RT @jjsalmo: @Padsky SM has made it evidentially worse, opinions become facts, facts are debunked. Charlatans eg Hannan, Farage, Reform Ltd….

Has politics always been this shitty in UK (ex NI)? Or was the last year's of 90s Tory through Blair / Brown / Coalition an aberration? Is the ability to whip up an army of faceless trolls on here empowering base instincts? As a comms advisor feels like through looking glass.

Day off to go to daughter's sports day. In the 4 hours before kick off, Do I. .

There's an immediate challenge to this. All those people that say "it's just a cough" or "it's just an ache" and "i dobt want to burden the NHS" and. stage 4 cancer, months to live.

hmmmmmm #cricket.

My son Aidan is 25% Irish. British in behaviour and upbringing. But POM is his favourite player because he's an aspiring 6, because he recognises POM's skill & grit. And because like me, we might be british, but we love Munster Rugby and for many years, POM embodied Munster. SUAF.

pub in marylebone / baker street showing cricket?.

We are lucky to be able to watch Bumrah. He's an artist. A scary one. #cricket. Joins the fast bowling pantheon in my life; countless Windies (5 at least maybe more) 3 Pak. 1 SA. Now 1 Indian.

Well there's a surprise. Crawley edges to slip. Admittedly bumrah is best of his generation.

The telegraph, times, mail, sun, express, Speccie are all right wing. Graun & Mirror are left.

My boy aidan took another 3 wickets for @beddocc tonight. 2 matches in a row and now has 20% of all wickets for u13 this year. Proud dad. #cricket not fastest but loads of movement and guts.

those 2 deliveries make a hell of a lot of different. #cricket #ENGvsIND.

After a great WTC #cricket final last week, realised how much i was looking forward to this morning. Hope it's going to be a great battle between two talented but imperfect sides. #ENGvIND.

(4) conclusion. There's going to be a lot more of this and if you complain at best you'll be labeled naive (you just don't understand how it is) or PNG for alleged racism / colonialism. Love your work.

(3) trump analogy instructive. Previously leadership would avoid this comms - it wasn't thought of as effective, they didn't want to be ridiculed and didn't want to look like, say, Arms dealer Said or oil barron khodorkovsky. Now? Authoritarians are envied as they get shit done.

In many regions I've worked around including GCC / FSU central & South Asia, this is classic "great man" leadership positioning. It's expected by the leader and those around him and if you don't provide it, you're fired, or briefed against by the leader's fixers = the same. (2).

An interesting macro economic and fiscal perspective on Ireland. A country I care about but cannot pretend to know or understand. The big question is what is Ireland doing with the revenues and how is planning going for lower tax revenue scenarios?.

#cookingwithpaddy lamb rumps in maghreb spice. Salad. Roast veg. Sausage bloody lovely. Good luck to all dads.

Dimples, thick neck etc. Better looking than their dads.

Our last ever sparring session? He's too big now, there's not enough space so we have to trade and I can't hit him as it's considered bad form to beat your kid up. #boxing #fatherhood