Nick Hughes: Rhubba

I've finally codified Rhubba's Three Laws of Twitter: 1. If someone's protected their tweet they know they're in the wrong. 2. If I'm getting loads of likes & retweets for a response I've made then the OP is bad. 3. The more virtuous the Twitter bio reads, the worse the person is

@_HelenDale I remember when I lived on the Gold Coast you could get to see an episode of a new TV series on the local NSW affiliate an hour ahead of Queensland TV.

I try not to be doctrinaire about the summertime/daylight savings issue, & recall voting YES in the referendum below. Voting is compulsory in Australia, so this represents everyone in a particular state being compelled to the polls to give their opinion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Quee…

There are days when I wish I didn’t get really epic jet lag. Today is one of those days. I even get jet lag from daylight savings (clocks forward especially). So irritating.

@realMaalouf Don't buy them.

A Muslim woman in a French supermarket is very angry and complains that they sell liquor-filled chocolates with alcohol, which is haram in Islam, and demands that they be banned. What is the solution to her problem?

@WillKingston Cut n' pasted from what Nick Timothy said the day before. So Farage's finest hour belongs to someone else.

Farage’s finest hour as Reform leader.

@Nigel_Farage More frivolous politics.

Ed Miliband wants you to drink warm beer. We won’t let Labour come for your pint!

QPR man

@joni_askola Did you ever stop to think how British voters became disillusioned with the EU?

Brexit was a mistake, and it’s time for the UK to rejoin the EU

@Ella_M_Whelan Do you support abortion up to birth?

This kind of frothing hatred for women's freedom is just so out of touch with public opinion on abortion. MPs with even the tiniest liberal bone in their body need to have some courage and come out and defend our bodily autonomy, because at the moment Westminster is sounding like a house full of loons.

@thebritishertwi I never liked that film.

Perfection. 🧐

@crankynotions Farage is stealing other people's points once he knows it's safe to say them. The man has little courage or conviction.

Farage is playing to WIN POWER, I get that some prefer to talk shit about Boomercons (the demographic standing between you and the Gulag) on livestreams. To each his own.

Genius. The Dork Right will autistically screech about his use of the term "Judeo-" while normal people who are uncomfortable with Islam in public spaces (but don't want full Downes-style lunacy) will see a kindred spirit.

@crankynotions You know it's just a rehash of what Nick Timothy said yesterday. Less of a genius and more of a Johnny come lately.

@Vocal_GenX Also Brits who say "lootenant" instead of lieutenant.

Can we start correcting Brits that call Gen Zed 'Gen Zee'

@MrTCHarris Oh bad luck there, Tom.

@englandislost @JAHeale Prove that statement. Which left leaning liberal is she siding with? And what makes you think Jenrick is a right winger when he personally campaigned for a flood of Afghans to live in the UK?

@JAHeale That’s how she refers to the formal right-wingers in the party, yet she seems far more comfortable siding with the left-leaning liberals.

Kemi Badenoch: "We've lost all the drama queens"

@JAHeale And look at who is behaving like drama queens? Yep, Reform.

@Alarsenalnews_ Fantastic defensive unit...and later on Keown stepped into Bould's role effortlessly. I thought Dixon deserved an England call up but I don't think he was international quality.

George Graham didn’t hesitate for a single second when he delivered this absolutely stone-cold truth bomb about his incredibly reliable right-sided machine: “He wasn't the most naturally gifted player when he arrived, but his attitude was absolutely first-class. He learned, he adapted, and he became an absolute pillar of the best defence in the country.” Wind the clock back to the late 1980s and 90s. If you ask any football fan about the absolute, undisputed foundation of Arsenal Football Club, they won't talk about silky playmakers or rapid strikers. They’ll chant the names like a legendary mantra: Dixon, Adams, Bould, Winterburn. The Famous Back Four. There is being a solid right-back, and then there is being an absolute, immovable brick wall who played for the same club across three different decades. Cast your mind back to the most dramatic, nerve-shredding night in the history of English football. May 26, 1989. Anfield. Liverpool vs Arsenal. The final day of the season. Arsenal needed to win by exactly two goals to snatch the league title from Liverpool in their own backyard. The clock had ticked past the 90th minute. Arsenal were leading 1-0. The title was slipping away. It was an impossible ask. Then came the moment. From the right-hand side, Lee Dixon steps in and plays the ball forward into midfield. The move develops quickly — Alan Smith wins it, flicks it on, and Michael Thomas bursts through. "It's up for grabs now!" Thomas slips it past Bruce Grobbelaar. 2-0. Pure, unfiltered pandemonium in the away end. Arsenal pull off the greatest title heist in English football history. And while Thomas gets the glory — rightly so — Dixon was part of the build-up that kept the move alive from deep on that right flank. Now, we have to address the absolute, monumental elephant in the room: the infamous own goal. September 1991. Highbury. Aston Villa are the visitors. Lee Dixon attempts a routine pass back towards David Seaman… and completely miscues it. Instead, the ball flies over Seaman and into the net from long range. One of the most bizarre own goals ever seen at Highbury — not a “worldie” by design, but a shocking mis-hit that had everyone stunned. But strip away the comedy, and what you’re left with is one of the most consistent defenders English football has ever seen. When Arsène Wenger arrived and revolutionised everything — diet, training, tempo — many from the old guard faded away. Dixon didn’t. He adapted. He evolved. He remained first-choice. And he was part of the side that won the historic Double in 1997–98. A true, undisputed immortal of the Highbury era: 🔴 619 appearances for the Gunners 🏆 4x League Titles (1989, 1991, 1998, 2002) 🧱 Integral part of The Famous Back Four 🎯 Scorer of one of the most infamous own goals in club history He eventually stepped away from the pitch and became one of the most respected, sharp-tongued pundits in the game. But those 14 years of locking down the right flank, winning everything there was to win, and surviving the biggest tactical revolution in Arsenal history were more than enough to cement his place as a Highbury legend. Proper grafter. Absolute machine. Dicko.

@TiceRichard So Nick Timothy was correct?

Enough is enough

@Nigel_Farage Oh they are, you're pretending not to notice.

There are 50 days to go until the elections on May 7th. You wouldn’t know it as the other parties are barely out campaigning!

@RodneyMarshall1 @SandbaggerDC Losing the hybrid mid-Atlantic accent and making him an out and out Englishman, getting rid of "comedy" sidekicks and letting the guest cast shine (because like all good leading men, Roger knew when to step back and let co-stars take centre stage) were all positive changes.

@SandbaggerDC Yes, always evolving.

Roger Moore: "The Saint was what I had been waiting for...No swords, no saddles, no armour, not even a toga. Instead, it was a cool car, a stiff drink and sharp suits. He was the foundation for the rest of my career: Simon Templar, or, if you like, Simon Template."

@groenetrede @simongerman600 An inch is the length of a thumb and guess what a foot is based on?

@simongerman600 Pounds, stones, inches, feet, miles, acres. Fahrenheit. It doesn’t make sense at all. Interesting that the USA uses the metric system in science. Hopefully the poor Americans will fully switch to the metric system one day.

Not coming from an agricultural background, some measurements don’t make intuitive sense to me. A Hectares are easy enough to come to terms with: 10,000 square meters. Easy. An acre?! I still can’t wrap my head around this…

@simongerman600 I can't visualise 10,000 square meters. An acre is half a football pitch.