There's one of the (British) FIBA commentators I very much do this with.
Nicola Akele would do nicely too 😅
I've been meaning to message you so I may as well do it here (feel free to reply privately via the normal channels) but the offer of any required help - not just storage - ahead of the Spring Bank Holiday weekend remains. Just let me know if I can help at all. 🤗
It was also the first time since 1983 where a parliamentary by-election has a greater turnout than at the preceding General Election.
Tonight is the first time the Conservative Party have lost their deposit at an English parliamentary by-election since 1983.
(It's also the first time since 1983 where a parliamentary by-election has a greater turnout than at the preceding General Election).
Tonight is the first time the Conservative Party have lost their deposit at an English parliamentary by-election since 1983.
Here's a 2023 article that listed a few of them to date then; there's been a few since too.
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Donald Trump is so obviously going to annex Greenland. Or possibly Greenford - he may not know the difference.
Crikey, so prior to today they had lost 10 of their last 11 overtime games. How long a spell did their 0-7 run date back to and/or when was the last OT win prior to the 0-7 run? I imagine we are dealing with a spell covering many months...
Think you can understand a lot about British politics from the ONS survey reporting that 56% of people said they voted in the last local elections, when turnout in those elections was about 36%.
Knockouts took centre stage this week, Newcastle claimed their spot and Sheffield looked set for the final four, but it's London and Bristol who complete the quartet. Whilst Surrey had a massive victory in the Cup. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I look back over it all
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Isn't this true of lots of products? Coca-cola and Guinness are two that come to mind, and yet both have spent hugely on advertising for a century.
And the Glads' kit is even worse 😅
(It's also a bit reminiscent of England's Euro 96 grey kit)
Hardly the main point here, but apparently I am now so old and out of touch that I am learning slang (‘serving lewks’) from MPs’ BlueSky accounts.
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
As the second half wore on, particularly from early Q4, I was sat there thinking "I can't make sense of the minute distribution and if Richard doesn't say something about it, I'm going to ask him about it"
Today felt like a game where coaches didn't fully know their squad, surprisingly. Unfortunate
Nothing wrong with The Donkey Sanctuary!
Annerley Road?
The new Pope has made an edict that time spent on the platform at Limerick Junction can be deducted from time in purgatory.
I was in attendance so I don't know if it could be seen on the broadcast, but Sam Ashby was in attendance in a team tracksuit, even if she wasn't part of the twelve.
Maybe they're rotating over the course of the three games this week? Dunno.
Fawlty Towers still the go-to reference. And to think people ask whether Britain has soft power.
Per the online map, there are 16 exhibits at the Uni so went there first. 2 didn't exist (both had signage telling you what should've been there); saw 11 & were underwhelmed so gave up on the last 3 in frustration. WP also something & nothing; so after 3 in the centre, caught a bus back underwhelmed
Don't bother going to either the University or Wellington Place zones; both were highly underwhelming.
Even Maj-Gen Robert Ross and his troops of blessed memory didn't manage this.
I don't agree? There's four sets of basketball medals at an Olympic Games, Britain still being able to qualify and compete for three of them is hardly an Armageddon outcome.
I'm kinda staggered you think this is the Armageddon option from FIBA, when FIBA have left BBF to still oversee the vast majority of their competences. It seems to me a pretty mild punishment by FIBA.
Well that would appear to be FIBA's perspective.
But FIBA has said the BBF still has a job to do with regards oversight of 3x3, Senior Women and Junior Basketball. It's only Senior Men where their oversight has been withdrawn.
Geoff interviewing senior management at Transport for London and the Docklands Light Railway may sound pretty dry; but it was actually really nice to see the various execs each having some childlike enthusiasm for their new trains. A fun (and informative!) watch!
