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Husband, father of 3 and a very mediocre ageing sport

Sussex
Joined January 2009
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BBC statement on last night's Newsnight
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I couldn’t agree more. Speed up the safe ending of lockdown. It is destroying the economy for no good reason now. Those who still feel vulnerable then make their own decisions. Let the rest of us get on with our lives. @BorisJohnson
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When you have to give your mate out LBW because he's absolutely plumb. We've all been there. 😂 [via @twentytwo_yards]
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BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, whom I am a fan of asked Robert Jenrick why the Government have not got a grip on care homes. Slightly unfair, I think. 84% of care homes are privately owned! Why should the government be blamed? – at Hammersmith, London
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robatkin retweeted
Sixty years ago today, in front of 99,000 at Wembley, Wolverhampton Wanderers became four-time FA Cup winners. 🏆🏆🏆🏆
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Head of the ONS: International Death Comparisons are Unbelievably Difficult, UK has Best, Most Transparent and Most Timely Reporting order-order.com/2020/05/03/h…
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Dennis Bergkamp and his super human first touch!
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Morning rant! Yes am sure our Gov’t have made mistakes, as have many others. But sitting in studios/ behind keyboards pointing them out is not hard. Similar to fans pointing out player’s mistakes during games. All so easy when the pressure is not on you. Maybe try to help instead
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Even in these troubled times it is reassuring to see that the scheduler of @SkyCricket has all the imagination of a gnat. The same old repeats. Honest to god they have decades of cricket they could dip into to give us something to watch. Drives me mad, such a wasted opportunity
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Josephine sets a great example to us all by postponing her birthday party until we have sent coronavirus packing. Together we can beat this. In the meantime let's all wish her happy birthday (twice) whilst washing our hands. #BeLikeJosephine #StayHomeSaveLives
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robatkin retweeted
It is disgustingly racist to blame a country for the spread of a virus simply because of horrifying sanitary conditions at wet markets, animal cruelty involving sickening cross-contamination, & dictatorial suppression of information that could have averted this global pandemic.
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Via the group of brilliant women on our “I could do with a drink” WhatsApp.
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Well I recovered in about 4 days. Still felt washed out but fine now. Honey, plenty of fluids, vit C, paracetamol and above all rest. It has gone and I have immunity.
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I am struggling with this. For the left ‘incident’ a 3 week ban. For the right hand ‘incident’ 10 weeks. 🤔
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Robinho x Carlos x Ronaldinho. 🇧🇷
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Many thanks to @HockeyMillfield for hosting Tier 1 Quarter Final and for a great match.
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Good luck to Girls U18s who travel to Millfield, in Somerset, to play their Tier 1 National Quarter Final match at 4:00pm. Plenty of support from the school community.
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Telling the wife you've only just finished at 7pm when in reality you were bowled out for 60 and are 5 pints deep
What's your favourite thing about village cricket?
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