We will- I have no doubt- look back at this as one of the greatest scandals of our time. It he killing of the golden goose for the UK. A destruction of one of the most profitable and successful sectors.Yet, for now all politicians have their head in the sand on this one… A critically important read.

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

Change the name of the institution and the vampire consultants and this is the same story at any number of different institutions. A national scandal.

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

Football is much better when neither side can defend well. Ten goals should be the norm.

Looks like France have put Steve Clarke in charge for the Bronze match. Only explanation for how bad they've been.

Well, Argentina v England part II this week was... something. Argies wearing a 1986 Hand of God replica, loads of flare ups, a bucket load of yellow cards, and a last minute potential equalizing try ruled out by the TMO to howls of protest from players and crowd. Bonkers.

Still true.

Dr Malcolm Harvey@malch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

See if England could defend, they'd be dangerous.

Throw in Aberdeen too, for good measure.

Euan@euan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Norway, if you can keep this lead you can have Shetland back

"He never meant that." Shades of Ronaldinho lobbing Seaman from Lee Dixon there...

Well now.

Have I spent the day watching all six of the Nations Championship (🇳🇿v🇮🇹, 🇦🇺v🇫🇷, 🇯🇵v🍀, 🇫🇯v🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 🇿🇦v🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, 🇦🇷v🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿) matches? Well... yes. Am I also considering watching the World Cup QF (🇳🇴v🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) at 10pm? Also yes. Sorry Mrs H. Thanks @itvsport.bsky.social!

Welp. A fourth try and a BP for Scotland *in Pretoria*. Two tries down to level at half time. Three tries conceded in the second half, two back, and ripping through the South African midfield in the final 15 mins. Where did this come from?

How are South Africa so prone to such massive gaps in midfield? Wild to see them make such lapses.

80 minute performances remain elusive to us. We've looked tremendous at times, and put the World Champions under a lot of pressure on their home turf. But the same flaws: inefficiencies in attack, not taking advantage of the yellow card, getting tied into the Boks arm-wrestle.

A weird quirk of this north v south league set up: there's no real incentive to defend. It matters none to us if our opposition get BPs because we're not in direct competition in the league.

The difference: South Africa are ruthlessly efficient when they get a chance. Scotland are... not.

We appear to have woken up.

Scotland doing the same things against South Africa as the last 10 hidings and expecting a different outcome is peak Gregor Townsend coaching.

What a second half.

We know.

Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · 4w ago

Saying the quiet part out loud here aren't we Nige?

🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in...

The people v the establishment? Populism writ large.

Ranty McRantface...

Team’s exit cheered by entire world thanks to the meddling of their egomaniac leader. And just hours later USA eliminated too

Just shows you how bad we were that this awful Brazil side still managed to stick 3 past us. Neymar nae mair. You love to see it.

HAHAHA. Stutter nonsense. JUSTICE.

Hey, Gianni. How about we give Norway the goal that was ruled out for offside, and overturn the Brazil penalty decision, or is it only if your pal Donnie pressures you that you fold like a deck chair?

We all knew it was corrupt before it started. Its still pretty shocking to see it perpetrated quite so blatantly though.

Narrator: it did.

Rob Girvan@robgirvan.bsky.social · last mo.

They should try punting the ball into the box again for the 100th time. Maybe it'll work eventually.

Sad day in Casa Harvey as we had to take our ginger genius Moriarty on his final journey to the vet. He'd been a part of our family for 16 years, tolerated lots of small people, fought with kidney disease, and purred like a train when he cuddled. Rest easy, and thanks for being with us.