Ooh, Live Team Radio on the MotoGP World Feed! That's a first, I think? 👀

Saw this video unexpectedly shared on my Instagram feed this week too...

Picture-in-picture adverts are coming to ITV's Six Nations rugby coverage for the first time next year. There will be one in each half "when there's a break in the action just before a scrum." (via www.itvmedia.co.uk/catch-the-la...)

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think. New piece from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Just Lando Norris casually streaming the Drivers' Parade on his Twitch. 😆 #SaoPauloGP

How The Celebrity Traitors reversed TV’s most troubling trend

Comcast holds talks about acquiring ITV’s television business on.ft.com/4oUhmNs

Now read this out loud in Philomena Cunk's voice.

@scottygb.bsky.social - You mention that The Traitors peak of 8.2 million is higher than the Women's Euro final on BBC One. Not quite, the latter peaked with over 11 million. 😊

The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...

The #AutosportShow at the NEC in Birmingham will not take place in 2026, organisers have confirmed. Organisers say the show will return in 2027 "with a bold new direction."

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to relieve a suspected trapped nerve? Had a tingly sensation on and off in the right shoulder for the past few weeks but unfortunately it has spread. More annoying really right now. 😅 Trying to get a GP appointment but was unable to do so yesterday.

The reason for the VSC being deployed not being shown on the World Feed is very poor TV direction, I'm afraid. 👎 #MexicoCityGP

Been a long time since I've been this nervous for the start of a Grand Prix! Feels like a title decider... #MexicoCityGP

Nice 🔥 VT to kick off Sky's #MexicoCityGP race day coverage, enjoyed that one! #SkyF1

BREAKING - Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are to leave Strictly at the end of the current series.

Someone managed to successfully hack into the FIA's website earlier this year, gaining access to a system that holds sensitive details for each driver. The FIA fixed the bug after being alerted - ian.sh/fia

Memo to F1 and motor sport peeps...

A good time to remind people that this man was 17 points behind with two races to go in 2007. Which is a similar margin to some guy called Max. Except this year, there are five races and two Sprints to go...

Considering this is the first F1 primetime race for a while, I'm surprised #SkyF1 hasn't put more emphasis on the title fight in their race day show. Feels a waste to have Brundle and Button on-site and to not have them do sit down interviews with Piastri and Norris ahead of the final quarter.

New post just out: "On the edge" On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

I might quote this every day at this rate...

Well done for giving the girls and gays what they want #CelebrityTraitors

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Officially a marathon runner. ✅ The toughest thing I've physically ever done in my life.

Today is the day I run my first marathon and raise money for The National Autistic Society as well. 🏃‍♂️ If you would like to donate, head here - www.justgiving.com/page/dave-ne... Will be tough but feeling grateful that the weather is looking more favourable than what it did a few days ago!

I spoke to a few people, including journalists, at Labour conference who had seen and believed claims on X that Multiverse – Tony Blair's son's company – had been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme @fullfact.org have checked this claim and it is untrue

Tonight's entertainment courtesy of a Flying Finn and a Scotsman, with a Welshman presenting.

Imagine being able to log into a single app to view your exam results, your driving license, your health record, your council tax information, beautifully joined up behind the scenes instead of needing to remember different credentials. We live in a digital age and need to adapt.

The sentiments in Keir Starmer’s editorial in yesterday’s Sun are broadly good. But it’s 2025, not 1995. Even pensioners are overwhelmingly online and on social. Where’s the 21st century comms strategy? Where’s the video? And where’s the urgency?

Ahem.

Funnily enough I pointed out to someone earlier that technically Max Verstappen can still win the Drivers' Championship. Is it realistic? Unlikely, but this is Max Verstappen we're talking about. I see its prompted this line of thought from The Race - www.the-race.com/formula-1/wh...

Silverstone, I love you. But I cannot justify paying £420 for car parking for the F1 next year across the weekend. This year, car parking for the 4 days was £170, so a 147% increase year-on-year. It's extortionate, and it's the first time I've really felt that.

The Times appears to have interviewed an 'ex Buckingham Palace cleaner' who supposedly divulges royal stain removal secrets but doesn't seem to exist, is possibly AI, and probably placed by a PR agency to boost SEO for a tiling brand. pressgazette.co.uk/news/royal-c...

ELMS says that 110,000 people attended their return to Silverstone last weekend across three days. Not only is that a really strong figure, it's actually higher than MotoGP earlier this year which had 99,328 in total across the event.

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Exclusive: big changes for the MotoGP paddock next year as another move towards the F1 model sees Moto2 and Moto3 set to be relegated out of pit lane www.the-race.com/motogp/motog...

Love pieces like this from @jim.londoncentric.media. Wish we had actual visible on the ground journalists in all communities in the UK rather than the Reach plc nonsense we're served with.

Breaking: there won't be a MotoE championship in 2026, with Dorna and the FIM deciding to suspend it because it 'has not been able to gain sufficient traction within our fanbase during its seven seasons of competition'

Without a well resourced and skilled Civil Service the country would descend into anarchy within a fortnight, sure it can always do things better but this myth that politicians pedal that you can massively cut it and still get everything done is just a lie.

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

PSA: machinery of government changes on the ground are *hugely* disruptive and rarely solve the underlying problems around cross departmental working. This is not a good thing.

Turns out that there's a huge genre of F1 books that I didn't realise existed.... (I didn't buy either) 😅

Let’s see what the ethics adviser says, but maybe instead of all this jumping up and down, now would be a good time to discuss how we look after disabled children and build a more caring country.

Really important post on the @f1subreddit.bsky.social worth sharing more widely - "My Experience with Disabilities at the Dutch Grand Prix – Accessibility in F1 Needs Serious Attention" - www.reddit.com/r/formula1/c...

I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.

Bluesky is shrinking rather than growing. It has no source of revenue. If it doesn’t grow, *it will die*. Constantly making it unwelcoming, saying who you don’t want here, setting rules for what other sites people should and shouldn’t use, and the like, will kill it quicker.

Just finished watching Sky's #DutchGP highlights after avoiding all socials. Worth the wait!

Haven't commented on broadcasting matters for a while (because: time, life, desire), but anyway. Worth noting that Channel 4 have opted to air bare bones F1 highlights for both the Dutch and Italian rounds in the coming weeks: 90 minutes long instead of the usual 150 minutes.