Dave Nelson

If that Sprint was anything to go by, we're in for a brilliant MotoGP season! #ThailandGP

Great thread on the Gorton and Denton by-election result. 👇

Interesting news for F1 fans in the US: #DriveToSurvive season 8 will be available on both Netflix and Apple TV, with the #CanadianGP streaming live across both platforms.

I do find it very hard to take either Labour or Green indignation at the other’s activities seriously. By-elections are often dirty fights, and this one has been no exception. Neither of the parties can sincerely claim to have fought cleanly. Spare us the phony righteousness.

If you want to know how MotoGP's free-to-air coverage in the UK is shaping up for 2026, highlights of the first Grand Prix from Thailand air on Quest on Monday night at... 11pm... 🙄

OPINION: Mourning The Loss Of Phillip Island, And Why It Was Inevitable

https://motomatters.com/opinion/2026/02/19/opinion_mourning_the_loss_of_phillip.html

OPINION: Mourning The Loss Of Phillip Island, And Why It Was Inevitable


So MotoGP has lost Phillip Island. That is a tragedy …

I think there are some pretty legitimate questions for the Greens to answer in this short thread – entirely possible they didn't know the history here, but if so they should say that and distance themselves.

Did the Lobby Misread the Starmer Story? Our political press can be an asset or liability

Did our feral political press pack call time on Starmer prematurely? Accusations are flying . markurban.substack.com/p/did-the-lo...

Would be quite something if we had a major F1 rule change which cost teams a significant amount of money and the pecking order at the front is...

*checks notes*

...exactly the same as before. 😅

(Yes, I realise this is day 1 etc.)

If you want TNT Sports, you'll need to add it separately still, as it's not mentioned in the press release.

Valentino Rossi cameo in the Winter Olympics opening ceremony!

Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.

This livery reminds me of the Pacific PR02....

Bad It’s unusual to come across a truly bad new digital service these days. People now praise the online passport service for speed and ease of use, the same for Jobseeker’s, voter registra…

I’ve finally had enough and blogged about the new Civil Service Pensions website @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @janethughes.bsky.social @zsk.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

bearoneill.com/2026/01/29/bad…

Half way through reading your #SophieFromRomania book and it's still amazing seeing this considering where she was 2 and 3 years ago. 😍

#TheTraitors. Still the best show on TV, hands down. ❤️

Lewis Hamilton driving in GP2 in 2006.

Lewis Hamilton driving a Ferrari in 2026.

20 years on. Same vibe, same colour scheme... ❤️🤍💛

Top programmes report The top 50 programmes on TV based on the size of their total viewing audience over the week (including live, VOSDAL, time-shifted and total audience viewing figures). Filter by channel or audience.

Sorry for being a horrendous pedant because I know what you mean, but the majority of the 8.4 million will have watched later in the evening.

The episode on 9th January had 2.513 million viewers live, with 5.345 million viewers watching shortly after transmission - www.thinkbox.tv/training-and...

Screenshot of the My Sky app showing Tony's Chocolonely.

Related: Sky VIP customers can get a bar from Sainsbury's superstores for free.

An edit of a 'Traitors' confessional shot with Robert Jenrick sat in the chair. The caption identifies him as 'Robert' 44, Wannabe PM and a traitor'.

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz

(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

Marc Marquez posting on Twitter, 9.2k likes, 113 comments, 836 retweets

Marc Marquez posting on Instagram, 214k likes, 1541 comments

Regarding the lack of engagement on X/Twitter vs other social media platforms. Here's Marc Marquez' latest posts:
X: 9.2k likes, 113 comments from 2.5M followers
Ig: 214k likes, 1541 comments from 8.2M followers

Did I miss something? Bluesky seems to consist of mostly decent humans and a place to read decent discussion, and a far better alternative than X.

Finally subscribed to @samfr.bsky.social and @ldfreedman.bsky.social's excellent site. Think this will be even more important to read and digest this year...

Headline from @manchestereveningnews.co.uk reads "BBC loses rights to two historic sport events as Wimbledon moves to new TV channel in 2026". But neither of the events is Wimbledon, and the "new channel" is just TNT now showing tennis highlights because the Eurosports brand has been dropped.

Thanks mate, I won't be a stranger!

Thanks mate, and the same to you. 😊

Thank you 😊

Thank you. 😊 And yes, too many races makes it challenging to keep on top of everything.

Thank you. :)