simon davies

@TimothyDSnyder Not exactly ‘speak softly and carry a big stick’ is it. Mt Rushmore must be cringing.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

@millsjim44 @WalesRugbyL @Cardiff_Rugby I was a ball boy at the East Glam game v 67 All Blacks and his try sticks with me now.

Heavenly birthday wishes today to my old Welsh RL and Cardiff RU teammate Frank Wilson who would have been 82 today, Rest well old pal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ⁦@WalesRugbyL⁩ ⁦@Cardiff_Rugby⁩

@Sooty10 Yes. That’s him. In the days when the development pathway comprised people who did it for the love of the game and nothing else.

@Sismold Coach Ieuan Evans Swansea RFC

How many can you name please RT to see if we can name them all.

@afneil Indeed. We’ve heard much about the Straights of Hormuz but nothing about the Gays of Hormuz !

Actually France doesn’t get much oil or gas from the Gulf. And I wish those who affect to be so knowledgeable about the Strait of Hormuz would learn how to spell Strait. (And it’s singular). You’re welcome.

@Cardiff_Rugby Our 2 new starters are going up against 2 top end Italian stars. Real baptism of fire.

Y TÎM | THE LINE-UP Your Blue & Blacks to take on Benetton! 7 Changes to the starting XV 🇮🇪 Ed Byrne returns 1️⃣ 1st starts for Elijah Evans and Evan Rees 🖇️ cardiffrugby.wales/news/cardiff-r… #YmlaenCaerdydd | 🔵⚫

@CF10RugbyTrust And 3 years before Rorkes Drift !

Good morning from CF10 Towers (Malvern Beanch). It seems so surreal that Cardiff RFC played their very first game barely 6 months after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Some may try, but you can't dismiss history.

@nickwebb2017 @simonrug It’s not players. We don’t have enough fans for 4 successful pro sides.

🏉For those who claim Wales doesn’t produce enough talent for four pro sides, there were 13 Welsh players involved in 3 English Prem games yesterday. #rugby

@CF10RugbyTrust Wayne Lewis not Stuart Watkins

Beautiful.

@CharlieFelix @simonrug Moseley ?

Exclusive | Understand that Birmingham City’s owners have shown interest in launching a rugby union franchise to expand their sporting portfolio thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

@afneil I met Jim Callaghan many years ago who recounted the story of an adviser coming in to tell him that they had to announce a major BoP deficit - much bigger than expected - and it could be very stabilising. He simply said - ‘change the numbers. It’ll be ok next month’

In a world of floating exchange rates the balance of payments — which was indeed a politically-charged stat not so long ago — has ceased to be a significant metric.

@jcorrigangolf @simonrug I wasn’t waiting. Sold 2x£110 tickets for £25 each. Not my best investment !

£80 tickets are now going for £30 on the WRU resale website

@David_Goodhart Excellent piece. Great distinction between multi-ethnicity and multi-culturalism. Culture evolves over time and provides the critical foundations for social cohesion. Sudden mass immigration from radically different cultures brings huge challenges which we ignore at our peril.

Do Majorities Have Rights? My latest substack at A Goodhart is Hard to Find. The White British majority is in sharp decline in many place. Politics is dividing between those who care and those who dont. I conclude that majorities have interests not rights open.substack.com/pub/davidgoodh…

@PhilipSerrell You never know with these Turkish barber sweatshops.

@Sismold It's not real is it?

Very scary when you go for a haircut and this blokes on the screen at the barbers

@Owain2026 Historically no.

Can someone explain why we in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 don’t already have the same powers to take decisions as 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿? Are we not quite as much of a country?

@TorstenBell @simonrug Y11 are just as culpable. What future for the Ospreys if WRU leadership goes and Y11 are left as owners ?

3/3 Demand for an EGM is building as people see the chaos being driven by those who are meant to be stewarding our national game. It’s hard to see a way forward now that doesn’t involve a change in leadership at the WRU.

1/3 It’s now clear that the WRU are trying to use Cardiff going bust to try to force the Ospreys out of professional rugby.

@RicHolden @matthewsyed @wesstreeting It’s not just a serious health issue. It’s a major problem for social cohesion. Close kinship communities based on cousin marriage are anathema to western culture, social structures and practices. It deliberately prevents cultural and racial integration.

Our NHS are telling families that 1st cousin marriage is fine AND talks about non-existent ‘benefits’ DESPITE massive risks & the harm to health, rights & families It is madness & @wesstreeting should sort it out as this is advice updated on HIS watch dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

@simonrug The 9.

The Ospreys had 65 per cent possession against Montpellier tonight, but only 39 per cent territory. Unusual stats. Make of that what you will!

@simonrug Building well but left at least 3 scores out there. Newcastle hopeless.

The attendance at Rodney Parade for Dragons v Newcastle tonight was 5,296. They saw the home side score five tries in winning 35-12 to all but book a spot in the Challenge Cup knock-out stages.