I realise I’m being pedantic, but there have been at least 6 famous athletes plus swimmer and broadcaster Sharron Davies and 3 time world’s strongest man Tom Stoltman as Gladiators before Joe Marler. Surely he’s not the first celebrity Gladiator.
Jason Braier
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Barrister specialising in employment law. Trustee of Kisharon Noe school. Mainly talk employment law (do you see a theme?) with the occasional foray into politics and bad puns.
I've no idea about the complainant's motivation, but even a bad-faith complaint can merit investigation, and I think we can be confident Daniel Greenberg, the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, wasn't influenced by any antisemitic intent. www.jewishnews.co.uk/tice-claims-...
Tice claims parliamentary standards probe is from ‘antisemitic anti-Israel’ complaint - Jewish News
Reform UK Deputy Leader is accused of failing to declare a relevant interest
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I was once in the cinema with the late, great Bill Oddie. He was at the Hampstead Everyman to watch the Alan Partridge film. Quite surreal to look over at him for his reactions in the scenes where Partridge did his Bill Oddie schtick. I recall a whimsical raise of the Oddie eyebrow. RIP.
I'm not sure whether to be offended at being asked or amused at how bad LinkedIn auto-messaging algorithms are (presuming that's what this invite was).
As someone whose father in law has been in a care home for 6 years, this thread hits the nail right on the head (save that his care home costs about double the amount Dan puts in the thread). The social care lottery is pure madness and someone needs to be brave enough to take tough decisions.
Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · last wk.I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
Worth trudging through the 120 minutes to be up for those boos.
Surely there will be a VAR check for something. Too many players on the leg side in the power play or something
Good to see Fernandez go into the record books. Very well deserved.
I don't understand this show. There's no coherence to it at all. It has no narrative arc, no purpose, and no relevance to the event (apart from Justin Bieber squeezing in the words "World Cup"). Couldn't they have just brought out Diana Ross to miss a penalty and keep everyone happy?!
Hands up if you're looking forward to the traditional half time show...
Someone needs to explain to me this new-fangled goal kick thing where the object is to play it short to put your own team under as much pressure as possible.
I'm not always a fan of the Tory party leader, but she was incredibly impressive at today's PMQs, setting the perfect tone.
Surely at most it’s their biggest game since 2018 (if you exclude the 2020 and 2024 European finals)?
Maths question of the day: Jason fancies buying some cherries. How many punnets should he buy: 1 or 2?
Do some University Challenge teams pick their players solely to see whether Roger Tilling is up to the task?
Have just learnt from Only Connect that the one world record I took part in would not be recognised if it happened now (will leave you to guess which one!).
Sonja Henie, Morten Harket, Roald Dahl, Ollie Gunnar Sjolskaer, Edvard Munch, Roald Amundsen, Edvard Grieg, your boys took one hell of a beating!!! #NORENG
Is Count Binface the Martin Bell of the modern age? How many Clacton residents will be tempted by a Boaty McBoatface type vote? Is there any national parliament around the world where a joke candidate of the Binface variety has actually won?
All the major parties should stand aside and let @countbinface.bsky.social fight the election against Farage. Surely that would be a temptation impossible to resist for the Clacton electorate in the voting booth.
I'm struggling to recall a more egotistical act in British politics than Farage calling an unnecessary by-election in Clacton to try to deflect from the controversies surrounding him. Can anyone think of one?
If Wimbledon didn’t coincide with the World Cup, and if there wasn’t the Trump—Balogun controversy, Arthur Fery would be lead story on all the back pages of all the newspapers. He deserves to be.
It's important to remember that Trump is highly qualified to provide an authoritative opinion on all matters football-related, thanks to his training from the great Saint and Greavesie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzO8...
🏆😧 When Donald Trump did the League Cup draw | ITV Sport Archive
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Well that 45 minutes kept me awake. Now for the challenge of not falling asleep during the half time analysis.
Does everyone’s cat use this technique to wake them before 5am most mornings or is it just mine?
As I was also born in the same hospital as them both does that mean I’m destined for greatness one day too?
