James Midmer

Policy and Comms @boltapp, shared mobility leaders across Europe. (Very) amateur sports person and proud Dad.

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Fantastic day with my pal @Goodwood_Races ❤️

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Saw @jimmy9’s 704th and final test wicket today, 21 years after I snuck out of school to see his very first against Zimbabwe! What an unbelievable sportsman, in every sense of the word. Thanks for all the memories up and down the country! #thegoat

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@AlexanderEhmann @BCA4Barnes @limebike @CllrMillum @RichmondStreets @RichmondCycling Agree, there is just no issue here. Here’s another of the Barnes stands this evening, near the Olympic. Three Lime bikes and about 20 normal bikes, seems perfectly harmonious. Not everyone wants to buy a bike, many prefer to rent them (I am biased here though, because of my job!)

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@BCA4Barnes @limebike @AlexanderEhmann @CllrMillum @RichmondStreets @RichmondCycling There are also absolutely tons of car parking spaces down both the high street and church road, if even one of these was given to the bikes it could house at least 10 and remove the issue. The only dedicated spot I have seen is on Nassau Road, which isn’t a useful spot

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@BCA4Barnes @limebike @AlexanderEhmann @CllrMillum @RichmondStreets @RichmondCycling I walk past this area every day and there are rarely more than two bikes there (I know because I need them to commute), so the idea that this is regular redistribution area for Lime is not true. This is the same spot tonight for example.

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@BCA4Barnes @limebike @AlexanderEhmann @CllrMillum @RichmondStreets @RichmondCycling The bikes (as a whole) in Barnes are considerately parked and bring a huge amount of trade to local pubs (which I want to stay there), help people reach the sports pitches, support commuting and take cars away from the school run. There are doubtless ways to improve them though!

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Spot on. From an outside perspective, the amount of time that’s wasted dreaming up new ways to sell the sport, when they miss very basic elements of the current experience, is very frustrating.

[ITV Racing @itvracing]

🗣"If we believe that the unique selling point of horse racing is the horse and you want people to learn about racing, you need to bring them down to the paddock"

@RichardHoiles and @acmulrennan share their view on enabling racegoers to see more of the horses before a race.

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@cricketdistrict @Frogboxlive Sadly this is the inevitable consequence of Alex Carey running out Jonny Bairstow at Lords. At the time a lot of sensible commentators said that was fair game, but this was always the contagion risk!

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This makes you proud to be British 🇬🇧

[That’s So Village @ThatsSoVillage]

The pitch is an absolute road, there's one stump to aim at and the umpire's on crutches... scenes!!!

via IG/6289_paul

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@sabahmeddings @JackSidders Was just in its Brussels branch and it’s down to brass tacks, no reception staff, milk or working pens…

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@DavidMenuisier @Goodwood @Doncaster @yorkracecourse Happy retirement Migration, what a horse and what a run style!

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@BHAHorseracing The top end is not the problem, if you increase that then horses will still come over from Ireland to take the prizes. You need to increase the lower ends to have a really healthy ecosystem from which the top talents can emerge over time.

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@itvracing @RishiPersad1 Too expensive and many factors making it not an easy / enjoyable experience meaning many fans (like me) watching a few races in the pub instead of going. Relatively easy fix if they want to make it #CheltenhamFestival2024

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@implausibleblog He’s like a football manager who is 3-0 up at halftime but then tries to sit on the lead rather than keep on playing. People want to vote for them but they’re not telling us what they would actually do

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@Peston Agree with the points about democracy but also don’t think it’s unreasonable for the nation’s leader to step in at this point. The situation has been deteriorating for a while, albeit not helped by global events

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Joy to cycle over Hammersmith Bridge this morning, please, please 🙏 keep this trial going @TfL

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@MartinSLewis @Gingerbread So true, it’s a tax on children and is structured very unfairly, in addition to the deliberately confusing way it is processed.

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Imagine Bairstow taking this…

[Cricket on TNT Sports @cricketontnt]

Tom Hartley strikes! 💥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

#INDvENG

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Can’t help but agree with @gelliott_racing, the sport should be focused on increasing competitiveness from the ground up, rather than restrictive top down measures like this. Essentially an admission of failure from those in charge.

[Racing Post @RacingPost]

🗣 "I'm trying to support these races for the racecourses and the sponsors. It's the owners that own the horses. You can't stop owners from having runners"

Gordon Elliott is unimpressed by the proposal to limit runners in major handicaps