A familiar face in the Refs changing room @AylesburyRFC today @Nigelrefowens Cracking game too, hosts won 17-12. My first game on exchange outsode of Oxfordshire. โ at Weston Turville, England
That time of year when these become an essential part of the reffing kit bag (other cold and flu remedies are available.) #rugby #grassrootsrugby โ at Goring, England
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Coaches in rugby are a bunch of characters!
I've clipped up some of the more funny and amusing moments...
FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/5ZQLy0bIlGM
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Remember what Reforms initial response was to what we've all seen today. It wasn't to condemn or disown the party members exposed. It was to attack the journalists exposing it.
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NEW: Boris Johnson failed to declare to parliament a gift of private jet flights from the same cryptobillionaire, Christopher Harborne who gave ยฃ5m to Nigel Farage, leaked documents reveal.
New #HarborneReceipts investigation from @thenerve_news
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In preparation for the ITV undercover investigation of Reform UK I am preparing my response:
-It was just locker room banter
-Thatโs how people talk outside the Westminster bubble
-The person being racist was just a contractor
-The investigation was illegal and we are suing them
This guy utterly dismantles the populist politics of Reform and Restore in 90 seconds. Itโs actually quite beautiful.
Take decades of deep-rooted problems in Britain and convince people that a relatively tiny proportion of the population is responsible for all of them. Housing, the NHS, crime. Blame illegal migrants for everything.
Suddenly, you donโt need credible solutions to the housing crisis, NHS waiting lists or crime. You just need increasingly extreme policies on immigration.
And by the time people realise you never had meaningful answers to the vast majority of Britainโs problems, youโre already in power, handing out tax cuts to your donors.
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Reform UK is complaining to Ofcom and engaging lawyers about an ITV investigation produced by Hardcash Productions. That's the same production company behind major investigations such as Undercover Mosque, Saudi Arabia Uncovered, Undercover in Britain's New Far Right, Russell Brand: In Plain Sight, and Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin, the latter winning a BAFTA. Hardcash has also won multiple Emmys, BAFTAs, Peabody Awards and Royal Television Society awards for its investigative journalism.
Of course, if Reform believes broadcasting rules have been broken, it's entitled to make a complaint and Ofcom can decide the facts. But it's worth remembering that these allegations are being made against one of Britain's most established investigative production companies, with a long track record of award-winning public interest journalism.
Meanwhile, Reform itself has spent much of the past year facing scrutiny over its funding and donation arrangements, including allegations arising from undercover investigations and ongoing inquiries. Reform denies wrongdoing, but the contrast is striking: a multi-award-winning investigative producer accused by a political party that has itself been repeatedly forced to answer questions about its finances and donors.
Complaining to Ofcom is easy. Discrediting the credibility of a production company with a record of BAFTAs, Emmys and some of the biggest investigative scoops in British television is rather harder.
I for one can't wait to see it, and I'm sure the timing of its release will be perfect.
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One of the men in this picture is a politician currently serving 10 and a half years in prison for accepting Russian bribes. The other was his boss and doesn't think there's evidence of Russia interfering in UK politics.
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Extraordinary letter in @ft from former UK defence attachรฉ at Moscow embassy - we warned you about Putin but you listened to the City instead
What Boris Johnson is doing here is finding a way to grossly mislead us all without telling a direct lie. Let me explain how...
The 2020 Intelligence and Security Committee report found that the government had "failed to adequately investigate potential Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum". It did not conclude that Russia had not interfered. It concluded the investigation was a failure.
The US investigation, however, backed by a comprehensive, bipartisan Senate inquiry, did establish extensive Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
This is just not true. As soon as I became foreign secretary I asked the security services the same question and they replied that there was no evidence of any successful interference in the 2016 referendum, by Russia or any other power.
Either the security services have changed their view - which would be very odd - or Burnham is lying about what he has been told. After all Starmer was in power for two years and had access to exactly the same information.
theguardian.com/technology/2โฆ
Reffed 2 games this weekend, awarded my honours cap at my club and rounded it off coaching the Warriors, with my daughter back in action to boot (and Mrs Prop on First Aid duties too.) That's been a decent weekend #Rugby #grassrootsrugby #rugbyfamily โ at Goring, England
Very happy Coach last night, really looking forwardmto Sunday. 3 players will make their Rugby debuts, and 2 more their first starts for the side. โ at Goring, England
Great to see the Wallingford Warriors, our Womens side seeing an increase in numbes - with 18 at training last night, and 15 players in Sundays combined squad with @GAB_RFC Women for the trip to @BicesterVixens. KO is at 2pm if you want to head over and cheer them on. #Wally1C1ub
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I'm so relieved.
In other news, Ghislaine Maxwell has cleared Epstein and Trump of any crimes and Winnie the Pooh has found no evidence that bears shit in the woods
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From Under 6s to Over 60s we can cater for your Rugby needs. M&Js run on Sundays from 10am, with our SEND team the Wolves being at 11am. Senior Men & Colts are Tues and Thurs from 7pm. Our Women train on Thursdays from 7pm. Mixed Touch is 7pm Mon.
#Wally1C1ub #proudtobeawally โ at Goring, England
Dear Diary,
I appointed my former UKIP Secretary & Candidate, and Reform UK's barrister Adam Richardson to 'investigate' my long-term friends Dan Jukes/James Orr. I then told the Telegraph that he was an independent lawyer and they printed it for me without question.
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The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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Zia is right - Robert Jenrick should never again be allowed anywhere near power.





































