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@VeryBadLlama Which drink. Tea, coffee or hot chocolate..? 🤣

incredibly funny stuff from a country obsessed with a beverage made from a plant that does not grow in their climate

@BarrowAFC They’ve trained in that area for years. Evatt introduced it. It’s only moving venue isn’t it?

Barrow AFC are delighted to announce that the Club will relocate its first team training operations to Tameside Stadium, the home of Curzon Ashton, ahead of the 2026/27 season. 🏟️ #WeAreBarrow

@WhiteHouse I do love the fact that he never set foot on what is now the USA, but apparently ‘discovered’ the gaff??

And in this house, Christopher Columbus is a hero.

@JacobHeaney21 @BlackpoolFC 🙌

Run it back @BlackpoolFC

@Everton Says a lot about the guy that he was on loan with us 18 years ago. If he walked on our pitch now, everyone would stand up. Good luck & thanks from your friends at the seaside 🍊

Thank you, Seamus. 💙

@Dominos_UK Jam & cornflakes…

if Tuchel ordered a pizza what toppings would he pick

@BlackpoolFC @AnythingBFC The way Jimmy wipes a tear from his eye 🙌

🗣️ "Tangerine at the top table." One of the best trips we've ever been on #OnThisDay in 2010. 🧡 🍊 #UTMP

@AmoaHamlet Got a shellacking at Waterloo, The Nile, a kicking by Wellington and cocked up the Russia campaign. Other than that - yeah - winner

GENIOS MILITARES En un top jamás pueden estar Rommel, Montgomery o Patton, no dan la talla ni siquiera en sus propias guerras para ser considerados los mejores. Tengo cierto sesgo occidental pero es más por ignorancia, me falta estudiar a profundidad las campañas de los grandes generales chinos. Napoleón reúne y condensa todas las cualidades de todos los generales anteriores a él y anticipa todo lo que vendrá después.

@BRyvkin Let’s not paint Cromwell as some form of Parliamentarian, he was a dictator. He didn’t agree with Parliament’s refusal to sanction executing CI say simply banished them and voted again. A dictator and a chancer.

@vbspurs He still rocked up to Andrew & Fergie’s wedding in dress uniform.

When Prince Edward joined the Royal Marines in 1986, the Queen and Prince Philip took a photo with all their children in military uniform. Sadly, Prince Edward did not finish the course.

@faisalislam All school children. I got one and the local council also bought all children in the borough a mug!

Found at the bottom of a box. Who got one of these? I think they gave them to all (then!) kids born in QE II silver jubilee year… but I definitely recall my Dad saying he bought it specially…

@thebarcouncil A lawyer talks 😉

Chair Kirsty Brimelow KC spoke to Joshua Rozenberg on the Lawyer Writes podcast this week about what's next for the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Report stage is the next stage, when the bill - which includes the proposal to limit jury trials - will have a thorough debate. As Kirsty explained, this is an important stage as even though the government has a majority, there are a number of rebel MPs who are against reducing jury trials. We will continue to put forward our evidence based arguments on behalf of the profession that we know will go to the heart of the problem and reduce the inefficiencies in the courts. Listen now (subscription required)⤵️ bit.ly/4vboSaf #JusticeNeedsJuries

@paulabearthe2nd A high viz vest

Cue Andy Burnham -riding a bike -visiting a school -going the pub (obvs) - sleeves up in Factory -talking more Mancunian -wearing ‘working class stuff’ -watching the footy What’s on your Andy Burnham bingo card?

@MenInBlazers Seamus played for Blackpool 😬

@michael195919 @sean_antrim @jonsopel Resigned in 1976

Fun factoid. Last prime minister to come to power by winning an election and leave power by losing one - what you’d think was the way these things are meant to work - was Edward Heath over half a century ago

@sean_antrim @jonsopel Lost 3 out of 4 elections and still thought he should have been party leader!

@jonsopel He was also the last Prime Minister to contest another General election as party leader after leaving office.

@lukerobertblack But Elle is clearly ok with poor spelling!

It’s called tradition. I am no historian but it is likely that the custom of barristers wearing wigs predates the foundation of the USA probably by years, if not decades. We lose our traditions, customs and quirks, however (old-fashioned or slightly eccentric) at our peril.

@Peston Last time they wanted an ‘array of talent’ on the ballot, they ended up with Corbyn

Streeting is positioning himself in the letter as saying what matters is the departure of the prime minister, and NOT a rapid election that might or might not benefit him Streeting as a candidate. He wants “all the best talent” in that leadership contest, including Andy Burnham, says one of his close colleagues. So he supports a long enough election timetable to allow Burnham to fight a by-election and return to parliament in time for a leadership contest. This has one of two possible outcomes. Starmer may just tell him to hop off and he Starmer will remain in post, at least for a few weeks and months. Or the pressure on Starmer to stand down from other ministers and MPs will become irresistible and he will quit. It’s hard to read in this instant.

@Keir_Starmer I know you have bigger fish to fry, but it isn’t ’your Government’ - you are His Majesty’s Prime Minister - the Government remains his.

My government will end the status quo that has failed working people. We will build a stronger, fairer Britain.

@BarbaraRich_law @v_j_freeman We expect immediate polish. I confess I am not a Conservative, and indeed her earlier performances were uninspiring, but Thatcher was opp leader from 1975 and there is little to see of any form a ‘quality’ for years. I didn’t like her, but the finesse came after years!

@v_j_freeman I heard her speak on Sunday and thought her very impressive. Her party has huge legacy and structural problems in restoring its electoral fortunes, but it’s a pleasure to see her hammering a Labour front bench that has been too keen to condescend to her

Streeting desperately trying not to smile, McFadden just beaming, & some marvellous Kemi side eye