I’m exhausted and I didn’t even watch the game. Heard everyone in the pub though and the church bells every hour. I was up just after five as usual though and have to work so…

Booing at Lord’s a rarity but on this occasion it was absolutely bang on. A terrible decision by the third umpire to overturn a clear Ecclestone catch. It won’t change the result but it was a very poor decision. #WT20WC

Australia have been the best team in this tournament by sone distance and how it shows. #WT20WC

Dear commentators, hydration breaks in an air con stadium don’t become good because of a goal just after one.

Naturally I was asleep for all of the penalties drama last night and early morning. A German friend passed me in his van, stopped and gave me a lift to the lido and he was asleep through the game too. Not seen any Dutch people yet, but it is only 6am.

My own World Cup warm up ended in a predictable sloping off to bed 10pm. Not sure I’ll see that much of the tournament, early mornings are so much better than late nights.

It seems very wring when Serie A releases fixtures in early June. I'm pining a little for the days of not even knowing whjen the season would start, let alone when the fixtures would come out. Back then Italia qualified for World Cups too.

In other news there was a guy at the lido this morning in VB budgie smugglers and I was compelled to congratulate him on his taste.

Thought the train was busy this morning, had completely missed there being a tube strike today until a colleague in the office mentioned it just now.

North London is chaos. Arsenal fans going everywhere and loads the wrong way and back on themselves. Few seem to know how to get anywhere.

If you don’t know which side to stand on the escalator then you really aren’t an Arsenal fan.

Once again, @gwr has no seat reservations, this time a busy bank holiday Monday. Every time.

Country people have very different ideas about what is noisy at night. One car an hour on the road outside is never going to keep a Hackney girl awake.

No pyro no party.

The Mayor of Hackney @zoegarbett.bsky.social showing up 💕🏳️‍⚧️

About time this lot changed their name to the Bigoted as Fuck Commission www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How do GWR never manage to press the button to deploy the seat reservations on really busy services? Utterly abysmal @gwr.com

It’s a bit loud outside. Don’t these Gooners know I’m trying to sleep?

We live in a bubble in London a lot of the time. It’s inclusive and no one cares where people are from. This shite today pushes it into our faces. But equally it shows why we need to stand up against it.

Really distressing seeing POC clearly frightened by the fash marchers in town (as I was.) This is not, and never will be, acceptable.

The fucking GALL to put this on an article about a trans woman winning a discrimination case! British Bigotry Corporation

Starmer should call a shithouse election and watch Streeting fail to defend his majority of 528.

I just had a meeting talking about trains for an hour. Which is definitely the best hour of my working year so far, even the bio toilet discussion.

“It’s okay, it’s better than predicted,” says the Blairite. “You’re right,” says the Starmerite, “They said we’d lose 1500 seats and it was only 1496.” #Partytime

The petition by Jewish and Israeli people in Britain against Nigel Farage speaking at the rally against antisemitism tomorrow has been signed by 2200 and is still open sites.google.com/view/letterr...

Election results in London are very different to some parts of the country but I never thought I’d see the day when Labour had fewer than ten seats in Hackney. My ward, like most others, went Green but I still want to know who the 217 Reform voters were.

My WhatsApp is going wild with cricket and election updates and trying to extract the Gloucestershire wickets from the Green gains is exhausting.

Just ordered a gift for a relative without a mobile phone. I entered their landline as the contact number for deliver, only to be told that this wasn't valid as it must be 11 characters (that bit was OK) and begin 07 (that wasn't.) Another nail in the landline coffin.

That moment when you are compèring a monthly salon and ten Swedish Gooners turn up 😬. I now know how to say cheers in Swedish (skál.)

Possibly me as a womble.

Already feeling overdressed in Wigan. The sun is out and the locals have stripped off*. *Not totally

🇮🇹 Today in Italy is the Day of Liberation from nazi-fascism: we remember football's contribution to the Resistance against Nazism and Fascism. This is Bruno Neri, midfielder for Faenza, Livorno, Fiorentina, Lucchese, and Torino, three-time Italian national team player, and finally a partisan. 👇

Saw a vixen taking cubs up through our ivy earlier. For a moment I thought she had a kill, but it was her cubs being transported. Here she is

Bloke behind me is.clearly devastated to be flying Ryanair. His partner has an emergency passport (presumably it was lost or stolen.) “I imagine they’ve seen plenty of those here,” he chirped, the implication wholly unsubtle.

In Rome, just spent an hour with some very drunken Finnish folk dancers. As you do. They didn’t dance but I fear limbs may have been broken if they had (especially as it seems there are similarities with traditional Russian dancing.)

Anyone who’s ever worked near secure public sector projects knows that clearance isn’t a nice to have, even at lower levels. There’s zero chance any bypassing could have happened without ministerial sign off at Mandelson’s level.

Orbán conceding is a good end to the weekend. Magyar and Tisza are far from what I’d like for Hungary but at least Fidesz are out

Finally home five hours after leaving Burton. Full first class refund the only bonus.

I think I have been through about 20 counties today. God bless the railway system. And its delays, breakings, cancellations..

I’m quite zen about what happens this season. Whatever will be will be etc. some of our fans though… A long ball sails out, “Think about it Jackson,” is the shout behind me, as if the manager communicates every kick in realtime 🤦‍♀️ #afcwimbleddon

Like many out there I’m thinking of Iran tonight. Thinking of all the people who are hurtling towards wherever the hellish fever dreams of Trump propel them. The lure of power is truly vile.

Before the football down the road today I was compèring our monthly pub salon. Managed to avoid heckling from either West Han or Leeds fans .#winning

Two West Ham fans just came in the pub. Left too early lads.

If you’ve got a player wearing gloves in April then you deserve to lose. Them’s the rules.

Pubs where people reserve the dart board by writing on the blackboard. Proper.

Belinda Carlisle was amazing pre-botox

Keep getting upgraded to suites. I mean, I know I’m me but they seem to as well.

For a team that could get promoted today the atmosphere at Sincil Bank is terrible. A piped drum and the occasional generic song.

Enjoying the next 40 minutes. Until they are done Gloucestershire can still be promoted. #countychampionship

Happy “have you wintered well?” Day to all who celebrate.