Ben Watson
@bwwatson.bsky.social
coffee, cricket, and copywriting
This chap on TNT Ashes comms talks as if folk watching have never seen a game cricket before
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This chap on TNT Ashes comms talks as if folk watching have never seen a game cricket before
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Funny only last week I wrote about the transformative power of ear defenders and how child me would have been saved real pain if I'd had them.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Funny only last week I wrote about the transformative power of ear defenders and how child me would have been saved real pain if I'd had them.
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Football, eh? Bloody hell…
Troy Parrott. Echos of Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in 2002. What a moment. #COYBIG 🇮🇪
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Football, eh? Bloody hell…
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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The BBC, the NHS and county cricket are the essence of my concept of Britishness.
Let's defend all three.
Because they sure need it
Let's defend all three.
Because they sure need it
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The BBC, the NHS and county cricket are the essence of my concept of Britishness.
Let's defend all three.
Because they sure need it
Let's defend all three.
Because they sure need it
I didn’t think it possible, the Jaguars have slumped to new levels of ineptitude. Honest to god this team
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I didn’t think it possible, the Jaguars have slumped to new levels of ineptitude. Honest to god this team
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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Disability benefits here in the UK are less than most people believe.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Disability benefits here in the UK are less than most people believe.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
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Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.
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@psbhq.bsky.social Evening all, I have a spare matinee performance print (long story) would be happy to swap with an evening one if anyone is interested 🤞.
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@psbhq.bsky.social Evening all, I have a spare matinee performance print (long story) would be happy to swap with an evening one if anyone is interested 🤞.
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Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
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Get well soon Sam. Absolute hero. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Get well soon Sam. Absolute hero. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The brief was to make sure they said no and take the ‘free’ publicity instead
What is this meant to be? Is it trying to be funny? Political? Provocative? I promise I'm not offended...just a bit confused
November 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The brief was to make sure they said no and take the ‘free’ publicity instead
This 👇🏻
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This 👇🏻
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@psbhq.bsky.social Thank you very, very much!
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
@psbhq.bsky.social Thank you very, very much!
@psbhq.bsky.social with the London Contemporary Orchestra at the Barbican Hall, absolutely mint
November 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@psbhq.bsky.social with the London Contemporary Orchestra at the Barbican Hall, absolutely mint
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
First proper coming off of bike since getting a Brompton last year, wear a helmet cyclists! Mine today saved me from a horrible crack to the skull!
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
First proper coming off of bike since getting a Brompton last year, wear a helmet cyclists! Mine today saved me from a horrible crack to the skull!
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The Far Right: Our culture is being eroded by immigrants. It's an invasion and we're being overrun.
Also the Far Right: Lots of brown faces on TV doesn't accurately reflect the UK
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Also the Far Right: Lots of brown faces on TV doesn't accurately reflect the UK
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October 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Far Right: Our culture is being eroded by immigrants. It's an invasion and we're being overrun.
Also the Far Right: Lots of brown faces on TV doesn't accurately reflect the UK
🤷🏼
Also the Far Right: Lots of brown faces on TV doesn't accurately reflect the UK
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