Alex Partridge
@alexpartridge87.bsky.social
BBC News in Westminster
This is one of those things that simply shouldn’t be possible. It’s like if Arsenal drew the Chicago Bulls. They exist in different worlds.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is one of those things that simply shouldn’t be possible. It’s like if Arsenal drew the Chicago Bulls. They exist in different worlds.
Hmm sure
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Cristiano Ronaldo has avoided a suspension for the start of next summer’s World Cup after FIFA handed the Portugal captain a three-match ban, with the final two games suspended for “a one-year probation period.”
Cristiano Ronaldo avoids World Cup ban as FIFA grants Portugal captain ‘probationary period’
Ronaldo, 40, was sent off in Portugal's penultimate World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hmm sure
Rachel Reeves last night told Labour MPs she is here to stay as chancellor: "I’ll be there on Wednesday, I’ll be there next year and I’ll be back the year after that".
Ms Reeves said there would be “difficult choices” made in the Budget and they wouldn’t like every measure but they need to unite
Ms Reeves said there would be “difficult choices” made in the Budget and they wouldn’t like every measure but they need to unite
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Rachel Reeves last night told Labour MPs she is here to stay as chancellor: "I’ll be there on Wednesday, I’ll be there next year and I’ll be back the year after that".
Ms Reeves said there would be “difficult choices” made in the Budget and they wouldn’t like every measure but they need to unite
Ms Reeves said there would be “difficult choices” made in the Budget and they wouldn’t like every measure but they need to unite
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
They’re calling him…the Despatch Fox
The only thing that can defeat parliament’s new extra high security fence.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They’re calling him…the Despatch Fox
going back on streetview it's been behind those boards and overgrown since at *least* 2008
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
going back on streetview it's been behind those boards and overgrown since at *least* 2008
remember going to a Whole Foods and thinking...it was basically a Sainsbury's or Tesco
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
remember going to a Whole Foods and thinking...it was basically a Sainsbury's or Tesco
Tempted by the open house viewings of this one. No booking required! Post visit tetanus booster a must!
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in 75 Camden Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9BY, NW1 for £925,000. Marketed by Auction House London, Hampstead
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Tempted by the open house viewings of this one. No booking required! Post visit tetanus booster a must!
this explains why I want a Switch 2
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
this explains why I want a Switch 2
the video down the page...top top sumo
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
the video down the page...top top sumo
All sumo news is big, of course
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
All sumo news is big, of course
Big sumo news. Aonishiki won a tournament!
🇺🇦 🇯🇵 Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn said he had surprised even himself by becoming the first from his country to win a tournament in the ancient Japanese sport.
➡️ u.afp.com/ShSQ
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November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Big sumo news. Aonishiki won a tournament!
there's a great bit in "A House of Dynamite" when a major character seems to have this realisation
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
there's a great bit in "A House of Dynamite" when a major character seems to have this realisation
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Great to see the word “gobshite” in a headline. Streets ahead of the too twee “cockwomble”.
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Anger as 'gobshite' climbs Laois Christmas Tree - News - Laois Nationalist
Anger as 'gobshite' climbs Laois Christmas Tree - News - Laois Nationalist
www.laois-nationalist.ie
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Great to see the word “gobshite” in a headline. Streets ahead of the too twee “cockwomble”.
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This is wonderful. He's also the only ever guest on BBC Breakfast to do colouring in while on the sofa. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This is wonderful. He's also the only ever guest on BBC Breakfast to do colouring in while on the sofa. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A couple of weeks ago a man, who none of us knew and who none of us had interacted with, came up to our table in the pub and told us to watch it 🤷♂️
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A couple of weeks ago a man, who none of us knew and who none of us had interacted with, came up to our table in the pub and told us to watch it 🤷♂️
Time for the Premier League to get in on this: Gtech The Halls: a Brentford Love Story
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Time for the Premier League to get in on this: Gtech The Halls: a Brentford Love Story
Ultimately quite sad piece about AI and freelance writing thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ultimately quite sad piece about AI and freelance writing thelocal.to/investigatin...
Do sort of believe that long term test cricket will be almost entirely separate from T20 in personnel terms and effectively kept as a sort of heritage product (like the Monaco Grand Prix or the grass court tennis season)
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Do sort of believe that long term test cricket will be almost entirely separate from T20 in personnel terms and effectively kept as a sort of heritage product (like the Monaco Grand Prix or the grass court tennis season)
See, some teams can still play test cricket
South Africa's first innings in Guwahati lasted 10 overs longer than the entire Perth Ashes Test 🤯
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
See, some teams can still play test cricket
To be clear, I’m not a Wednesday fan. I just think owning them would be fun and interesting. Please support my bid
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
To be clear, I’m not a Wednesday fan. I just think owning them would be fun and interesting. Please support my bid
I am going to purchase Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
What's your absolutely unworkable plan to drop out of your current life (or at least work life) and do something completely different?
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I am going to purchase Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
I have no way of proving this but it *feels* true: the first goal of any given Saturday on the vidiprinter is always scored in Scottish League 2
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I have no way of proving this but it *feels* true: the first goal of any given Saturday on the vidiprinter is always scored in Scottish League 2
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Steve Smith describing Pat Cummins as “an absolute weapon”, truly two nations divided by a common language.
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Steve Smith describing Pat Cummins as “an absolute weapon”, truly two nations divided by a common language.
Two day test match doesn’t really scream “pinnacle of the sport” does it
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Two day test match doesn’t really scream “pinnacle of the sport” does it