Writer/broadcaster: an anagram of 'randomise'. Tweet about #cocktails #beer #blackandwhitefilms #music #puns #football #finance. Work: simonnread@ntlworld.com
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HYDRATION BREAK from your childhood. What soft drink are you having?
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10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.
At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk
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Jun 14
Absolutely love this. A US police officer does keepie-uppie and is cheered on by the Tartan Army in Boston. 🏴♥️🇺🇸
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Saturday evening #cocktail is a Martini, made with gin and vodka and a splash of vermouth and the perfect weather outside at a friend's house.
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Jun 12
Can’t stop thinking about how Wall Street is celebrating Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire, while he single handedly eliminated humanitarian aid that will lead to the needless deaths of 4.5 million of the poorest children in the world in the next 4 years.
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Tell it Ruud! This is what Canada is. Unlike some countries, that will remain nameless, we embrace other cultures and people’s differences. 🍁 🇨🇦
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Jun 13
Nigel’s poster is going viral
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Jun 13
#blackandwhitefilm of the day: The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951. A rare Oscar-winning Ealing comedy and it's a crime caper cock-up! Mild-mannered bank clerk Alec Guinness 'masterminds' a gold heist with the help of bumbling Stanley Holloway on @Film4 at 3.05pm youtu.be/-_wbootYMio
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Jun 13
I've had a fun and interesting week. I hope you have too.
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10 years ago Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in Birstall by a far right thug.
Do you remember the Farage \ Tommy Robinson riots that followed it,
No me neither.
R.I.P. Jo
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Who was the first Welshman to have a solo UK No 1 hit?
Ricky Valance hit the top with Tell Laura I Love Her in 1960. Born in Ynysddu, he worked in a coal mine and a factory and served 2 years in the RAF before being a pop star. He died today in 2020 at 84 youtu.be/qfbKhmHBl-I?si=v7t_…
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Tell Laura I Love Her was originally recorded by American singer Ray Peterson and was a top 10 hit in US in early 1960. Decca Records in England decided not to release it on the grounds that it was "too tasteless and vulgar". What do you think? youtu.be/pTjQgkHzbTk?si=IQ_U…
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I suspect someone has described Billy Connolly as 'tasteless and vulgar' at some stage, so here's his hilarious version of Tell Laura I Love Her youtu.be/_fzg2BiGrGA?si=H9vE…
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Jun 11
#blackandwhitefilm of the day: Suddenly, 1954. Can you imagine Frank Sinatra as a killer planning to assassinate the president, when the president was respected? It's a gripping #FilmNoir as hoodlums take over a house on @TalkingPicsTV on Friday at 7.40am youtu.be/o9JYx4dWfIk?si=nCG9…
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This is a sham 'Best TV Villains' list. There's no Dick Dastardly!
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