Rob A

33 | Christian | Husband | Father | Lorry Spotter | Rugby Fan| Boys' Brigade Leader

[SportsJOE @SportsJOE_UK]

“I gotta go get a green jacket!!”

Rory McIlroy, the man that you are 🥲

[The Masters @TheMasters]

Worth the wait. #themasters

[Rob A @robA89]

Thanks @NetflixUK visiting family and tried to log in to my Netflix account… because TV isn’t in my household, it won’t let me watch anything…. No option to say I’m traveling… just an option to update household

[Rob A @robA89]

@nerdlegame my classic stats reset 6 days but when I go to restore it says I’ve got 1051 games saved. I didn’t reset my stats… is there any chance of getting them back?

[Rob A @robA89]

@O2 any chance of getting the mast fixed in Armagh. Into 4th day now of no signal.

[Rob A @robA89]

Even Paddington Bear’s computer is affected #microsoft #serveroutage

[Rob A @robA89]

So since Rayo has taken over @downtownradio on @alexa99 all my adverts are for the North East of England.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

My Election Day Monologue on @TimesRadio. In praise of British democracy.

It’s election day in the United Kingdom, a seminal event we too often take for granted. We also do it in a very British way. 

There will be no armed guards at the polling stations. No intimidating mobs. Just paper and pencil, trusted tellers and friendly canvassers. 

If the British people decide it’s time to change governments, that will happen quickly and without fuss. The military will not be mobilised. Barbed wire will not be arranged around public buildings. Defeated candidates will not be fleeing the country. Riot police will not be assembling on side streets. 

But a removal van — something we’ve all had to use at some stage in our lives — will turn up sometime Friday morning to help the incumbent move out. Another will bring the belongings of the new prime minister and family. 

A few words from the winner outside 10 Downing Street, a round of applause as he goes through the famous door — and the business of government continues as before. Even with a new broom there will be a sense of continuity. And calm. 

Nobody will contest the overall integrity of the result, whatever minor challenges there are at the margins. The loser will concede defeat and wish the winner well. The winner will try to be magnanimous. 

Nobody will be exiled. There will be no talk of being cheated, of a rigged election, or lawyers getting rich on endless court challenges. No mob will descend on the Palace of Westminster determined to overthrow the result. The pigeons will continue to peck away, undisturbed, on Parliament Square. 

However people voted the result will be accepted. Folks will just get on with their lives and wait to see what the next government has in store for them. 

Such a peaceful, uneventful, very British passage of power is to be treasured. It is perhaps THE distinguishing hallmark of democracy that power is passed in this way, without upheaval or protest, at the behest of the people. 

Democracy requires a winner to be gracious and a loser to accept that they’ve lost, without quibble. That is the British way. It is not now true of that great democracy across the Atlantic. 

It is also the case, if today heralds a change, that a centre right government will give way to a centre left one. Whatever the result the numbers in Parliament who might be deemed hard right or hard left will be de minimis. Pretty much irrelevant. 

There is something quite British about that too. It will not be the case when that great democracy across the Channel votes on Sunday, where the extremes on both sides of the political divide are likely to make up almost two thirds of the National Assembly. 

We broadcasters don’t do British party politics on election day. That can wait until you’ve voted and we know the result sometime after 10 o clock tonight. 

So we will spend the next hour looking at elections in France and America, two countries with their own strong democratic traditions. 

Also two countries, as we shall see, with democratic challenges we don’t face, whatever else may confront us. 

They are our allies — fellow democrats in a world threatened by autocrats — and we must wish them well in overcoming their problems, as we tackle ours. While taking some comfort and pride from the fact that there is something quite special about our own British democracy. 

So let us savour this important day.

[Rob A @robA89]

My @nerdlegame stats have disappeared…. On the day I get in one as well 😔

[Rob A @robA89]

My take away from the Prime Minister’s speech… “things can only get better.” Brilliant speech! 🎤 🔊🔊

[Rob A @robA89]

nerdlegame 800 4/6

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[Rob A @robA89]

Anybody else getting @facebook password reset codes? I've got 2 already today.

[Rob A @robA89]

There’s only man who can save United now.

[Coca-Cola GB @CocaCola_GB]

The wait is over... 🎅
Holidays are coming! 👀#HolidaysAreComing #CocaColaChristmas

[1st Armagh BB @1armBB]

Well done to our Masterteam who come 2nd in their heat tonight! #BoysBrigade

[Sir Michael @Michael1979]

Everyone knows how to send birthday party invitations. But not everyone knows that you should also send a card to the people who AREN'T invited to inform them why you don't want them there. It's called politeness.

[Ulster Rugby @UlsterRugby]

Always in our thoughts. Rest in peace Noel, Nevin & Graham Spence. ❤️

[Ulster Rugby @UlsterRugby]

As long as Ulster Rugby exists, the person and the player, Nevin Spence will never be forgotten!

♥️ #AlwaysWithUs

[Sir Michael @Michael1979]

Statement regarding my absence from yesterday's Apple event

[Tim Dunn @MrTimDunn]

#OnThisDay 10th September 1960, Britain’s last extraordinary "slip coach" was jettisoned at high speed from an express train coming to rest at Bicester, a midway station, for ppl to get off. 100+ ran per day at their peak but here’s the last one ever… with guards waving goodbye.