#Farage whining the by-election election result was a “victory for sectarian voting and cheating”. Defeated #ReformUK candidate Matt Goodwin blaming ‘woke progressives, sectarian voting and Islamists'. No! The people of #Gorton&Denton comprehensively rejected Reform’s vile, divisive, politics.

Seismic result for Starmer. Historic #Gorton&Denton defeat for Labour but no surprise. Totally expected & deserved from the moment Andy Burnham was blocked from standing. The only silver lining, Reform was rejected in favour of the #GreenParty. A clear victory for the left over the far right.

Classic after the Lord Mayor’s Show performance. Too many changes, too many square pegs in round holes & too many unable to step up - yet again. Yates & Lucca out of their depth & time is running out for McAtee. Cunha did okay. But #NFFC go through to the #EuropaLeague last 16. #COYR

Never deserved to lose to a 97th minute #LFC goal - with a clear off side deemed not to be interfering with play. Even #ArneSlot conceded that a draw would have been a fair result. #NFFC dominated the 1st half without scoring, which eventually cost us. No time to mope. Let’s go again. #COYR!

#NFFC , under Vitor, got off to a flier in Turkey. The big question is can they replicate the same level of performance v #LFC ? If so they should take something from the game. Our PL survival is dependent on consistency over the next 12 matches. #COYR

Depressing #M6N viewing for #EnglandRugby supporters. #IrelandRugby were up for it big time against an England, side that never looked like bouncing back from their Calcutta Cup defeat. For a 2nd week running they failed to match the intensity and accuracy of rampant opponents.

U Reds! What a start for #Pereira. How was this the same #NFFC that lost in Braga, got blown away by Leeds & failed to score any of 35 chances against Wolves? The big question is, can they sustain this level over the rest of the season? If so we stqy in the PL & could win the #EuropaLeague. #COYR!

Huge ask in Istanbul for #NFFC v #Fenerbahce. It will be interesting to see if Vitor #Pereira sets up in a more positive manner than Sean Dyche & whether the players can step up in an intimidating atmosphere. A 1 goal defecit, going into next week’s home leg, would be a decent result. #COYR!

Private Eye ahead of the game again. L: Private Eye front cover, yesterday. R: News headline, today. #Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince, has had better birthdays. Looks like ‘misconduct in public life’, is more likely to do for him than his involvement with young women trafficked by #Epstein.

Welcome to #NFFC, Vitor #Pereira. A 4th boss of this farcical season (a PL record). 18 months should be more than enough. He kept #WWFC up, against the odds, with a style not dissimilar to Angeball! Let’s hope lightning strikes twice. First game up, one of his many former clubs, Fenerbahce. #COYR

It’s #Marinakis’ train set, he’s put a lot of money into #NFFC & is desperate to succeed, but I wonder if he ever questions his own ability to choose the right man? 9 managers appointed & only Steve Cooper & Nuno have properly succeeded. Tbf #Dyche had a 47% win rate. How is that a sackable offence?

Madness, & I fear the beginning of the end. #Dyche, PFL MoM nominee last week, 40% win rate, sacked after a game where #NFFC had 35 efforts on goal! Meanwhile #Edu stays & advises on the next desperate appointment. #Nuno will have the last laugh at #WHUFC. Has Thomas Frank had a call yet? 🤣 #COYR!

Another must win game goes begging. #NFFC dominated possession, with 35 attempts on goal, but the finishing was woeful. As misses racked up frustration grew and the attempts became more desperate. We’re in big trouble, make no mistake, but another managerial sacking is not the answer. #COYR!

A good day to hunker down with the Guinness Men's #6Nations rugby. Wet, wet, wet in Rome but Italy played the dire conditions better than Scotland to hang on for a deserved win. Wales, frankly, were poor, as England strolled to victory in the Allianz Stadium. Next up the #CalcuttaCup in Edinburgh.

#LUFC at Elland Rd, under lights, was always going to be a tough gig. They showed more desire, on and off the ball, & deserved the 3-1 win. #NFFC were out thought & out fought. The single bright spot a good debut goal for Lucca. Need to bounce back against Wolves on Wednesday. #COYR!

The #GuinnessMSN is up & running & the opener certainly lived up to expectations. #LesBleus were sublime in the first half. It took #Ireland 59 minutes to get on the score board. For 20 mins we had a contest before France signed off with a final flourish,to emphasise their absolute superiority.

Filthy day in the Shire. Took myself to see the multi Oscar nominated #MartySupreme. A gritty & frenetic NYC fairy tale. Timothée Chalamet superb as Marty Mauser, self-absorbed 1950s table tennis hustler who will stop at nothing to achieve his great American dream of becoming world champion.

#PrivateEye is named in the #EpsteinFiles as “an absolute rag of a publication” over a March 2011 cover relating to a £15,000 pay out to the then Duke & Duchess of York. Editor #IanHislop is, rightly, well pleased with the belated vindication.

A measured #NFFC transfer window. IN: 6ft 7in Italian striker Lorenzo Lucca from #Napoli, Stefan Ortega, from #MCFC, as back up for Matz Sels, & Luca Netz an exciting young full back from Borussia Monchengladbach. OUT: Expensive loans, Zinchenko & Douglas Luiz. Good business? I think so 🤞 #COYR

Tonight's #Panorama - "Our Man In Moscow". An absolute must watch. Absolutely compelling. A Year in the life of the BBC’s Russian correspondent, #SteveRosenberg #OurManInMoscow

The unassuming Worcestershire Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria, in #DroitwichSpa houses a dazzling display of mosaics, influenced by those in the Italian City of Ravenna. Completed in 1934 they’ve recently been cleaned & restored. Well worth viewing if passing that way.

6 points clear of the drop zone! A good result in the end, considering the circumstances. The better side throughout, despite playing the 2nd half with 10 men & a sub keeper - who #CPFC never tested. #NFFC looked more likely to snatch a winner but had to settle for a hard won point. #COYR!

Huge match for #NFFC & #CPFC. Loads of baggage going into this one. Results went our way yesterday. Now it’s time to deliver & cash in. We’ll need to be at our best. #COYR!

Hilarious if it wasn’t so true. If, the electorate, egged on by the right leaning media, allow these charlatans to take charge, because we’re fed up with the two main parties, it will be the biggest act of self harm since #Brexit! Wake up people! #ReformUK #UKIP #Tory2

On this day in 1980 #NFFC beat #Barca 1-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Super Cup Final - Charlie George, on loan, scoring his only goal for the club. I was there! A week later The Trees rocked up to the Nou Camp & drew 1-1 (Kenny Burns) to lift the trophy. European nights always special. #COYR

Great #NFFC attitude tonight & a morale boosting win to maintain momentum going into 3 season defining PL games. One way traffic & never took our foot off the pedal. Panathinaikos or Fenerbahce in the play-off qualifier. I’m sure Marinakis would love to put one over his Athens rivals. #COYR !

Automatic qualification to the #EuropaLeague play-offs was blown away by last week’s abject showing in Braga. A 2 leg play-off qualifier will almost certainly be required regardless of tonight’s result v #Ferencvaros. NFFC owe the fans a performance in what’s been a lukewarm campaign to date. #COYR

Making the most of a welcome break in the recent miserable weather with an outing to #PainswickRococoGarden, where the #snowdrops are looking spectacular. ‘A Cotswolds masterpiece’ - Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen

#ToryParty2.0 it is then… #ReformUK now has more former Tory MPs than those elected as Reform MPs. While the worst of the worst, toxic, right wing, rats continue to flee Kemi’s sinking ship, which of the walking dead will be Farage’s next big reveal?

A marriage made in hell as Cruella defects to Tory party 2.0 Lock up your puppies… #ReformUK #Braverman #ToryParty2.0

Just completed the #RSPB #Birdwatch. Here in the Shire house sparrows are back in huge numbers , dominating the feeders at the expense of tits & finches. Also large numbers of jackdaws & wood pigeons.

Not pretty but pretty effective. The sort of performance that has always been associated with #Dyche sides. Don’t like it but it’s what #NFFC need away from home. A tough watch. Edgy but defiant until the late second goal sealed it. The 5 point drop zone buffer is back in place. #COYR

Wrong, wrong, wrong! Another dumb move that will have exactly the opposite effect than is intended. It will only pile further pressure on #Starmer, serving to underline that he is losing grip. And I say this as a #Labour member who has previously backed him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#BurnsNight2026 Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the pudding-race! (From Robbie Burns’ Address to a Haggis) Sláinte Mhath! A glass of Lucky Saint will have to suffice tonight, so as not to interrupt my #DryJanuary Challenge. Just a week to go…

The Mounties always get their man… #Canada #USA #Trump #Mounties

Following Trump’s latest insults to British troops, if #KingCharles, Head of the British Armed Forces, were to honour #Trump by attending the 250th #USindependence celebrations it would be a slap in the face to veterans. Please read & sign if you agree. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

“This Board has the chance to be one of the most consequential bodies ever created” … as long as everyone sucks up to me and does what I say. That’s why I have withdrawn my invitation to #Canada. That #MarkCarney is way too clever, honest, & refuses to kowtow. #DJTRUMP #BoardOfPeace

9th v 2nd & on paper a huge mismatch. But it never looked like that. Well done #GloucesterRugby for pushing the Champions every inch of the way. A great local derby & easily the best #Cherry&Whites performance of the season. Unfortunately still on the the wrong end of the result. #CmonGlaws.

A hugely disappointing night for #NFFC in Braga. A missed penalty, a scruffy own goal, a totally unnecessary red card, & defeat to a side that didn’t have a single shot on goal. Once again a number of squad players failed to step up when handed a start. No tempo, no ambition, no conviction. #COYR

Ironic that Donny the #climatechange denier MUST have #Greenland because the North Atlantic is now more vulnerable to an increased Russian & Chinese presence - due to the ice-melt caused by global warming. #Trump energy policies directly contribute to #globalwarming.

It’s truly a special kind of unhinged psychotic who will come up with “You didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize so I’m going to start World War 3.”

The #Greenland "problem" is solved... 🤣

Pre kick off I’d have taken a draw all day long. Got the rub of the green with the hand-ball call but overall well worth the point. For a team looking to go 9 points clear at the top #AFC were mediocre today.Too reliant on set pieces & created little in open play. A valuable point for #NFFC. #COYR

First up at the CG in 2026, the #Gooners. With City losing in the Manc derby, a win for the visitors puts them 9pts clear. It’s a free hit for #NFFC today. No expectations other than everyone giving 100%. Don’t park the bus, take the game to them, & don’t gift them cheap set pieces. #COYR!

Honest Bob #Jenrick , the man who wanted to lead a ‘rotten’ Tory party that he now concedes ‘broke Britain’ has defected to #ReformUK to show them how it’s done. Reform is rightly being labelled #Tory2. Vote Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories.

Another ‘true Blue’ traitor on the way to the #Reform rest home for incompetent & crooked #Tory rats fleeing Captain #BadEnoch’s sinking ship… #Jenrick #Zahawi

Just 3 years ago today this #NFFC squad went fox hunting & pulled off a vital 2-0 win in the battle for PL survival. Only four remain: Morgan, Yatesy, Neco, & Hennessy (in a coaching role). We’ve another tough battle on our hands atm but the current squad is so much stronger. #COYR

#Denmark is ready Donny. That’s what you call a wall 🤣 #Lego #Trump #Greenland

Often disappointed with acclaimed film adaptations of best selling novels, but not #Hamnet. Atmospheric period & natural settings (filmed in Herefords) with powerful, emotional performances (inc. the child actors). #JessieBuckley, as Agnes, is outstanding & deserving of her #GoldenGlobe.

Last night doesn’t look quite so bad now, with cup holders Palace going down to mighty non league #MacclesfieldFC The romance of the #FACup is alive & kicking - at least for the non PL clubs. #NFFC #CPFC