Lifelong TU activist, European. WBA & KCCC. Malt whisky. Man of Kent. Exiled
#Whitstable
Native.
If you don't question things, you're part of the problem!
So if you sit in a pub that doesn't sell food & have a pint, you might catch Covid - but if you sit in pub that sells food & have burger & chips with your pint, you won't catch
#COVID
Simple isn't it - sorted!
#lockdown
#coronavirusuk
#BorisHasFailedTheNation
@BBCBreaking
Not a fan of the Tories or Johnson as a PM, but my god there are some nasty people on here! How can anyone not wish him a full recovery? This is a man's life in danger here, it's a bit more serious than disagreeing with his politics!
#GetWellBoris
I want Scotland to stay in the union but I strongly believe it should be the Scots who decide their future & support their right to a referendum to decide what the majority want! Consequently, I've signed the petition!
@NicolaSturgeon
set a trap, the British nationalists instead of calling her bluff & allowing a referendum, fell into it. We have now moved from fighting for independence to fighting for democracy. Huge difference! Please sign & share:
To
@WBA
, in particular Mark Jenkins! Why would I want to spend nearly £400 renewing my season ticket early when I don't know which division we're in or who'll be manager? And if I don't take that leap of faith you'll take ticket off me I've had since 1977! Absolute idiots!
#WBA
@Bbmorg
@Tonyhobson19
Well - two lady dog walkers just passed my front door going to the empty park opposite! Worrying, since both the spaniel & collie looked pretty threatening!
@KieranMcGuire
Absolutely - you've obviously been reading my mind! Morrisons asked me to self check out this morning & I asked how much discount they'd give me for saving them paying someone to do it! I refuse to use self check out!
Lovely to see VI's reaction at the end! Really taken to him as a person & I know it's early days but already get the feeling he's a really good "fit" for us! Long way to go but.....!
#wba
Watching Leyton O v QPR game on Sky & remembered this wonderful moment when Baggies played there years ago & Ossie was so bored he had a fag while play was at the other end! One of footballs greatest characters.- sadly missed!
#wba
Its just dawned on me that I'm going to The Hawthorns tomorrow! I suddenly feel like i did when I was a kid knowing tomorrow's the day we go to the seaside on summer holiday!
#footie
#excited
#WBA
Just thinking if Baggies had shown a bit more desire in the summer window as the desperation they're showing now to get deals over the line, they may not have been where currently are! Very poor "management" by the club - at all levels! Many to blame! No plan, no focus!
#wba
@simonharris_mbd
@garyavfchorton
It's less than £1000 from each PL club! Surely, the football community could stump up such an insignificant sum of money for such a good cause! Reflects very badly on them if they don't! This is peanuts!
The fact most of us have never heard of Buksa isn't an issue for me really! Who'd heard of Odemwingie, Gera, Mulumbu, Olsson, Balis, before we signed them? Sometimes is the ones off the radar that come up trumps! Mind you, we've signed some junk as well! 😉
#WBA
I'm all for a bit of banter, but any idiots, from either side, who are caught for violence tomorrow, deserve a lifetime ban from football! There are loads of kids, elderly & those with disabilities who should be able to attend tomorrow without fear of personal harm!
#wba
#wwfc
Quite frankly this squad is utter junk! The worst in 20 years! Not their fault, not VI's fault - purely down to this moron that owns the club & until he's gone nothing will change!
#wba
Quote by Nye Bevan & as relevant today as when he said it 80 years ago!
"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political power to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the twentieth century.”
#GTTO
#RealLabour
#ToriesDestroyingOurCountry
I've been a Baggie for more years than most, but I don't ever remember us going into December before unbeaten at home! We are witnessing something special this season!
#wba
Dear me! As someone who's been a Baggies fan for too many years I care to mention "the keep Mozza" brigade really do need to move on! Seen some of the greatest ever Baggies come & go - that's what happens - we need to rebuild urgently & getting nostalgic doesn't aid that!
#WBA
If it comes to a choice between losing popular players or potentially losing the club, there is no choice really! Players will always come and go, but the club MUST survive!
#wba
When I was a kid
#baggies
sold my 2 heroes, Don Howe & Derek Kevan, in pretty quick succession - both were England internationals - I was gutted! 60 years on, both I & the club have survived! Players come & go - it doesn't really matter - the club is bigger than individuals!
#wba
@SaulStaniforth
@corbyn50plus
Reeves is an absolute insult to the legacy of the Labour Party that used to actually care for those most in need of support & care! Nasty!
Had the letter that
@BorisJohnson
sent to 30m households a week ago this morning! Didn't that cost taxpayers about £5m? And cause post office staff a lot of extra work! Very old info now by time we got it! What a pathetic waste of money when there are better ways to spend it!
65 years ago, I saw my first cup tie - WBA 5 Man City 1 - at the Hawthorns & a crowd of nearly 50,000 It cost 2 shillings (10 pence) to get in for a nipper! This Saturday, I'm seeing about number 200 at Bristol, with '68 Cup win along the way! FA Cup still magical for me!
#wba
@dave43law
So living in Spain & receiving the benefits of the EU whilst there, but pontificating about Brexit in the UK with no understanding of how it has affected life here & voted to impose it in on it, whilst staying well away! What a nice man! 😏
Purely my opinion - an optimistic prediction IF rules are strictly followed & no mutation.
Antibody test crucial - are 50% already infected?
13/04: Peak for NHS.
04/05: Crisis eases.
11/05: Gradual relaxation of distancing – herd immunity grows.
Hope is the best motivator!
Since the Albion faff about like a rudderless ship, so will I! I won't renew my season ticket until I know who will be manager next season! And if I lose it as a result I really don't give a toss anymore! Sick to death of the idiots running the club. There, I've said it now!
#wba
When an owner ignores the advice of the specialists he appointed to advise him, you have to question his credibility...not that some of us haven't been questioning it for some time now!
#laiout
#baggiesmanager
#wba
18 months since at The Hawthorns & genuinely felt like I'd never been away! Lovely to see so many familiar faces again! A bit of normality returning at last.....not least of which was added to by Baggies nearly blowing a 3-0 lead! Same old Albion....I'm glad to say! 😉🤣
#wba
@MarkKieranUK
#Johnson
really is the scrapings off a shoe, isn't he? I thought it was money spent by very rich people to someone more interested in receiving it than listening to advice that the submersible wasn't safe! Sad that people died, but they certainly weren't heroes!
The Tories are seriously failing the British public by not calling a GE after 3 PM's in the last year! A fresh mandate is needed & the fact they won't give the electorate the chance to offer one is more about hanging on to power than democracy!
#ToryShambles
#ToriesUnfitToGovern
@Feargal_Sharkey
@Hepworthclare
Shocking! Victoria Station to Faversham - 1hr! And Victoria is a 10 min walk from Westminster! A lot cheaper than renting & probably not a lot different in time it takes to get to N London by public transport!
Do you know what - I'm really not interested in a blow by blow account of what happened to Johnson as the lead issue on
#marr
! I'd rather be hearing about stopping more deaths & protecting front line
#NHSheroes
as the priority!
@Soon2do
@TomLondon6
@BBCNews
Quite - what one Labour member (Blair) says about the Leader is really only his opinion & only of interest, in passing, to Labour members! To feature it as "news of the day" suggests an agenda that is neither balanced nor impartial!
#BBCbias
@implausibleblog
So - we send people who want to be here to Rwanda...Rwanda send people who don't want to be here to us! Seems more likely those we get will be a bigger drain on resources than those we send away? "Curiouser & curiouser," said Alice!
#ToriesUnfitToGovern
#braindead
#Immigrants
Losing interest fast now! Wasn't feeling 100% today so didn't go! Was a time when I'd have got there no matter how I felt! Dire football & dickhead owners don't inspire me to make the effort anymore! Want my club back, want to enjoy the day again!
#wba
Just remembering when we appointed Ron Atkinson - everyone wanted the "name" available at time, Colin Addison! Ron was untried & huge risk! First signing, Brendon Batson to cries of "oh dear" from fans! The rest is history! It isn't always the obvious that come up trumps!
#wba
As someone with T2 diabetes & no immunity to infection for several other medical reasons,
#covid
ー19uk is likely to kill me if I catch it. Thanks brain dead moronic twats who've emptied the supermarkets, for causing me to spend so long seeking basics because of your selfishness!
I know its only a friendly but... passing & movement, one touch football, ball kept on ground, full backs wide & getting forward, such a positive change in style...let's see where it takes us!
#positive
#wba
I toured the lower division grounds in the 90s with Baggies, so I've done that! It took a change of owners & a huge amount of hard work, to put it right! I fear the decline has only just started, but without a serious change of direction, that's where we're headed again!
#wba
This team has no character, no leadership - I don't won't happy clappers telling me to get behind the team now - but the problem isn't the squad, who are what they are, Championshipat at best, or Bilic, who works with what he's given - but the problem is appalling owners!
#wba
@DarylDike
news is terrible , but
#Baggies
of a certain age will recall that Bryan Robson broke a leg 3 times in his early years coming into the first team & went on to have an outstanding career! Onwards & upwards, Daryl, you can get there too! Stay strong 💪
#wba
@Steven_Swinford
I'm certainly no Tory! But
#AndyStreet
has definitely been a good Mayor for the
#WESTMIDLANDS
! He has always done what is best for the area ahead of any party allegiance! In the corrupt, self-serving political system in the UK, he is refreshingly different!
#hs2tomanchester
Decent performance today - kept ball on ground more & played through midfield better - wondering how much of that was down to Snodgrass, who was excellent! His experience really showed!
#wba
Gareth Bale on £600k a week takes 40000 fans paying £15 a game just to pay for that! Time to rethink your priorities
#PremierLeague
- stop ripping fans off! So many currently suffering financial hardship & you want to screw more out of them!
One reflection on yesterday! The attitude of some fans is so selfish! Many in East Stand, not usually there, stood up for 90 mins! Doesn't usually happen there, but it meant others had to stand to see! So elderly lady who sits near left at halftime because she couldn't see!
#WBA
Never mind what Leeds did today, we go up with 8pts more from last 4 games, irrespective if Brentford get max points from theirs! If they draw one, 6pts is enough for us! If we don't do it now, we don't deserve promotion. Its in our hands!
#wba
Despair of some Albion fans - what does it matter what someone looks like you judgemental morons! His credentials are fine by me so give him a chance to do what he's been brought in to do!
#wba
Two months ago I couldn't leave home because I could hardly walk, just standing up was huge effort & mobility non existent! Genuinely thought I was on way out! A huge thank you to the doctors & nurses at
#AylmerLodgeSurgery
who sorted it! I'm really well again - remarkable!
#NHS
Just putting the events of this game to one side, you have to wonder what this side could have done this season without the negativity of TP for half a season!
#wba
Am I alone in thinking the next Labour leader should be the "best person" for the job, irrespective of gender? We're selecting a potential PM, not pandering to selection based on sex because we've never had a woman leader! Best should win, male or female!
#LabourLeadership
When you play like that & win you can't complain! It's grinding out results when you're not at your best that gets you promoted not steamrollering opposition every week! Great result at the end of the day!
#wba
I didn't care McClean was an Irish Republican or didn't want to wear a poppy - his beliefs are a matter for him & I respect that but a contract is a contract & whilst still an Albion player he should have honoured it! I misguidedly thought better of him! Stoke are welcome!
#wba
@Rachael_Swindon
@GMalchemille
Had young Tory boy collecting numbers at polling station tell me I "had" to give him my polling number this morning! I said I'd didn't & told him his number was up! He didn't like that very much! Some nasty, intimidating stuff going on!
#ToriesOut
Just seen someone query why we haven't signed anyone yet because "we've still got the Dara money to spend!" What don't some people still understand? We are struggling to raise enough money to just get through this season at the moment!
@action4albion
#WBA
On reflection, imho Maja was crocked at Bristol by a red card tackle that should have been a penalty & another appalling red card tackle today! The standard of referees in the EFL is really not good enough!
#wba
This is so Albion....always do the total opposite of what I'm expecting! Thought we'd probably struggle today! Its what makes being a Baggie such fun! Never know what to expect!
#wba
A word for Sam Johnstone tonight - a couple of important saves & comanded his area really well! I've been critical in past but deserves credit after that!
#wba
Sadly, I think CC will be gone by, or soon after, the close of the window! Really don't see us making the signings to make his job tenable! That's an opinion, btw, not a prediction!
#WBA
So if he goes after Millwall, it's also after the close of transfer window, so any new manager has to make do with this squad! Wonderful planning & timing from the idiots running the club!
#wba
Yesterday for me was "proper football" - I'm sure many will know what I mean! So different to the plastic PL offering! Good day out, great atmosphere, two teams having a go & everyone connected with
#rufc
was a credit to their club! So welcoming & friendly! Happy days!
#WBA
@JamesMelville
The "free trade" that Tim Martin champions, of course, is trade on WTO terms, which actually imposes tariffs with all those countries we currently have tariff free trade with in the single market! So it isn't "free trade" at all!
Thing is...we wouldn't have had this shit show of a government if all the folks in the Midlands & North who usually vote Labour hadn't believed the Sun/Mail about what a disaster Corbyn & Labour would be! Johnson's govt was never going to be a success!
#BorisHasFailedTheNation
I'm appalled! This is gross incompetence by an owner, & his cohorts, who have been grossly incompetent since they bought the club! When you thought they couldn't sink any lower...they did!
@WBA
#morons
#laiout
#wba
When was the last time we got into October unbeaten? I know some of the performances have been "indifferent" but the results have put us in a strong position & we can build on that! Decent tonight though - very encouraging!
#wba
Just to say the collective
#wba
fans tribute to
#TomJones
at PNE today was very moving and respectful. So much sympathy for his family at this sad time. He'll always be
#oneofourown
#RIP
When this is over - if I survive it - I will make sure I support those companies who treat their employees right at this time & I will boycott those who don't! Maybe I, personally, won't make a difference but if we all act, we will!
#COVIDIDIOTS
#covid19UK
#boycottthebastards
Albion fan said to me today "don't mean to be rude (🙄) but you look old enough to have probably seen some good Albion sides?"
"Yep" says l "I was at the last home game when we beat Cardiff 4-2!"
As Henry Ford said "history is bunk - it's now that matters!"
#paraphrased
#WBA
Trying to remember the last time I didn't want the game to end! I think it was about 1980! But today was what football is all about for me! Skill, in abundance, entertainment, intent, enjoyment, two teams "having a go!" Well done all involved! Long may it continue!
#WBA
@eiecampaign
@ChasEddie
Wow! Didn't see this covered on the "impartial" and "balanced" BBC! But it claims not to have any "bias?" News is news & should be reported unconditionally!
#BBCBias
Not always been a fan of Carroll over the years I've seen him play for other clubs, but all credit & respect to him him last night! He worked his socks off, was committed & a real leader! Well done!
#wba
Grandson in his Christmas present - doing our best to bring him up right! 😉 Trouble is - he doesn't know yet if he wants to be a midfielder or a goalie....hence the gloves with the shirt!
#wba
Regis from non-league, Batson & Cunningham from lower league clubs - all a punt that might not have come off - worth remembering that plenty of ultimately top players didn't join us as the finished article!
#wba
@sajidjavid
You damage what little credibility you ever had associating yourself with a
#fakenews
article that has already been widely discredited as untrue! Quite frankly, gutter politics should be beneath any Minister of the Crown! You are unworthy of the office!
Today would have been my dad's 100th birthday. Obviously not many make that remarkable landmark but so many who lived & served in WW2 deserve to be remembered - so Happy Birthday Dad - gone but not forgotten. Thanks for the memories. 👍
All I ever asked for over last 3 years of survival first and turgid tripe was to enjoy watching Albion again - last 2 Saturday's have fulfilled that wish! Well done Baggies! Enjoyment is back! Onward & upward!
#wba