Ross Aitken

Husband, dad, Scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 All views my own...

[Britain People @Britain_People]

MICHELLE MONE

🔴Retweet if you want the #PPE scandal investigated.

@MichelleMone

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Baby food pouches sold by Ella's Kitchen, Heinz, Piccolo, Little Freddie, Aldi, Lidl found to be low in nutrients.

Companies must know this but still sell them as profits come before people.

Regulators collude with corporations.

Who protects the people?
https://t.co/UpkKcXkr40

[Grant Williams @ttmygh]

I’m genuinely baffled by the ‘Rory choked badly’ narrative that’s swimming around in the wake of Sunday’s epic victory.

Many of those same people also focus on the fact that he broke down and wept when the winning putt went in or how much it all clearly meant to him.

I get that he hit some shockingly bad shots (chip on 13, approach to 18 in regulation, par putt on the same hole) BUT… surely, his reaction to winning shows just how much it all meant to him and gives an insight into the suffocating pressure under which he was playing?

Some of that pressure came from the fans, the media and the patrons - as well as all those around he world willing him to win - but most of it came from within as he battled to achieve his lifelong dream, cement his place in golfing - no, sporting immortality, win the tournament that EVERY golfer most wants to win because of all the benefits that come with it, prove the naysayers wrong, bounce back from so many disappointments, prove he could win a major - any major - again after so many near misses and on and on and on.

Choke? The fact that he could take the club face away from the ball at all is astonishing. The fact that he could battle back from each one of those ‘chokes’ and finally get over the line - no matter HOW he did it - is truly, truly staggering to me.

I felt the pressure on my couch (as we all did) but I didn’t have to perform in the cauldron of all that. I just had to watch, between my fingers, as he battled his demons, history, Rosie, Bryson, his nerves and that fiendish golf course.

Choke? You have GOT to be kidding me.

That was the greatest day of golf and the most extraordinary willingness to go back to the well again and again and again in the heat of battle that I’ve ever seen.

He didn’t choke, he refused to lose.

Congratulations @McIlroyRory you conquered so much more than Augusta National this week.

Oh, and @JustinRose99 what a class act you are.

You and Kate showed what grace and character are all about yesterday in the face of overwhelming disappointment on a day when the golf you played deserved victory.

Sport is, as @gilesmorgan71 so beautifully put it “the thing that matters the most that doesn’t matter at all”.

He’s right…but yesterday, it mattered.

It mattered a great deal - to so many people, none of whom will ever forget what they witnessed.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann responds to the White House press secretary’s attack after he suggested France should reclaim the Statue of Liberty:

“Dear Americans, since the White House press secretary is attacking me today, I wanted to tell you this:”

1/n

[Wanjiku Reports @WanjikuReports]

Femke Bol of the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Ladies and gentlemen!

[Declan Lee @DeclanLeePR]

Brilliant - supporters in Castries, St Lucia watching Julien Alfred win their first ever Olympic medal as she won the 100m #OlympicGames

[USA Rugby @USARugby]

Today, Michele Kang announced a $4 million gift to the USA Women’s Rugby program. Following their historic success at the Paris Olympics, this gift will go toward the growth of women’s rugby, supporting athletes and coaches in the National program.
https://t.co/xH0cvhQBi2

[Euan Booth Robertson @EuanBRobertson]

This perfectly encapsulates the incredible longevity of Andy Murray’s career. Especially in such a physically intense sport amid injury hardship.

For two decades, Scotland’s had an elite athlete battling against Tennis’ greatest ever.

Legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Richie Ramsay @RamsayGolf]

🙌🙌🙌

[Stella Mills l SPORT @stellamills__]

The moment USA women’s 7s team found out they were getting $4 Million donation from Michele Kang 👏🏼

It’s understood Kang wants to see the squad take home gold at the 2028 LA Olympics 🥇

Investment into women’s rugby - we love to see it 🤝🏽

[Planet Rugby @PlanetRugby]

🕺 Antoine Dupont and his France team-mates showing their moves after winning Olympic gold.

[Maryam Moshiri @BBCMaryam]

😂

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: The Kamala Harris campaign just released their first ad. Retweet to make sure every American knows who Kamala Harris is and what is at stake this November.

[HSBC SVNS @SVNSSeries]

The quarter finalists locked in 🔒

Who will go all the way? 🤔

#Paris2024 | #RugbySevens

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

The Post Office's compensation scheme is designed to minimise payouts. One postmaster received £15.75.

That isn't a typo.

I count nine ways the Post Office's HSS compensation scheme is rigged:

[RugbyPass @RugbyPass]

The crossover fixtures promise World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin has made to the second-tier nations. #Rugby

[Rugby World Cup @rugbyworldcup]

The RWC 2023 Fantasy Game📱

How To Play 👀

#RWC2023

[Ross Aitken @rossgaitken]

@BoschUK @BoschHomeUK really poor customer service. I’ve been trying to return a product under warranty with no success for months with your ServiceCentre and FedEx process. Can someone support please?

[Ross Aitken @rossgaitken]

@DPWorldTour coverage is so poor! How many Bob MacIntyre shots can you miss?!

[Super Rugby Pacific @SuperRugby]

THE LAST DANCE

The moment you've all been waiting for...take it away Razor 🕺

#WelcomeToYourSuperStage #SuperRugbyPacific #CHIvCRU