Ali McGregor

@FrontRowRugbyXV He was belly fantastic - James Pater at Northants moves in a similar way so keep an eye out

A lot of youngsters won't remember this man as a player. But let me tell you, kids, this man could play! He was a great player.

@DanielJHannan Yes we can - it’s a valid point

If the predictions are borne out and Viktor Orbán is out, can we agree that he was not a dictator? Dictators do not step aside after free elections.

@future_widow Yes

should I go see Barry Lyndon in the fancy art house cinema?

@Heccles94 It does not work very well

Wes Streeting thinks that a fully funded NHS free from private donors and private profit is ‘pie in the sky’ Funny that it worked for 50 years before it started being sold off isn’t it. But yeh, blame doctors….

@pdutto1 @RucksSake Exactly - it’s bizarre to think it will be bad for English rugby to select our best players for the England team

@RucksSake Saffas play all over the world. Perfectly managed. Come together. Win two world cups. Favourites for a third. Prem club fans will watch their teams no matter who’s playing. Pay the above, anyone else, same as the French. Game on. Don’t do it? No 6N wins. QF/SF at best in WC 🤦‍♂️

Just remembered England could play Jack and Tom Willis. And Ribbans and Kpoku. Just cried for 20 minutes

@AvonandsomerRob Permanent civil servants in Whitehall

What has been the most damaging policy by any government on British society?

@Heccles94 Can you give examples of countries where more socialism works? Genuine question!

Labour have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. This has led to the rise of the far right. It’s time for real socialism 💚

@FogartyJack He is very very good - really sad to see him go

Quins fans seem absolutely devastated to be losing young Benson. Seems to be quite a serious prospect for them, that we've nabbed. Let's see what he can do, welcome to the family boyo

🤦The 50p tax rate was supposed to raise £2.7bn a year. It raised £1bn. The Energy Profits Levy was forecast at £41.6bn. It raised £17.4bn. The non-dom abolition was meant to raise £34bn. It may raise nothing. 📉This is not bad luck. It is a pattern.

@vb24aw @BBCNewsnight @MattChorley The glib response is: ambition in this case is seeing that they are not mutually exclusive choices and then aiming achieve both :). Also ‘the money’ comes from being competitive, productive creating profit - and you need a bit of ambition for that!

@racingmcgregor @BBCNewsnight @MattChorley Yes. An ambition. But driverless cars don't work on cart driven horses! We have potholes the size of swimming pools, security tags on cheese, nurses at food banks and people living in bus shelters. Let's use our money to sort society out, THEN give it to Elons moon base fund?

“We are living in age where, extraordinarily, people can look upon billionaires as a friend of the common person and these are the people to fix our problems.” Mark Gatiss makes the case to @mattchorley that the world is at risk of being “pushed into madness”. #Newsnight

@Moltisa72098853 @BBCNewsnight @MattChorley Democratic accountability

@BBCNewsnight @MattChorley What are the Brexit benefits, still waiting for one ?

@benchcover @Heccles94 Because running a business helps a lot with understand the realities of pay, performance and talent. It’s very tricky to get the right balance of these elements to improve an organisation and so the idea of simply paying everyone more seems naive. What would be trying to achieve?

@racingmcgregor @Heccles94 Why do you ask?

It’s weird that an MPs work is worth an extra 5% this year, but an NHS worker’s work is only worth 3.3% more 🤔

@benchcover @Heccles94 have you ever run a business?

@Heccles94 My point all public sector workers should receive the same percentage pay rise. Hypocrisy & Privilege. It wouldn’t be so bad if they donated to charity with the privilege of all the other things they claim for. The system needs to be reviewed - austerity & cut should apply too

@Heccles94 MP’s should be paid about 3 x as much

@v_j_freeman I found your posts really useful / I hope you keep going / thx for posting

Had more aggression in the past 24hrs for my views on gas than I generally do for talking about antisemitism. Been called a c*nt multiple times. All because I disagree with some people on gas market fundamentals. Crazy stuff.

@BladeoftheS This makes no sense at all - I mean at all - most of the pensions in the UK will own shares in Tesco / markets deploy assets more effectively than governments

Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit. British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit. Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit. It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.

Bath offside a lot in this game

@AndyGoode10 @ChampionsCup @PremSportsTV It was a banger and fantastic to see Furbank back at full speed :)

Hell of a game between Northampton and Castres, whetting the appetite for some belting last 16 games of the @ChampionsCup this weekend, watch them all live on @PremSportsTV

@HeTalksRugby Pater seems very talented - moves like Andre Joubert

With injuries building in the backline, IF Saints do make it through tonight, don’t be surprised to see the exciting youngster James Pater on the bench next weekend.