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@talkSPORT Hall at LB, but there's got to be a case for playing O'Reilly in midfield as a marauding 8.

Nico O’Reilly vs Lewis Hall… who should start as England’s left-back at the 2026 World Cup? 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@F16RaiderF22 @varadmehta Or Chuck Berry doing My Ding-a-ling.

@varadmehta It’s like Rod Stewart doing Do Ya Think I’m Sexy And David Bowie doing Let’s Dance. Chasing the pop music bucks.

Has anyone ever explained how they went from Jefferson Airplane and "White Rabbit" to Starship and "We Built This City"? Like, how was that even possible?

@richardaeden Hardly a great scoop by Lownie as the story has been doing the rounds for donkeys years. I first heard it from a member of the House of Lords in 1995. Lownie has no more proof than I do as to .whether it's true or not.

Is royal biographer Andrew Lownie going much too far? He's now claiming that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is not Prince Philip's son. Lownie alleges that the former Prince Andrew is the son of the late Queen Elizabeth and her racing manager, 'Porchie', the 7th Earl of Carnarvon

@FXMC1957 Agreed, but amateur jockey John Thorne winning on Spartan Missile at the age of 54 would have been just as great a story.

4 April 1981. Bob Champion, a recovering cancer victim, won the Grand National on Aldaniti who had recovered from leg injuries. It was one of the most poignant National victories. Story was made into the film Champions, starring John Hurt as Bob Champion.

@ross_baglin Gordon Brown.

Who is the greatest living Briton ? I think I would nominate paul McCartney. Any other contenders ?

@Johnnypapa64 Probably about the 100th time I've had to point out the existence of Duncan Edwards to one of these 20-year-old list compilers. If Bobby Charlton says he was the greatest English footballer of all time, that's good enough for me.

The Four Four Two Top 25 British Players of All Time (Not sure I agree with all of this no Archie Gemmill? No Peter Shilton?)

@alexwickham All of this assumes that Rayner actually wants to become Prime Minister, which I doubt.

NEW: Bloomberg Easter weekend read Labour MPs think Iran has given Keir Starmer a reprieve that could put off a May leadership challenge. That might mean Angela Rayner misses her window to make it to No10. — MPs and aides say while Starmer still faces danger if Labour takes massive losses on May 7, his chances of surviving the local elections have increased. — Polymarket now sees just a 27% chance of Starmer going by June 30. That’s down from 45% a week ago and well below the 67% likelihood seen at the height of the Mandelson scandal in February. — The prediction platform still puts the chance of him leaving by the end of the year at 59%, though that too is down from 67% a week ago and 77% in Feb. — Bets are shifting in favour of Starmer’s survival. That sentiment reflects the views of Labour MPs. One suggests the war means a challenge may be delayed to later this year or next year. — They put that down to two factors. It is harder for Starmer’s opponents to criticise him and make their case to replace him while he grapples with an international crisis. And the PM has won plaudits from even some of his critics for resisting extreme pressure from Trump. — Another Labour official said Starmer’s rivals would be much more likely to be able persuade MPs to oust him if things had still not improved by the halfway point to the next election, which comes around the end of this year. They argue Labour conference could be a decisive moment for Starmer and his would-be successors. — Some Labour MPs said the danger to Starmer was over-stated, doubting whether any contender would be able to amass the 80 MP signatures needed for a challenge. One said a common view among backbenchers, especially among new Labour MPs first elected in 2024, is that the chaos and leadership changes under the last Conservative government crashed their electoral appeal, and Labour shouldn’t make the same mistake. — MPs also reported they hadn’t seen evidence of the kind of support-gathering and coordination by the likes of Rayner that would be needed to force a leadership vote. — Rayner’s chances are complicated by this narrative shift. She had been presented with a window after the local elections where she would have been the clear front-runner, with Wes Streeting falling back and Andy Burnham blocked. — But if a challenge is delayed, that increases the chances of Burnham becoming a contender, MPs say. He would likely try again to run for parliament and it would be much harder for Starmer to prevent him from doing so next time round, they argue, given Labour’s defeat in Gorton and the PM’s vow to be more “inclusive” with his party. — Burnham making it to parliament might see him supplant Rayner as the favourite. As one MP put it, a deferred challenge could see Rayner miss her window. That could provide an incentive for her to move sooner, and some MPs on the soft-left may be less squeamish about a move against the PM during a global crisis. It leaves Rayner with a difficult political calculation to contemplate over the coming weeks. With @Joe_Mayes >> bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@MattLargeDesign Watkins for Solanke, Gibbs-White for Bowen, Garner for Mainoo.

My 26-man England Squad for the World Cup Pickford/D.Henderson/Trafford James/Trent/Konsa/Guehi/Maguire/Stones/Hall/O’Reilly Rice/Anderson/Mainoo/Wharton/ Jude/Palmer/Eze/Rogers Saka/Rashford/Gordon/Madueke Kane/Solanke/Bowen What changes would you make? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ThreeLions

@FPLFella I'd be all for it if it reduced the number of qualifying games, or better still eliminated them entirely.

I'm all for this if it gets rid of the naff 3rd place teams format we have now.

@lady_doi Siberian hamster.

Larry, the 19 year-old Downing Street cat caught a mouse … while Prime Minister Starmer was conducting a live press conference right outside Number 10! Good job, Larry. It’s great to see someone in Downing Street is working hard!

@Intrgr @OneOutOf4 Also dumped a dead sheep on the stage at the Brit Awards.

@OneOutOf4 the Timelords The KLF the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu The JAMs They are mad lads - they burnned a million pounds then f*cked off. 🤣

This British band originated in the late 80’s and went by several names. ‘Doctorin' the Tardis’ was a #1 song in England and New Zealand but only reached #16 on the US Dance Club Play and #66 on the US Billboard Hot 100. 👉🏻 Name the band.

@Hoang_HQ The obvious example when I was growing up was Cilla Black. Too many to name nowadays.

Who is a terrible singer but famous anyway?

@glennlife @1968Tv And was never really the same player again. An England regular up to that point, too.

@1968Tv Sadly, Terry Cooper would miss the FA Cup final because of injury (a broken leg).

BBC Match Of The Day March 1972 FA Cup 6th Round Leeds United 2-1 Tottenham Commentator David Coleman #LUFC #COYS #FACup #MOTD

@TouchlineX If this meant we could moreorless do away with qualifying competitions and the constant international breaks that interrupt the domestic schedule and piss off fans, then I would support it.

🚨💣 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄: FIFA is now seriously considering to make the 2030 tournament a 64-team tournament. Discussions are ongoing internally, with the idea gaining traction despite concerns over scheduling and player workload. Nothing is final yet, but momentum is building.

@richardmarcj It's all getting a bit Four Yorkshiremen.

Why do they keep saying this?? Every member of this Cabinet comes from a middle-class profession: a lawyer or worked in politics, public affairs, or finance. Not a single one has a working-class occupational background. This is the *least* working-class Labour Cabinet ever.

@BritishOverseas Wikipedia was certainly fooled if so.

The Governor of St Helena, Nigel Phillips, has confirmed Jonathan Tortoise is alive and well - he has just checked on him. This post is false and the real Joe Hollins does not have an X account.

@80s_channel Head down the estate agents and buy a run down house in Hackney for £5000.

@oztalksfootball Gibbs-White for Foden, Eze for Ngumoha and Watkins for Solanke and we're there.

My England World Cup Squad ✅ - No need for Henderson with so many leaders so Rio wildcard! - Neither Foden or Eze will play much so don’t mind either, just personal preference.

@CraigHope_DM Don't disagree but Tuchel needs to stop sounding off about players in this way. First Maguire, now Foden. Not something you would ever catch Southgate doing in the run-up to a major tournament.

🚨 NEW: Thomas Tuchel warns Phil Foden there is no guarantee he makes World Cup squad 🗣️ “He was excellent in camp but, yeah, he struggles to show it on the pitch” 👇 Full quotes & analysis of why Man City star now likely to miss out dailymail.co.uk/sport/football…

@melvinwpeters @BBCMOTD Yes of all the potential advanced midfielders, MGW is the one in the best form.

@BBCMOTD I pretty much agree with this selection. Two things though: I don’t think I’d take Stones, only because he has made 7 appearances (3 starts) this season. I also would like to see Gibbs-White in the squad. He wouldn’t bring a different kind of creativity to the team…

Our Chief football writer, Phil McNulty has selected his England World Cup squad. Who'd make it into yours? #BBCFootball