Rob Minto
@robminto.bsky.social
Journalist and web developer; Working with
Unredacted UK; Author of Sports Geek, (2016); Ex FT, Newsweek. Sport, data, politics: that's my bag.
Unredacted UK; Author of Sports Geek, (2016); Ex FT, Newsweek. Sport, data, politics: that's my bag.
Alcaraz has won 7 of the last 14 slams. Even at this impressive rate, he'll still need NINE years to overtake Djokovic's 24.
February 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Alcaraz has won 7 of the last 14 slams. Even at this impressive rate, he'll still need NINE years to overtake Djokovic's 24.
January 31, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I don't think there's anything more gripping than men's grand slam semis. Two epic matches in the AusOpen. I just wish the women played 5 sets from quarters on. (In fact both should play best-of-3 for R1-4, best-of-5 for QF SF F)
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I don't think there's anything more gripping than men's grand slam semis. Two epic matches in the AusOpen. I just wish the women played 5 sets from quarters on. (In fact both should play best-of-3 for R1-4, best-of-5 for QF SF F)
I've seen so many heist shows on Netflix and Prime that I really don't feel I should pay for content any more.
January 30, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I've seen so many heist shows on Netflix and Prime that I really don't feel I should pay for content any more.
Even nominative determinism is getting too obvious.
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Even nominative determinism is getting too obvious.
Nothing says “I trust we can do business together” like burner phones and temp emails.
Also, you’d expect China to have hacked most of the cabinet by now. I doubt they were relying on this trip to get access.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Also, you’d expect China to have hacked most of the cabinet by now. I doubt they were relying on this trip to get access.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burner phones and lead-lined bags: a history of UK security tactics in China
Starmer’s team is wary of spies but such fears are not new – with Theresa May once warned to get dressed under a duvet
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Nothing says “I trust we can do business together” like burner phones and temp emails.
Also, you’d expect China to have hacked most of the cabinet by now. I doubt they were relying on this trip to get access.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Also, you’d expect China to have hacked most of the cabinet by now. I doubt they were relying on this trip to get access.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It’s totally possible for Starmer and Burnham to BOTH be wrong. Burnham should not leave a mayor job halfway through term; and NEC should not be blocking him from standing as an MP. Poor judgement all round.
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
It’s totally possible for Starmer and Burnham to BOTH be wrong. Burnham should not leave a mayor job halfway through term; and NEC should not be blocking him from standing as an MP. Poor judgement all round.
Imagine the sheer hell of being stuck on a boat with Bear Grylls that has lots of weapons but no wifi.
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Imagine the sheer hell of being stuck on a boat with Bear Grylls that has lots of weapons but no wifi.
Rather well-timed Andy Burnham opinion piece in the Guardian on the day that Andrew Gwynne stands down, creating a possible pathway for Burnham to return as MP.
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Rather well-timed Andy Burnham opinion piece in the Guardian on the day that Andrew Gwynne stands down, creating a possible pathway for Burnham to return as MP.
Macron has gone for a strong badass look in Davos.
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Macron has gone for a strong badass look in Davos.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
If we weren't going to boycott the Russia World Cup in 2018 (after Salisbury poisoning, Crimea), we aren't about to boycott this one. Forget it.
If we weren't going to boycott the Russia World Cup in 2018 (after Salisbury poisoning, Crimea), we aren't about to boycott this one. Forget it.
January 20, 2026 at 11:54 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
If we weren't going to boycott the Russia World Cup in 2018 (after Salisbury poisoning, Crimea), we aren't about to boycott this one. Forget it.
If we weren't going to boycott the Russia World Cup in 2018 (after Salisbury poisoning, Crimea), we aren't about to boycott this one. Forget it.
Arguably last 2 World Cups should have been boycotted. And it never happens because sports administrators are spineless, clueless idiots. Also, you can literally tell sports fans that their team is complicit in genocide and all you get is a shrug.
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Arguably last 2 World Cups should have been boycotted. And it never happens because sports administrators are spineless, clueless idiots. Also, you can literally tell sports fans that their team is complicit in genocide and all you get is a shrug.
Literally the only way I could hate Ryanair more would be if Musk owned it.
missed this comedy on Friday, apparently Musk is having a spat with Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary:
January 19, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Literally the only way I could hate Ryanair more would be if Musk owned it.
Man City have faced Chelsea and Man U in the first match for both clubs after the manager left. And got D 1-1, L 0-2.
Either Chelsea / ManU had players wanting to play for places, or some sort of fresh start. OR... Man City utterly failed to capitalise on two clubs in a bit of a mess.
Either Chelsea / ManU had players wanting to play for places, or some sort of fresh start. OR... Man City utterly failed to capitalise on two clubs in a bit of a mess.
January 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Man City have faced Chelsea and Man U in the first match for both clubs after the manager left. And got D 1-1, L 0-2.
Either Chelsea / ManU had players wanting to play for places, or some sort of fresh start. OR... Man City utterly failed to capitalise on two clubs in a bit of a mess.
Either Chelsea / ManU had players wanting to play for places, or some sort of fresh start. OR... Man City utterly failed to capitalise on two clubs in a bit of a mess.
Again and again. Any media outlet should only allow commentary from bodies with transparent funding. It would put these grifters out of business.
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Again and again. Any media outlet should only allow commentary from bodies with transparent funding. It would put these grifters out of business.
Enshittification has begun early.
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Enshittification has begun early.
You can almost hear Nick Timothy sobbing “I have a NAME, gaddammit”
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
You can almost hear Nick Timothy sobbing “I have a NAME, gaddammit”
It’s so pathetic it might just work
breathtakingly embarrassing for absolutely everyone involved lol
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
It’s so pathetic it might just work
Who plots in public?
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Who plots in public?
"Speaking at the press conference, Zahawi said problems with free speech "on X or even just down the pub" was one of the reasons he was joining Reform."
I'm not sure where he's been, but X has something other than a free speech problem at the moment...
I'm not sure where he's been, but X has something other than a free speech problem at the moment...
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 PM
"Speaking at the press conference, Zahawi said problems with free speech "on X or even just down the pub" was one of the reasons he was joining Reform."
I'm not sure where he's been, but X has something other than a free speech problem at the moment...
I'm not sure where he's been, but X has something other than a free speech problem at the moment...
Just the BBC on the LauraK show platforming the UK head of Palantir, a company founded by a techno-fascist, a surveillance-state software provider that supports Israel's military aims. Everything's ok.
January 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Just the BBC on the LauraK show platforming the UK head of Palantir, a company founded by a techno-fascist, a surveillance-state software provider that supports Israel's military aims. Everything's ok.
Hunch: the government and many journos feel the need to stay on X because of content management systems. It's insanely easy to embed a tweet/post from X in most CMSs. Far easier than screenshotting stuff. And nothing screams "relevant!" more than having your post embedded in a story in the media.
January 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Hunch: the government and many journos feel the need to stay on X because of content management systems. It's insanely easy to embed a tweet/post from X in most CMSs. Far easier than screenshotting stuff. And nothing screams "relevant!" more than having your post embedded in a story in the media.
Admitting that your product only works in an overweight society is a punchy call. Greggs can fuck off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says
The Greggs boss says there is
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Admitting that your product only works in an overweight society is a punchy call. Greggs can fuck off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manchester United's 'DNA' really boils down to someone who can say "Look, this is Manchester United we're talking about here" in every interview, while never really saying anything.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Man Utd manager search: Is a club's 'DNA' relevant as they seek a new manager?
As Manchester United look for Ruben Amorim's successor, Phil McNulty asks if a club's so-called
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Manchester United's 'DNA' really boils down to someone who can say "Look, this is Manchester United we're talking about here" in every interview, while never really saying anything.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...