“The gate to the groin for Yannick Bertrand and you could hear it. And if you’re a man, you could feel it…The boys took a beating on that one” #Olympics2022 #WinterOlympics #Olympics #OlympicGames
I’m finding the #WinterOlympics painful to watch

It isn’t just men’s genitalia getting pummelled, it’s women’s too

For matters of good taste, I’m not going to post the clip of the couple’s figure skating, but instead leave it to Robin Williams to explain
The #WinterOlympics can also lead to injury when viewers decide to give sports a go in their own homes

Inspired by the #Olympic figure skating, this kid ended up with a blister on the sole of his foot the size of a golf ball.
(Video via @DoggerlandMan)
Not so cool runnings!

These kids set up a bobsleigh/luge run down their stairs

They were having great fun until this little guy cracked his coccyx

You snooze, you luge!😂😂😂
(Video via @tristan_brodie)
Years ago, they used to show Sumo wrestling on Channel 4

Inspired, me & my older brother shifted the furniture in the living room, stripped down to our underwear & gave it a go

It was going well until my brother executed a Tsuridashi leaving me with a wedgy from hell
#Olympics

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Feb 9
1/. HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD:

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

In 2020, Denmark changed its laws to recognise the simple fact that sex without consent is rape

This didn't happen by chance

It resulted from years of campaigning & advocacy by survivor groups & campaigners.
#LetsTalkAboutYes
2/. Shockingly, in 2020 only 7 out of 31 countries in Europe had laws that recognised sex without consent is rape

That figure has almost doubled to 13...but there is still along way to go

But back to the lessons from Denmark, & their successful campaign for a consent-based law
3/. Working with survivors groups, research was done to identify key barriers to justice for rape survivors

Why were so many rapes committed?

Why were so few rapes reported?

Why did so few reports of rape lead to prosecution?

Why did so few prosecutions lead to convictions?
Read 10 tweets
Feb 8
1/. My TL is full of people listing 5 famous people they've met "or been within a few feet of"(!)

This seems like an flimsy excuse for name-dropping, which is something I would never do

I have met some incorrigible"name-droppers" in my life

By far the worst was Nelson Mandela! ImageImageImageImage
2/. Another notorious name-dropper was FW de Klerk

He even wrote an autobiography which appeared to have the sole purpose of cramming in as many famous names as he could in its 320 turgid pages

I pulled him up on this very publicly - perhaps too publicly - in London in 1999.👇 Image
3/. I’ve never met Tony Blair properly but, hearing that he is an awful name-dropper, me, @brianeno & some others decided to oust him from power at the 2005 General Election

Terry Jones almost stood against him on the platform that: “He’s not a good PM, he’s a very naughty boy!” ImageImageImageImage
Read 4 tweets
Jan 25
Boris Johnson: “It did happen & I’m not ashamed of it”

Angus Deayton: What aren’t you ashamed of, Boris?

Boris Johnson: Whatever there is not to be ashamed of

[LAUGH]

The laugh is crucial

He manages to make people laugh even while admitting his crime
In this 2013 interview, @BorisJohnson admits he’s not really “bumbling”

It’s just an put on act

In reality he’s “hard as nails”

He also tells us “a terrible truth about politics & human nature”

That you can “make a good case for any course of action”
“It’s often useful to give the slight impression that you are deliberately pretending not to know what's going on - because the reality may be that you don't know what's going on but people won't be able to tell the difference." @BorisJohnson #BorisJohnson
Read 9 tweets
Jan 16
Full moon over the Thames in London

The January moon is sometimes called the “Wolf Moon,” appearing when wolves howled near the villages in hunger or the “Old Moon” or in North America the “Snow Moon” #FullMoon #WolfMoon #SnowMoon
This moon is not fully full

The #FullMoon will peak tomorrow (17 January) at about 11.30pm UK time. #WolfMoon
Earlier, there was drama by the river when a man came rushing up to me looking for his dog

“I forgot all about him,” he said

“I can’t believe forgot all about him!”

I’d seen a sad looking old pug way down the Thames path so we went back to look for him...
Read 5 tweets
Jan 16
1/. In 2018, when freezing temperatures hit, we put a clothes rail outside a church with a sign:

IF YOU'RE COLD, TAKE ONE

IF YOU CAN HELP, LEAVE ONE

What happened next was miraculous

Four years on, this simple, sticky idea is still going & is spreading #TakeOneLeaveOne #TOLO
2/. If you’re feeling the cold tonight, image what’s like to be homeless, sleeping rough or struggling to heat your home

Why not drop off some warm clothes at your nearest #TakeOneLeaveOne rail or set up a #TOLO rail where you are?

See @Take1_Leave1👇
Insta @take_one_leaveOne
3/. To set up a #TakeOneLeaveOne rails

1 Get a rail
2 Find good location
3 Get👍/help from locals
4 Make a sign or order one from print@adelphigraphics.com £30+p&p
5 Hang clothes
6 Make it COVID safe
7 Contact local media
8 Post on social media #TOLO+
See TakeOneLeaveOne.org
Read 6 tweets
Jan 14
On 13/3/20, @Telegraph ran this piece by Bobby Friedman:

“Anyone questioning the govt's COVID strategy is not only wrong, they're a danger to us all"

From the early days of the #COVID19 pandemic, the heat was being turned up on those journalists who were trying to do their jobs
“Forget the myths. Follow the money”

Following the money is key to good journalism

It means not being distracted by the army of “dead cats” scattered across the landscape, but focusing on the REAL motivations driving those who make decisions #THREAD👇
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