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Occasional thoughts on National Hunt racing, especially its language

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@ademir2z Check out the third place play off

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@ScottMcCreaWest John Buchan himself hardly a paragon of virtue (judged by modern standards at least)

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@jonesy68 @patmurphybbc There have been lots of examples of going for the better batters earlier that? Les Ames, Jim Parks etc.

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@IsabelOakeshott The murder of Lee Rigby was horrific. So was the murder of Jo Cox.

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@jwludwig @reedgalen There are of course serious issues relating to immigration and integration but to brand all migrants from the Middle East as “savages” is simply racist - the sort of language the invader you helped repulse would have used

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@MariBeeOh Not sure the father showed very good manners giving us Europeans a disgraceful lecture which was a calculated insult

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@SpeechUnion @jenniferlinsey1 If you think Europe is in civilisational decline, why don’t you “go home”? Your performance on radio 4 was outrageous.

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@BruceRioch4 He is a unique player. Irreplaceable. I can’t believe any villa fan who has watched every game last season could write this.

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@MartinKnight_ Richard Dimbleby?

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@Kennyadefulu Why can’t you just mind your own business?

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@FPayne100 @BLACKCAPS And yet the clip you use later refers to the team touring WI as Marylebone.

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@Betfair I am no fan of arsenal but the cup winners cup used to be a major trophy

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@afc_richard Tweets like this reap what they sow

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@Soccer_Stats Top tier football existed before the premier league- these are not “all time” facts

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@higs1980 @BJonesFootball I love rashford but rogers is irreplaceable

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@alawyerwrites @SprtBookReviews @nimishdubey @Marcus60s70s80s @Cullivanpeter @Suzanne30571676 @allandray08 @SteveSladl @WG_RumblePants A matter of taste but for me moorhouse is the best book in this genre

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@anon_opin This is a false equivalence.

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@mark_macrombie Pretty rich for Collymore to question “mentality” given his chequered service as a player

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@jtoneysbeat Mortimer surely on the list as one of the best players never to get a full England cap

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@theavfcfaithful I understand why he might have to go but he is a unique player whom I will miss terribly if it happens - he is also worth 100m minimum