Chaps on the radio saying you can only beat what’s in front of you as if some of us are actually under the misapprehension that we might be able to beat sides not present in the stadium
RT @anitathetweeter: Just a reminder that Emily Maitlis was paid less than her male colleagues and didn’t even make the list of high earner…
RT @DenisMacShane: Polls at this stage of 2017 GE showed Cons in high mid 40s and Lab 10 points behind
“We are about to elect a parliament of freaks and fanatics. If, however, enough Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists win, they can act as a blocking minority that will limit Johnson or Corbyn’s worst excesses.”
Rubbish politics but good dad joke-ery
#OnThisDay in 2012 Conservative Angus Macpherson became the first elected Wiltshire Police Commissioner.
#OnThisDay in 1967 the @BeeGees played at @CityHallSalis
Today is Saint Edmund’s Day
Edmund was treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral, and then Archbishop of Canterbury
RT @Pinotnoirgirl: My 5 year old to me this morning: “You smell nice mummy” “Ah. That’s nice darling. What do I smell of?” “Onions” Hmmmmm
RT @kevebbs: Did Department S ever get to speak to Vic?
Sir John Wyndham had a brother, Sir Hugh Wyndham.
Sir Hugh was the judge in the case of the ‘Sealed Knot Conspiracy’ (against Cromwell) in 1655. The leader of the consipracy was John Penruddock. Sir Hugh sentenced him to death
#TodayILearned that Henry Penruddock Wyndham, who owned Wyndham House and Park in Salisbury in the late 1700s was a direct descendant of both John Penruddock and Sir John Wyndham
Do, or do not. There is no try
It’s a load of nonsense really, isn’t it?
There was a D-Day veteran on telly last night and he said ‘I did my bit’.
Is that phrase the best example there is of English (or British) understatement?
The first programming language I really learnt was called MUMPS and at that time, in MUMPS, it was bad practice to use meaningful names for anything
I dunno if this is why I’ve been rubbish at naming things ever since
RT @Stegsythedog: You can get free fast broadband if your neighbour has no password
My legs really ache from running last night, but I have to walk down a floor to get proper, caffeinated coffee
Please send help
#PrayForMatt
#OhTheHumanity
#WhatAWorldWhatAWorld
#TodayILearned that Harvard went fully co-educational in 1977, and Columba did the same in 1983
RT @BeffernieBlack: I’m a triple threat! I’m hungry, thirsty and tired.
Wondered this afternoon what the S meant in #uksnow having read it UKs now
I need a sleep