Proud dad moment: my daughter’s website is published, with a video of her singing from Carmen to mark World Opera Day. Please click and share! www.charlotteclappertonmezzo.co.uk - thanks!

Media training tip: why brevity is best: guyclapperton.substack.com/p/brief-is-b...

I’ve missed the deadline for the prize but I love Kathy’s work so reposting anyway!

Asking for a bit of help this time - also welcoming my new VA Jo and there's a bit of a rant about briefing clients. #mediatraining #publicrelations #mediamentorguy www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-i-... via @LinkedIn

New on Substack - maintaining eye contact online. open.substack.com/pub/guyclapp...

Too many assumptions, awkward questions and how will your casual chat look in writing? My latest media tips sheet on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/never-... via @LinkedIn

Really, Reform UK? THIS is what you're going with? That this man, who served as an MEP next to Nigel Farage for years and was made leader of your party in Wales by current deputy, Richard Tice, is just "one of tens of thousands of people Nigel meets on an annual basis"?~AA

Fun fact: Farage's girlfriend's parent didn't pay for his house, they live in a £300k flat in Strasbourg. So who bought a £885k house for Farage in cash and why have lügenpresse let this story drop⁉️

And a rattling good evening it was too. Thanks to all four of you and Miles Jupp for chairing - we thoroughly enjoyed it.

The BBC is still saying that Jimmy Kimmell made comments about Charlie Kirk. He made comments about Trump’s reaction - flags at half mast when there were none even for Carter for example - which is a very different thing. His only comment about the murder expressed sympathy for the family.

Our prime minister in the UK has many faults, he’d probably admit this. He does not, however, claim medical expertise. Please everyone, be a bit more Adam and a bit less Donald.

I’m not in the US but could everyone stop saying @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social made comments on the dreadful murder of Charlie Kirk? He said his heart went out to Kirk’s family. His criticism was of Trump’s reaction - that’s a very different thing.

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here? For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

Can't we agree to reserve 'defect' for the act of a sitting MP and refer to cases like Caulfield as 'changes direct debit'?

This sculpture is entitled "Trying to Give Juno her Biannual Worming Tablet" (If you're a pet owner, you know 😱)

Party that served up five dismally useless different prime ministers in less than a decade thinks it is pivotal to the future of western civilisation.

Daughter got us tickets to see @jamesblunt.com at the O2 last night under the impression that we’d bought “Back to Bedlam” for her birthday in 2005 because we were huge fans. Went along expecting little and was completely won over - an excellent showman and I’ll be listening to more on Spotify.

Who would have guessed you need quite a lot of specialist people to handle nuclear weapons?

New episode of the #nearfuturist podcast is out on Friday, why not check the last beforehand? Here's the @podfollowhq link: pod.fo/e/2a0362

"And y'all want to invade Canada?!" 😂 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...

I think I’ve found the inspiration for Trump’s official photo:

I'm delighted the CIPR has published my latest blog, on why media training can't be a one-off, in its INFLUENCE publication. Not sure if it's visible to non-CIPR types but it's a good time to join... #publicrelations #mediatraining #mediamentorguy influenceonline.co.uk/2025/01/10-i...

Elon Musk last week: Please post a bit more positive, beautiful or informative content on this platform (X) Elon Musk today: F u retard

He’s just now figuring this out

And to mark Boxinf Day we have the Bertie impressions no. 1: a sloth.

It's that time of year - one week to go so I'm going to do what I do every year on other networks and remind everyone of possibly the worst Christmas record ever - unless you have one that's even more grating? Enjoy...sort of... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBJ...

Good scoop from Helena Horton on Kemi Badenoch digging up the corpse of a tax plan that gets revivified every so often when the right is feeling particularly desperate/swivel-eyed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A peculiarly modern horror is when Facebook tells you that it’s your dead friend’s birthday. And you see that a number of people are wishing them happy birthday because they clearly don’t know.

Meanwhile in the other place insanity continues to reign

I pay to be a member of a Mastermind group and one of the things we’ve been urged to do is to make graphic memes as well as text-based posts - and it’s working. I’m also now addicted to messing about on Canva. Here is Edie’s latest audition.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says “We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants” Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY

Spotify unwrapped in case anyone cares: open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...

Here's Michael Fabricant, who was handed a knighthood last year by Boris Johnson for "political and public service" to the nation, sharing a racist AI-generated video posted by the far-right group Britain First

Thieves have broken into the dictionary and stolen all the adverbs. We can’t say how they did it.

But journalists who assume they know all about the PR profession without experience of being public-facing, account management etc. are mistaken.

A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.

Ok, I’m doing BBC Maestro’s course on “writing a best seller” with Ken Follett - and am feeling I should read one of his books. What would people recommend?

Anyone up for a gofundme for a dingy..

I don’t think this is the right way to handle this issue but let’s run with it - if all you have to do is click “yes I am over 18 and not a robot” how are they going to enforce this?

Last night I was accepted into full membership of the Company of Communicators, which is aiming for full livery status - it raises millions for literacy charities and others. With Jason Groves, the incoming Master.

"Some jobs are productive and others less so," says Kemi Badenoch, whose own job has involved trying to start a culture war with autistic children, calling for civil servants to be locked up, and attempting to start an online spat with Doctor Who

I for one am amazed that Keir Starmer, five months after winning a 170 seat majority, has not called a fresh election after acceding to a random petition. Shameful stuff. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...

My latest LinkedIn tip sheet on presentations and working in isolation. www.linkedin.com/posts/guycla...

Does anyone know whether there’s a Bluesky app designed for the iPad rather than having to use the iPhone version stretched a bit? Thanks in advance!

Quite the announcement for “Who Day” - with some of the less tolerant brigade already up in arms (not that the original is being taken down from iPlayer or anything). youtu.be/v0u20oUdQZs?...

Yes of course I get that you’re really cute and also that cursors are THE BEST. But my plans for today kind of involved being able to see the screen.

I hate that this works every time.