Richard Soulsby

@soulsbyrichard.bsky.social

❌ "His chancellor's Budget did not even mention defence”. @KemiBadenoch made this claim about @UKLabour's Autumn Budget. This isn't correct. Our fact check: fullfact.org/news/kemi-bade…

Wow! Super powerful speech by Britain’s new foreign secretary @DavidLammy ripping Vladimir Putin a new one at the UN. Everyone must listen to this. Well done David!

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.

@laflammerouge16 Bloody hell 😂

The Olympics start next week, but this isn't the first time Paris hosts them. In 1924, the Olympic race was an ITT, starting and finishing at Colombes Stadium. Armand Blanchonnet won in 6h20'48". Details: la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack…

How cool is this 👌

This is getting so good 🤣👌

Congratulations @DavidTaylor85 🌹 Great news

Whatever may or may not change, to be rid of a gang of immoral rapacious contemptuous entitled incompetent dishonest arrogant avaricious feudal sociopaths as a government, has to be on balance a good thing, doesn’t it?

🇬🇧 @MarkCavendish. 𝟑𝟓! 🇬🇧 @MarkCavendish. 𝟑𝟓! #TDF2024 l @Continental_fr

🏆 HE’S DONE IT!!! @MarkCavendish 35th win in the Tour de France!!! 🏆 IL L’A FAIT !!! @MarkCavendish remporte sa 35ème victoire sur le Tour de France !!! #TDF2024

Would you hire the builder who wrecked your kitchen to fix it?

RT approvingly quotes one of its assets parroting the Kremlin line

@kevinmarkham @IslandGolfClub @AndrewGCraig 😍

The last touch of sunlight kisses the 1st green at @IslandGolfClub last night.

It’s 85 points out of 85 as all 3 teams win, the 1s by 101 runs, the 2s by 8 wickets and the 3s edge a close one to win by 3 runs! #3outof3

A genuine question. At 1245 this afternoon the PM told a grieving mother on the anniversary of her son’s death that he would introduce legislation (“before summer recess”) in her son’s name. How is that reconcilable with knowing he was about to call an election?

We'll be starting tonight's #PoliticsHub with a name. Colin John Smith. He was named after his dad. Colin was born in Newport in 1982, so he would be around the same age as me if he was still alive. But Colin was a victim of the infected blood scandal, and he died when he was just seven years old. It feels really important that we start tonight’s programme with Colin, because there will be lots of time for the politics, but it’s Colin’s story I can’t get out of my head. Colin had haemophilia, and his treatment involved a product called Factor VIII. But Factor VIII was made in America using blood taken from prisoners and drug addicts. They didn’t tell that to Colin’s parents at the time, of course. They thought they were doing the best they could for their little boy. But that treatment infected Colin with HIV. He became very ill. He lost weight. His parents couldn’t even pick him up without it hurting him. They tried to, though, using a sheepskin rug. When he asked for a bike, they bought one for him. He couldn’t ride it, of course. He never even sat on it. But his friends all had bikes, so Colin had one too. And there was a lot of stigma around aids at that time. Other parents protested when it was time for Colin to start school, because they didn’t want a boy with Aids in the classroom. Someone wrote “aids dead” in six foot letters on their house. There were phone calls in the middle of the night. “They were the worst,” according to Colin’s parents. When he died, he was seven years old, and he weight just 13 pounds. 13 pounds. His parents have a suitcase of his things. A sky blue blanket. A snow globe that he loved. And lots and lots of his artwork, because he loved to draw and paint. So I want to start the programme with the name Colin John Smith, because that’s the name his parents want people to remember. news.sky.com/story/infected…

@tommo_steve Awesome stuff... Glad you had such a good day for it 👍

Brilliant to play alongside so many inspirational people making the most of their #secondinnings. See you in September!

It’s 3 wins out of 3 as the 1s wrap up with a 124 run victory at Shenley, the 2s with a 9 wicket victory over Lutonians and the 3s win a nail biter at Hitchin