Well that’s a smart welcome move from UEFA. The Somali ref banned from US (no prizes for guessing why) will ref SuperCup Villa v PSG. European values so much better. We discuss Trumpification of World Cup in latest @restispoliticsus.bsky.social QandA plus mid terms, Armenia elections and more

When Evri say "your estimated delivery date has changed." What they mean is they've lost the parcel.

If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?

When you see a video of yourself near the finish of a race when you thought you were going at a decent pace but realise that you were actually barely moving. That! #running

"Does Root ever look around the dressing room, which he once shared with the likes of Alastair Cook, James Anderson and Stuart Broad, and wonder how he has become the one grown-up left?" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

But of course.

I see that the Southampton rioters are once again proving to be the kind of decent, law-abiding, women-defending, pleasant stout yeomen of the shire we should be paying attention to.

Yes. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

In Britain, a country with a population nearly twice that of California, elections are resolved in under 18 hours with a very low rate of fraud and no gerrymandering

Why is The World At One reading out Rupert Lowe's posts on the Northern Ireland attack, at the start of the bulletin? He leads a party that is polling at about 3%. This is not about "censorship": it's about the choices media outlets make concerning which voices to amplify.

On Nigel Farage urging unions to affiliate with Reform UK, TUC chief Paul Nowak: “Let’s be crystal clear: Reform are no friends of working people. “If they were, they wouldn’t be planning to rip up workers’ rights like day one sick pay and protection from fire & rehire and zero-hours contracts."

Trump's World Cup contiues to go well. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The pretence that you are holding some balanced discussion about UK race relations while platforming racists & their hateful divisive politics makes the BBC’s op ed slightly more vomit inducing than Reform . That’s quite an accomplishment .

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

Isn't Hegseth's official title now Secretary of War? If so why are BBC News normalising him by calling him Defense Secretary?

Apart from the dangerous, possibly deliberate, ignorance of the established facts, this hideous narrative also offers support of sorts to the shithead who committed the murder.

I’m not an expert on counter-terrorism but I feel like there’s an obvious reason why the intelligence services may be interested in having a diverse workforce.

Reform UK deletes posts attacking Andy Burnham after legal threat www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

“I’m middle class, right-wing and literally *paid money* to tell people about my lived experience. Does my ‘lived experience’ not count?”

The cognitive dissonance of BBC reporting. Incredible to follow the first sentence with the second. Well done @bbclaurak.bsky.social on putting out this bad faith ‘reporting’. You must be so proud.

Englishness is not about skin colour, it's about being outraged at the emergence of single-file queues in pubs.

It has been a consistent theme that “of course AI is going to change anything” but nobody can effectively show this in a widespread use case. Yes, AI can do some incredible stuff, but it is not the game changer it’s made out to be for all employment

you don't knit a crochet thing, you shitwits (this is from The Times)

All about the framing. Same people who were losing their minds about Starmer's *declared* small donations, screeching "WHAT INFLUENCE WAS LABOUR PEER BUYING IN EXCHANGE FOR A SUIT AND SOME EYEGLASSES???", now present Farage accepting millions of dodgy foreign crypto like some sort of achievement.

To be fair it's also entirely devoid of Gods, Sirens, a Cyclops and Trojans. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

Every day I look at the UK political and media scene. Examine what the polls say the electorate think about it and come to the conclusions that I've wasted my working life and we're going to hell in a handcart.

The violent chaos in Southampton, sparked by the murder of Henry Nowak, was all over social media. That’s because most of the rioters were hoping for one thing above all – to make money out of it ✏️ Matt Muir

The Scottish public saw Peter Murrell's crimes and decided they wanted more

Can anyone else remember UKIP’s position on whether Jo Cox’s murder was a proper matter for politicians to debate in the context of the Brexit referendum?

The absurdity of contrived BBC 'balance' on full display here. Apparently choosing not to politicise a tragic murder is somehow the same as choosing to do so.

Farage wants to start riots to distract from his £5m gift. Trump starts wars to distract from his Epstein involvement. Farage is just a Division 3 Trump.

When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

“White lives matter too” is a straw man so vertiginous that not only can it be seen from space, its head is up there knocking satellites from orbit. I have never seen anyone suggest that white lives don’t matter. I wish I could say the same about black lives.

"I wonder why the birthrate briefly increased slightly in 2021, 9 months after everyone was forced to stay home with nothing to do, then dipped again as the public mood soured? The only possible explanation is immigrants."

Would we say the same about the far-right figures banned last month? Or Kanye the month before? In general keeping out extremists who back proscribed organisations is a good thing.

Dear Labour people who are, or want to be PM. You can't out Farage Reform. Stop trying and have a go at appealing to the people who might actually vote for you.

Following an Uber delivery heading to me. It's taking the most ridiculous route!

Absolutely this.

Don't think I've ever felt sympathy for a Liverpool manager before but "Slot deserved so much better than the vitriolic personal abuse that subsequently flowed down the sewage pipe of social media from many Liverpool supporters" www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Worthless at €1,370,000 a year!!! Yes I know it's more complicated than than but... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

We're about to get a load of new initiatives to improve youth employment. The one that won't work and has the disadvantage of being immoral is to pay them bugger all.

Oh God! I've just seen a advert, World Cup related, in which Jürgen Klopp advertises Budweiser! Someone should strip him of German citizenship.

I'm sure all the vaccine "hesitant" will refuse it. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Liverpool look like a club were players, or even ex players, are in charge not the manager.

Anyone surprised?

Anytime I need a reminder of student politics as applied by the Greens the Guardian will oblige. I feel 18 again www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A step up from 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bonkers #running www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...