James Thornton
@UKThornton
Former British Consul-General in Erbil, Ambassador to Bolivia and High Commissioner to Zambia.
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https://www.gov.uk/world/iraq 20-09-2013 12:23:21
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I switched on the live TV feed of HM The Queen's #lyinginstate and saw Nechirvan Barzani Nechirvan Barzani paying his respects. #Kurdistan
Delighted to do my first ever #ParkRun , with Guildford parkrun. 360 people coming together for a Saturday morning jog/race, some with dogs/pushing prams. Totally free, run by volunteers. Great fun. I even managed to finish in the top half of the field! parkrun UK
Delighted @DJHunt360 has taken over as Consul-General UK in Erbil. It's a terrific job and he will do it very well.
I offer my warm congratulations to President-elect Hakainde Hichilema on his victory in Zambia's presidential election & applaud the Zambian people for once again demonstrating the strength of their nation's democratic tradition.
Full statement below ⬇️
'I dread
Embracing you
And smelling a stranger...
And, more so,
how I dread, my friend,
not you but I will have changed.'
Powerful poem.
#TwitterKurds
Job-sharing wife-and-husband Ambassadors - a great example of diversity. The UK has done the several times, starting in Zambia in 2007 (I succeeded them); Germany has also done so before. Carolyn Davidson🇬🇧 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
It's been pretty tense in the last period, with the Italians putting us under pressure. Let's hope we can pull something out of the hat in extra time! #ComeOnEngland #ItsComingHome #ENGITA