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Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.

Can’t help but think there’s something missing from today’s PWR official lineup Gloucester-Hartpury v Trailfinders Women Ref: Henry Pearson ARs: Charlie Gayther & Neil Chivers TMO: Dan Jones Saracens v Exeter Chiefs Ref: Richard Gordon ARs: Hamish Grant & Calum Howard TMO: Craig Maxwell-Keys

Fantastic day out to Gloucester to see Trailfinders get through to their first PWR final. Sadly the day has been screwed up by GWR for cancelling two successive, hourly trains to Swindon that we need to get back to London. Hard to believe they can’t manage to run one train an hour.

It’s quite cunning the way that Trump has managed to hide the Mind Flayer in plain sight.

this, a thousand times, THIS.

Great #TrailfindersWomen lineup for their first ever #PWR premiership semi-final. Can’t wait to get down to Gloucester on Sunday! Thanks to @womensrugbyshow.bsky.social even though you seem to have abandoned BlueSky

“Without humanity, I dont think there’s any point to the universe.” It’s hard to imagine a single less-justified and more egocentric statement. It’s always sad to think that Carl Sagan’s calm, reasonable voice was lost to us at the age of 62. youtube.com/shorts/lsbDV...

A whole 12% of voters think Brexit has been a success. And just 25% of Leave voters. Sigh.

This is only brought about because they keep releasing the “result so far”. UK elections only release the result when all the votes have been counted for that seat, so we don’t get any of this “who’s in the lead at the moment” nonsense. Also we can count 30m votes in an evening…

Reform Ltd are committed that they would immediately scrap the Equality Act. It might be worth a reminder that this is the law that says that if you are diagnosed with cancer, your employer can’t just fire you rather than have to deal with the time off you will require to get the treatment you need.

And overseas Trump friends: CHAOTIC EVIL Vladimir Putin Kim Jong-Un Benjamin Netanyahu Mohammed bin Salman Nayib Bukele NEUTRAL EVIL Mohammed bin Zayed Recep Erdoğan Jair Bolsonaro Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Xi Jinping LAWFUL EVIL Javier Milei Viktor Orbán Narendra Modi Nigel Farage

Its a shocking indictment of UK media that people don’t understand what Farage’s policies will inflict on the country - if they did support would quickly melt away youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...

I assume the people at the #PWR who came up with the brilliant idea of scheduling all 4 round 18 matches for the exact same time were hoping for a real cliffhanger ending. As the top 4 teams are already locked in, it’s now just a major inconvenience for anyone wanting to watch all four matches.

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Do we know for sure what the #PWR semi-final matches are? I can see that GH and Sarries are already advertising tickets, but no official confirmation of what the matchups are.

How is the software development industry going to work in the future? I spend most of my time now either designing or reviewing for compliance or performance not writing simple lines of code. I don’t know what I would do with a junior dev that I can’t do with Claude Code in a fraction of the time.

Trailfinders v Gloucester Hartpury coming up shortly on BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

So many possibilities for that #PWR 4th place. #TFW have 2 tough games against #GH and #SAR, but we only need 2 try bonus points to be out of reach from #HAR and #SAL who only have one game left. #LOU have the uphill battle of needing two 5 point wins to stand a chance.

It seems like an eternity, but #TrailfindersWomen are back at home for their penultimate #PWR league match against #GloucesterHartpury. Great to see Captain America back after injury but we're missing Rachael Malcolm and GH missing Mo Hunt could have an impact. Fri 7:30pm @Vallis Way & BBC iplayer.

Surely the algorithm can’t just be thinking “I’ll promote outdoor heaters because sales have recently slowed down”?

The failing United States disgusts me at how its system of “checks and balances” has completely failed. One disgusting man can both push up my mortgage costs by £3000/year on a whim, and then pillage US taxpayers of $1.8bn and no-one who could stop him is prepared to do so.

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Delighted to see that #Ealing #Labour ‘s decided unfounded last-minute leaflet didn’t put people off. Given that Green came a close second last time round, it was deceitful to suggest that a vote for Green was a vote for Reform. Delighted also that sensible Ealingers elected no Reform councillors.

Trump killed countless adults and children around the world when USAID funding stopped, people on the streets and in detention with ICE, Iranian schoolgirls, and unknown numbers who will die because of cuts to vaccine, cancer, climate research. He can fuck off with this seashell bullshit.

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What the heck #RFU. I checked before the Red Roses v Ireland match and the WXV New Zealand match was wasn’t on sale. Spotted an “Early Bird” offer on Insta the following week. No email announcement. And for a match in 5 months time there are 0 pairs of seats for sale that aren’t behind the try line.

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The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

WTF #EnglandRugby. I checked last week and tickets weren’t on sale for the WXV match v New Zealand. I’m on every mailing list for England Rugby, Red Roses, etc., and nothing. Spotted “buy early bird tickets” on Insta and all of the tickets are sold/blocked unless you want to sit behind the try line?

Clear your schedules because we are in for another massive weekend of elite rugby! 🏉🔥

Given Ellie Killdunne’s recent form and the fact that Emma Sing is the second highest points scorer in the #PWR this season, I assumed Emma might get this start. I guess Ellie is still a crowd-pleaser. Good to see #TrailfindesWomen’s Abi Burton in the squad this week. She’s been on top form.

But the Dow!!!!!

An influx of Black Ferns at Trailfinders for Maiakawanakaulani Roos and Tanya Kalounivale’s last game.

Well this weekend has been amazing from a Trailfinders perspective. Even if Quins win their last match with 5 point, Trailfinders just need one bonus point to stay ahead, assuming Exeter can keep Sale in check.

Almost perfect results for Trailfinders today. Great match from Bristol, leading to Harlequins’ 6th loss in a row. Both Ruahei Demant and Liana Mikaele-Tu'u bring so much to the game. Saracens also ended Sale’s winning streak, leaving Sale and Quins 1 point above TF, but they have two games in hand.

A strong lineup for tomorrow’s fight for a place in the #PWR top 4. #TrailfindersWomen are understandably missing Kate Zackary due to her awful eye injury. Hopefully the vast amount of publicity work the internationals have been doing this week hasn’t stopped them training!

A nice review of our the Black Ferns’ addition to the PWR and Trailfinders Women. I’m sorry to see Maia Roos and Tanya Kalounivale head home after this week but glad that Alana Borland and Georgia Ponsonby will still be here (although Georgia is playing in PAC4)

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Excited for tomorrow and wishing I could get to Exeter. A win over Exeter has the possibility of propelling Trailfinders Women to third place in the league table with a game in hand. #PWR live on BBC iPlayer.

I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment. Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off. The 25th is never happening.

Premiership Women’s Rugby can confirm that the 2026-27 league season will start on the weekend of 21-22 November, in a season which will once again place the PWR at the centre of the women’s rugby universe. www.thepwr.com/news/pwr-202...

Red Roses stars Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya will miss this weekend's Premiership Women's Rugby fixtures after getting stranded in Dubai. www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...

Christian nations under god? That’s not what the last UK census says about us. “Not Christian” is the ever-increasing majority now.

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European airlines haven't been able to fly over Russia and Ukraine since Putin declared war on Ukraine. Trump unilaterally declaring war on Iran means that a regime looking for Western targets now has all European airlines forced to fly within 138km of Iran's border.

Kudos to all the Ealing Green Party members who have dedicated the time to travel to Gorton & Denton to campaign. In the battle of Green vs Reform, it must feel good to be the side encouraging voters with a clear vision for the future instead of encouraging them by playing victim & stoking division