Not just the county - the whole country! 😉

…and James Fox, the talented singer, who has already represented the UK at #Eurovision. If that doesn’t qualify someone to be on the bank notes, I don’t know what does… 🇬🇧

Header and sub header which both say ‘the Wesh’ instead of ‘the Welsh’.

Where do the Wesh live?
Near the Wash? 😉😀

cc.
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social

Master Aetherius probably has Duolingo on Venus by now. I bet they’ve fixed their French and Norwegian deficiencies.

🇸🇪 Another year, another guaranteed contender for #Sweden at #Eurovision. My System is a bleepy half-techno earworm, sung by #Felicia, in Covid-era fetish gear. And why not?! My top 2 were also Sweden’s top 2, which makes a change! #Sverige 🇸🇪 #Melodifestivalen #Melfest #Mello

🏉🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 27 #SixNations tournaments and #Italy have finally beaten all 5 other teams. Congratulations, #Italia!
The only thing saving #England from total humiliation is that #Wales are also crap. But they seem to be improving & England are not. Worrying. 😬
#MensSixNations #ITVSport #ITAENG 🏉🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏉🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Today definitely feels like Italy’s best ever chance of beating #England. I am nervous…

#ITAENG #Italy #Italia #Inghilterra
#ITVSport @markpougatch.bsky.social

🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 #France were supposed to be picking up (a version of) the #SixNations trophy today, but the #Scotland players didn’t read the script. A brilliant result! 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

#SCOFRA #MensSixNations #BBCSport

🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 What is going on?! It’s like #Scotland don’t realise it’s #France they’re playing! Amazing performance (so far)! 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

#SCOFRA #SixNations #MensSixNations #BBCSport

And so it came to be… Congratulations to Sal da Vinci, who I’ve just discovered is 57 next month! Blimey. He’s about 20 years older than I thought. It’s a punchy song to perform in #Vienna (if he does), but it’s not as beautiful as Arisa’s song. #Eurovision #Sanremo 🇮🇹

Italy has picked an incredibly varied top 5 in #Sanremo. I’ve no idea which way it’s going to go, but Sal da Vinci has seemed popular in the hall every night. I absolutely love #MagicaFavola (Magical Fairytale) by #Arisa and it would be another easy top 10 for #Italia at #Eurovision. ♥️🤞

Ooh, I got a mention on #TheBrits! As one of “the thousands who lined the streets” of #Birmingham to say goodbye to #OzzyOsbourne, I’ll take that. 😄Thank you Sharon. And thank you, Kelly, for mentioning the mighty #AstonVilla. It’s what Ozzy would’ve wanted. Job done.
#AVFC

There isn’t really much point in #TheBrits being on TV, if nearly every bit of speech is going to be censored by dipping. It’s happened about five times already in the first hour. If we’re not allowed to hear what people are saying, they might as well just keep it untelevised.
#itv1 #JackWhitehall

Psst! Mehdi, it’s Gorton & Denton.
In Manchester and Tameside.
Not to be confused with Gordon & Buchan, which is another parliamentary constituency. In Scotland.

It also helps that the #GreenParty chose a brilliant candidate, who people can relate to & see that she’ll represent them superbly. Local, lively, fun, involved in local politics already & real. Goodwin is none of those things, but he’s plenty of things that repulse decent voters. #GortonAndDenton

*The Conservatives’ worst performance…
There are still more than one of them. For the time being, at least. 😄

💚Happy to be slightly wrong with this from earlier. As Prof. #JohnCurtice is saying, it wasn’t even close. Hannah’s won with 40.7% & a clear majority of 4,402. FPTP is still crap & not fit for any election with more than 2 candidates. We need PR and ranked voting for all elections ASAP. #GreenParty

💚It’s 40+ years since I first voted for the #EcologyParty, before it became the #GreenParty. It’s 38 years since I first joined & over 10 years since I joined again! Now we have our first parliamentary by-election win! Take note, #Labour councillors here in #Birmingham, we’re coming for you in May!

The weird BBC NEWS presenter is suggesting the #GreenParty may have engaged in ‘sectarianism’. What she’s talking about is targeted marketing. It’s what modern political campaigning is all about. If the other parties can’t cope with the modern world, tough. #GortonAndDenton #Manchester #Tameside

Those of us who have incredibly crap MPs representing us will be feeling hugely jealous of #GortonAndDenton residents if they’ve managed to elect this brilliant woman to Parliament. But whoever wins, 70% have probably voted against them. We cannot continue with #FPTP. @electoralreform.bsky.social

Even the splinter groups have their own splinter groups.

#YourParty #Corbyn #Sultana #factionalism #politics

I don’t know why, but I’m watching the #SOTU nonsense from the paedo protector. It’s like the greatest hits of grievance, with #Republicans bobbing up & down in accordance with the buffoon’s wishes, as he gets FURIOUS that the #Democrats aren’t playing along. Pure farce. US democracy is lost.

🇮🇹 They saved the best for last at #Sanremo. Admittedly I missed the first 5 songs, but my faves from the other 25 were all near the end.
For those of us whose Italian is ‘limited’… when does the 105-year-old woman from earlier get to sing her song? 😉😄 #Sanremo2026 #Italia #Rai1 🇮🇹 #Eurovision

In an incredible, shameless example of inviting an arsonist with a can of petrol to come and help, when you’ve set your house on fire, #JeremyVine is now talking to #KemiBadenoch about ‘fixing’ the student loans system. The system that her party controlled for 14 years. 🙄 #Conservatives #BBCRadio2

Part of Wikipedia page, listing San Marino’s most recent Eurovision entries.

Gabry Ponte at the 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony.

Achille Lauro making his way to the stage at the 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Verona.

Fun fact: The #WinterOlympics #ClosingCeremony featured two of the last four acts who have represented #SanMarino (not Italy) at #Eurovision; #GabryPonte from last year & #AchilleLauro from 2022.
#MilanoCortina2026 #BBCSport

Winter Olympics 2026 closing ceremony - inside.

Winter Olympics 2026 closing ceremony - outside of the amphitheatre in Verona, Italy.

They should give another medal to whoever decided to hold the #ClosingCeremony in this 2,000 year old amphitheatre in #Verona. It’s been a magnificent setting for a brilliant, vibrant event. It also shows you don’t need to hold the ceremony where the sport was happening.
#MilanoCortina2026 #BBCSport

Winter Olympics closing ceremony: water dance.

Winter Olympics closing ceremony: water dance.

#RAI have finally aired the deleted scenes from The War Between The Land And The Sea.

#WinterOympics #MilanoCortina2026 #ClosingCeremony
#BBCSport #TWBTLATS #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea #RussellTDavies

It was SIXTEEN days ago, Clare.
SIXTEEN days since the opening ceremony on Friday 06/02/26.
Not 17.
#ClareBalding got something wrong, people! Put it in your diaries.
Then Zlatan also made the same mistake in the VT. Can no one count at the #IOC or #BBCSport? It’s so weird. #WinterOlympics

Julien Marchand receiving treatment during the France v Italy men’s Six Nations match, Sunday 22/02/26. (1)

Julien Marchand receiving treatment during the France v Italy men’s Six Nations match, Sunday 22/02/26. (2)

I’m not sure what was initially wrong with #JulienMarchand, but he can be confident there are no termites in his head after this treatment.

#FRAITA #SixNations #France #LesBleus #Italy #Italia #ITVSport

On the final day of the #WinterOlympics, we get our first bronze! 🥉 Congratulations to Zoe Atkin, matching her sister’s bronze from 2022.

#TeamGB’s final medal tally:
🥇= 3
🥈= 1
🥉= 1
Total 🇬🇧 medals = 5

#MilanoCortina2026 #TeamGBNI #skiing #freestyle #halfpipe #BBCSport