Christopher Smith

Fair play from the Mail. I said what I said.

Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"

Study shows COVID vaccines decreased heart attacks and strokes. A sweeping analysis of nearly 46 million adult health records has delivered a clear verdict: COVID-19 vaccination sharply lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes, directly refuting persistent claims to the contrary. Published in Nature Communications, the study followed people across England from December 2020 through January 2022. It documented a 10% drop in serious arterial blood clots (including heart attacks and strokes) after the first dose alone. Protection strengthened further with subsequent doses: a 20% reduction among those fully vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNTech and a striking 27% reduction for AstraZeneca recipients. The researchers were upfront about rare side effects—myocarditis and certain clotting disorders—that can occur shortly after vaccination, but stressed these remain exceptionally uncommon. By comparison, catching COVID-19 itself dramatically raised the odds of major cardiovascular events. Lead co-author Dr. Samantha Ip described the results as some of the strongest evidence yet that the vaccines do more than prevent severe infection: they also confer lasting protection against two of the world’s leading killers. [Ip, S., North, TL., Torabi, F. et al. Cohort study of cardiovascular safety of different COVID-19 vaccination doses among 46 million adults in England. Nat Commun 15, 6085 (2024). doi. org /10.1038/s41467-024-49634-x]

@67HailHail No

Would you take Clarke as Celtic coach? 67hailhail.com/news/open-goal…

Oh hi @RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Professor of palliative care here. Interesting to listen to yesterday’s episode’s discussion of the assisted dying Bill. You are wrong on so many counts, it’s hard to know where to start.

@scout_scot Like a Swedish yang?

Also since seeing Nancy's teams and now anyone who plays 3-4-3 type formations, I'm always drawn towards any wing-backs who thrive in such a niche & demanding role. Gabriel Gudmundsson going by tonight is one of those players.

Sweden coming close to a 2nd. This time Lagerbielke heading down to Starfelt whose shot is saved and no more. Like some kind of twilight zone 2026 Celtic defence.

@daerBemaG @CrabbitCabbie @RowleyAnalysis Ha! Probably fair. Wrong time wrong guy, and didn’t have the personality or body of work (locally) to carry the troops with him.

@cjs80 @CrabbitCabbie @RowleyAnalysis Whilst I agree Nancy was let down he never played 352 and most of the time it was 1 at the back.

Benjamin Nygren 🇸🇪 An enigma. Not rounded enough to be an 8, lacks the pace/technical ability to be a winger and not enough physicality to play up front in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. All highlighted by him playing in a dysfunctional midfield which is no longer masked by outstanding forward players.

@CrabbitCabbie @RowleyAnalysis I could swear someone tried this but was let down by a GK chucking the ball in the net and strikers missing sitters… 😜

@RowleyAnalysis I would play him as a 2nd striker & change the system to 3-5-2

@PJG_Sport youtu.be/Rq3ntqAqvIk?si…

@PJG_Sport Was it not a quality half volley by Thommo at Parkhead…?

Fortunate to cover both legs of Celtic knocking Barcelona out Uefa Cup in 2004, this was my first to Nou Camp press box. David Marshall, 19, breathtaking saves especially Luis Garcia. 0-0 going through on Alan Thompson's pen at Celtic Park. John Kennedy, 20, superb too #CelticFC

@FinnrikLarsson @MarkEglinton Add to that dropping the GK (apparently he was going to do, but too late..) and some luck with strikers taking the gilt edged chances (remember them?!) they were given…

@MarkEglinton This will be unpopular, but I care not. If Nancy had CCV, AJ, Jota available, he’d have a trophy in the cabinet and be clear at the top of the league. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t naive, but he did manage to get this group playing the best attacking football of the year.

Celtic have played very little attractive football this season, but the best of it was during a fleeting few minutes under Wilfried Nancy.

@GarySte60277185 @PremSportsTV @darrellcurrietv @mstewart_23 @sbk 💯

@PremSportsTV @darrellcurrietv @mstewart_23 @sbk Since the trusty incident at tynecastle they've made a rod for there own backs

"DOGSO is an utter disgrace and decisions like that even more so go to show what a pathetic position we are in" 🗣️ @darrellcurrietv, @mstewart_23 and Alan Hutton discuss Brooklyn Kabongolo's sending off against Kilmarnock 🟥 Presented by @sbk | 18+ | Please Gamble Responsibly

The Yorkshire Whistler project is in its 5th year. A neutral pro ref reviews the big calls in league games involving Celtic and TRFC The results are part of a host of statistically significant evidence that refereeing under Crawford Allan was tilted to favouring 1 side 1/

Non stop barrage of commentary from media and Jambo/Bear half n halfs on the AOC "challenge" v Motherwell Fascinating this is almost identical to Olusanya on Tierney - rake down shin onto foot - which received not a peep at the time Thus it will be for the next 8 games

@Kyle_Gunn97 Why would anyone want less transparency and less communication and explanation? Also, many seem to ignore the majority of decisions the refs get right But let's go back to the secret world of Crawford Allan

Here's the programme-by-programme dossier in which the @TheNewWorldmag reviewers tracked the breaches of broadcasting codes which @Ofcom seems happy to ignore thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-sc…

@OswaldsBar lol where did the Hately AI come from … hurlock?

Times of our lives 😍

@dougiethebear 😂

Collums resignation should be announced ASAP after this blatant cheating by Scottish match officials! No other outcome is acceptable now this is out for public viewing!

@unbawmcgaw 😂

7 big decisions last weekend all in Celtic's favour. Throw in the offside against Aberdeen and now Clancy blatantly cheating on VAR. I think it's only going to get worse in the upcoming games. We've had 18 goals disallowed and more apologies this season than I can remember.