Stuart Purling

Norwich fan, punter, and father of two.

[David Johnson @davidjohnsonTF]

Second-by-second adjustments to Benvenuto Cellini's in-running odds. Judge for yourself the extent his start 'materially affected' his chance according to those.

[Stuart Purling @Purlings]

@InnoBystander Keeping it low key with a visit to The Ship, Wandsworth one of London’s busiest Sunday venues.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

After 18 months of “standing up to Putin” the Labour govt quietly issued a licence allowing imports of Russian oil refined in third countries.

Yesterday Labour MPs voted AGAINST UK oil and gas licences.

We are now importing from Russia instead of drilling in the North Sea.

Insane.

[James Clark 📈📉¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @mr_james_c]

The thing about bond markets is that if Labour said:
"We're going to borrow this money to do a massive investment in nuclear energy, built to Korean standards, we're going to expand our airports and ports, renew and expand Britain's highway and rail systems, renew Britain's armed services and we're going to dramatically overhaul our planning and approvals system to do it rapidly"

Labour would get a very positive response from the markets and its borrowing rate would fall.

Unfortunately what Labour tells the markets is "we're going to borrow money and throw it at our client groups - welfare recipients, pensioners, the public sector and unions - basically the least productive members of society". Oddly enough this doesn't go down very well.

[Adam Wren @aswren]

Arooj shah has been one of the main opponents of a grooming gang inquiry in Oldham and on her first day Harriet Harman, on her mission to improve the lives of women and girls in this country wants to appoint her to the lords? Completely rotten

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

The Green Party has complained about this cartoon of Zack Polanski by the The Times.

They’re deeply unhappy with it. Whatever you do, do not repost!

[Ed West @edwest]

It's just endless https://t.co/TDJc0E9swS

[Arran @arran_n]

They’ve restricted my account and now i’m apparently not eligible for this, was in last 70, absolute bastards

[UK Golf Guy @ukgolfguy]

Here’s my annual look at UK summer green fee increases

- Average top 100 green fees are ⬆️11.4% - over 3X the rate of inflation
- The average top 25 course is now £407 (up 15% on 2025)

Here's a thread with some thoughts. You can read it all on my blog too.

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[Matt Loveitt @mattloveitt]

Nominations are in for Ipswich Towns player of the month

#efl #eflawards #ipswitchtown #coventrycity #pusb

[Joel Beall @JoelMBeall]

LIV-PGA antitrust docs revealed contracts forbidding players from doing interviews without LIV approval (friendly press only) and from speaking out about LIV. Worth remembering in the weeks ahead as LIV's future is decided.

[Richard Holmes 🕵🏻‍♂️ @Richard_AHolmes]

Sir Olly Robbins was not able to view the below document when making a decision about Peter Mandelson's vetting because it was deemed so secret.

Yet, the Cabinet Office released it publicly in a heartbeat to protect the Prime Minister.

Robbins, with over 20 years of experience in civil service, claimed to have never seen such a document until the disclosure.

Quite an extraordinary use of protected national security material for political defence.

[Christopher Hope📝 @christopherhope]

Sir OIly Robbins sounds a little emotional as he winds up: "I don’t fully understand the reasons that I’m in the position I am in. But that is for the separate process for me to try to get to the bottom of. ... I loved that job, I loved that institution, I was proud to serve this Government and any government that might follow it.
"I hope I was doing it to the best of my ability, I was certainly doing it as hard as I possibly could. I had wonderful colleagues who I miss deeply."

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

It's amazing that the entire British media and political establishment will spend weeks obsessing over how exactly a paedophile's best friend was appointed by our government, while completely ignoring the fact that the government is destroying our economy through Net Zero, bankrupting the country through welfarism and punitive taxation and disarming the country by failing to fund the military despite repeated warnings from senior military figures.

This obsession with trivia is partly human nature, of course. But it's also a dereliction of duty and a reflection of just how unserious our entire political class has become.

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

Labour MPs are now being told to quote an Epstein survivor to help protect the Prime Minister.

The same Prime Minister who knew Mandelson had maintained a friendship with Epstein when he appointed him.

They are shameless.

[Exeter City FC @OfficialECFC]

The angle you’ve all been waiting for 😍

Take it away, @JackBycroft 🔥

#ECFC #SemperFidelis

[The Pink Un @pinkun]

🗣️ “Especially when you’re playing a team like #NCFC, who bring such a massive and vocal support, they were behind their team all the way even when they were losing in the first half. Congratulations to their support.”

🔴⚪️ Complimentary words from #BristolCity boss Roy Hodgson for the Norwich away supporters 👇

📺 https://t.co/EGEf45UYoT

[David Maddox @DavidPBMaddox]

Tomorrow's @Independent front page
https://t.co/reWWwOkcjT

[Straight Down The Middle @sdtmgolf]

Often forgotten... Big John donated $30,000 from his winners cheque to a family fund for Thomas Weaver, who died after a lightning strike at the '91 PGA. Both Weaver's daughters went on to graduate from college and one is now a doctor. Legend.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

David Maddox, The Independent, says that he knew Mandelson had failed security vetting, published an article, and contacted the head of communications at Downing Street in September

So the idea that Labour's Downing Street only just found out is not true