Thank God this t-shirt works on any Ayatollah.

Steve Borthwick: RFU backs England coach despite 'hugely disappointing' run Rugby Football Union chief Bill Sweeney says that coach Steve Borthwick will be questioned over the team's wretched Six Nations campaign after it finishes.

The sunk cost fallacy in action. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

76 minutes on the clock. 5pts down. England in possession on the 10m line. Scotland, France and Ireland would all break the gain line and threaten. England? Kick it out on the full. 🙄

It’s been a good tournament for the neutral. I especially enjoyed Italy vs Scotland in the driving rain. Proper rugby.

Borthwick should be sacked before he even gets to the airport. He has taken a squad of multiple premiership and champions cup winners/contenders and coached every instinct they have right out of them. England are utterly clueless.

You’re spared the ignominy of having to say “these views don’t represent the person I am now. I have gone on a journey of discovery and allyship since I said “people who eat in the street should be shot”.

Think positively. If you become a nationally recognised role model or prospective MP neither of you can be shamed by tweets which have aged badly.

Although they have not benefited from one of the most whistle-happy referees I’ve seen in a long time.

I thought mercurial French performances were no longer a thing. Evidently not!

It’s a very weird place. We have friends who live there and visited back in 2019. Having lived in Saudi Arabia I was anticipating at least some familiarity. Nope. All superficial.

Pistol Pete @secwar shows his puerile ignorance saying it is "the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since the Second World War". 👇👇👇 😁🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚓️

HMS Conqueror has entered the chat 😁
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The glee with which this US administration revels in the act of taking lives is so gross.

Brewdog founder James Watt admits mistakes as hundreds lose jobs in sale James Watt apologises to staff and investors after hundreds of jobs were lost with the sale of the brewer and pub chain.

It’s always funny how these people manage to squirrel away hundreds of millions of pounds for themselves while making these mistakes.

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My daft eldest son has celebrated getting into his 1st choice secondary school by falling out of a tree into a river, giving himself a concussion and an enormous fright in the process. Plonker.

My response to this month’s premium bonds draw.

The UK and Qatar have a “defence assurance agreement”. As part of this agreement the UK and Qatar operate a joint Typhoon squadron tasked with defending Qatari airspace. Regardless of the origin of the threat the RAF has operated perfectly legally in pursuit of a legitimate task.

I left mine on a train on 7/7. I remember calling South West Trains lost property and getting an earful for being so irresponsible on such a day 😬🫣

We are where we are. No sane person wanted this, but it’s done. The UK must now sensibly reserve every option available to react to however this situation develops.

I admire a lot of what the Green Party has said and done of late, but the more popular they become the more scrutiny they will attract. Simplistic “the UK will not be involved” statements don’t cut it.

I had that coat. A real 00s classic.

I’m never going to get shot of this t-shirt now.

Well as we all know, if there’s an organisation that carefully observes and thinks through the implications of major geopolitical events, it’s FIFA

Americans are so tame.

25 years this week since Foot & Mouth. Was talking about this WITH A COLLEAGUE and they stopped me and said “no I don’t remember, I was only 1.”

Enjoying Reform desperately try to square the circle of fundamentalist anti-western values Muslim men* coercing their wives into voting for… a woman.

*Their characterisation.

Hen going on a weekend away with mates. She’s made a meticulous list. The last time I went away was to Edinburgh in the winter and I forgot to bring a coat. We are very different people.

She is a fascinating case study in radicalisation. Dr Matthew Sweet calmly and politely dissected her work, pointing out historical inaccuracies, and her response was to lash out against “the establishment” that ridiculed her.

I’ve got that hat.

*immediately burns that hat*

Especially when in my head my own 18th was only a few years ago.

This is lovely but also eye opening. I remember her first day of school and discussing secondary school choices with you. Wilf Y7 in September. I can’t make “he’ll be an adult in less than 7 years” work in my head.