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Good luck to Fleetwood. We were crap and Havertz was and is shit. If they are thinking of offering him a new contract just rewatch that game - not good enough

Man of the match - the merciful 3 minutes stoppage time

The only consolation is that if justice prevails this triumphalism will be temporary and a footnote in Manchester City’s disgrace.

Do me a favour…

open.spotify.com/track/39iLJQ... Sad to see that Jd Souther has passed. A fine voice and a top songwriter.

I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Even a stopped clock…

I do find odd that we all apparently enjoy the right to enter a hotel uninvited, go to the guest floors, knock on the doors of complete strangers on the grounds that they are not white - and yet not commit any offence.

I'm pretty sure that in recent memory Zia Yusuf's racism would have been high up the bbc news agenda - reported as racism- that the Conservative party would have attacked him for it and a Labour PM would go for him big time. Now it's all a bit 'well everyone's a bit racist now what can you do' 🤷‍♂️

@philcosta.bsky.social Nice to see you back on the IR, Phil 👍💪

Looking at the court artists version of Daniel Kinahan, he appears to have morphed into Eric Morecambe 🤷🏻‍♂️

Home Alone meets Waterworld meets Alien. Terribly, enjoyable hokum…

I like Sad Beck too. Came upon this the other day, rather nice and slightly SB… open.spotify.com/track/2ApJEk...

Blimey, Cape Fear was a total mess in the end. About six episodes too long and all over the gaff with direction and storyline. Shame.

BREAKING: Labour's Bev Craig wins the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election, defeating Reform by a landslide after the second round LAB: Bev Craig: 309,525 (66%) REF: Sian Astley: 157,178 (33%)

Every now and then I remember the final season of The Affair - what was that all about?

Reassuring to see that the BBC are still the absolute masters of end of tournament montages, check it out - magnificent 👏👏👏

Typical negative nonsense from The Mail here of course but, don’t most of their nostalgia loving readers love the idea of going back to the 1970’s. Real bin men, you could leave your front door open & play in the streets till dark, Love thy Neighbour on the TV etc etc…

@secondcaptains.bsky.social This is one hell of a great title for a podcast episode - bravo fellas 👏…

As he has blamed “The Establishment” again let’s just get this right - make no mistake, Farage literally is The Establishment

Lovely! A good moment to say, despite what some folk would like you to think that most people the world over are decent

Widow’s Bay is about as close to perfect that a TV series can get. Brilliantly written, directed and acted throughout - bravo to everyone involved.

Context for Belfast riots

Happened upon this last night - a lovely little doc about theTV show Moviedrome. Was a big favourite of mine back in the day.., youtu.be/TuA_m2llcRQ?...

So this is the lead story on yesterday’s parade from today’s Standard. 24 arrests from a crowd of 1.5m is remarkable. No surprise coming from Standard but this just isn’t the story to lead with on a really positive day for London.

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I DON'T THINK MUCH OF PARIS.

@slasherrrr.bsky.social 👂👋

Does that include the £5mn?

@arsenalvpodcast.bsky.social Tim’s description of his emotions during and post the VAR check were sensationally good. I was laughing so much when he said his tongue was stuck to the roof of his mouth. Bravo mate 👏👏👏

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Talked to an HVAC guy who's working two jobs to pay rent. He has no savings and worries about retirement. Tariffs have made it hard for him to import parts. Then this big strong guy who never cries, he said, he said to me, "I just wish Trump's signature was on the dollar." Then he burst out crying.

Arsenal need to lean into these "boring"/"time-wasting"/"Set Piece FC" accusations. Let the wider world sneer. Create a siege mentality. Dig in. Be mean. For around two decades they were accused of being too soft, now they are apparently the opposite. Ride the hate-wave.

Arsenal being lectured by a young man with a comb over - love it!

I would 100% take Mosquera off at HT. He’s one silly foul away from a red card.

Just finished the HBO Billy Joel documentary. Very long but absolutely worth it whether you are a fan or not - I am btw.

What Arteta said to his players on Monday morning to try and break the "pressure bubble" But is Arteta's "intensity" and desire for control now something that needs to be tempered - especially in attack? Has he come to a realisation? www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Simon Marks on LBC - Absolutely excellent in his reporting of current situation in USA 👏👏👏

Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?

It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions. Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.

It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

Not many good Bowie covers, I’ve always thought this was terrific…https://open.spotify.com/track/7pX6V2Qc4Q6lcHRtyovWu4?si=KXtmIo6iS7q82ib_GPJNEQ

The first episode of The Chair Company has some lovely elements but I feel like it lost its way after that. Shame, Tim Robinson is always watchable

We are sad to hear that the distinguished photographer Martin Parr has died. In 2002 we asked him to direct the video for our song “London” and he made a short film which was instantly recognisable as his work. We send our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Neil and Chris xx