Rob Willock

Just bought these on Amazon for my backgammon set. And I hate to be pedantic… okay no I don’t. But I’d have thought that if you run a business that makes dice, you might know how to spell “dice”. What next - mices, sheeps, feets, teeths, geeses, deers, datas…? #grammar #pedant

@KrysiaJ @simeonkerr @FT Darwinian, even.

@simeonkerr @FT So 7 out of 8 stayed. Seems pretty resilient to me?

One in eight British residents has left UAE since Iran war, data shows ft.com/content/3fcc3d… via @ft

@glcarlstrom @JavierBlas It’s a Schrodinger’s Cat of a ceasefire!

So if you're keeping score at home, the ceasefire includes Lebanon but also doesn't include Lebanon, America has agreed to all of Iran's demands and Iran has agreed to all of America's demands, America will recognize Iran's right to enrichment and also insist on zero enrichment, Hormuz is completely open but also Hormuz is subject to unclear limitations... There are a lot of confident predictions about a deal that is still unclear and unfinished Both sides are scrambling to portray this as a war-ending victory when there's a decent chance that the war hasn't even ended

“…the UAE, the nation where Dubai is based…” @Daily_Express

Thank goodness for that. It was all looking a bit dicey for a moment there. #ferrari #IranWar‌ #dubai #middleast

Imagine seeing British people under attack in the UAE and thinking “this is a great chance to stoke fear, hatred and division” by calling them tax-dodgers and washed-up old footballers. People who do that should have no place in British politics… #hypocrite

Tough Chessguessr today #1369 5/5 Only 53% got it. 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟦⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟦⬜ 🟩🟩🟦🟦⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 chessguessr.com

@Keir_Starmer It’s because British expats in the Middle East don’t pay income tax, isn’t it? 😉

I will always make decisions in the national interest. That’s why we did not join the offensive action against Iran.    Reform and the Tories would’ve rushed us into war without a plan to get us out.

@allenanalysis I have a super book recommendation for President Trump.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just told Trump no. “We are not going to be drawn into a wider war. My priority is British interests. I want this war to end.” Britain. America’s closest ally. The Special Relationship. Five Eyes intelligence partner. The country that stood with America on every major military engagement for a century. No. France: no. Germany: no. Norway: no. Canada: never. Japan: officially no. Australia: officially no. UK: no. Switzerland: airspace closed. Spain: reconsidering US air bases. Italy: refusing support. Trump threatened NATO with a “very bad future.” NATO’s founding members are lining up to say no one by one. The Special Relationship just told Trump his war is not Britain’s war. America gets less than 1% of its oil through the Strait. Britain just said that’s not enough reason to send their sons and daughters. $21 billion spent. 14 Americans dead. Oil at $102. Zero allied warships. Taiwan surrounded. Baghdad evacuated. The world has decided. Never stop connecting the dots.

@Abdulkhaleq_UAE My sentiments exactly, Professor. “With friends like these, who needs enemies!?” linkedin.com/posts/robwillo…

القرار الاممي رقم 2817 يدين بأشد العبارات العدوان  الإيراني على الإمارات وبقية دول الخليج العربي والأردن، ويقرر ان هذا العدوان الإيراني يشكّل خرقا للقانون الدولي وتهديدا خطيرا للسلام والأمن الدوليين. من المعيب ان الصين وروسيا امتنعتا عن التصويت. فالامتناع يعني ضمنا تأييد العدوان

@nadhimzahawi *abstentions

@nadhimzahawi The #CRINK alliance is holding, despite: a) #China being a significant investment partner in the Gulf; and b) #Russia having thousands of citizens living in the #UAE to escape the Ukraine war and sanctions These abstenstions will be noted by the GCC leaders. #IranWar‌

This is quite something. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

@ForeignPolicy As did Russia, which has between 100,000 and 300,000 citizens (depending on who you believe) residing in the UAE to escape the war in Ukraine, but now under bombardment from their CRINK ally Iran.

@ForeignPolicy Didn’t stop China abstaining from the UN Security Council draft resolution demanding Iran end its attacks on Gulf nations.

The uncomfortable truth for Tehran is that despite being Iran’s most important partner in trade, diplomacy, and security, China has spent the past two decades investing in far deeper relationships with Iran’s Arab adversaries in the region. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/10/chi…

@BTCCapitalist21 “I don’t understand…” is never a great way to introduce your hot take.

Dubai real estate has never made sense to me

@varinder_bansal The Middle East has always looked different from the outside in than the inside out. Especially for people who have never visited and yet still love to share their ‘wisdom’ about the region.

Reality vs perception: those living in Dubai appear far less worried than those observing events from outside.

@TheDubaiDivots @McInTweet Yeah, I don’t recall hearing that he criticised his audience for not paying tax on the 7 occasions he gigged in the UAE with tickets at £100 a pop. #Hypocrite Just a cutting-edge bit about how hot it is here in the summer. And how you have to move an umbrella to stay in shade.🤡

@RobWillock @McInTweet Quite surprising the number of people who have seemingly jumped on the bandwagon to criticise a City, a Country, that helped them build their wealth.

I guess no more lucrative #UAE stand-up gigs for middle-of-the-road comedian @McInTweet . He was happy to sell us expensive tickets to his many gigs in #Dubai and #AbuDhabi, but now seems to want to join the cheap “but they don’t pay tax” bandwagon. #Echobox=1773134091" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-…

@AidanSimardone God help Canada if you are the smartest man there! I particularly enjoyed the bit when you raised the prospects of expats taking up arms against the UAE government. Maybe stick to ice hockey and maple syrup forecasts, numpty.

Facing attacks from Iran, the UAE is screwed

@TheEconomist It seems that as well as living tax-free in the UAE, we #Dubai expats also live rent-free in the heads of many Brits, including the pompous, populist, spacious noggin of the leader of the Lib Dems, #sireddavey.

Dubai infects the British psyche in a way no other place can match. It is a land in which the country’s neuroses about decline, class and money can run free economist.com/britain/2026/0…