This headline encapsulates everything that is wrong with the BBC’s coverage of sport; the focus on celebrity rather than the performances of athletes.

“The British Continental remains a community-run project” A letter from the editor on what it took to document domestic road racing last season, the community that made it possible - and what comes next. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/01/16/a...

Probably the most insightful take of the day

Widow Tankie? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I thought your Ineos email was excellent @dnlbenson.bsky.social A question given the lack of both British riders on the team and reliable climbing domestiques, so you think James Shaw is on their radar? It feels like he’d be a solid acquisition.

You were just referenced on UK national television @katewagner.wehwalt.net The BBC show, “Have I Got News for You” used your quote on Trump’s Oval Office decor.

Sam Freedman’s work is usually excellent, but this piece on Labour’s emotional attachment to their traditional base, is full of insight. Highly recommended if you want to gain more understanding of what they are doing, and why it is failing.

@doctorhutch.bsky.social Agostiniacchio is in the EF Devo program, hence the pink POC helmet.

Good to see @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social looking at the bigger picture and asking the question on if this Vuelta will actually be able to continue. www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-ro...

@josebeentv.bsky.social - I assume Fred Wright’s middle name is related to Brockwell Park, between Brixton and Herne Hill in south London.

@josebeentv.bsky.social Josh Tarling is still recovering from his injuries sustained in his Giro crash, and won’t be defending his national TT title.

The analysis in this thread is very good, well worth a read. I personally think Reform led councils will be an utter shit show and that will, ultimately, dent their national electability. Hope I’m right.

This thread is magical: educational, creative, witty and has some genuine laugh out loud moments. Please take the time to enjoy it, you won’t regret it.

Cheeseburger eating surrender monkey.

We need a picture of @wutm.bsky.social to show the 21st century equivalent.

For six years, we’ve covered British road racing, the stories behind the results, the decisions shaping the sport. But we’ve never actually put into words why we do it, how we do it, and what we stand for. So, for the first time, we have. thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/02/21/b...

All that criticism of British Cycling’s selection policies for the UCI Cyclocross Worlds looks a bit daft now, the team have just won the Team Relay event.

This is spot on. There is a nearby drain cover on the apex of the exit from a roundabout, it is forever being repaired but no attempt has been made to move it and eliminate the problem.

A classic example of poorly written legislation having unintended consequences. Most people won’t care, but online communities play an important role in so many ways which will end in March 2025.

he calls her a marxist but she's not the one getting publicly owned

This bit of Paris hasn’t looked this good since the Muppets movie.

This is superb writing, so many perceptive, and quotable, lines.

Mistakes like this annoy me, and you’d expect better of The Guardian, but Stevie Williams isn’t even the first Welsh winner of Flèche Wallone. He is the first British male winner of the race though. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/a...

The irony here is off the scale, Gove blaming the SNP’s obsession with independence for the decline of Scotland. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It’s rarely mentioned in the media, but one of the biggest challenges (of many!) that a Labour government faces is making the Home Office functional again. Abolition and starting afresh is one option. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

This is absolutely spot on about the character of Sunak. What a horrible, morally bankrupt, shallow, pathetic excuse for a human. That he is PM shames us all.

This is excellent, even by Rafael Behr’s very high standards. Well worth a read.

same energy

This is yet more clever use of parliamentary processes by the Labour Party to put pressure on Tory MPs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’m done with Twitter. It was getting worse by the day, but this decision tells you everything about Musk. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...