Jack Berringer

@EddyWax Many super good learnings in the article. I've never seen 'triologue' in the wild, but the number of people claiming to be EU policy experts and writing 'trialogue' has always blown my mind

NEW column this week: How I stopped worrying and learned to love Euro-English British pedants have left Brussels to its own devices — with profound consequences. politico.eu/article/how-i-…

@ChelseaFC Zola would do well to distance himself from those in charge of this once great club. These people are guilt tripping the fanbase into supporting the club by using the memory of legends like Vialli and it’s utterly reprehensible

Will you be there for the first whistle of the new era? 🇮🇹

Paris is a wonderful city, but I have been recently & the idea that the transport system, specifically the metro, is worthy of a gold medal is laughable. Of all the public transport systems I've used, it is the worst, with people crammed in like sardines. It's downright dangerous

@Mij_Europe Except that everyone in France has a second vote, in which they can change their mind, and the results will only apply until the next vote. Also this election is democratically mandated while Brexit was an election pledge that could just not have been followed through on

On the 2nd round French election, Raphael Glucksmann says: “It’s almost a Brexit referendum” Yup. That's right ft.com/content/742511…

@eoghanwalsh I think that much of what you sadly went through comes back to 2 things, poor road design/planning & the company car culture. Both exacerbate traffic & lead to crazy driving to make up lost time. The former is systemic & there is seemingly no political will to address the latter

@FPLGeneral @59thMinutePod would you take a -4/-8 for Solanke to Jackson and/or Saka to De Bruyne? Have to take out Kelleher with my free transfer so best GK there also appreciated (have 2 City, 2 Chelsea so feel Ederson and Petrovic are not the best options)

Drop your questions below for this week's @59thMinutePod 🎙️ #DGW37

Hi @campbellclaret, I’m a British Belgian who would also love you to do a deep dive on Belgium. If you do, please look into the assertion last week that Belgium functions well as it simply isn’t true politically or economically. It’s a wonderful country but far from the blueprint

Headline “British man doesn’t read rules applicable to all non-EU citizens for years (over 3 for the UK, since Brexit officially took place) prior to travelling and complains to media”. Complete with compulsory photo with sad expression and passports bbc.com/news/business-…

@DanParry_ @PhilKitro Thanks both, will check them out!

@jackberringer @PhilKitro Can't go wrong in Casco Viejo really. Calle Ledesma, Pozas are good. Diputación, close to Plaza Moyua is also great. Txintxirri has an exceptional tortilla (maybe the best in Bilbao), Bar Gorliz and Maitxu also do grear tortillas.

We did a special podcast about a special club. It's about Athletic Club and Bilbao and the relationship between the club and its amazing city. Have a listen! #UniqueInTheWorld

@DaveKeating Exactly, another reason why many Brits sadly don't speak a second language Also many non-native speakers prefer to practice English than listen to our attempts to speak their language. My 🇫🇷 is pretty good, but I often get spoken to in English, despite being able to converse

@jackberringer Yes true. And the obvious context that when your native language is the most-spoken language in the world (and half of people on your continent can speak it), it takes away the motivation to learn another language. English is now more of a communication skill than a language.

I often hear French people claim that France's linguistic hang-ups are because French people are bad at languages, but it's not at all true. It's not that they can't speak English. It's that they don't want to.

@DaveKeating This is true. Another UK issue is the lack of an obvious second language to learn, and only having around an hour or so of lessons a week. Schools usually teach French, German or Spanish, and this is not consistent when you move between schools meaning you don’t build proficiency

Also it's no surprise UK is the highest (keep in mind if you subtract the 15% foreign-born then you're left with 19% probably claiming their high school French). For Ireland I suspect the question was phrased as "second language" and they're counting Irish.

#EUSEW2023 interrupted by climate protestors. One of the more relaxed and low key responses I’ve seen from security and organisers. Given time to make a speech and then slowly ushered off the stage

@FootballCliches m.youtube.com/watch?v=FXAoZF… was in Sweden earlier this week and noticed that the noise for announcements on their train network (heard from 1:28) sounds identical to the first half of the chant “same old team X, always cheating”

Recording 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 on Monday, it's the 𝐴𝑑𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙 and it's ready to handle whatever you throw at it. Questions/observations?

@SNCFVoyageurs Le train de Bordeaux Saint Jean à Hendaye, numéro 8531, le lundi 20 mars circule-t-il?

@SNCFVoyageurs Merci beaucoup

@jackberringer Bonsoir, le TGV 8473 est confirmé pour le samedi 18 mars.

@SNCFVoyageurs le train 8473 du samedi 8 mars, Paris-Bordeaux circule-t-il?

@FootballCliches For my sins corner candidate on radio 1 yesterday. Host talking to one of the people who formerly wore the mr blobby suit. From around 56 minutes in

Recording 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 on Monday and we want your usual filler, killer and football-linguistic caterpillars for the cocoon that is the 𝐴𝑑𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙... (Doesn't work, don't care, you know what I mean.)

@SpursOfficial @FootballCliches verdict on whether it’s ok to be photographed holding a shirt you’ll never wear if you sign for someone and then are loaned straight back?

✍️ We are delighted to announce the permanent signing of Destiny Udogie from Udinese. The defender has agreed a deal that will run until 2027 and will return to the Serie A side on loan for the remainder of the 2022/23 season.

The European Parliament plenary and EP Twitter right about now #Fitfor55