Snowflake 😂

Sadiq Khan has won the London Mayoral election for the third time – 34 favourite reactions.
thepoke.com/2024/05/04/sad…

Good to see Count Binface beating the Facists!

Thanks, Ian, for reminding me I wrote a piece about the 50th anniversary of 'I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight' for The New Statesman

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Wonderful story on Soup about Senna and Lawson and a conversation you’d have given anything to be in on superbikeplanet.com/story/959/raci…

This is the TV report referred to in my story on Rossi’s celebrations, specifically the legend of Osvaldo. Never seen it before, it’s worth bearing in mind that everyone interviewed is acting/lying! superbikeplanet.com/story/928/ryde…

I’m looking for a new truck driver for our GP team. The role is to drive the race truck then assist in hospitality and other jobs during the European GP’s
If interested please drop me an email to [email protected]

The truck is a new Scania S560 and a beauty to drive 😁

The East German GP stopped after Dieter Braun, a West German, won the 250 race. The PA had a ‘malfunction’ when it came to anthem time, the crowd got very angry and sang it anyway. According to Ago’s biography, 15, troops lined up on the track, guns drawn, facing the crowd.

And when the DDR race stopped on 1972 loads of them would go to Brno because Czechoslovakia was the one place you didn’t need a visa for. More MZs than you could shake a stick at

Beautifully written

1/ Thread of random things to keep in mind when reading these and other stories about the border this week as the UK attempts to start actually enforcing its own regulatory checks.

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superbikeplanet.com/story/928/ryde… has the answer to your question

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'Seething is believing'. A thing of beauty.

This was at Jerez in 90’s caused by water soaking back up through the track surface despite no rain falling.

I wrote this on the subject of penalties after Jerez last year. I think it’s still relevant superbikeplanet.com/story/194

This is the best review I have ever had.

Just reread my earlier tweet and realised I called Ivan Mauger an all-time great. I apologise for the grievous error; I meant Greatest of All Time