Matt McDonald

Big fan of Carlisle United and England ⚽️. 49ers 🏈 and Warriors 🏀 keep me awake watching from across the pond. 49ers writer for @JoinTheHuddleUK.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Rugby league deserves more.

As a former President of the RFL, I’ll be a staunch advocate for the game in whatever office I hold.

[Shire Academics @ShireAcademics]

The prep for next season continues. Anyone interested please get in touch.
#leedsfootball #leedsuni #grassroots

[Michael Cox @Zonal_Marking]

fair play to this part of Cumbria for producing both England's World Cup back-up keepers, James Trafford and Dean Henderson, *and* WC2006 back-up Scott Carson. The Gipuzkoa of goalkeeping.

[Alan Shearer @alanshearer]

But we were told it was for absolute howlers ONLY and they WONT re referee and maximum benefit and minimum interference!!! 🤷🏼‍♂️ #GETRIDOFIT

[Oliver Holt @OllieHolt22]

And as for Trent Alexander-Arnold not being good enough for this squad? What? A couple of months before the World Cup is not the time for Thomas Tuchel to be playing stupid games with one of our most talented players. Absolutely bizarre.

[Matt McDonald @mattm_57]

@leedsrhinos 😢

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Dear @ShabanaMahmood,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

[Luke Savage @LukewSavage]

"If you don't like that, if you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open, and you can leave". - Keir Starmer, February 15 2023

[Oli Dugmore @OliDugmore]

The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni.

Is that fair?

[Aaron Newbury @AJNewbury94]

Particularly enjoyed the 'well how did you guys pay for it' section, when challenged on how to fund education by a panel of people who didn't have to pay for their own.

The pearl clutching around how tuition could possibly be paid for by a political establishment who all had theirs state funded will never cease to amaze me.

Tuition fees and the extortionate costs dumped on our generation should be a national scandal - if it had happened to any other generation, it would be.

[Laura Webster @LauraEWebsterr]

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.

He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein

We have published it in full.

https://t.co/iCnxw56OVv

[CJ @UnderSneege]

@VintageMrHobbes The Rest is deleting email History

[DisappointedIdealist @DisIdealist]

Just in case anyone is taken in by the media’s soft-pedalling of ‘poor judgement’ by Mandelson. This is a man who was advising oligarchs how to fight against the policy of the government *in which he was a minister*.

He’s a corrupt crook. He should be in prison. Starmer knew it.

[Ben Smoke @bencsmoke]

resigning from the labour party but not, i note, from the house of lords where he can and will continue to influence and vote on legislation whilst being able to claim hundreds of pounds of taxpayers money per day for the privilege…

[Ben Kentish @BenKentish]

“To be able to bring down NHS waiting lists…that does involve putting money in.”

Reeves is now openly admitting that she’s using low-earning young graduates as a cash cow and charging them crazy amounts of interest as a sneaky way of raising billions of pounds for the exchequer.

Truly shameful.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Wow.

This article is a definitive example of that definition of journalism:

"If someone says it's raining, and another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both.

Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true."

[Matt McDonald @mattm_57]

@JoinTheHuddleUK Thank you! I may have predicted many correct results, but did not see the season going this way after week 6, and it’s certainly been a lot less straightforward than 14/17 would suggest. Some great scores on that table, great predicting from the team who must know our stuff 👊🏻

[Matt McDonald @mattm_57]

@JoinTheHuddleUK The tiniest crumb of comfort! My prediction on our season and record may be pretty close, but I can safely say I did not see our season going anything like the way it did

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

@wesstreeting

[George Dobell @GeorgeDobell1]

@pbarkersport Yup. Missing 3 of their 4 best bowlers. missing regular opener. They're as weak as they have been in years. England have missed - well, almost - as good an opportunity as they'll have here.