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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 13h

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Mik A @mikadooo.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone want to see a conversion attempt hit the woodwork not once, not twice, not three times but FOUR TIMES on its way between the sticks. Crossbar Challenge Level: Impossible.

Hannah Brink for the US Naval Academy team

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of the story of a prospective ref being asked this test question:
‘What would it be if, in the act of converting a penalty, the ball burst & landed on the crossbar?’
Candidate answered:
‘A bloody miracle!’

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 2d

The crushing irony of him saying, out loud, “They are dividing us, not uniting us. They are feeding this negative culture in.”

When the whole ‘othering’ approach he & his party have adopted is laced with division!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 2d

The crushing irony of him saying, out loud, “They are dividing us, not uniting us. They are feeding this negative culture in.”

When the whole ‘othering’ approach he & his party have adopted is laced with division!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a room with his eyes closed and his hands out .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a room with his eyes closed and his hands out .

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 3d

You’ll give them ideas…

an elderly woman in a red shirt says enough already

ALT: an elderly woman in a red shirt says enough already

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly!

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gwladrugby 🏉 @gwladrugby.bsky.social · 4d

A 🧵about #WRU control:

Since the WRU’s big reveal of their latest data-backed Optimal Solution last Friday, most of the media focus has been on their plans to now cut one, not two clubs.

It’s safe to say that this has gone down like a cup of cold sick. Again.

#WelshRugby

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 4d

A great thread 🧵, summing up exactly what many of us have been saying for some time:
- WRU control over things has previously proven disastrous!
- What incentives are there for investors when they have no control over the actual ‘product’ in which they’re investing?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gwladrugby 🏉 @gwladrugby.bsky.social · 4d

A 🧵about #WRU control:

Since the WRU’s big reveal of their latest data-backed Optimal Solution last Friday, most of the media focus has been on their plans to now cut one, not two clubs.

It’s safe to say that this has gone down like a cup of cold sick. Again.

#WelshRugby

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 4d

Which also shows he’s done no homework on how we’ve ended up where we are, nor how people felt about it at the time of regional rugby’s inception.
There’s emotionally detached. Then there’s ill-informed.

It also does feel as though the NEDs inputs must be being largely ignored by the Executive.

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NAHT @naht.org.uk · 5d

▶️ WATCH: NAHT policy officer, Andy Walls, gave evidence to the Education Select Committee this morning on the RAAC crisis and the need for further funding to make our school buildings safe.

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a reason I said, ‘Live in the moment’, Ed…

The inevitability of the wheels coming off is one of life’s constants & at my age, such routine is reassuring.

It’s similar to why as a Cardiff supporter I feel deeply uncomfortable when lineouts or scrums go well… it’s just not normal.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 7d

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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)

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Rob Williams @robw40.bsky.social · 7d

If you had to show kids how to fix the defender, draw the man & time the pass, that passage of play illustrates it perfectly.
I’m not sure that whole move & try is getting the wider plaudits it deserves. Absolute quality! 😎

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