Brian Connolly

[Neil Drysdale @NeilDrysdale]

The Alan Cumming interview in today’s Times (I read it in a library) is one of the most deranged, narcissitic and awful pieces that I have ever read in my life. I don’t normally pack a sick bag, but I was crying out for one by the end of it!!!

[J Stewart @triffic_stuff_]

🔥 Angela Rayner’s HEATED CLASH with Rob Rinder on GMB exposes hypocrisy over the money.

Rinder put it to her straight:

“When Conservative ministers did that and you described them as having a staggering lack of shame. You’re back as Housing Secretary and you’ve kept the money so help me understand why that isn’t hypocritical?”

Rayner claimed her case is different because those Tories were only in the job for weeks, while she was there for nearly a year:

“People were in government for a number of weeks in some cases and accepted sums of severances in the thousands, only to return to government weeks later.”

Rinder wasn’t buying it:

“A number of people didn’t come back and they kept the money, you said they had a staggering lack of shame — but in your case that doesn’t apply?”

Her reply:

“If you’ve been in the job for a couple of weeks and accepted thousands of pounds, that is very different from the circumstances that I was in.”

No, Angela. It’s no different. You were in the job for under a year, had to resign over unpaid tax allegations, took the £16,876 severance, then returned to the exact same role and kept every penny.

You should hand that money back. You are a shameless money-grabbing hypocrite!

What’s worse is that you’ve spent years lecturing others about their behaviour, yet the moment you step into government you do the very same thing. Disgraceful.

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@afneil Not difficult to start getting the country back on an even keel!

[Sunil Gavaskar @virender_swag]

Rest in peace, Sir Garry. There will never, ever be another like you.

It is with a incredibly heavy heart that I hear the news of the passing of the greatest of them all, Sir Garfield Sobers. For anyone who loves this beautiful game, Sir Garry wasn’t just a cricketer; he was the ultimate standard of what a cricketer could be.

When we talk about all-rounders today, we often look at players who can balance two disciplines. But Sir Garry? He was a master of five. He could bat like a dream, bowl fast-medium with the new ball, switch seamlessly to orthodox left-arm spin, bowl wrist spin, and field like a panther at short leg or in the slips. To watch him walk onto a cricket field, with that loose, rhythmic Caribbean stride, collars turned up, was to watch absolute majesty in motion. He played the game with a sublime joy and a fierce, competitive dignity that defined an entire era. 

I remember the sheer awe he inspired whenever India played the West Indies. You couldn't take your eyes off him. Even when he was taking the game away from you, you couldn't help but marvel at the genius of the man. His 365 not out stood as a mountain for decades, and those six sixes in an over became the stuff of folklore. Yet, off the field, he was always an absolute gentleman—warm, incredibly generous with his knowledge, and fiercely proud of the game's finest traditions. 

Cricket has lost its brightest jewel today. The stands are a little quieter, and the game is poorer without him. My deepest condolences go out to his family, his friends, and to every cricket lover across the Caribbean and the world who is mourning this incomparable loss.

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@farman4x Seriously?

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@afneil Has to be tongue in cheek!

[Love Music @khnh80044]

After this performance the band did an interview saying this was the best performance they have ever done. Just this song. Everyone was on cue. Perfect. Not a note missed by anyone. Pitch. Tone. Timing. All perfect. They said they never performed this good ever before. And you can clearly tell.❤️🎶
Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

President Trump declares the US will reinstate the Iranian blockade and serve as ‘guardian of the Hormuz Strait’, collecting a 20% toll on all cargo shipped to cover the costs of securing the waterway.
Thanks a bunch Big Don. You break it. The rest of us have to pay for it
#shambles

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@bosveryaaaaaaaa 10 secs, no pencil!

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@footballconfid1 Getting in front, perfectly acceptable. Throwing yourself into a dive, embarrassing!

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@PKobiashvi27300 @shairnn 10 secs

[Rt Hon Nadine Dorries @NadineDorries]

‘A spinster, an old maid, a virgin?
How dare he discuss Ann in those terms. Has broadcasting really been reduced to this level?

How shall he be described at the point of his demise - a shagger, promiscuous, a philanderer?

What a reprehensible and disgusting individual he is.

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

Disgraceful!

[Nicholas Lissack @NicholasLissack]

Disgraceful scenes on Sky News as a smirking Adam Boulton rants about Ann Widdecombe as a “spinster,” an “old maid” and a “virgin” while speculating about her private life.

She was murdered this morning, yet he can’t help but already spew misogynistic poison about her.

Evil.

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@HACKETTREF He is the top referee.

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@MGrantScotland Ben's a clown!

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@FabrizioRomano A charlatan!

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@talkSPORT He went over the top of the ball and endangered his opponent. Officials should have seen it in real time.

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@sappholives83 Horrific!

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Scottish taxpayers, against the vast majority’s will, funded an attempt by the government to keep men in women’s prisons. Never have I been so tempted to move to Monaco and give all the money I’ve been paying in tax to groups fighting the rank misogyny of Swinney’s government.

[Brian Connolly @BConnolly5]

@Footballogue Equally poor in his first game, how was he sanctioned for a 2nd game?