Kev Price

the best friend of @Joyork *

Trustee of @northtyneyouth *

He/Him

[Mr. Beat @beatmastermatt]

And the Trump presidency begins with the richest person in the world giving a Nazi salute.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Hello @Keir_Starmer I hope you’re having a good start to Christmas . I didn’t know who else to write to so I’m hoping you can help . Please make some calls & get this poor woman out of prison for Christmas . This doesn’t reflect well on the UK . Thanks #loveactually Please RT

@DavidLammy @AngelaRayner @Ed_Miliband

[Mark Steel @mrmarksteel]

I’m calling on all comedians to march against us paying inheritance tax. For us it’s not a job, it’s a way of life. The tax means my kids will have to sell everything if I die and their jokes will be lost forever. But I don’t expect you to understand that, Kier Starmer!!!

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Damichael Cole @DamichaelC]

I spoke with Desmond Bane and Vince Williams Jr. this morning after shootaround. Both players are considered gametime decisions against the Warriors.

Story: https://t.co/pFX6Hf8WDL

[Ja Morant @JaMorant]

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[The Oatmeal @Oatmeal]

I decided to go as the Dune popcorn bucket tonight

[Stuart Goldsmith @ComComPod]

This week I asked the emeritus professor of Climate Change at UCL whether I could quote him on humanity having maybe 200 years left before extinction.

You know, for a bit.

And he said words to the effect of "Yeah go ahead, it's probably less".

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Why did Huw Edwards avoid prison?

Is this evidence of “two-tier justice”?

Let’s take a quick look. 🧵

TLDR: This is an entirely expected sentence for offences of this type.

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Worth spreading these videos as much as possible, the more humiliating the better. Part of the task of the next few days is messaging: you'll be arrested, you'll go to prison, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

[Gary O'Donoghue @BBCBlindGazza]

Here’s my view of what happened in Pennsylvania last night. Just my impressions as one reporter at one point in time.
https://t.co/jolMqMKxJw

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

ANGEL REESE SETS NEW CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLE RECORD 👏

13 STRAIGHT GAMES 🔥

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Monday’s @guardian front page: Surprise surge for left pushes French far right into third place https://t.co/OXsqTRKqiI

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

Watch this it’s fascinating - I asked James Timpson what he’d do about prisons and sentencing if he was in charge. He believes only a third of prisoners in jail should definitely be there. He’s now in charge of prisons (but not sentencing).

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Spend three minutes watching this man talk in a humane, evidence-based way about penal policy. Then realise that he is now in charge of prisons. And then feel the waves of relief wash over you.

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

Greens to win as many seats as Reform? Without the constant BBC and press attention? Or the billionaire funding? Or the social media bots?

The British people are so much more decent than their media

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

I’m sorry, WHAAATT?!
How dare this man tell us what subjects he thinks are valuable. Thing One: the creative industries are HUGE in the UK. Thing Two: we are HUMANS; not drones; not cogs in your machine.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

He'll beat Jacob Rees Mogg & give us a Portillo moment!!

Dan Norris @votedannorris

BUT, & this is IMPORTANT, he needs your tactical vote.
Lib Dems & Greens can't win here, but they can elsewhere
They will split the anti-Mogg vote.

Vote wisely and https://t.co/cWTNy7b445