A letter to act on.

Graeme Souness relaxing with his chickens, Southport, 1991.

Great to see a floodlight shone on sports’ relationship with the climate crisis. There’s a lot of bad news (greenwashing, polluting events eg FiFA World Cup) 🤬 but also lots of great news - clubs & sports people making a difference. 💪 Plus “grassroots organisations have sprung up to fight back”…💚

To be fair this is a photograph of my actual doctor.

He’s the lowest of the low….

If you know anyone who’s dreading putting together their wedding speech - send them my way! www.mathew-owen.co.uk If you can re-post this I’d really appreciate it 👍

This bog-standard ‘why bombing never wins wars’ analysis has the typical ‘not in front of the children’ omission re discussing US/Japan 1945. The media pretends the nuclear threat no longer exists. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Good stuff on the return of the nerd to combat the USA’s “Golden Age of Stupid” from @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At some point this seems likely to be acknowledged as an appalling miscarriage of justice that wrongly imprisoned a woman and failed to give justice to the parents of dead children. But the government can’t even be bothered to look at it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Oh, ye, thou really hast me now Thou hast me so I can't sleep at night Thou really hast me Thou really hast me Thou really hast me

Horrified by the antisemitic attack in our city. Antisemitism is vile and has no place here. Solidarity with the Jewish community in Golders Green - and with our communities across the country who will be feeling this today.

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Are YOU a ‘Strait of Hormuz guy?’ Marina knows 😉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“America First” sounds great until it turns into “America Alone.” If you spend years bullying allies and torching relationships because you think leadership means dominating people into submission, you can’t be shocked when the world shrugs and says, “handle your own war.”

What's the saddest song by The Smiths? AI Overview The Smiths' saddest song is Blue Order by New Monday. Bzzt. I'm afraid I can't do that Dave. Eating ain't cheating. Bzzt.

The apologist writing this tells us 4 horses died at the Cheltenham Festival but that all athletic endeavour carries risk. I wonder if he’d have made the same point if 4 jockeys had perished? Contemptible. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

If anyone wants a billion £ idea, the invent an app which stops the iPhone “autocorrect” turning correct English into incorrect English and just works on words that are actually spelt incorrectly.

I know it's a silly jokey joke, but people REALLY need to stop anthropomorphizing their boyfriends. "My boyfriend told me" your boyfriend didn't "tell" you anything. "My boyfriend thinks..." your boyfriend can't actually think or feel; just output a convincing simulation of it based on probability 🙄

THESE ISLES: Owain Glyndŵr (c.1359-c.1416), Welsh nobleman and soldier, led a 15-year revolt in the early 15th century, the most serious attempt to end English rule in Wales, making him celebrated as a national hero. 1/8

Fantastic insight!

“I’m guessing an Ozempic overdose” From the new Private Eye, out now.

Well-written, Emma! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good for him but this is nothing to celebrate. Perhaps if he didn't kill anyone when he had his accident. A very good friend of ours, the father of two young daughters was murdered by a drunk driver 30 years ago. It was a devastating loss. He never went to prison. www.nbcnews.com/sports/paral...

‘Tattooed like a prison school desk’ 😁 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Eh, you can lose the “We’re” from the “We’re now into the 7th day of the war”, BBC.

I took someone to a supermarket as part of a first date because of the lyrics to Common People by Pulp.

The changes to the EFL playoffs next season means Spurs could now play: 46+4 Championship games 17 CL games (assuming finishing 9-24 in group and then going on to retain crown) 6 Carabao 6 FA Cup Community Shield Supercup Spurs will play 81 games next season while winning 6 trophies, bookmark this

Literally leaped out of my office chair to perform a one-woman standing ovation to my laptop screen after reading this 💚👏👏👏👏💚

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

I know this is self-serving, but there we are. I’m very glad I roused myself to play a small part in what’s become a big achievement. Congratulations to Hannah the plumber, and immense kudos to the impressively well-organised and immensely patient Gorton and Denton Green Party members.

Norden and Benton. Good night.

Migration stats are out today, so here's a reminder that fewer people moving to this country, and fewer people being given sanctuary, is nothing to celebrate or strive for. 🧵

At the Gorton and Denton Green Party office yesterday, getting my leaflets for targeted dispersal at 6am this morning to remind people to vote. Those people will now be having their doors pounded by others, in case they forget about my leaflets! I'm back home in Hull and hopeful #voteHannah

In Gorton and Denton, vote for Hannah Spencer & the Greens. There is only one way we will defeat Reform: by working together.

In a few hours in Gorton and Denton - you have the opportunity to transform our politics. A vote for Hannah Spencer & the Green Party will entirely change our national conversation. And Hannah will be brilliant for Manchester. Check her out 👇🏼 youtu.be/uCy0VdHTVvs?...

Well, I’m convinced. And I’m going to try and help too. Heading over to Manchester to be an early bird leafletter tomorrow 🙂 #voteHannah #voteGreen #voteHope www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Imagine living in a country that arrests someone for misconduct in public office. Must be a fantastical place of which one can barely dream.

Fair play to Delap: I've seen players refuse to celebrate goals scored against teams they formerly played for, but never anyone refusing to score a goal against a team for the same reason #hcafc

Home tomorrow. Genuinely dreading the change in weather from this ⬇️

For one night, a genuine @hcsstweets.bsky.social supporter - watching the lads on TV in Lanzarote, 70 miles west of Africa 🙂

Sundown was n Puerto Del Carmen from a couple pavement bar. Wouldn't be anywhere else.

Well-written, George. About time that Gordon Brown, who seems to be treated by @theguardian.com as if he was William Gladstone, got a kicking on those pages. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Really angry, really good: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They serve gin and tonic in pint glasses in American Indian. I do think the Spanish approach to gin quantity is to be imitated and admired.

The wonderful Perfect Circus band, doing what they do, at the American Indian, Puerto del Carmen.

My university, my campus, my city. Redundancies for the staff and local students losing one of their few chances at making a better life for themselves and families

Interesting, but really disheartening to read that the most powerful and influential men in the world are even worse than you anticipate. A useful reminder that you can never be too cynical. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Sadly, may well be the first of many. English Universities will be missed when they’re gone, sacrificed to financial short-termism, Brexit, and hysterical hatred of foreigners. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.

Liverpool, 1965, photo by John Bulmer.