Ian Ray

Retired businessman. Interests sport, politics and family.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@EuroAthletics Tonight is on you. Last night was a complete shambles. Get your officials out of the VIP hospitality bar and working on behalf of the paying customers. #birminghamathletics

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@seangclancy @Lawton_Times Doesn’t explain why somebody with the wrong accreditation at 8:15 leads to the whole transport network is closed down and buses that should have been available at 9:30 don’t arrive until 11:00.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@KatharineMerry Is somebody going to explain to the crowd tonight why we had to be kettled for two hours waiting for the buses to town after one person is arrested for FRAUD. Make no sense at all to lock down the whole crowd and ruin the whole evening for thousands. Somebody must be responsible

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@Mike_Channon @birmingham2026 Mike stick to IT problems it seems to be your area of expertise. Have you managed to book your Travelodge yet?

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@KatharineMerry
Terry & June
Ian & Jo vetrans of Budapest, Rome and Manchester last year, stalking Geoff. Good luck to our Basingstoke star Ben Pattison this afternoon. Song choice Easy Lover Phil Collins,

[Voice Of Wales @VoWalesOfficial]

Kier Starmer was visiting a very small village in the UK, and asked the villagers what the government could do for them.
"We have two big needs" said the village spokesman. "First, we have a health centre, but no doctor."
Starmer whipped out his mobile phone, spoke for a while and then said "I've sorted it out. A doctor will arrive here tomorrow. What is your other need then?"
"We have no mobile phone reception at all in our village."

[WeGotitBack 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸 @NotFarLeftAtAll]

Who done this 👍🏻

Angela Rayner tells ITV News we'll see the 'biggest amount of afforable and social housing for a generation'

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

Angela doesn’t do taxes on property sales😏

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@katharinemerry might have been good for athletes but terrible for spectators. Had Category 1 seats by pit couldn’t see any of back straight and home straight not visible because of safety rail. AWFUL

[Katharine Merry @KatharineMerry]

Much talk about the horizontal jumping surface in Rome.
Time will tell.
The next competition for those athletes will be telling : & still so much time left in the season.
But what can’t be taken away is the confidence those jumps have given the athletes! Priceless.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@WightmanGeoff Better now. Thanks.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@WightmanGeoff sound system is terrible in the stadium tonight. Can’t make out anything you say.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@WightmanGeoff on back straight at start of long jump run up

[Geoff Wightman @WightmanGeoff]

@ianray50 Where about an are you sat? We can check.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

@WightmanGeoff @TimAdams76 @AthleticsWeekly We had worst Category 1 seats in the house, close to long jump pit but temporary structure meant could not see any of back straight. Back tonight in same place but think European Athletics royally ripping off fans.

[Tim Adams @TimAdams76]

Second night at the European Championships and while there are still tens of thousands of empty seats, it’s more full than last night.

Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs races in front of a home crowd later on.

Hopefully people actually turn out for him.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

My seats had the worst view I have ever had in a stadium. Back straight totally obscured by temporary long jump pit. Not Category 1. Rip off Euros.

[Tim Adams @TimAdams76]

Second night at the European Championships and while there are still tens of thousands of empty seats, it’s more full than last night.

Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs races in front of a home crowd later on.

Hopefully people actually turn out for him.

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

If what you her from McNamara made you feel angry, I’m not surprised, I do too

One lesson we must surely take from this is that an old boy’s club is the worst way to run a country. Good govt doesn’t just need competence, it needs female & diverse perspectives at very top too

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

We hate the international break.

[Simpsons England @EnglandSimpsons]

West Ham soaking up Brighton's 84% possession before knocking them out.

[Ian Ray @ianray50]

CEO in any organisation cannot say I didn’t know, they mate in charge it is their job to know what is happening.

[Paul Kelso @pkelso]

NatWest CEO Alison Rose acknowledges “serious error of judgment” in discussing Nigel Farage’s banking arrangements with BBC journalist. She’s still in a job because she claims she didn’t share information not in the public domain, and was not aware of the dossier on NF’s politics