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Lawyer in commercial / investment arbitration. Back in London after stints in the Gulf and Asia. Europhile. Father of three occasionally wonderful daughters. Fond of all things black and white, including #nufc
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Man U and Spurs are 16th and 17th! How is that possible without rank incompetence?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

If Sunderland are promoted they’d need at least 15 new players to finish in the top 16.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Good point. I’d have taken that.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Now I don’t post here as often as I might but I really had to stop in to express how vehemently I don’t care about Prince Harry and, in particular, his estrangement from King Prince Charles.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

King of Kings on BBC 2 is *chef’s kiss*

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Get Isak off man - couldn’t hit a barn door.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Really kind of the Alzheimer’s Society to pay me a couple of grand to run the Brighton Marathon.

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Bowie not massively impressed with his new neckerchief.

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

*sigh*

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

According to the secret JFK files that gaslighting Trump wants to release, he was shot dead in Dallas. Thing is, I watched every episode in the 80s and it was actually JR Ewing.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

No, YOU’RE watching the ITV highlights programme for the third time today #nufc

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

Pope’s save was a match winner

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

It was great seeing Dalglish & Rush, and other former Newcastle folks, in the crowd supporting the Toon this afternoon.

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

We are doing to Liverpool what Manu did to us two years ago.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Looking forward to Man United v Leicester

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone know how long since Newcastle won a trophy? Any chance of telling us every 30 seconds? Ta

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Watching the final at home. No sign of my tea, despite me having arrived quite promptly.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

They say it’s the hope that kills you but, tbh, it’s the waiting.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t want you to get too excited but this weekend Newcastle will win our first domestic trophy since 1955. You’re lucky to be alive to witness such an event.

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Important to remember that there are a lot of great Americans out there: Neil Young, Jim Carey, Ryan Gosling, Justin Bieber, Keane Reeves, Ryan Reynolds and Pamela Anderson to name but a few. 🇺🇸

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Trump and Vance berating Zelenskyy in front of the world’s media is the most repugnant spectacle I’ve ever seen. They revel in their immorality and falsehood.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

We’ve got to the point where the conservatives winning in Germany is the best news ever.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Hall man of the match today.

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

Time for Pope to be “injured” while we sort this out.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

You can see Nottingham Forest reverting to the mean in real time.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

The weekly teaser for the subscriber-only part of the podcast is a timely reminder not to subscribe to the podcast.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

After the United States’ shameless betrayal of Ukraine and Europe, why would any state not want to have nuclear weapons?

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments