Joseph O'Leary

Rugby has enough of a problem with the same teams playing one another too much. Not sure this helps

I say this as a Kraainem-ite, btu Poppy's ever-shrinking zone is starting to grate..

And presumably to drive down wedding costs when it comes to attendees at the reception!?

From one Laoghaire to another, really enjoyed the bit about your family history!

"Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked 19 different countries — some of them 3-4 times — and none of these countries, including Ukraine, has ever attacked Russia." - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

Not aware of a 'Montessori Mom'. But having sent the kids to Montessori nurseries in different countries there's definitely a profile of whoever runs/ owns the school. Bohemian, environmentally conscious, often from a relatively rich background

Interesting you picked up on that. I thought Mason looked a bit lost as the other two were working away

They'd lose their minds about the level of debate and scrutiny of the measures in the Belgian budget being negotiated more-or-less in public by the members of the coalition

It was harder preparing for a Lord's committee than a commons one, despite there being even fewer staff in support

Offshore wind visible from his golf courses in Scotland. He hates them

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Of all the political catch phrases I've heard/ had to work with in over 15 years of government, I found 'global race' the most compelling

The squad has seen many more players join from Pro D2 over the past year. Spring 24 and there were maybe 1/3 of the squad playing domestically. This repêchage has had 3 I think

Paschal Donohoe to resign from Government and take up position at World Bank Minister has been offered the role of managing director and has he informed the Taoiseach and Tánaiste that he will accept it

Paschal Donohoe to resign from Government and take up position at World Bank

12 - paper round (£5)
13 - added washing neighbours' cars (£5)
15 - McDonald's (£4.05 an hour)

That's right - nothing at compulsory age and I'm only a few years younger than you

There's a common line from NI unionists - including those who work for the government - which goes 'I'm from X background but I make full use of my GFA rights'

Parapluie FLAM, for French Saturday school, is big in the home counties and larger cities too

Makes you wonder what the impact is going to be on the military and diplomatic service

In Buckinghamshire only one of the four districts has anything close to a full-ish primary roster. We're moving back to the Chilterns next year and have the choice of the primaries in a 3 mile radius

We were talking about this in the DfT in 2013.

Belgium are still crowdfunding to cover their costs

The answer is Seb Atkinson and Ollie Lawrence

The European Convention on Human Rights

Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.

Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇

🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR

There are thousands more.

#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int

Thanks for listening and summarising.

It's a a very iffy strategy when you're only datapoint is a couple games against a country known for blowing hot and cold

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

A job for @andyhelliwell.bsky.social

Quick one: any Russian speakers in my network who can give me a hand with something very quickly?

DMs or george@videogamesindustrymemo.com please.

Is he good enough in the air? Not that I think Arundell is..