Steve Hawkes

Chief Reputation and External Affairs Officer, Flutter UK & Ireland. Ex-journo at The Sun, Times, Mirror, Tel. Tweets are personal views

[Lukáš Ronald Lukács @lucxsronald]

This is really the most beautiful sport in the world 🥹

Thank you to my friend @PizaJan for the videos 🫂 #TDF2026

[Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes]

🎶 Reach for the Stars 🎵

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

This is the result of many bad legacy decisions taken by UKRI hastily and without proper consultation, overseen by a government department that no longer exists. Surely the new @andyburnham government will want to take time to review this.

[Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes]

Short sighted?

[Georgy Kantor @GeorgyKantor]

'Act of national self-harm' is a good description. UKRI has simply lost its mind - and the collapse of our most important science infrastructure won't be easy to reverse if it's allowed to happen. https://t.co/Nbkv9qLdaG

[The Caterer @Caterertweets]

Britain’s licensed hospitality sector hit with 1,800 closures in Q2 2026

➡️ https://t.co/5WG6spyiu4
https://t.co/5WG6spyiu4

[Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes]

Surely this of all stories needs a funding black hole headline

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The UK’s largest telescope for studying space is now set to close after the Government pulled its funding

It supported various Apollo missions and tracked Soviet rockets in the Cold War

[James Heale @JAHeale]

Reform no longer ahead after 15 months

[Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson]

At this stage in the bootlicking cycle in 2024, you had people writing pieces about how much they wanted to shag Keir Starmer

[John Crace @JohnJCrace]

Andy Burnham has diverted all the water to the North

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Don't know anything about Andy Burnham, but I recognize the room in the middle photo. That's Private White VC.

Let me tell you about them. 🧵

[Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes]

Sport… this commentary is sublime

[Craic Of The Ash @CraicOfTheAsh]

MidWest Radio meltdown during the last minutes of the Mayo match. Volume DOWN 🤣

[Cycling on TNT Sports @cyclingontnt]

💛 MATHIEU VAN DER POEL MAKES HISTORY IN PARIS 💛

This might just be the most dramatic and iconic of Van der Poel's glittering career 😲

[Lukáš Ronald Lukács @lucxsronald]

THIS WAS THE BEST CHAMPS ELYSEES FINISH I HAVE EVER SEEN 🤯🤯🤯 #TDF2026

[Simon Harris TD @SimonHarrisTD]

Right to the final whistle.

Right to history.

Congratulations to Mayo - All Ireland Champions.

A day generations of Mayo supporters have dreamed of.

A victory built on belief, resilience and never giving up.

[Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes]

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[Lembit Öpik @lembitopik]

Total collapse of Thameslink train services today. Delays on local lines. Cancellation or delay of half the services between London, Leicester & Sheffield. Buses running late. No water at Gatwick airport. Is Britain under attack? Or did we do this to our ourselves?

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

Passengers unable to flush toilets, wash their hands or buy hot drinks at the UK’s second busiest airport https://t.co/ShUbBlof7V

[Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes]

Brilliant to see Tadej Pogacar on the front of the Sunday Times sport section - and the superb journalism of @DavidWalshST .. this epic bike race began before England played Mexico

[Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes]

Govt keeps talking about “cleaning up” high streets but how about tackling crime? It’s so bad now that chains are hiring undercover cops to combat shoplifters

https://t.co/VhWH6xVley

[john sturgis @sturgios]

It’s not easy to write a piece about a subject that has already been widely covered - and to find something fresh to say. But this, in The Observer, is the best thing I have read about Keegan - and it nails something that I couldn’t quite pin down myself. Superb

[James Heale @JAHeale]

Headlines straight outta 1976:

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Scotland raised its top income tax rate to 48% to make the rich pay more.

New HMRC data suggests the result may have been the opposite: Scotland collected about £22m less.

We can't be sure, but Scotland may have fallen over the Laffer curve.

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