As has been said by everyone, we really have missed our young full backs especially offensively, everything just ticks that much better which isn't a dig at Burn playing out position or an aging Trips, it's just so obvious. Both Tino and Hall can and will get injured so back ups needed long term.

“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.” It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Chris Mason: "Why Farage's former leader in Wales being exposed as working for Russia is bad news for Keir Starmer"

Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time | Peter Morris

Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

It never stops. The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies. “In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.” They make damn sure they get what they want. We get screwed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK Covid-19 Inquiry says govt response to the pandemic in March 2020 was "too little, too late" Imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in England In 2016 govt knew the NHS couldn't cope with a flu epidemic but had no plan. What did austerity do?

So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh. That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media. Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.

Aka “British state no longer competent to perform basic functions of governance, so will begin stripping citizens of their rights to try to disguise this”

Peter Silverstone is heading for the exits. The #NUFC CCO isn’t the first to depart since the appointment of David Hopkinson as CEO and May not be the last. But was he a success? Andy Trobe provides an end of term review - get the facts here - tf1892.substack.com/p/silverston...

This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it. He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k. He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax. His own council is suing him.

Sometimes, a front page can sum up quite a lot that’s wrong with the world. Including the paper itself which has been so complicit in getting us to a place where children born to refugees could be deported, Trump celebrates despotic wealth and Boris Johnson’s sister moans about not being rich. Ugh.

I’m sure the rightwing lady is making content out of this and it’s genuinely such a good tactic by Kat here to just be like uh huh, yes keep explaining it, no I don’t want it, it seems very weird and sad, please keep going on though, explain it all, explain how normal this is”

~ timeline cleanse ~

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

I've been apologised to that many times in the last hour of waiting to talk to someone at the doctors on the phone that I'm starting to feel guilty and apologetic myself now.

Private Equity Curse. PE firms taking millions in profits from care sector each yr, over a third are in tax havens £256m profit in three England regions, £45m in dividends, £33.6m paid in interest mostly to affiliates in tax havens. Less spent on care. Yet govts handing NHS to PE.

Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people. How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?

This is how I would die but at least I'd die laughing.

The BBC is the biggest thump of soft power the UK has and its reach and influence to the benefit of the country is extraordinary. Destroy it, hugely damage the UK. The same people who helped weaken us over Brexit are seeking to do it again.

Imagine hating Newcastle United so much you want to hound out your lass manager for losing to NUFC? I mean, wtaf? 😁

This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win

Dear Mahmood/Labour, Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X. Yours The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK

Someone should do these graphs with UK & Thatcher

🇦🇷 La Bombonera for el superclásico on Sunday evening! Unbeatable.

🇦🇷 Last night Boca Juniors hosted River Plate at La Bombonera in the superclásico and la hinchada, the fans, went old school with homemade ticker-tape, small pieces of pre-ripped paper sent around in plastic bags before KO 🥹 🎥 /luc4s.hern4n (Insta)

So many links between Newcastle United, Tyneside and Northern Ireland but here Martin Scott and pals take a trip to Belfast to experience the city’s rich football heritage - a lovely Saturday morning read - Ulster Fry not compulsory (tho recommended) - tf1892.substack.com/p/a-football...

Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.

They offered their lease of St. James' Park to East End. And on 9th December 1892 at a Bath Lane Hall Directors' meeting, in a bid to attract bigger crowds, East End became Newcastle United and the rest is history. #NUFC

They later changed their name to Newcastle East End to avoid confusion with Stanley in County Durham in October 1882. It then became apparent that the city was not big enough for two football clubs and, as West End’s struggles continued to the brink of collapse in the 1891-92 season. #NUFC

🗓️ #OnThisDay in 1881 ⏮️ Stanley Cricket Club formed a Football XI in Byker that would become the forerunners to our beloved Football Club, #NewcastleUnited. #NUFC #NUFCFans #NUFCNews #newcastle #fyp #football #footballnews #premierleague #history #historyfacts

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Happy birthday sausage fingers 👑 @barneyfarmer.bsky.social

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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC

Newcastle upon Tyne, c.1823, painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851 (Tate).

The duchies charge hospitals, charities, the UK armed forces and others, colossal amounts for the rent of land and they pay zero tax on the profits they earn. We need the end this corrupt parasitic institution ASAP. #endthemonarchy youtu.be/mheb3md2-dk

Somebody (@thisdave.bsky.social) has given me an idea, if there's any budding artists out there or graphic gurus, could you show a pic of the scene of our second goal at Wembley but edit out an unnamed individual and replace him with Jackie Milburn who also scored in Wembley finals for us? 😁👍#NUFC

Dai Davies does a deep dive into our PL results dropping off a cliff - very good read without any hysteria - you’ll like it - #NUFC tf1892.substack.com/p/trouble-in...

Really encourage everyone to read this. All of it

The rebellion was led by the politically-appointed members of the board. observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...

Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

1945 the British made sure that Germanys public broadcasting system would never be taken over by an authoritarian leader again by creating a complicated federal system. They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable. This needs to change now.

There are good Panini stickers. And then there are fucking GREAT Panini stickers.

Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year. PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu. Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged. Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?

'Patriotic' TV 'news' channel that pays Farage among many other far-right loons calls for foreign interference in the affairs of Great Britain. No doubt the intelligence services will be all over this. /bitter laughter/

Is this the biggest crisis since the takeover? What’s the context and explanation for the drop off in PL results and away form? My half baked explanation in this week’s blog - ra for reading #NUFC tf1892.substack.com/p/thru-black...