George Morrall

World Cup halftime show predictably dreadful. Bring back Bruce Forsyth at the 1974 FA Cup final

Since Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, every President has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover. @AjitPai @StevenJDuffield

Accidentally the most dramatic camera work ever seen in the commons just now...

This is shocking. At an EU Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, Lynn Boylan lamented that it was “a pity we can’t use our own language.” When it was pointed out that she could, in fact, speak Irish, she backtracked almost instantly: "I wasn’t prepared, so I’ll use English."

Ann Widdecombe and I worked with @SkyNews to cover Pope Benedict XVI’s Papal Visit to the UK, in 2010 On the last of 4 days, we rushed from London to Birmingham for Beatification of John Henry Newman, at Cofton Park. Security was high and the closest our car could get was over a mile away! It meant a very long walk. Ann handled this and the inevitable hurry well clutching her hefty bags. She had been talking about Faith and Roman Catholicism for three days but went as fast as she could. But her foot caught a lifted paving stone and down she went. I can feel the sound her body made, now, as it landed hard on the slabs: it was a complete face plant. Staggeringly, though one knee, an elbow and her hands were badly grazed, there was no mark on her face. We all assumed she would have to withdraw. She clambered to her feet, swept our concern aside and strode on! She was a soldier that day. Nothing could have stopped her and I loved seeing the joy in everyone’s eyes, to see her, in our team. She talked to everyone! I am angry and horrified to contemplate the manner of her death. While I did not know her well, she earned my respect over those four long but profound days, in the company of Pope Benedict XVI and through her devotion to St John Henry Newman - I hope it was into their receiving arms that she found peace after her ordeal, and that they lift her up to where she needs to go. #AnnWiddecombe

Let’s not forget that even if England win against Norway on Saturday they will then immediately have to march 200 miles south and play France without so much as a hydration break

Two very old men of unimportant European nationality meet.. While talking, one asks: "You watching the football game?" The other says: "Who's playing?" "Austria-Hungary", says the first. "Against whom?"

Queen Mary knew every British monarch from Queen Victoria to Charles III.

A very special delivery for David Attenborough, beloved by people (and animals) everywhere 💚 To honour Sir David’s 100th birthday, His Majesty The King is supported by a cast of stars from British nature to relay his handwritten message in time for the celebration at the Royal Albert Hall. Watch David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth on @BBCiPlayer. youtu.be/I1D9YF0YapQ?si…

Tories putting up absolutely monumental numbers among the heavily Jewish wards in Barnet.

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The reason that clip of Kemi Badnoch slapping down the islamo-leftist agitator a hits home is that you can tell she's genuinely sick of them, and her face captures the genuine disgust that so many feel, and that they warrant. She's confroning a malevolent, racist movement, that comes packaged as holier than though 'anti-racism'.

This is honestly one the best verbal shellackings I've ever seen in my life. Nose-ring was absolutely flummoxed and had her head spinning after this brutal beat down.

Are Chinese people in Britain chased down the street for what Beijing does to Uighurs? Are Russians here hunted for Ukraine? Are Afghans attacked over how women are treated back home? No. But Jews are singled out, blamed, and targeted for Israel. The hypocrisy isn’t even subtle.

In the midst of all the news today, and with Parliament prorogued, many people may not have noticed that this was the final time the hereditary peers sat in Parliament before being forced out by Labour. I want to pay an extra special tribute to them. Combined they had 1784 years of parliamentary experience, wisdom and service to this country. That is not something easily replaced, and it should not be casually discarded. Most were Conservatives. All were public servants. They have brought to public life judgment shaped over decades, deep expertise, institutional memory, and a sense of duty that has strengthened Parliament and, very often, improved legislation in ways the public will never fully see. Their record speaks for itself. They have served in war and peace, in government and opposition, in defence, diplomacy, farming, business, science and public service. They have not merely occupied seats in the Lords, they have contributed to the life of the nation. That is why what has happened matters. Hereditary peers are a living part of Britain’s constitutional inheritance that Labour is casually tearing up. Labour has rubbed away another part of our heritage, not to strengthen Parliament but to replace it with political appointees, four of whom it has already had to suspend the whip from because they were so inappropriate. That contrast says rather a lot. At a time when public trust in politics is fragile, I think it is worth saying plainly that experience, seriousness and tradition still matter. Service still matters. Duty still matters. So today, as an era closes, I want to put on record my profound gratitude and admiration for our hereditary peers. Britain has been better governed because of them. The Conservative Party has been stronger because of them. And Parliament will be poorer without them. Their contribution will long outlast the petty politics that has brought this moment about.

To mark the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh, The Queen has gifted the New York Public Library a new Roo. Made by Merrythought, the new Roo travelled from Buckingham Palace to New York aboard Their Majesties’ flight! 📹: @RoyalFamily

It’s a rubbish statue on an overgrown bollard. Absolutely pathetic.

Do people think they're being funny, or clever, or in any way original when they throw "Granny" comments at Madonna, or refer to "nursing home", or demand she retire, etc?? She spoke about ageism back in 1992 & made her thoughts on it very clear. 📺 #Madonna #Confessions2 #COADF