Mangled Tubs (also on Bluesky)

“Where’s the dining table gone?” “I turned it into a drum rack”

@EdConwaySky So journalists only cover overseas trips if we pay for them???

Which brings me back to the fact that I'm typing this from London & not Beijing. I was on the last two trips (2015 & '17). But this time HMT decided NOT to invite journalists along. Bankers, yes. Journalists, no. So much less chance of getting answers to these questions

🇨🇳I was rather hoping to be writing this from China, where the Chancellor has just landed for the most significant economic mission in ages - restarting Britain's formal economic relationship with China. Alas I'm still in London. But make no mistake; this visit is a BIG deal. 🧵

Thanks to everyone who's followed and interacted with this account over the years. It's been fun. However, I no longer want anything to do with a platform where the owner @elonmusk is actively using it to campaign on behalf of neo-fascists and racists. I am tentatively on Bluesky

Matheus Cunha gets a 2 match ban for attacking and assaulting an Ipswich staff member, ripping his glasses off. Duran gets a 3 match ban for falling on a player

@JamesMelville Agree, there should at least be a pay by card option.

More and more car parking meters are becoming app payment only. This ridiculous digitalisation of everything means that millions of people who aren’t online (in particular, many pensioners) are being excluded from basic public services like parking a car.

@pamackerson @JamesMelville Haha the irony is strong here. You sell books on Amazon and have given Elon cash every month for a tick but... 🤣

@JamesMelville Yup. I'd be SOL. I don't use my phone for any type of banking, purchase, internet searches, apps, nada. I talk. I text. I rarely take pictures with it.

@AriesFitBonnie @JamesMelville You sound nice

@JamesMelville Best to get a disabled placard and use it so no need to pay

@Vital_Vibration @JamesMelville Nurse!

@JamesMelville It's intentional.

@_KeepRockAlive_ oasis

In Your Opinion: The most overrated band of all time is......

New Pompeii discovery raises questions

@IpswichTownFans Fancies Christmas off #wwfc #itfc

You can’t be doing that lad 👓 #ITFC twitter.com/AinsleyScorah/…

The Media won't acknowledge this video of the farmers blocking an ambulance with its blue lights on so could you could RT it so people see it?

I'll pass

@punt_rd Currently, it's @weareredhook youtu.be/59gtK8J4nOo?si…

What’s your favourite female led band!? I’ll go first: Garbage What’s yours!? (‘Only Happy When It Rains’, Glastonbury, 2005)

An Announcement from Iron Maiden As The Future Past Tour concludes after 81 shows to over 1.4 million fans, from Ljubljana to the Coachella Valley and from Western Australia to Sao Paulo, Iron Maiden are delighted to announce that stepping in behind the kit for 2025 is a name familiar to many of our fans – Simon Dawson, a former session drummer and Steve’s rhythm section partner of the past 12 years with British Lion. A native of Suffolk, England, Simon first teamed up with Steve Harris back in 2012. He debuted on three tracks on the first British Lion album and all of the second critically acclaimed 'The Burning', plus the many subsequent tours in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, New Zealand &, most recently, both Mexico and South America. Iron Maiden celebrate their 50th Anniversary next year with The Run For Your Lives Tour starting in Budapest on May 27th.

"F*ck my old boots" What an inspiration Nicko has been over the years.

@8bitnortherner 'Posh bloke on the tram' you say...? 🤔

Listening to a posh bloke on the tram. His son is studying economics but wants to go into tv. Their neighbour is a director who’s getting him a job as a runner next summer. Said he can move up quite quickly. & that, ladies and gentlemen, is how it’s done. W/c kids have no chance.

@samwelton96 No worries, thanks for replying

@MangledTubs Already gone mate sorry

Sad to see the end of @AwayDaysBeer but also excited to dive in to the final shipment. Thanks Josh #itfc

@DawnyAustin @HoodedClaw1974 They'd invite them in for a cup of tea

@HoodedClaw1974 I really think groups of Christians should sing hymns outside their mosques and see how they react! 🤬

Apparently this happened in Brighton at 11.04 this morning. Please can someone confirm this did or didn't happen? And if it did who allowed it, and get them sacked.😡😡😡