Mike Suffield
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Work, family, doggy, golfy, Hull City
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Otto English
about 3 hours ago
Reform is a protest party. A protest against decency, integrity, kindness, expertise, and progress. It's a party of pettiness and hate, and it is made up of petty and hateful people from the grassroots to the very top. What it doesn't have is competence. So good luck with the bins and potholes.
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Unfortunate name, obvs.
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Dan Davies
about 9 hours ago
No disrespect to people doing their jobs, but it is not worth reading local election takes for a couple of days, they are almost always based on information that is wrong or incomplete in some way. More than a third of the total seats up for election are in London and won't be out until tomorrow
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Magnificent.
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Unbelievable stuff. Clearly nothing off limits (unless this is a spoof).
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Phil Harrison
6 days ago
Lovely to see Sheffield Wednesday finally arriving at ZERO points on the last day of the season. Sisyphus would be proud.
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āEvidence-based policy makingā.
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8 days ago
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What is it with the preponderance of right-wing wingnut āinfluencersā?
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Rob Eastaway
8 days ago
LIV Golf takes its name from the Roman numerals for 54. Originally LIV featured 54 golfers playing 54 holes. Now, exactly 54 months after LIV was first announced, comes the news that Saudi Arabia is going to withdraw its funding. Sporting symmetry.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...
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LIV Golf: Saudi Arabia to withdraw funding at end of season
Saudi Arabia will withdraw its multi-billion dollar backing of LIV Golf at the end of the season, plunging the future of the series into doubt.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/cp3p9we4v0yo
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Guardian Sport
8 days ago
Captain. Leader. Far-right sympathiser. Terry joins ranks of footballās radicalised | Jonathan Liew
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Captain. Leader. Far-right sympathiser. Terry joins ranks of footballās radicalised | Jonathan Liew
John Terryās journey into the internet pipeline is by no means an isolated case ā what makes footballers so susceptible? And so we ask ourselves: how did it come to this? Did we miss the signs? Were there red flags that went unheeded, cries for help that fell on closed ears, forks in the road not taken? Or ultimately, for all our best efforts, was it always going to end like this? Is it, in fact, possible that John Terry was a far-right sympathiser all along? Yes, itās been a chastening week for those who have been fighting Terryās corner for more than a decade. Who steadfastly defended him against the racism charges, who accepted his explanation that he was simply repeating what Anton Ferdinand had been saying to him, who turned up at his trial in full kit, who lamented his failure to land the coaching jobs he so coveted, who right to the end just wanted to believe. Continue reading...
http://dlvr.it/TSJ1VQ
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Alan Hemingway
9 days ago
Spot on
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Iain Mansfield
9 days ago
I would like to live in a country in which Jewish people were not being attacked almost every week.
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Adam Bienkov
9 days ago
Bridget Phillipson slapping down the racist hypocrite Rupert Lowe in the House of Commons just now
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Just when you thought the bounds of ludicrousness (word?) had been stretched to the limit⦠š¤”
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Bryan Blessed
10 days ago
"In the UK we called it 'Boss Cat' because we had a cat food brand called 'Top Cat' which, of course, was problematic for a publicly-funded BBC. However, it was lost on nobody that, whatever it was called, it was basically just Sergeant Bilko with cats, and that is what unites our countries today."
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Gail Myerscough
11 days ago
Thank you for all your support. It's been a rough few months for small businesses and every repost helps more than people realise. If youāve just discovered me, you can see more here
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Aaron Rupar
11 days ago
if you really think about it, there's no problem we face that can't be solved by a new White House ballroom
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Philippe Auclair
12 days ago
Chelsea and Man City in the FA Cup final. No other English clubs have systematically ignored, bent or broken the rules like both have done. In terms of trophies won, no other English clubs have been as successful over the past decade and a half either. The moral of the story - is that there is none.
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12 days ago
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Jesus.
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Ciaran Martin
12 days ago
Unfortunately for most of the past week the centre of government has seemed to do little else that try and fail to destroy one individual for its own short term interests 3/3
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Ciaran Martin
12 days ago
To be clear, none of my criticisms of the abuse of state power in this process are directed at Parliament and the Select Committee. Theyāre all directed at the government. Part of Parliamentās job is to scrutinise what the government is doing. 2/3
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Ciaran Martin
12 days ago
Iāve given an interview to Times Radio on the Prime Ministerās second clear mistake in the Mandelson imbroglio - the dismissal of Sir Olly Robbins. Itās at 26 mins 56 secs in here 1/3
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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Times Radio Breakfast with Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times
Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.
https://www.thetimes.com/radio/show/20260426-33268/2026-04-26
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Odd This Day
12 days ago
Happy 56th anniversary, this unimprovable newspaper headline
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Will Dunn
12 days ago
I did not Relish the opportunity to attend Rees-Mogg on tour
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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13 days ago
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Barney Ronay
13 days ago
What I think about what KP thinks about what Alastair Cook thinks about what Jacob Bethell should do (quiz: only one of these things actually matters. Can you guess which?)
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
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Cricketās April wasteland: Cook and Pietersen row like barbecue dads in the battle for Bethell | Barney Ronay
In the end it doesnāt matter if you prefer the Indian Premier League or red-ball cricket, or which is better. The war is over
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/25/cricket-indian-premier-league-england-county-championship-alastair-cook-kevin-pietersen
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The Guardian
14 days ago
āI nearly quit to become a fencing teacherā: Iron Maiden on 50 years of heavy metal, hard living ā and hopeless communication skills
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āI nearly quit to become a fencing teacherā: Iron Maiden on 50 years of heavy metal, hard living ā and hopeless communication skills
As a career-spanning documentary hits cinemas and the band eye two nights at Knebworth, they revisit their path from pubs to stadiums ā but how did they get through their crisis-filled 1990s?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/24/i-nearly-quit-to-become-a-fencing-teacher-iron-maiden-on-50-years-of-heavy-metal-hard-living-and-hopeless-communication-skills?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1777004345
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Ben Schneider
14 days ago
āHow can we manage large-scale demand destruction with as little harm as possibleā should be the top story on every news outlet worldwide⦠ā¦but it isnāt.
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Eamon Lynch
14 days ago
golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Even if Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm want a PGA Tour return, a cool reception awaits
Whatever future LIV Golf has will be more penurious than profligate.
https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/liv/2026/04/24/bryson-dechambeau-jon-rahm-cool-reception-upon-pga-tour-return/89770028007/
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And fantastic it is too.
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Jonn Elledge
15 days ago
This by
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Cabinet knows that Keir Starmer is done for
Thereās little loyalty owed to a PM who shows so little interest in MPs ā which is why a planned exit now looks likely
https://www.thetimes.com/article/8d388f0a-08b1-4855-b62b-f3a07118a5e1?shareToken=f6b69a12a142b6752de9a01cbe533118
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This is what the world is dealing with.
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𤔠USA please have a long look at yourselves.
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Sam Adams
15 days ago
Even as a critic who has tried to write about MJās legacy with nuance and grace, I appreciate the clarity the director of Leaving Neverland brings to the table
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š”š”š” First world problem admittedly but this has real financial consequences and makes my blood boil. Brexit - the gift that, even at this distance, keeps on giving ffs.
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Flannel, Steady Diet of
16 days ago
*Sean Connery voice
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Rachel Sylvester
16 days ago
Keir Starmer is running out of people to throw under the bus - my piece for
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observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Keir Starmer is running out of people to throw under the bus
The dismissal of Olly Robbins adds to a sense of ricocheting instability within the prime ministerās office
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/the-dysfunction-in-downing-street-is-no-laughing-matter
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16 days ago
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Heād already appointed him!!! STOP DIGGING KEIR!
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Arthur Snell
16 days ago
Hereās some of the senior officials that Starmer has sacked. Just trying to work out what seems to be the problem here.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
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Inspirational stuff.
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Unbelievable stuff. ššš
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Pippa Crerar
18 days ago
NEW: Simon Case, the former cabinet secretary, advised Keir Starmer to do Mandelsonās security vetting *before* his appointment as UK ambo to US. Docs were buried in those released for humble address - but there doesnāt appear to have been a response.
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In a crowded field, quite the most smackable face in world politics.
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David Burrows
19 days ago
'When the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom makes a bad decision it always seems that others must take the blame.' Excellent summary of the increasing political weakness of Starmer's position over Mandelson
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The decision of a Prime Minister
Only one person decided to appoint Lord Mandelson
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/the-decision-of-a-prime-minister?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=474138&post_id=194676204&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=36y6s&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Amanda Carpenter
20 days ago
The author of this article refused to sign an NDA, giving up severance and healthcare benefits to tell this story. If you didn't read it already, read it. Because he refused, we may be able to stop the Kennedy Center from being sold for parts and turned into a gaudy MAGA fundraising warehouse.
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