This date in 1969 saw the battle to be champion jump jockey come to a climax in the final race of the day/season. Find out who won it in my column here: gamblingmatters.wordpress.co…:

As I'm getting ready here in Tenerife I'm watching @TalkTV where Jeremy Kyle has just said the filthy scumbag who's in a mental institution for murdering the youngsters and an older man in Nottingham is still raking in over a grand a month in benefits! Taking the piss out of us British taxpayers one quid at a time. 😠🤬

On this date in 1995 the first Saturday Derby since 1953 was run, and the winner clocked a record-breaking time of 2minutes, 32.31 seconds....name that 14/1 winner....or find it out in my latest column here: gamblingmatters.wordpress.co…:

“Divisive conversations about immigration,” says @Channel4News Nope. Just legitimate conversations about illegal migrants from God knows where posing a threat to innocent people. No, that is NOT inciting hate. It’s responding to hate.

On this date in 1962 Creggmore Boy ran at Carmel, in the process becoming the oldest horse to have raced in the UK. How old? Find out in my column here: gamblingmatters.wordpress.co…:

How can the Secretary of State for Justice state unequivocally that he does not believe people should be treated equally under the law in a democracy — and still keep his job? David Lammy has openly rejected the fundamental principle of equality before the law. This is not a minor gaffe. This is a direct attack on the rule of law itself. A man who believes some people deserve different treatment based on identity has no place in charge of Britain’s justice system. He should be removed immediately. The British people deserve a Justice Secretary who upholds blind justice — not one who wants to make it selective. This is two-tier justice in plain sight. Sack Lammy. Restore equality under the law. Britain deserves better.

Alex Phillips was absolutely right in calling Lucy Connolly a political prisoner. Her imprisonment was never about justice — it was a warning shot to every British citizen who dares to criticize. A British mother was separated from her young daughter not for violence, but to silence British people who speak too freely.

Find out how Donald Trump became involved with the outcome of the 2019 Kentucky Derby in my new column here: gamblingmatters.wordpress.co…

I do not think I’ve ever been so angered by hypocrisy. “Overwhelmingly we all gripped by horror [about George Floyd’s death ]” “But…[Henry Nowak’s] death …. “We’re in Government…” How the very Hell dare he? Am I more furious - and genuinely horrified - by the death of an entirely innocent boy in England, who our police watched die, than the indefensibly appallingly behaviour of American policemen against an American criminal? Yes I am. Was Henry’s death on Lammy’s watch? Yes Was George Floyd on his watch? No. How does he dare to be such a hypocrite. I hope he is damned. Along with his party who want nothing to change. x.com/ArchRose90/status/2063…

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Shabana Mahmood has CONDEMNED the Henry Nowak protests but she ATTENDED a Pro-Palestine protest in Birmingham which ended in violence and disorder. She has since deleted this video. Our Home Secretary is #TwoTier

Well, it is certainly all Greek to me - I'm not sure what the eponymous Brummie founder of @WilliamHill bookies would have made of his business being sold to a Greek-owned company.

She'd won the Derby two days previously at 100/1. Now, on this date in 1908, she lined up in The Oaks, attempting to become only the 2nd filly ever to win both...find out how she and jockey, wonderfully named Billy Bullock, got on, in my column here: gamblingmatters.wordpress.co…:

I’m getting sick and tired of Keir Starmer and other left-wing politicians cherry-picking one segment of the Nowak family’s statement about not wanting this to cause further division in an attempt to silence political opponents through guilt. That isn’t all the Nowak family said. They also said that Henry was treated differently by the police to Vickrum Digwa. They also said they wanted the Kirpan banned along with all other knives. Starmer has respected neither of those wishes. He has denied that two-tier policing exists and refused to support banning the Kirpan. So please don’t start lecturing other politicians about respecting the family’s wishes when you are not doing so yourself.

Shabana Mahmood has CONDEMNED the Henry Nowak protests in Southampton, saying those responsible will be arrested. Meanwhile, here she is on a pro-Palestine protest which turned violent and forced a supermarket to close. She has since deleted this video. Please don't RT it.

SHE REPORTED CHILD ABUSE 181 TIMES. BRITAIN SAID NOT NOW, THANKS. Sara Rowbotham was an NHS sexual health coordinator in Rochdale. Between 2005 and 2011 she filed 181 detailed referrals to Greater Manchester Police and social services. Each one named victims. Each one described systematic rape and trafficking of girls as young as 11. Each one went nowhere. She was not ignored because the evidence was weak. She was ignored because the evidence was inconvenient. Authorities labelled her not credible. Her team was dismissed. The official reason given for inaction was community cohesion. Read that again. Community cohesion. While children were being passed between men like property, the priority was keeping things quiet. She was made redundant in 2014. A 2024 independent review confirmed every referral she filed was credible, substantive and appropriately communicated. The same review identified 96 men still considered an active risk to children. Still out there. In 2024. Because the original response scraped only the surface and called it a job done. Five police officers refused to cooperate with the review. They were not charged. They were not recalled. They retired on pensions. Sara Rowbotham got an MBE. The system that failed 181 times got a press release about lessons learned. If this does not alarm you, you have not understood it yet. @BBC @guardian @AndyBurnhamGM

Queen Victoria paid two visits to the Derby on this date in 1840 - her first & her last. She saw a 50/1 winner, despite the runner up's jockey offering the winner's an in-running bribe to lose.....more here in my latest column: gamblingmatters.wordpress.co…

🚨The BBC had just sunk to a new low. On Newsnight last night, presenter Matt Chorley claimed Nigel Farage said people should respond to the murder of Henry Nowak with “white cold rage”. Nigel DID NOT SAY THIS. The insertion of the word “white” by the BBC is obviously designed to change the meaning completely. It was no slip of the tongue, Chorley said it THREE TIMES. He came prepared to defame Nigel and lie to the country. This is disgusting from the BBC. Why do they insist on spitting in the faces of the millions of Reform supporters who are forced to contribute to their salaries? THE BBC MUST APOLOGISE IMMEDIATELY

John Francome proved himself to be one of, if not THE least selfish of jockeys on this date in 1982, when he.......find out just what he did, in my new column here: gamblingmatters.wordpress.co…:

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