Andrew Purvis

Bachelor of the mathematics, excel wizard, long-suffering falcon fan, struggling marathoner, committed tourist, aspiring Strictly judge. Trying to lighten up 😕

[Andrew Purvis @sa_purvis]

@__DrMarvel__ @England In fairness, Scotland had their joint-best ever finish

[England @England]

Our #ThreeLions’ best finish at a @FIFAWorldCup since 1966 🥉

[Andrew Purvis @sa_purvis]

I will be 50

This is a fun game

[bet365 @bet365]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 A reminder that in June 2030:

Max Dowman will be 20.
Rio Ngumoha will be 21.
Ethan Nwaneri will be 23.
Myles Lewis-Skelly will be 23.
Archie Gray will be 24.
Tyler Dibling will be 24.
Jobe Bellingham will be 24.
Kobbie Mainoo will be 25.
Lewis Hall will be 25.
Alex Scott will be 26.
Adam Wharton will be 26.
Jude Bellingham will be 26.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

FT 6-4

Forget "both teams weren't trying" bollocks. Both teams wanted a final, didn't get there and just went out and had fun without any pressure. Shows the capabilities and liabilities of both teams.

Forget it being a friendly also. It's a tangible ( meaning literally something you can hold or touch) step forward for England football as they receive a medal, and medals don't come often to England players. Many athletes won Silver or Bronze and cherish it both on its own right and way post. For these players it can be the latter.

We're in the rarified air of the last 2 days of competition, fact.

Not, not qualifying.

Not, drop out at the first hurdle.

The last 2 days. We have the academy infrastructure, talent and league strength to go someday to the last day, be 100% certain of that.

There are no guarantees of anything in sport. Germany gone. Italy DNQ, Brazil gone, Netherlands gone. France, man's favourites despatched comfortably by Spain.

The fairweather fan will dismiss tonight, easy to do on a couch with no understanding of pro sport. Every former athlete will rightly critique England's game plan at times but none will dismiss Bronze medal as they know only 2 can better it, and 2 is closer than 22 where we've been in the past.

Congratulations to the players and staff, hopefully that bit of freedom, expression, a medal will whet the appetite for more in the England shirt.

England, Bronze medalists. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

"I used to work with a guy who was unemployed"

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

And I say this as someone who isn't even an MP and who's leading a group where the majority of MPs changed party without calling a by-election.

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Here’s @Nigel_Farage almost a year to the day saying a Conservative MP should be in hiding.

Language matters.

[England @England]

This moment! 🤩

#OnThisDay in 2024, Ollie Watkins scored an injury time winner to send us to the #EURO2024 final 👊

[ElBuni @therealbuni]

Un tipo compro WiFi para ver el Argentina vs Egipto en el avion

Y los 187 pasajeros terminaron arrimandose para escuhar el partido en vivo

[Kevin Schofield @KevinASchofield]

Just listened to Robert Jenrick host an hour-long LBC phone-in about the Clacton by-election and it reminded me of that Alan Partridge episode when a succession of farmers rang in to his radio show to slag him off.

[CrémantCommunarde #GreenTransitionNow💚 @0Calamity]

So it appears the "daughter's house" was Farage's registered address for the last GE.
What effectively happened is a car pulled up, asked someone "Is Mr Farage in? We're from Sky News" and they were sent on their way.
No daughter hounded.
No drama.
No camping outside the house to try and nab him.
What a snowflake drama queen that man is!

[Glyn ✦ Really Possible @ReallyPossible]

@campbellclaret @CountBinface Would be absolutely wild

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

"Now say a mob of 50 people attacked you and wrecked your car but you didn't bother reporting it!"

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I have been the victim of an establishment stitch-up! Dark forces are conspiring to get me out of politics. These mysterious forces have done this by:
-making me hide a £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire then lobby the Bank of England on behalf of crypto billionaires
-forcing me to let a convicted fraudster pay for my staff and security while I have free use of his house
-tricking me into buying two houses for cash
-making me say I bought a house in Clacton then making me change my mind and say my girlfriend bought it, even though she couldn’t afford it, because that meant I would save £44,000 in tax.
I trust this clarifies once and for all how I am very much the innocent party in all this.

[Andrew Purvis @sa_purvis]

So what happens when Farage wins the by-election, and the scrutiny continues?

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Prepared to wager hard cash money that after the USA are deservedly eliminated, Infantino announces a new FIFA World Winners Prize and awards it to them.

[Daniel Austin @_Dan_Austin]

Just to be clear, then. FIFA:

1) can't possibly intervene when Iran are forced to move, a referee is denied a visa, or fans are barred from the USA

2) can absolutely intervene when a decision goes against the USA that Donald Trump doesn't like

Smashing. All know where we stand

[Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MonkEmma]

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄

Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇

So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves

Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage

🧵1/23

[Sam @SamCKx]

Nigel Farage is in real trouble and he knows it. He was rattled on his interviews today.

If it can be proven his £5 million bung was related to political influence, he could ultimately face criminal bribery and corruption charges, which carry up to 10 years in prison.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

"Dear Diary,
Made the foolish mistake of doing a couple of interviews today. Thought I could deal with questions about the £5 million by saying "None of your business!" but it seems I'm expected to be 'accountable' in some way. As if! Where do people get these weird ideas from?"