Ben Rathe

Comms for @tiktok_us. Former Press Sec to @joswinson & @nickclegg press officer. Evertonian. Colts fan. Actor. Referee. 'Joyful cynicist' - My own colleagues...

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

Queue is such a great word. The actual important letter, and then four more silently waiting behind it in a line.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

Well, I’m sure glad we benched Richardson for this. #ColtsNation

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

God, I cannot wait for the Sean Dyche era to be over. #EFC

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

That is atrocious defending. Where is the left back? How is the cutback so open? Awful, awful, awful. #EFC

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

Our play in the attacking third is consistently so bad. It’s like we don’t practice is. #EFC

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

Ndiaye off while leaving a clearly unfit McNeil on is absolutely baffling. #EFC

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

McNeil has been part of so much good this season, but he also kills so many attacks with atrocious decision making. #EFC

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

@TacticallyMatt I would love this, but you know he’s just going to bring Mangala in and play Doucoure as a 10.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

GOTV = Get Out The Van

[Leah Feiger @LeahFeiger]

SCOOP: America PAC door knockers were flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul, and told they’d have to pay hotel bills unless they met unrealistic quotas. One was surprised they were working to elect Donald Trump.

WILD story from @JakeLahut: https://t.co/6mLtZD9l9X

[Derek Schultz @Schultz975]

If the Colts were willing to draft a project QB and only be patient enough to give him ten starts, then that's a bad plan.

They have constantly operated on the fly in the post-Manning era because their plans are consistently bad. It's a poorly run organization.

[UK Colts Fans @UKColtsFans]

My question is what does this benching actually gain for the team?

This team isn’t good enough to go to the playoffs and if they do they aren’t beating anyone in the postseason.

You are totally disregarding the development of the potential future of your franchise to win maybe 3/4 more games. It’s Joe Flacco that is coming in to start not some world beating QB.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

This is mental. We’re not winning a SuperBowl either way, why not continue to let Richardson grow & develop, and assess what you have? #ColtsNation

[Tom Pelissero @TomPelissero]

Sources: The #Colts are benching last year’s No. 4 overall pick Anthony Richardson and will start Joe Flacco at QB on Sunday night against the #Vikings.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

@DPJHodges https://t.co/Kr8IaNvYwp

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

It's all just noise guys. It's certainly been a favorable trend for Trump over the past few weeks. But if you're crosstab-diving or early-vote vibing or trying to dissect some individual poll with a small sample size, you're just doing astrology.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

If memory serves, Luck lacerated his spleen on the hit from the first play in this video.

[Out Of Context Indianapolis Colts @NoContext_Indy]

#ColtsPOTW: Andrew Luck

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

Max fans arguing, with a straight face, that the authorities are trying to fix things against him is very, very funny.

[MV33Racing🏎 @MV33Racing]

One of the biggest joke penalties in F1 history. Last week, Russell and Norris received a 5s penalty.

This was only done to help McLaren in the championship. Sure, Max might deserve a penalty, but never 20.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

@LiTiebackheel Joseph Yobo once scored twice in 2 games and in the aftermath of the goal a conversation in the Upper Gwladys behind me went like this:

Man 1 - ‘He’s prolific that Yobo!’
Man 2 - ‘Isn’t he Nigerian?’

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

The Letter to the Editor page of the Washington Post is fun right now. https://t.co/yjOJBWcsP2

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

The AI is going to make them appear as Nokia 3210s in the real world?

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Last year I called on phone firms to do more to combat mobile phone theft.

I was pleased to be at Google’s London office to see the important work they are doing on new state-of-the-art AI technology that will make Android mobile phones less attractive to thieves.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

@JoshNorris I’d feel much better if he found the sideline rather than the truck stick.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

@MrRBourne As a Brit who works in comms in the US, I am constantly surprised at how Americans react to adversarial engagement on media stories.

[Ben Rathe @benrathe]

Politico benefits from the fact the Democratic Party is full of people desperate for someone to talk to but too cheap to pay for therapy.

[Holly Otterbein @hollyotterbein]

New: “Such a mess.” “AWOL.” “I don’t think she understands Philadelphia.”

Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are worried Kamala Harris’ operation in the state is being poorly run. w/ @ec_schneider https://t.co/e4b5o4KkC2