Gavin Allen

@Huawei Executive Editor in Chief. Ex @BBCNews Head of News Programmes. Forever @ITFC and @RollingStones.

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@hughlaurie @MrHarryCole @jan_murray Watched every episode of House when each first came out. Over the past few months, have binge-watched them with my 21-year-old daughter. We loved them (again, in my case). @hughlaurie superb and the writing hilarious/creative in equal measure. Way more than “a hospital drama”.

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I love the UK, but…
Me: My daughter’s cut her foot, her old plaster won’t stick on. You got a spare one?
Kew Gardens cafe: We do, but we’re not 1st Aid trained so can’t let you have one in case she’s allergic.
Me: I’m her dad. She’s not.
KG: Yes, but we don’t know that…
Ffs…

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@TheCruncher76 When that 4th went in… 🔥🍾

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@loftedondrive @TheCruncher76 I’d skip the word consecutive and it’d still be true. Tho Inter at home was pretty good too…

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Love the BBC Sport picture caption “Gael Monfils made his professional debut in 2004, when his first-round opponent Hugo Gaston was just four years old”. Surely he beat him?

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@61harpy @AllyFogg I guess - but across 3400 people it would have to be a very skewed venn diagram.

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@lifelongsaint83 Safe to say that if Boro win they’ll be jubilant. And Premier League. End of.

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@christiancalgie Genuine question: why is he “the self-styled King Of The North”? When did he directly refer to himself as that?

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@rcolvile @NodNolan We’re looking at you Man City…

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@NodNolan @rcolvile Shock. But almost universal agreement. At least from everyone who’s not a Saints fan…

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@RetroITFC Probably?? I know there’s been a few crackers in recent years (Barnsley, Boro, Coventry etc) but this was definitely the greatest ever!

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@jbpugh Crazy. What a shameful journalistic failure all round (albeit not by all, including you)

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@jbpugh were those emails to me? Rubbish if I just ignored/dismissed them.

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@jbpugh I don’t doubt you. It was appalling and we failed. Even with groupthink/smug sense of liberal modernity/whatever it was, I’m genuinely unclear how so many of us allowed this nonsense to continue. It’s as clear cut as climate change and the BBC should say so.

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@prodnose 😂I think they’re VERY safe downing those pints…

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@jonsopel Think you should at least declare your Southampton affiliation… 😂

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@DanNeidle @maitlis Top “gotcha” whataboutery in these replies. “Yeah @DanNeidle, why are you, an analytical tax expert, not asking when Man City will be docked points? Or why my daughter’s anxious about GCSEs? Or peace in Iran? Or ANYTHING except your very well-written and fact-based report?”…

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@afneil 😂Well it worked out ok - 27 years at BBC News meant you couldn’t avoid me forever 😎

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@TEnglishSport @afneil And as the best writer on sport in the UK, you’re a one-man slam dunk endorsement for the merits of that scheme. @afneil & co clearly chose very wisely 👏 Doubly so since I got rejected around the same time!