Peter Maurice 💙

Retired bishop: lover of popular telly, footy and hot curries.I believe even more in celebrating our common humanity

[Peter Maurice 💙 @hammabish]

As a 75 year old fairly intelligent soul this is so true

[Amanda @Idontgive2u]

Aujourd’hui, j’étais à la banque, dans la file d’attente devant un distributeur.
Devant moi, un monsieur très âgé. Plus de quatre-vingts ans, sûrement.
Il tenait une enveloppe dans la main, un peu tremblante.

Quand ce fut son tour, je l’ai observé discrètement.
Il touchait l’écran, hésitait, revenait en arrière…
Je voyais bien qu’il ne comprenait pas.
L’écran, les boutons, les étapes… tout semblait trop rapide pour lui.

La file derrière commençait à s’impatienter.
Lui, il s’est retourné vers moi, avec un regard gêné mais digne,
et il m’a demandé, tout doucement :
« Vous pourriez m’aider… s’il vous plaît ? »

Je me suis avancée tout de suite.
Je lui ai expliqué calmement, étape par étape.
Sans jamais toucher son argent.
Par respect. Par pudeur. Par délicatesse.

Il voulait faire un dépôt.
Il a réussi, lentement, en se concentrant.
Quand l’opération s’est terminée, il avait l’air soulagé.
Comme un enfant fier d’avoir réussi.

Il m’a remerciée avec un sourire incroyable.
Et juste avant de partir, il a sorti un billet de 10 euros de sa poche
et a voulu me le donner.

J’ai refusé.
Il a insisté. Il m’a dit que c’était « pour le petit-déjeuner ».
Pour me remercier à sa manière.

J’ai décliné encore, doucement.
Et là, je suis repartie avec un nœud dans la gorge.

Parce que ce monsieur…
ce n’est pas un cas isolé.

Ils sont nombreux, nos parents, nos grands-parents,
perdus face à un monde devenu trop numérique, trop rapide, trop froid.
Perdus devant les écrans, les bornes, les applications, les mots de passe.

Ces gens ont construit le pays dans lequel on vit.
Ils ont travaillé toute leur vie.
Ils ont payé, cotisé, élevé des enfants, tenu des familles.

Et aujourd’hui, on les laisse seuls
face à des machines qui ne parlent pas,
dans des banques sans guichet,
dans des hôpitaux sans accueil,
dans des administrations sans humain.

On parle d’innovation, de progrès, de modernité…
Mais on oublie l’essentiel : l’humain.

S’arrêter cinq minutes pour aider quelqu’un,
ça ne coûte rien.
Mais pour eux, ça change tout.

Parfois je me demande :
est-ce qu’on avance vraiment…
ou est-ce qu’on devient juste plus rapides à oublier les autres ?

[John Petrie #European @Petrie_JohnC]

Private Eye gets this spot on - sad to lose Kuenssberg and Mason 😂

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Karren Brady’s promise of “a world-class team in a world-class stadium” rings even more hollow now. West Ham United should never have moved to a soulless public athletics track. Great move for the board but not for the fans. Leaving Upton Park made sense for commercial reasons but not sporting/atmosphere.

Daniel Levy was right. The Olympic Stadium should have been knocked down and a proper football stadium built there. It is a good site. But the Olympic lobby and politicians got all protective and precious about the 2012 legacy. How often does this country need a huge athletics arena anyway?

Yes, West Ham won a European trophy since they’ve left Upton Park. But London Stadium was always a problem, always a passion-killer, fans distant from the ones they love, the players, and limited potential for increased revenue streams.

Other reasons behind club’s demise. Lack of leadership in the boardroom. Recruitment an issue, too. What a mess. Record losses, fears over future of Fernandes, Summerville and Nuno, intensified protests against chairman Sullivan.  

Relegation likely. Two points adrift of safety following 3-1 defeat to Newcastle. Wretched goal difference (-22) compared to Spurs’ (-9). Spurs need only a point from Chelsea away (hard) or David Moyes’ Everton at home to guarantee survival and condemn West Ham. Can Moyes do West Ham a favour? The club who let him go. West Ham need to beat ex-Spur Joe Rodon and Leeds at home anyway.

West Ham look doomed to the drop. They will return but need better ownership. And many of their fans have been warning of this perfect storm for some time. #WHUFC

[Simon Parke @simonparke]

I hope Starmer survives.
Not because he is perfect; I have issues like everyone else.
But he is a sacrificial goat on the altar of group insanity.
And right now, I trust the goat more than I trust the knife-wielding high priests of confected grievance and stupid rage.

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

The ministers urging Starmer to go are feeding the hysteria. The next leader will be subject to instant leadership speculation and the next, and the next, whether Labour, Reform or Tory. Britain is becoming ungovernable. And the media fixation on this tittle tattle is not helping

[Tom Peck @tompeck]

He came in when they were at rock bottom. He turned them around. He delivered an enormous victory. But they’ve grown tired of the boring playing style so they’re going to get rid of him. It doesn’t always work out for the best…

[Peter Maurice 💙 @hammabish]

Steve Reed nails it-Mason Rigby and Peston desperate for a ‘gotcha moment’ and he simply says we are going to get on with governing. Media move on

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

LEAKED: The audio from the VAR room for THAT disallowed West Ham goal...

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[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

The press pack outside No10 starved of BREAKING NEWS CRISIS DOWNING STREET CHAOS LATEST for 20min turn on each other instead with Beth Rigby demanding Chris Mason resign after he loses the confidence of Robert Peston

[Lea @Lea_EFC]

Everywhere you look you can see an Arsenal player committing a foul on a West Ham player, but VAR takes 5 minutes to spot a dubious infringement on an Arsenal player!

That is literally match fixing btw.

[Ronan Murphy @swearimnotpaul]

Huge credit to Declan Rice for saving a man from choking today. The Heimlich manoeuvre is a skill that everyone should know.

[CrémantCommunarde #NION💙🤍🩷 @0Calamity]

Hahahahah! Just seen this on FB:
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Have you found yourself in the hideous position of having a Reform councillor?
Here’s how you can help your brand new councillor settle into local government properly: email them this week with an actual council problem to solve.
Got rubbish piling up? Email them.
Bus vanished from existence? Email them.
Streetlights dead? Email them.
Care package delayed? Email them.
Pavement like the Somme? Email them.
Send them in by the hundred. Make sure they’re made very clear on what their job is.
Being a councillor is not standing in front of the Union flag shouting about dinghies on GB News. It’s reading committee papers at midnight, attending meetings nobody enjoys, holding surgeries in church halls, and dealing with the endlessly glamorous world of drains, social care budgets and recycling disputes.
Welcome to local government.
The boats are in Kent. The bins are in your ward.
The email address for your ward councillor can be found on your local council website as soon as it’s updated.
Feel free to copy and paste to share wider.

[Peter Maurice 💙 @hammabish]

A fitting tribute to a true legend of the screen #gonefishing

[Peter Hancock @PeterHancock_]

Thanks be to God

[BBC Tees @BBCTees]

Bob Mortimer pays tribute to @MWGoneFishing star Ted, who has passed away 💔

[Mark Hammond @MarkHam80780803]

“I’ll be all over the Farage £5 million donor story as soon as I’ve finished investigating allegations that Starmer owes a mate 22p for a Mars bar he bought him in 1987.”

[Freddy Gray @Freddygray31]

Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, tells us that Pete Hegseth’s language is ‘diabolical’ and says ‘there is something demonic’ about American political culture at the moment …

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God’s heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice and lies. But our Father’s heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud. God’s heart is with the little ones and the humble, and with them He builds up His Kingdom of love and peace day by day. Wherever there is love and service, God is there. #ApostolicJourney #Algeria

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

President Trump has posted this picture on social media of himself as Christ healing the sick. I’ve long given up saying how hard it is to think of any previous US president who behaved like Donald Trump, but comparing himself to Jesus puts him on another level altogether.

[Hammers United @HammersUnited2]

Remembering Bobby on what would have been his birthday, the favourite son of London’s East End. Finest legend of West Ham United. National Treasure. Master of Wembley. Lord of the game. Captain extraordinary. Gentleman of all time. #BobbyMoore #WHUFC