"It is like living in a communist country" says Nigel Farage. This is really tedious stuff

Burnham urged to ditch ‘dangerous’ UK-US NHS drug deal

Oh god #bhafc fans, this looks regrettable...

There we go. Farage is resigning as an MP to force a by-election in a "people versus the establishment" by-election. My view - this is to pre-empt being forced into it by the standards committee

really going to need the electorate of Clacton to take one for the team and yeet him out of parliament

Farage resigns his seat in Clacton forcing a by election which he ... er plans to stand in. Huge performative cost to the taxpayers to feather his ego. I hope it backfires spectacularly

Two MPs have been murderered in the last 10 years but Nigel Farage claims AGAIN to be the most attacked politician in modern times

God he's such a whining crybaby

🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in...

The level of insight is astonishing

Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.

Belgium’s team celebrated their victory over the US by mocking Trump’s signature double jerk off dance move.

oh no, oh no, sorry everyone, I love this

The sheer, cold finality of a football score. It makes you wonder if we should settle further Euro-USA beefs with a match, it's more efficient than Bluesky. 90 minutes to decide whether you have cream in coffee and if the phrase 'I could care less' makes logical sense.

On Nigel Farage’s announcement that he will make a statement about his future in public life later today, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey said: “I hope it’s that you haven’t got one. “You’ve caused more than enough damage already."

In case anyone was thinking about taking on the task of reforming politics, let’s start with not allowing people who have a history of sexual crimes or misconduct to run for office

Video: the Balogun case has done a few things - got people talking about Fifa issues again - since this affects the pitch, made average fan realise Fifa governance issues - as with ticket prices, ushered in a long-anticipated world of legal challenges youtu.be/heIiITdMBn8?...

Yes we the, 75% all agree!

What good is a developed world if it’s no longer livable? 🏙️❌ ​True development requires humility. Recognizing the fragility of our planet isn't a sign of weakness; it’s the first step toward genuine sustainability. Let's build wiser. #FutureGenerations #Sustainability #EcoFriendly

I don't fully get why people with tons of skeletons in their closet try to get into the public spotlight, beyond some pathology.

The Cape Verde national football team given a heroes' welcome back in Praia after their historic run in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Cape Verde became the smallest nation by population to ever reach the knockout stage of the tournament, all without having a single yellow card rescinded. #worldcup

I mean, this should be an absolute minimum. And they won’t even do it. I hope @london.gov.uk will take action. At least we need legislation to force ebike companies to take responsibility for their product and their customers.

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I've cringed myself into a pretzel

What the hell is this? They should have lost by 30.

“The USA has been outclassed there’s no question about that!” Thank you Belgium 🇧🇪 for teaching the arrogant American cheaters a lesson they won’t forget

haven’t seen America this thoroughly embarrassed on the world stage since we lost that war we started with Iran like 3 weeks ago

So now millions of football fans around the world view the US as cheaters who used political corruption to influence FIFA and we lose anyway. So much winning. When’s the next war?

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

If only there had been some clues

What Trump achieved is remarkable. Having previously been completely indifferent to the US football team, I felt the kind of relief when I saw they'd lost to Belgium as I normally feel when I wake up and see Reform have lost a by-election.

Belgium players mocking the US and Trump's meddling in the World Cup by doing the Trump dance after scoring the 4th goal against the USMNT

“After it ended, the Belgian team’s social media account had a message to the U.S. on Twitter: “Overturn this.” Perfect. #WellPlayed #Belgium

Plus. Cancel fossil fuels Tax big oil bigly. Do the obvious.

Dear Americans, can you imagine how sweet it would be right now to have the excuse that your best player was banned? #WorldCup #USABEL

Fuck off with your countdown. Fuck off with your hydration breaks. Fuck off with your president putting pressure on FIFA. I hope America never have the World Cup again. We are all Belgian tonight.

Nobody has harassed this guy’s family. No Leveson “rules” have been contravened. Captain Pure Cold Rage can’t even handle basic questioning, can he?

I think you’ll find we’re squeaking because what FIFA have done is allow you to cheat. That’s right, you’re cheats. This is cheating. You are cheating if you play Balogun, and the world will not forget how happy you were with being front and centre cheats. Grubby little cheats.

Latest FIFA media release on the Folarin Balogun situation. A clear case of "the governing body doth protest too much."

woof... that's a lot of words which basically say "We can do what we want." and still say nothing about FIFA making those changes based on the desires of the head of state/government of the United States of America and not on sporting merit.

Your mother plays the mouse organ in Hell

The BBC radio news bulletins lead with Reform's defence of Farage's dodgy dealings. Not the dodginess itself. Is that a normal way to report things?

Trump has done such a massive disservice to the US football team and American fans with his intervention. He's essentially politicised the team through tainting them with his corruption. The rest of the world is now rooting for Belgium tonight for political reasons. That's not how sport should be.

It's a good job Nigel Farage didn't fail to declare a ten quid Universal Credit overpayment, because he'd really be in trouble then

Mbappe fires back at the racist Paraguayan senator who said he grew up with chimpanzees

The facade is cracking

Haven't seen anyone else posting this but the Mexican coach shouting on Anthony Gordon and telling him "fuck you!" is amazing.