Troy Parrott. Echos of Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in 2002. What a moment. #COYBIG 🇮🇪

The first episode of The Clangers was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.

Divorce referendum protest at the General Post Office, Dublin, 1986, photo by Tony O’Shea.

Yep… this..👇👇

Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”

PLEASE read this thread. I remember seeing the headlines about the Trocadero and thinking it all seemed a bit dog-whistle Islamophobic... and it transpires my suspicions were bloody correct.

I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄 Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque? It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage 🧵 1/26

Two new stunners in the park this morning.

I'm absolutely bloody sick of self-appointed "patriots" claiming to adore Britain while trying to destroy our national institutions – including, this week, our world-revered public broadcaster. 📝 New rant 👇

Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

At a rugby club in small-town Leicestershire. This was on the window ledge in the toilet. Fearing the worst, I scanned the QR & opened it in an incognito window… It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍

What does it mean for a "country" to be "safe"? Asylum takes many forms. Individuals can seek asylum because the government goes after them, when others in the country are not in the same situation and therefore safe. So it's whether "a person" is safe. That's more complicated to establish.

15 years ago, a tiny orphaned elephant was rescued from a well. Predators had bitten her trunk and she was hungry, weak, and frightened. That was how Naipoki’s story began. Now - just this week - she adds a new chapter to her story: motherhood! Remind yourself of how far she’s come: swt.bio/naipoki

A look back three years to our kid goat Sprite enjoying playtime with our rescue donkey Eli #playtime #kidgoat

New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.

Jesus Christ.

Important time. This was a few weeks after the Skripal attack when May called out Putin, and Johnson went scuttling off without his security detail to meet Putin confidante* Alexander Lebedev in Umbria and plotted with Temerko to topple May * by then he was aiding Putin’s puppet regime in Crimea

It's so absurd that of the last 4 Home Secs who all drove the dehumanisation of immigration, 3 were children of immigrants. I look at Patel, Braverman, & Mahmood, & wonder how deluded, how entitled you've to be to not see it & pause. Any Reform govt they currently enable would seek to send them away

Born on this day, 1897, Nye Bevan, Minister of Health and Housing when Labour built 805,000 council homes between 1945-51. He believed high-quality council housing should reflect 'the living tapestry of a mixed community'.

Hern Stones, Blakelow #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #derbyshire #darkpeak #bleaklow #landscape #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bnwphoto #nature #scenic

65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges

they did it they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing www.politico.eu/article/fina...

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge. Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots. A thread 🧵 1/8 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC. (Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.) >

The first Thatcher govt had a majority of just 43. Thatcher, like Starmer, was not a natural orator, but she recognised that the battle of ideas mattered. She saw it as part of her job to go out & win the argument: to shape public opinion, not just react to it. That's almost wholly missing today.

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

Immigration policies should be debated on their merits but it is worth repeating that the Social Democrats are on 21% in Denmark and the Greens are on 13% (with other far left parties on another 9%). They're not exactly politically triumphant.

How many more international breaks do we have to endure this season? 😠

Denmark has a 52% tax rate for the wealthy, free childcare & university education, and is much less unequal. Why don’t we follow them on those principles instead?

From the past. A look back to on this day 15th November with our farmily of farm animals & friends

Wonderful detail from Italian painter Parmigianino’s ‘Lucretia’, highlighting her hair, both loose and braided, adorned with pearls and gold threads (1540)

An excellent interview with the Spanish prime minister who insists on & defends progressive policies, & is rewarded with significant economic success. Worth a read. A few quotes below. 🧵 english.elpais.com/spain/2025-1...

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

It's what Jesus would've wanted.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975 “It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975

Cat, c.1904-08, painting by Gwen John, Welsh-born artist, 1876-1939 (Tate).

'While I knew that Reform UK Ltd was largely funded by climate science deniers and fossil fuel interests, I was actually shocked to read that, according to recent research by @desmog.com, in the period between the 2019 and 2024 elections, the figure was a staggering £2.3m, 92% of their funding.'

“They’ve accidentally released you?” From the new Private Eye, out now.

Important 🚨

Friends, we're ok I'm working remotely today Feeling very tired and sleepy, with a heavy head Last night russia killed 4 people in Kyiv during a massive attack on our city 26 people were injured Many residential buildings destroyed russia continues their genocide of Ukrainians The world watches.

This is probably a crazy idea, but wouldn't it be better to react to the *actual* budget, rather than to every leak and piece of speculation in the months beforehand?

Border wars: a football match in 1599 between men of Bewcastle, England, and Armstrongs of Whithaugh, Scotland, was followed by ‘drynkyng hard’. Final score was two dead, 30 taken prisoner ‘and many sore hurt, especially John Whytfeild, whose bowells came out, but are sowed up againe’.

Children playing among abandoned cars, Manchester, 1965, photo by Shirley Baker (Mary Evans Picture Library).

This is great advice. Not just for kids. Not just for football. For everyone. For life.

If only someone could have foreseen that briefing the FT this week that you’re not willing to do the broad based tax rises you briefed everyone last week were going to be necessary to pay the bills might impact the bond market.

Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.  🧵1/3