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@MCYeeehaaa get in Matt! Made my day already with your first two tips 👌🎉

@JojoRussellvine @Friscokid49 @SerranoWine Lovely! How is the Texas wine project going for @SerranoWine ? 🤞

Great start of my vacation with my daughter Sarah and Son-in Law Brice @SerranoWine in Fredericksburg, TX. Nice brunch at Vaudeville.

@DominicFarrell That one little spot you miss - she will go straight to it!

@rthonbwooster @hwallop Neither can I but for sure I’d be setting mines off everywhere if I had to send emails out these days

@hwallop I can't answer that, but I do admire his thoroughness.

Just received an email with this pronoun description: "She, her, her, hers, herself". Genuine question: if you've listed She/her. Why do you also need to list the posessive variant etc?

@ianprice57 It’s only rain Ian - man up! 😉

Moving gym’s today for PT great news walking distance bad news it is raining really hard .. you win some you lose some 😂😂😂

@Jimwhit69 Congrats Jim. Richly deserved. We’ve had some good times over the years. Here’s one, and hopefully many more to come..

I’d like to say thanks, firstly to MCN for giving me the award . . And also to all the people who’ve posted congrats messages. It was unexpected . . but I’ll take it ! 😁 Seems a bit odd to get an award for something I’ve loved doing for the last 40 years ! Thanks everyone !

@JayJaymorris3 Why are their faces blurred? Although they were wearing surgical masks someone may recognise them

From the “You can’t make this s*%* up” department:

@afneil @TimesRadio Andrew, you have beautifully summed up what subtly separates our wonderful democracy from most others. On this most important night for our Nation it has been a timely reminder of values which thankfully stand true here in a much polarised world. Like you I will accept the choice

My Election Day Monologue on @TimesRadio. In praise of British democracy. It’s election day in the United Kingdom, a seminal event we too often take for granted. We also do it in a very British way.  There will be no armed guards at the polling stations. No intimidating mobs. Just paper and pencil, trusted tellers and friendly canvassers.  If the British people decide it’s time to change governments, that will happen quickly and without fuss. The military will not be mobilised. Barbed wire will not be arranged around public buildings. Defeated candidates will not be fleeing the country. Riot police will not be assembling on side streets.  But a removal van — something we’ve all had to use at some stage in our lives — will turn up sometime Friday morning to help the incumbent move out. Another will bring the belongings of the new prime minister and family.  A few words from the winner outside 10 Downing Street, a round of applause as he goes through the famous door — and the business of government continues as before. Even with a new broom there will be a sense of continuity. And calm.  Nobody will contest the overall integrity of the result, whatever minor challenges there are at the margins. The loser will concede defeat and wish the winner well. The winner will try to be magnanimous.  Nobody will be exiled. There will be no talk of being cheated, of a rigged election, or lawyers getting rich on endless court challenges. No mob will descend on the Palace of Westminster determined to overthrow the result. The pigeons will continue to peck away, undisturbed, on Parliament Square.  However people voted the result will be accepted. Folks will just get on with their lives and wait to see what the next government has in store for them.  Such a peaceful, uneventful, very British passage of power is to be treasured. It is perhaps THE distinguishing hallmark of democracy that power is passed in this way, without upheaval or protest, at the behest of the people.  Democracy requires a winner to be gracious and a loser to accept that they’ve lost, without quibble. That is the British way. It is not now true of that great democracy across the Atlantic.  It is also the case, if today heralds a change, that a centre right government will give way to a centre left one. Whatever the result the numbers in Parliament who might be deemed hard right or hard left will be de minimis. Pretty much irrelevant.  There is something quite British about that too. It will not be the case when that great democracy across the Channel votes on Sunday, where the extremes on both sides of the political divide are likely to make up almost two thirds of the National Assembly.  We broadcasters don’t do British party politics on election day. That can wait until you’ve voted and we know the result sometime after 10 o clock tonight.  So we will spend the next hour looking at elections in France and America, two countries with their own strong democratic traditions.  Also two countries, as we shall see, with democratic challenges we don’t face, whatever else may confront us.  They are our allies — fellow democrats in a world threatened by autocrats — and we must wish them well in overcoming their problems, as we tackle ours. While taking some comfort and pride from the fact that there is something quite special about our own British democracy.  So let us savour this important day.

the reporter doesn't get paid enough to hide the laughter in the background

@jackvalentine_1 So sorry to hear this Jack. Thoughts with you and Doris. He had the best life with you two

Sad start to the day, had to make a decision to send my mate Willi over the Rainbow Bridge this morning 😥 Going to find a nice beer garden and celebrate his life with a few pints of real ale like we did after a walk in the Pennines. 🍺

@JulianClary hilarious show at Kings Lynne last night - thank you. Tribute to Savage was very moving and the violence seeking tiny Gigi had us in stitches. Well played Sir 👏

@IanGas @dubaiowls1 I thought I’d got over the result for my beloved @Rovers then this post pops up. Thanks @IanGas 😂

I miss my daughter who now works in Dubai but she seems to have fell in with a good crowd #swfc @dubaiowls1

@robwrighttips fantastic Nap & NB double today Rob. I try and do it most days. Today was a special one - cheers!

@SerranoWine Congratulations! We visited Fredericksburg on our road trip around Texas a while back and loved the vibe. You will do really well there I’m sure .

We’ve been sitting on something big, and it’s not just this chair! Brice and I are excited to announce that we signed a lease on a space in Downtown Fredericksburg! We are currently renovating a historic home that was built in 1895 to be our new tasting room!!

@henrywinter @thetimes @TimesSport @SportSJA @WeAreTheFSA Thank you for all the great writing Henry, their loss for sure. I very much look forward to following your next chapter, and wish you the very best in securing what you wish for in that regard.

Some personal news: I’m leaving @thetimes @TimesSport⁩. Been made redundant. I’ve loved my eight years there, great people, I thank them for the platform and I leave as current @SportSJA and @WeAreTheFSA Football Journalist of the Year 👍

Excellent listen. Thanks for highlighting @IanGas. Now discovered I’m listening to more of his stuff #davidbrooks

@itvracing @MCYeeehaaa superb coverage of Cheltenham today, your team set the bar very high. Insightful, engaging and very entertaining. Thanks to all involved for a wonderful afternoon 👏

@MCYeeehaaa @CheltenhamRaces @kimbaileyracing @itvracing @paddypower @SunRacing Thank you Matt - printing money for me today 🎉👏

Oh Yessssssssssssssss Booooommmmmmm Always lovely when your Nap of the day goes in @CheltenhamRaces @kimbaileyracing @itvracing @paddypower @SunRacing. Yeeehaaa with bells on 💣💣💣💣💣💣💣

@robwrighttips another great Nap & NB double yesterday Rob. Many thanks and keep them coming please!

@SashaEats Seafood a la Wanda sounds fun, with a local twist.

Menu at Hank's Seafood Restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina 🤓 What would you like to order? 🤔 #SashaEats #SashaInCharleston

Dinner at Hank's Seafood Restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina 🍷🍽️ If you love #comfortfood and seafood, I highly recommend it. Just skip fried green tomatoes - they weren’t anything special 😕 #SashaEats #SashaInCharleston