Paul Mahony

Husband. Then Banker, Cyclist, Snowboarder and Oenophile... though not necessarily in that order...

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@FlashForFreedom Had great fun back at my gaude at new college a couple of years ago.. hope elspeth has fun (and naturally makes a visit to the Hassan’s kebab van..)

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@bennpeifert Read the book “all that glitters” - cracking read about this & interesting observations about the connections between banking and art market..

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@ZunairaAi … just face up to the fact that it has been ignored / de-emphasised because it is probably not very important..

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@ZunairaAi “Hope you are doing well” is just a longer form of hello, and inoffensive verbiage.

All the other suggestions are just random passive aggressive statements that everyone can see through. It’s not a fair comparison.

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@5Pillarsuk Brilliant - welcome to life in the UK…

[TransgenderTrend @Transgendertrd]

This is Andy Burnham marching at last year's Manchester Pride, alongside the Proud Trust and in front of a banner saying Queer Kids Deserve Safe Schools.

Has he been upfront with Makerfield parents about his dismissal of child safeguarding?

https://t.co/Z8IYXQSmRe

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@SomebodyGr8t @SaP011 Ha - serves her right: it’s her politics that led to this so she deserves to be mocked and laughed at..

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@Potatoe_Waffles @afneil Of course it is depending on context. If you are performing brain surgery in the afternoon then perhaps not.. if your job is entertaining a client in the afternoon then of course it is..

[Amit T @amittallwalkar]

“So who’s going to bowl to him?” asked captain David Gower, calmly sipping his tea. No one volunteered. The room fell silent, eyes lowered, each player hoping someone else would take the responsibility.

Finally, Ian Botham stepped forward. It was not exactly an act of bravery - he was just two wickets away from overtaking Dennis Lillee as the world’s leading Test wicket taker. Botham asked John Emburey to bowl from the other end. As they walked out to the middle, Emburey turned to Gower and said, “If this shit doesn’t work, don’t just blame me. And whatever runs I concede, count them as runs conceded by all the bowlers combined.”

England had arrived in Antigua after suffering four consecutive defeats against West Indies. The first and fourth Tests had ended inside three days, and the third inside four. Desperate to avoid a humiliating whitewash, England were now hoping at least to salvage a draw in the fifth Test. Three days had already passed with England still batting their first innings, and everything seemed perfectly set for a draw. But one man stood firmly in their way, Viv Richards.

Before tea on the fourth day, Richards was already 28 from just 20 balls, having casually launched two effortless sixes. When play resumed, he continued exactly where he had left off.

Botham and Emburey tried everything they could. Botham peppered the pitch with bouncers, but Richards hooked them with disdainful ease. The assault was relentless. Years later, Emburey recalled the chaos of that spell, “One ball smashed a bottle of rum in the stands and came back with shards of glass stitched into it. Another sailed out of the stadium and landed near the prison where Richards’ father worked. Before Viv came in, my figures were 9-0-14-1. Five overs later, they read 14-0-83-1.”

Richards eventually brought up his century in just 56 balls, a record that stood for nearly three decades. England, meanwhile, were crushed by 240 runs.

Take any modern day T20 hitter and multiply his ability by 10. Even then, he would still be miles behind Viv Richards.

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards turns 74 today ❤️

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@Kevin_Maguire You are an idiot. How you managed to have a career in journalism is beyond me..

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@KirstieMAllsopp Terrible take on the situation.. not sure why you are so blind sided by this trans situation… it’s bizarre…

[Mary Aspinall-Miles @MAMBarLife]

A letter from today’s ⁦@thetimes⁩ with some fine courtroom humour…

[Jim Ferguson @JimFergusonUK]

🚨 GLOBALISM JUST DIED IN DAVOS

Howard Lutnick just walked into the lion’s den — and told the World Economic Forum exactly what they didn’t want to hear.

“Globalism has failed.”

Not whispered.
Not softened.

Declared — on their own stage.

He dismantled the entire WEF doctrine in minutes:
• Offshoring hollowed out the West
• Cheap labor destroyed innovation
• Net Zero made Europe dependent on China
• Sovereignty begins with borders
• Nations must control their industry, energy, and medicine

Then came the line that shook the room:

“Why would Europe agree to Net Zero when they don’t even make a battery?”

That’s the truth globalists can’t answer.

Green agendas without industry.

Climate pledges without sovereignty.

Moral posturing while outsourcing power to Beijing.

America First isn’t isolation.

It’s independence.

And Lutnick made it crystal clear:

The old model is finished.

The globalist experiment has failed.
And the future belongs to nations that put their people first.

Davos just heard the obituary — live.

[Darren Grimes @darrengrimes]

The BBC: Nigel Farage said some cancel-worthy things by modern standards as a child in the 1970s

Meanwhile, here's the BBC in the 1970s:

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@lewis_goodall I went to a comp and did PPE. Fair to say as a white (albeit Irish descent) my required grades were higher..

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@CardiffGarcia The FT seems to do it unconsciously, whereas BBG seems to do it deliberately (everywhere, for example, needs to be in “town / state” designation, when this doesnt fit outside the US)

[Paul Mahony @plmahony]

@CardiffGarcia Oh sorry, I wasn’t criticising you (and i remember you well from the early Alphaville days).. but just pointing out that Bloomberg is much more egregious about this..

[Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram]

It’s not about football. It’s not about the Jewish fans. It’s about who is really running our cities in the UK.

[David Frost @DavidGHFrost]

A truly shameful position. What is being threatened here if the match is not cancelled?