Some thoughts from me on the election; trying to think about the broader picture after a night buried in the data theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Scenes at Edgbaston where India are playing Pakistan but people are watching the England game. 2 sets of rival supporters united by their love of England! #PakvsInd #ENGSUI #comeonengland #england

Wow! England win live The Killers show at The O2 ! Drop straight into Mr Brightside.

Me writing emails

🇪🇸 Spain or Spanish teams have been in 26 finals in the last 23 years - World Cup, Euros, Champions League, Europa League... they have won all 26. Bayern were the last team to beat a Spanish opponent in a final when they beat Valencia in 2001.

Spider sees itself in a mirror for the first time x.com/visualfeastwan…

The Good Law Project & journalists rightly getting heat for deeply irresponsible claims about suicide & young people after review by govt independent adviser. No org that cares about children would weaponise suicide as a campaigning tactic in this way. thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

So sad to hear about the passing of Ray Reardon. A titan of snooker. A marvellous man. And this story about his days in the mines is still one of the most astonishing I’ve ever heard…

'Emergency politics podcasts sir... thousands of 'em'

This will be the first Presidential election since 1976 to not have a Biden, Bush, or Clinton on the ticket.

Watch Minister James Timpson's first speech in the House of Lords 👇

Many of the inputs I have received for my upcoming report on violence against women and girls in sport and which i will present at #GA79 in October, stress the need to maintain single-sex spaces for safety, fairness and basic human dignity. This week at #PARIS2024 we may all

Late to this, but fascinating account of the 1984 miners' strike, told through three compelling stories 👇 'Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain': channel4.com/programmes/min…

People kept asking me in person to explain the debate over the Olympic boxers, so I figured it was more efficient to write it down for The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

It remains a great watch 👇

Political divisions feel so intractable and immovable, but Jimmy Carter is still alive and his winning electoral map looks INSANE to a 2020s observer.

So Carlos Alcaraz did THIS earlier today.

What a gentleman😹

Decided to go through this systematically. Incumbent government performance in wealthy democracies since March 2022, when Ukraine invasion really spiked things upwards: 🧵