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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 20h

The club with the 65th largest football stadium in England are top of the Premier League, as it stands.

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 21h

He didn't just say it once - he repeated it to make sure that was exactly what she heard. Really gross.

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 22h

He’ll hate it! “Terrible blow to his sense of entitlement”. Justice is done at last!

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 1d

Justice at last!

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 2d

If there’s one thing you read today, this should be it: insightful, funny, both skewering and kind. Helen Lewis on top form.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia

What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdom’s future

www.theatlantic.com

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 11d

BBC: US Ryder Cup fans probably crossed line - Morikawa
'Before the tournament 28-year-old Morikawa, a two-time major winner, called on fans to "create absolute chaos".'

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...

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ALT: Suspect Guilty GIF

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 12d

In personal news I’ve been asked to be the next-but-one French Prime Minister, starting late-November / early December. Very excited.

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 13d

Strong Kevin-the-teenager vibes

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 16d

Where exactly did she “check”?

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 16d

Making American Golfers Apologise
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...

Ryder Cup: Rory McIlroy abuse

There is

www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Rob Minto

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17d

In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 18d

Just too close to reality for anyone’s liking

The Onion @theonion.com · 18d

Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals

QUANTICO, VA—Racking his brain for answers as he gazed out at the high-ranking officers gathered before him, a visibly hungover Pete Hegseth reportedly struggled Tuesday to remember exactly how he end...

theonion.com

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 19d

Making
American
Golfers
Ashamed
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Tom Watson says he was ‘ashamed’ of US fans’ conduct at Ryder Cup

Tom Watson has apologised for the ‘rude and mean-spirited behaviour’ of US fans after the Ryder Cup was marred by abuse towards Europe’s players and families

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 19d

Also, depending on the mood, it's either full of "metropolitan elites" who are out of touch with "real working voters", or it's full of "illegal immigrants" and under Sharia law.

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 21d

Rory McIlroy saying what the world is thinking.

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 22d

ID cards are a bad idea as the UK can’t do large IT without huge scandal or data breaches, plus massive cost overruns, and also it will get outsourced to some nefarious outfit like Palantir. And it won’t solve anything regarding immigration.

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 26d

Just looking back through the Ballon D'Or winners list, and how the hell did Andrés Iniesta never win it? What more could he have done?

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 26d

"So, how exactly did we get to the point where the UK is being compared to a dictatorship and, given how inflamed the conversation has become, what - if anything - would it take to turn down the heat?"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · 27d

Gatwick expansion is wrong. We don't need more capacity. The only infrastructure build that would actually make sense is a direct shuttle train from HRW to GTW to make connecting flights easier.

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · Sep 19

My vague hope that Your Party would make a contribution to national debate / stick it to the man is diminishing by the day.

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · Sep 18

Being "more serious" than Boris Johnson is a pretty low bar.

James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social · Sep 18

New: Danny Kruger’s first print interview

- How Reform will overhaul Whitehall
- One Tory MP sent him a rat emoji
- JD Vance’s interest in the British right
- Says Farage “more serious” than Boris

And why Edmund Burke would back Farage not Kemi….

t.co/UHwZqK9W2U

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/danny-kruger-theres-no-going-back-for-the-tory-party/

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · Sep 16

Labour MPs eyeing up a change in leader

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · Sep 13

Maybe too optimistic

Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · Sep 13

Cold take: in 2 years time we will have forgotten this far right rally, Musk will have moved on, Starmer will still be PM and Labour will be narrowly leading the polls.

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Rob Minto @robminto.bsky.social · Sep 13

The media loves an angry fascist widow.

Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · Sep 13

Sorry, why is the ITV morning bulletin leading with Charlie Kirk's Widow giving a call to arms?

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