Daniel Tillin

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[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

@PollyRendall @SkyNews King Charles won’t sue. It would open up far too many cans of worms. I don’t believe Charles Spencer but pretty sure King Charles is responsible for a lot of the issues between him and Princess Diana. All very sad for all involved, especially the princes at the time

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@Lord_Sugar @bbceastenders It said at the start of the episode that it was forward a year…

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If a president can do what he wants without accountability we’re in a dictatorship

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

If ANY judge ANYWHERE can stop EVERY Presidential action EVERYWHERE, we do NOT live in a democracy.

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

Really hope she’s right though!

[June Slater @juneslater17]

Sweeping statement from The BBC's Fiona Bruce on Question time .

She claims the vast majority of people in the country do not support Trump.

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

@RupertLowe10 I hate other people’s smoke in open areas. It does annoy me

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

Love this story

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

Quick story about Sven-Goran Ericksson (RIP). Such a good man, open and easy to talk to. You needed humility being the first “foreign” England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 manager, but one night we realised just how humble (and witty) he was.

At a charity dinner after the World Cup in 2006, when he was no longer England manager, I was lucky enough to be on his table. Finding my moment, I asked “why did you include a 17 year old Theo Walcott in the World Cup squad when he hadn’t played a single game in the Premier league?”

I didn’t want to upset him because it was a controversial decision at the time - he took an injured Wayne Rooney and a struggling Michael Owen but left out a fit and well Jermaine Defoe. But he replied “no, it’s a good question. Many would like to know. I could not say then, but I can now…” and explained his thinking with a measured response:

“You know, the countries that do well at World Cups always have a ‘secret weapon’. A player unknown to the other teams, to bring on as a substitute to help win a game in the latter stages. This was Theo. And we agreed to use him only in a semi-final or the final.” He and his assistant Tord Grip had seen Walcott in a reserve game at Arsenal and said Theo had “lightening pace” and was “extremely skilful.” Theo was “the perfect unknown quantity to surprise teams and steal a goal and win a championship. That’s why we took him, not Jermaine” he concluded.

I then offered “but Sven, in the quarter final v Portugal we lost on penalties. After Rooney got sent off, surely that was the time to bring on Walcott - not Peter Crouch as you did - to use Theo’s pace and score an extra time winner when we were down to 10 men?”

He looked at me as if it was the first time anyone had ever suggested the idea. He looked ruefully at all of us on the table and said “well now that you say it, yes maybe I should have. In retrospect, this was a mistake.”

The table went silent. We all seemed to be contemplating what could have been, for England and for Theo Walcott. Sven broke the silence with “Omid. Tell us a joke.” I laughed coz it was a delightfully off beat way to deflect, and without thinking, I did. A really inappropriate joke that got absolutely nothing. With a wink and a smile Sven then said “you see, it’s not always easy to think of the right thing to do in the moment, as Mr. Djalili just showed us, and so well.” Cue big laugh.

We understood at that moment, sometimes even the best laid plans can go to cock. And that’s life. It was new information and no one judged him.

Personally I was just thrilled he knew my name.

#SvenGoranEriksson

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

@KevinandTrevor Says it all…

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@StuartLock Nope, my dad / grandad too

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@greggislocallfc @BBCiPlayer Yes, what happened to their match? Surely high demand viewing? And why not offer both. Some would want to watch the rugby, but much higher % the tennis I would think. V disappointed!

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

Yes doesn’t seem right. Either ministers are not MPs but are elected or they are all ministers and hence elected

[Jen k 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Jenny_1884]

Does anyone think it’s wrong that you can have a Cabinet position & not be an MP

Timpson & Vallance are not MPs but are allowed Cabinet positions

This does not seem right

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

Absolutely

[Simon Cambers @scambers73]

Reflecting on Emma Raducanu pulling out of mixed, of course it's sad for Andy Murray and for fans who were looking forward to seeing them. But I'm pretty sure that if the roles were reversed, Andy would have done the same. Singles is the priority for Emma, as it was for Andy.

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

And Andy Murray would be the first to agree I think!

[Ian Ladyman @Ian_Ladyman_DM]

This won't be a popular view but it's not on Emma Raducanu to facilitate Andy Murray's Wimbledon farewell.
If she's injured, she's injured. Her own singles ambitions must be her priority.

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

Love this! Maybe next time?

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@TheTennisLetter Tennis is not football. Enough said

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Still happy?

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

BOOOOOOOM! 🚀🚀🚀

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Toddington Tennis Club: Open Day https://t.co/vdSfG5tAim

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@the_LTA @katiecboulter @WTA Fantastic work! Congratulations

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@katiecboulter go Katie! All the way now rooting for you big time! 🏸🏆

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@SkySportsTennis what happened to the end of the second set of Katie Boulters match? Channel cut to old replays? !?!

[Daniel Tillin @junketer]

@TennisPodcast Since COVID we tend to bump racquets more than shake hands at my tennis club, so that’s not a biggie for me. I think its more about the politics here though. Azarenka could have just bumped racquets and it would all have been fine