Dan Roberts
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
Off to the Dripping Pan again today. Might be a cold one - true fans only!
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Off to the Dripping Pan again today. Might be a cold one - true fans only!
This sums up why so many people of 'a certain age' still love Italian football
It's Saturday morning, which means time for the kabaddi on Trans World Sport and then the sublime Gazzetta...
A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
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A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
The Slow Match Report goes to Serie A
This weekend I am writing to you from Udine, inspired by Channel 4's Football Italia and Scotland's booming export of midfielders
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November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This sums up why so many people of 'a certain age' still love Italian football
Only just woken up and listening to the end of the test. Looking forward to watching Travis Head in the highlights later
I don't think it's just his moustache, but Travis Head is one of my favourite cricketers
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Only just woken up and listening to the end of the test. Looking forward to watching Travis Head in the highlights later
TMS commentators talking about the England bowlers looking tired a short time ago. They've barely had enough time to warm up today!
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
TMS commentators talking about the England bowlers looking tired a short time ago. They've barely had enough time to warm up today!
I don't think it's just his moustache, but Travis Head is one of my favourite cricketers
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I don't think it's just his moustache, but Travis Head is one of my favourite cricketers
I've said this many times before but, compared to former footballers, former cricketers provide so much more insight into the game you're watching on TV
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I've said this many times before but, compared to former footballers, former cricketers provide so much more insight into the game you're watching on TV
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Worst PM at worst possible time. We needed a PM who was boring,grey but paid attention to detail & listened to advice (see Mark Drakeford).Instead,we had a liar,charlatan+clown who liked the idea of being PM but avoided the job’s reality.
23,000 lives. Johnson,Cummings & Hancock are still at large.
23,000 lives. Johnson,Cummings & Hancock are still at large.
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Worst PM at worst possible time. We needed a PM who was boring,grey but paid attention to detail & listened to advice (see Mark Drakeford).Instead,we had a liar,charlatan+clown who liked the idea of being PM but avoided the job’s reality.
23,000 lives. Johnson,Cummings & Hancock are still at large.
23,000 lives. Johnson,Cummings & Hancock are still at large.
Bosnia at home and then Italy or Northern Ireland at home. I'll take that
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Bosnia at home and then Italy or Northern Ireland at home. I'll take that
There are so many other examples but silencing media opposition is one of the most obvious of an autocratic and fascist state
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Things happen' - Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The US president's claims that the crown prince
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There are so many other examples but silencing media opposition is one of the most obvious of an autocratic and fascist state
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Still a chance that Wales will have to play Turkey for a place at the World Cup. That would make for an 'interesting' atmosphere in my house
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Still a chance that Wales will have to play Turkey for a place at the World Cup. That would make for an 'interesting' atmosphere in my house
This photo makes it look like Stokes is meekly handing the ashes to Australia
BREAKING: England name a 12-man squad for the first Ashes Test in Perth 🏴
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This photo makes it look like Stokes is meekly handing the ashes to Australia
Just catching up with the rest of the world cup results from last night. Haiti and Curacao both qualify
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Just catching up with the rest of the world cup results from last night. Haiti and Curacao both qualify
What a goal. There could well be more Scottish players at Italian clubs than actual Italians at next year's world cup
The front page of The Herald on Wednesday. @heraldscotland.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
What a goal. There could well be more Scottish players at Italian clubs than actual Italians at next year's world cup
The new Wakes kit looks a bit better on but I'm still not convinced. A win will make it the best ever though, I'm sure
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The new Wakes kit looks a bit better on but I'm still not convinced. A win will make it the best ever though, I'm sure
Surely a case of 'when', not 'if'...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
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November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Surely a case of 'when', not 'if'...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You'll miss it when it's gone
Whatever its flaws, public service broadcasting is the last line of defense against complete corporate control of news, information, entertainment. Once it’s weakened or killed, there is no return. You’ve handed informational control over to organizations that will always put profits over citizens.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You'll miss it when it's gone
Rewatching Treme and have nearly finished the second season. I didn't get to watch the third and fourth as I didn't have sky back then. Underrated gem of a TV show with incredible music
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Rewatching Treme and have nearly finished the second season. I didn't get to watch the third and fourth as I didn't have sky back then. Underrated gem of a TV show with incredible music
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The fact that Badenoch clearly likes these new Labour asylum policies and is offering Tory votes to get them through Parliament should be a tiny bit of a red flag.
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The fact that Badenoch clearly likes these new Labour asylum policies and is offering Tory votes to get them through Parliament should be a tiny bit of a red flag.
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This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
Instead of an expanded world cup, can we just have Scotland playing Greece every day for a month?
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Instead of an expanded world cup, can we just have Scotland playing Greece every day for a month?
Scotland-Greece games are always dramatic
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Scotland-Greece games are always dramatic
You'd never know that it was Greece that has nothing to play for. They're all over Scotland
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You'd never know that it was Greece that has nothing to play for. They're all over Scotland
Just had an email excitedly telling me there were now some tickets available for the NBA game in London next year. Checked and the cheapest is £90, with most others at least £160 and upwards. I guess I won't be going then
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Just had an email excitedly telling me there were now some tickets available for the NBA game in London next year. Checked and the cheapest is £90, with most others at least £160 and upwards. I guess I won't be going then
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$7,000 for a cat. A ticket for the WC final. Over seven times what it cost for a similar ticket at the Euro 2024 final, almost five times what was charged at Qatar 2022. Too much is never enough for Gianni Infantino.
Another price increase for the 2026 World Cup…
Sensing strong demand, FIFA raised the cost of many tickets to record-setting heights — the first large-scale implementation of its “variable pricing” strategy.
Details from @henrybushnell.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Sensing strong demand, FIFA raised the cost of many tickets to record-setting heights — the first large-scale implementation of its “variable pricing” strategy.
Details from @henrybushnell.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
$7,000 for a cat. A ticket for the WC final. Over seven times what it cost for a similar ticket at the Euro 2024 final, almost five times what was charged at Qatar 2022. Too much is never enough for Gianni Infantino.