‘oh yeah and democracy or something as well, whatever we said the reason for the war was’

A brilliant take down of one of the industry's biggest charlatans - the poster-boy for every kid in a bedroom who wishes to 'break' transfer news to masses. Brilliant journalism from an actual journalist, about someone who isn't a journalist. Hopefully will help wash away the ITK transfer culture

Walked the dog without my woolly hat on tonight for the first time since October. Better days are coming.

I’ve played Beadle every day since Covid. It’s how I start the day. I don’t quite know what I’ll do.

I’ve woken up with horrible chest pain this morning so if it really is the end please make sure my family play Freebird at my funeral and not show tunes which is what my son says they’re going to do.

This is blackout poetry to me

Walked into Leicester in the rain this afternoon but guess who just got back today…

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

3-0 up. And this is how it ends. We’re absolutely doomed. #lcfc

Political briefing at 10pm. Fight in a pub car park at 10.30pm.

Quietly relieved that, when I was young, I did the very opposite of this (apart from the steak and eggs bit.)

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I wish I just knew Michael Vaughan as the Ashes winning England cricket captain and not the social media halfwit.

I’d murder Jessie just for her yellow eye shadow, tbh #thetraitors

Not in the slightest bit surprised that Rajan would say “unleash my inner entrepreneur.” The man is pure @accidentalp.bsky.social

I’ve been out for pizza and beers with an old mate after work and I can thoroughly recommend this for dark January weekday nights.

To the surprise of no-one…

Still ankle-deep in it in the Leicestershire Peak District. Max, the ageing Spaniel, approves.

Had a fancy city centre haircut today and she blow dried my barely-damp hair like I was Engelburt Humperdinck. It was like a walk of shame going back to work.

It is hilarious* that UK gov ministers are insisting they need to keep posting on X - a platform run by a far-right warmongerer that enables the mass production of child sex abuse material and industrial harassment of women - because they're nostalgic for their Blue Tick Twitter days *not hilarious

I’ve had a grim day after a week of grim days and tonight I took my dog for a walk in the snow and he’s got diarrhoea like minestrone soup. So how’s your night?

Day after day of this. It’s making me genuinely a bit twitchy.

@theoldbatsman.bsky.social Hello. I’ve got a new phone. I’m trying to download old podcasts from The Nightwatchman podcast - but I can’t. They’re still there - I can see them on Apple podcast - but I can’t download or play them. Any idea?

I’m sure I say this every year but I can’t help but think all these fireworks are a dreadful waste of money. Happy New Year though, eh?

I'm about to bring an end to a cheery Xmas by sitting in the freezing cold at the King Power to watch Leicester lose to Derby. Smashing. 🦊

We need more Christmas Stilton after some inconsiderate greedy bastard* ate all the Christmas Stilton. * me. No regrets.

This Royal Variety Performance - it’s not for me, thanks.

Aw I can see good people on here calling drinks "cheeky" and it's taking every fibre of my being not to say something. Drinks are not "cheeky". Nandos is not cheeky. Only monkeys, schoolboys and bastards are cheeky.

What is he wearing?

This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that? The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.

End-of-year dentist trip today. Me: I better book in for the hygienist, too. Receptionist: That’s £105 now. Is that ok? Jesus Christ, no. No it’s not. So I’ll be seeing you in 2026 with Nigel Farage’s piss-stained booze teeth.

I’ve caught my traditional pre-Christmas head cold which is going to ruin all my festive boozing.

You won’t see a better goal this season than Abdul Fatawu’s for Leicester vs Ipswich this afternoon.

On the bus today - grim, as always, but Xmas beers tonight - and I stood up to give my seat to an old lady. Then a man in his 20s stood up and offered me his seat. So a merry Xmas from all at the Pensioners’ Alliance.

“I’ve got a plan, boss: Let’s trash our brand, make the website virtually unusable, piss off all our readers - and then start charging them to read our (much reduced) offering.”

The annual thrill of the Leicester eye. * * There’s no-one in it.

In today’s lesson teaching 19 and 20-year-olds about journalism and life: “But, Lee, who are Take That?” How to make your still-young-and-with-it lecturer *cough* feel ancient.

I’m Xmas shopping. It’s all go.

No to this.

People bragging about their: Food Travel Nails Hair Xmas tree None of that for me, thanks ✋

BBC Sports editor Dan Roan there, absolutely trying his best to normalise the Alan Partridge-esque World Cup draw. #bbcnews

Jesus 🙄

No regrets, thanks Spotify.

In this week's episode of Lee Marlow's Clown Car life, my boiler exploded, spraying water all over the landing carpet, leaking through the ceiling. No heating and no hot water until Friday. And naturally, the boiler is what the plumber described as "proper fucked, mate" and it's £2,500 for a new one

I quit Twitter a year ago because it was an industrial scale piss factory and I didn’t want to give Musk a single penny - but I’ve just read another thread on here that was so deliberately pretentious and awful it nearly made me vomit.

Jesus Christ, it just gets worse. #lcfc

Given my old winter coat to a homeless man in Leicester.

Arguably the worst crisps ever made. Hideous.

Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.