Jones the Steam

Ah, 'The Arse of the Deal' strikes again. Impressive.

Interesting read. I marshalled at the Nationals in Aberystwyth recently and heard similar complaints about minor inconvenience from the usual demographic. Good to see Dawlish council robustly defending the event in their town.

Done! It's incredible that this is even being considered.

And with more midges too.

A shocking but not unsurprising statistic.

Don 'Quixote' Trump speaks. I'm sure there's a Farage quietly farting in the background somewhere.

Cool! That'll mean a few more people from southeast England complaining about native Welsh speakers switching to their first language in any pub in the area when they walk their self-important arses in.

"Gulf of America" logo on that hat perfectly describing what lies between the two ears supporting it.

The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.

My first thought too. (Actually, my second thought after WTF is that hat saying about him...)

Superb!

And it has probably cost lives. Irresponsible, to put it mildly.

Proper investigative journalism!

It would be useful if you actually mentioned what these improvements actually are. All I see is an announcement of a change of operator. Recycling press releases isn't journalism.

Ironically, it's going to be the Trump-voting states that are going to suffer most because of this. We should take no satisfaction from this because innocent people have died. It's such a sad state of affairs. And so avoidable.

They're certainly in breach of the Trades Description Act and it would be good if we all got organised enough to challenge them. I'm currently in Wales and may head over to S4C this afternoon to see what presence advertising has on their feed.

That photo is an excellent illustration of the diversity present in modern British fascism.

That statement appears to be a clear breach of the Trades Description Act.

The multi screen worse than sucks. I was watching it when Bissegger crashed and the commentary team were talking about something that was only being shown on the main feed. Totally rubbish. maybe WB/Discovery is owned by someone who hates cyclists and wants to destroy the sport.

Post of the day!

If you're looking for a villain, Pogačar and Plugge pale in comparison to Warner Brothers Discovery

Sorry, that should have said 'sticking it to a despicable US corporation'. Hopefully, you all got the general drift of the statement anyway. I hope they live to regret this decision however next year, when there is no ITV coverage, we're all going to be fucked.

Cancel Discovery+ and pay £5.99 to get ITVX streamed ad-free for the month and you get the entire TdF ad-free (with the additional benefit of sticking to a despicable US corporation hellbent on extorting cycling fans).

Just a thought, do ad breaks coincide on ITV 4 and TNT? If not perhaps as an act of protest we should watch ITV4 and pop over to listen to Rob and co during therapy ad breaks. ✊🚴‍♂️

£31 a month and no ad-free option. I'm spitting feathers. I'm off out for a bike ride. TNT can shove the Tour up their fat, capitalist arses. (Not directed at you Rob but maybe you can pass on our gripes to your greedy employers.)

*£31 a month but still a shit show!

Interesting, the multi-screen feed didn't show the Bisseger crash even though the commentators were talking about what was being shown on The Breakaway feed. It's a shit show and springing this on us without warning on the first day of the biggest cycling event of the year is cynical beyond belief.

Hi @robhatch.bsky.social , I'm a bit concerned that as a Discovery+ subscriber, I can no longer watch an ad-free feed of the TdF unless I opt for the multi-screen feed. £40 a month *and* being forced to watch adverts? The way former Eurosport subscribers are being treated is beyond insulting.

So, after forking out £40 a month to TNT Sports/Discovery+, I now have to watch a feed with fucking adverts if I don't want to watch the multiscreen feed of the Tour de France. Very poor. I really hate what these people are doing to our sport.

Presidential library! What the fuck are they going to fill that with? His collection of Playboy magazines?