That’s spot on - the “where are you really from?” - yet look at English/British sports teams - e.g. Britain’s best ever athlete maybe Daley Thompson. 100% British and integrated - but he’d fail the Jenrick test
10.10.2025 08:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@galleonskip.bsky.social
Cats, Climate Emergency, Heart of Midlothian, affordable housing, social justice, running and the greatest country in the world. Being Irish he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
That’s spot on - the “where are you really from?” - yet look at English/British sports teams - e.g. Britain’s best ever athlete maybe Daley Thompson. 100% British and integrated - but he’d fail the Jenrick test
10.10.2025 08:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The thing no one asks about Jenrick’s comment is how many of the non white faces were English born and bred?
10.10.2025 08:35 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Not even half
02.10.2025 21:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The focus on nationalism as a unifying factor is complicated. The English traditionally think British is the same thing. Starmer references “4 great nations” then talks about the 3 that are and ignores the 4th. He’s right ‘though to call out “othering” as a key part of the problem …but the flags?
01.10.2025 08:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Nuclear test veteran/victim on BBC - their case is deserving but it grates when he talks about what they did “to provide a nuclear weapon for England”.
01.10.2025 07:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Is Covid “serious” if you feel no worse than a cold/‘flu?
30.09.2025 19:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I know I have had it once in the days when we tested - but had a sore throat, then cough and temperature some weeks ago - was it Covid? I have no idea.
30.09.2025 19:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Anecdotally friends are buying Covid tests and say they want to know so they don’t infect others. We don’t test for ‘flu, which, presumably, must be far more dangerous given we vaccinate at 65 for ‘flu but as late as 75 for Covid. Thoughts medical friends/others?
30.09.2025 17:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 1I am from the north of Ireland - flying flags was always a sign of demarcation and division
30.09.2025 09:36 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Three thoughts on the #RyderCup today - delighted for Shane Lowry; brilliant fightback from the US to make a match of it; as terrible as the crowd behaviour was the spirit between the players at the end of their games should be an example to follow
28.09.2025 22:06 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Early days - Aberdeen were top last year
28.09.2025 12:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Very interesting - even without Reform Labour would be struggling to get what they want
28.09.2025 12:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The number of times last year Hearts hit the woodwork and dominated then lost - fine margins
28.09.2025 12:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I was driving to Glasgow after the game yesterday so got a lot of the Motherwell Aberdeen commentary. Aberdeen were the better team first half and had some great chances they failed to take. When you are low in confidence these things seem to snowball
28.09.2025 11:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Maybe the #RyderCup has had its time - the behaviour of the US crowds is awful but let’s not pretend crowds in Europe have behaved perfectly
28.09.2025 11:46 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It is truly shocking
28.09.2025 11:45 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0People get carried away about football - teams are never as good or bad as we think - but I’d rather be a Hearts fan just now than Aberdeen
28.09.2025 11:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s a fair criticism I think of the ID card that people who employ illegally at the moment won’t ask to see one. Will we end up with the police stopping Deliveroo riders?
28.09.2025 11:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I just want to watch the Kyziridis goal on repeat - one of the best I have seen in over 40 years of attending Tynecastle - made better by being right behind it
28.09.2025 11:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0If everyone watched The Hack on ITV right now, we could start to repair our media, our discourse & our country. It is TV drama at its absolute best. I know most of this stuff & I’m reeling.
24.09.2025 20:07 — 👍 882 🔁 184 💬 57 📌 10If Trump thinks tylenol is dangerous, wait ‘til he hears about guns.
23.09.2025 18:31 — 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0It’s a difficult one - do you report the nonsense someone spouts just because he is a world leader democratically elected by people who believe some of this nonsense?
23.09.2025 17:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Really enjoyed the World Athletics this year. It felt like most events were more open than usual, harder to predict winners. I always like the middle and long distance races best but the Women’s Heptathlon and Kate O’Connor’s silver was a highlight.
21.09.2025 12:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A real highlight this, really enjoyed this competition and Kate’s performances
21.09.2025 12:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Really disappointing for Josh Kerr - can’t legislate for getting injured. He’ll be back!
17.09.2025 13:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
It would be funny if the fiasco over the #GreatNorthRun medals turns out to be a fantastic plot by a Sunderland fan
08.09.2025 17:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Saxons who lost their country, laws and traditions to the Normans in 1066?
08.09.2025 13:47 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0It’s a really good race - I remember it’s quite a steep downhill before you run the last mile to the finish
07.09.2025 10:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Always watch the #GreatNorthRun and wonder if I could do it one more time - then think of the step up in training and stick with being retired from racing
07.09.2025 09:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0