thanks for asking my opinion. The availability of products in supermarkets should be primarily determined by what people wish to buy & what shops judge the most profitable use 6.5×356k1.5k10811
23Jan 20, '20This week I will be tweeting about my mother’s release from Belsen, 75 years ago.6.3×06.2k1.8k179
24Jan 27, '21Thinking of Mum today #HolocaustRemembranceDay This is her star, which she always took with her for school talks.6.2×09.3k78213
26Feb 21, '25It is as bad as you think it is.5.7×312k2.9k50179
27Oct 9, '24This whole thing reads like a huge scandal to me.5.4×293k1.5k20576
28Oct 8, '24Having been in that flat many times under both Cameron and May I am surprised at this assertion, but I will have to take Boris’s word for it as I have never been in a crack den.5.2×281k3.4k55039
29Aug 2, '22We are looking to the future. And what a future we have.5.1×07.4k55315
30Sep 26, '23Oh my God this is truly appalling. Even for the two individuals involved this was a new low.4.9×266k1.6k15721
31Jan 26, '22Do “cakes” matter given Ukraine? In Ukraine we are defending democratic norms, such as “there is one rule for both the government and the governed” and “those who make rules must f4.6×05.9k90630
32Dec 4, '24Chelsea. That is the whole tweet. Just that.3.9×214k7k65257
33Oct 22, '23People who think Mudryk couldn’t have meant that, don’t realise how good Mudryk is.3.9×212k1.6k18916
34Dec 31, '2484 years ago Nikita Khrushchev moved into a house opposite my Dad’s and proceeded to destroy my family’s life. The Soviets took their home, their business, their money and their li3.8×209k2.6k249121
35Jan 8, '19I wonder if it’s ok when condemning the behaviour toward Owen Jones & Anna Soubry, to gently point out that John McDonnell called for Tory MPs not to be able to show their face3.8×03.9k1.2k6
36Oct 16, '24Just met a (brilliant) female friend who showed me a professional document and asked me my opinion on it, before she submitted it. I noticed there was a typo in “mansplaining”. Was3.7×200k2.5k16039
37Oct 3, '24He wouldn’t have read the briefing notes!3.6×197k1.8k1408
38May 4, '20My grandfather had an entire library of books by and about the Nazis. It was the core of his anti-Nazi work. It was a collection central to the prosecution of the Nuremberg defenda3.5×04.4k69226
39May 8, '17Going through my Mum's papers...the telegram that breaks the news to her Dad that his children are free from Belsen, but his wife has died.3.5×02.6k1.6k1
40Oct 6, '25The Greens now believe that you should be free to sell heroin and crack cocaine, but not to rent houses.3.5×189k2.6k35755
41Jul 16, '22Elite.3.4×05.4k2045
42Dec 4, '19Corbyn adviser Andrew Murray argues there’s “no evidence” that in the 30s the Soviets were "an imperialist power brutal in foreign conduct." Given they invaded Poland, imprisoned m3.4×02.9k1.3k31
43Dec 18, '21I was actually at the BBC at this time, having arrived at 9.50pm to do appear on the election result programme. Not only is it untrue but it is also, as it happens, totally unbelie3.2×04.3k61512
44Aug 5, '22Love this.3.2×05.1k2328
45Oct 15, '22A reader from Dunfermline suggests a new word has been created. A “Kwarteng”. The minimum amount of time you can be in job to be able to say you did that job. “Were you at UBS?”. “3.2×04.2k52649
46Jun 28, '25When I commented that their name was Kneecap and that this didn’t jibe well with their message being love, I got endless tweets saying the name was ironic and The Killers didn’t ad3.1×171k1.9k16695
47Mar 29, '19On the night of the referendum result I was waiting with Toby to go on ITV. It looked like Leave would lose narrowly. Toby told me that this wouldn’t be the end of it. He told me o3.1×03.1k1.2k10
48Oct 9, '19Today I spent three hours outside my synagogue providing security. It was cold and (save for the excellent company of one of my best friends) a bit boring but tragically it obvious3.0×04.1k4959
49Aug 23, '19I hadn’t appreciated the role Mr Banks played at Dunkirk. Maybe he provided the insurance.3.0×03.8k5973
50Apr 5, '24I’ve been watching Chelsea at the Bridge for more than 50 years and not once have I left before the end. I understand why some do it, but for me it’s just a thing. And all the queu2.9×156k4.6k30449
51Jan 6, '23What a loss for football and the Chelsea community. A man we loved and who represented a turning point in our history, ushering in the modern era. He will be long remembered by us 2.8×155k1.5k1245
52Jan 25, '25Today my family and I are thinking of my grandmother Grete Wiener who died on this day 80 years ago, starved in Belsen but having seen her girls to freedom. A PhD economist, an aid2.8×154k6.2k65441
53Sep 27, '19Owen Paterson voted against the Withdrawal Agreement three times. So he doesn’t mean just get on with it, he means we must leave only on terms he finds acceptable. And if anyone el2.6×02.7k80626
54Aug 14, '22These guys are amazing. Great banners at both ends in fact. These really contributed to the atmosphere and helped the team. Thank you!2.5×03.8k27819
55Jul 6, '19I think Mr Farage may have forgotten the Treaty of Paris of 1783. The United States did not leave without a withdrawal agreement.2.5×02.8k6747
56Mar 25, '19How can someone be Foreign Secretary, take themselves seriously as possible PM or even be a lead columnist on the Daily Telegraph and still think that there will be an implementati2.5×02k8659
57Jun 18, '20What is happening upstairs while downstairs I’m in leader conference2.3×03.1k16974
58Jul 17, '25I am so disappointed by Diane Abbott, because of my respect for her as a pioneer. But my reply to her observation that Jews didn’t have to sit in the back of the bus, is that she’s2.3×124k1.6k326122
59Jan 26, '19It’s amazing how many people have persuaded themselves they actually voted not to have a deal. Something that they not only didn’t say in the referendum but weren’t saying two mont2.3×02.2k6523
60Sep 8, '22My grandmother, a refugee from Lwow (now Lviv) and political imprisonment, always used to say that "while the Queen is safe in Buckingham Palace, we are safe in Hendon Central".2.2×03.4k24325
61May 7, '22He is…and he is.2.2×03.5k13710
62Nov 14, '19I thought we could bring together Labour's pledges and offer free broadband that only works four days a week.2.2×02.5k5610
63Jul 18, '22He’s going to make a big difference.2.1×03.2k19710
64Jun 2, '25What a trip. Travelling back from Poland with the team, the trophy and the fantastic Barbara Charone.2.1×112k2.9k13522
65Aug 8, '25All my love to this world champion, I know you’ll recover quickly and be back to lead the line.2.0×107k4.1k12421
66Mar 17, '22On Chelsea. Why Boehly is the colour.1.9×01.7k23360
67Feb 10, '22A prime minister is not a President. Conservatives believe in parliamentary democracy.1.9×02.5k27719
68Nov 21, '22No further words are required.1.8×01.9k56329
69Dec 6, '19In this interview John McDonnell attacks my social class. He suggests that 100 years ago I would have been shooting grouse on long weekends. Did Jews shoot grouse in Galicia? 100 y1.8×01.9k5218
70Apr 17, '22I remember after 1970 wondering if Chelsea would ever make the FA cup final again!1.8×02.8k1188
71Feb 24, '22Here is the receipt from the day the Russians came to my father’s door in Lviv on April 13 1940 and expelled the family. It lists the furniture left behind. Today is a terrible day1.7×02k44533
72Nov 19, '18This is breathtaking.1.7×01.4k53012
73May 22, '22My son Isaac meets Chelsea legend @Kingcanners before the Watford game1.7×02.7k1018
74Aug 17, '19This is dreadful. Heaven knows my politics and Owen’s are different but if we allow this to happen and don’t defend each other we are toast.1.7×02.2k3332
75Feb 1, '19My politics was so different from Jeremy Hardy but he was always so friendly and welcoming when I was with him on News Quiz. And so open. I think he took seriously the idea that th1.6×02.4k2187
76Aug 3, '21It’s such a fantastically thin theory this. Take his Battle of Britain analogy. The government conscripted people to serve. The government rationed tea. It forced people switch off1.6×02k26341
77Dec 16, '24It was so great to see this legend at the game and tell him that we still chant his name. He will always be a hero at the Bridge.1.6×87k2.4k818
78Dec 2, '21That amount of bullying fictitious, wish fulfillment nonsense that the BBC’s political editor has to put up with is truly shameful.1.6×02.1k12916
79Apr 24, '22I think the MP or MPs responsible for saying this are shameful. It is outrageous that @AngelaRayner has to put up with this and the Tory party should do it’s best to identify who w1.6×02.1k2023
80Oct 14, '22Almost as if.1.5×02k28822
81Mar 28, '18This is truly truly amazing. These people are arguing that the Jews use our influence, power and media control to conspire to make - and here comes the hilarious bit - a FALSE argu1.5×01.4k5234
83Jun 6, '21Forty percent of Unite members voted Conservative at the last election.1.4×01.8k23915
84Sep 12, '19I would have thought the one advantage of isolation is that it reduced the chance of encountering Katie Hopkins1.3×01.9k1732
85Jun 20, '20Hopeful sign. The last words of this song are “I can never, never, never go home again.”1.3×01.7k2144
86Oct 1, '20Yes. He was arrested when he was ten years old.1.3×01.9k1899
87Apr 25, '20When BT started its friends and family discount scheme they informed you who your top five friends and family were based on their records. It turned out that the closest friend tha1.3×01.9k1146
88May 6, '18I was born in Barnet and lived in the Borough for 35 years. I ran for council in West Hendon (the ward Labour lost) and the West Hendon Labour Party used to meet in my parent’s lou1.2×01.5k2620
89Oct 27, '22A picture of my grandfather in his study posted just because I love it,1.2×02k4219
90Feb 12, '22There seem to be 2 steps in the argument of the PM’s defenders. 1. What matters is not the widespread law breaking in Number 10, only what he did personally. Then argue 2. What he 1.2×01.6k2149
91Dec 20, '21OTD in 1944 My Aunt Ruth and my Mum spots Ruth’s school friend Margot Frank and her sister Anne through the wire at Bergen Belsen. She writes it down in the little diary she had wo1.2×01.6k20219
92Sep 3, '21This is an “but they made the trains run on time” tweet.1.1×01.5k12910
93Jan 24, '22I’ve had a few people tweet this. This is because it is the only argument left, all the others having been shown to be false. But gathering 30 people together in a room and then si1.1×01.5k1914
94Jan 11, '19Once chips came wrapped in newspapers, now newspapers come wrapped in chips.1.1×01.4k2461
95Jul 14, '25What a moment.1.0×57k4.1k15021
96Apr 28, '20I want to say thanks to all the lovely people who responded to this tweet. Isaac was thrilled. His Barmitzvah was moving and special. And despite 3m views, we didn’t get one nasty 1.0×01.7k271
97May 15, '22At the Vitality FA Women’s Cup Final with Jonathan Goldstein and Barbara Charone keeping the Blue Flag Flying High1.0×01.6k792
98Jul 6, '21This adds another layer of complexity to my mask decision. Yes it might be socially responsible to wear a mask in a a crowded space. But on the other hand what if the person next t1.0×01.4k1087
100Jan 25, '22This has happened to several of my diets, to be fair.0.9×01.3k996

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