LFC, Lytham & wannabe fit bloke
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Chris Thomas retweeted
If a white person born in Australia can be Australian without Aboriginal ancestry, and a white person born in America can be American without Native American ancestry, why can't a Black person born in England be English without Anglo-Saxon ancestry?
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This platform has removed the offending tweet already (I think) but I'm going to leave this screen grab here simply to highlight the regular crap some of us have to endure for doing our jobs
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This is low, even by the standards of the UK Football policing unit, casually linking the Taylor report post Hillsborough and football tragedies to changes in the law on drinking at matches
Drinking in view of the pitch didn’t cause deaths or injuries - policing failures did
Chris Thomas retweeted
This morning, I asked the Cabinet Office if last December’s IOPC findings into Norman Bettison’s conduct in relation to Hillsborough and its aftermath are being considered by the Honours Forfeiture Committee.
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Nigel Farage and other senior members of Reform UK have been filmed by undercover reporters celebrating secret new foreign donations.
Channel 4 News and @Verbatim_Media, a group of investigative journalists, can today reveal a plot to break the law on party funding at the highest levels of Reform UK.
You can watch the full investigation here: youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
Channel 4 News approached Reform UK, Mr Farage, Mr Jukes and Mr Orr for comment on the findings of this investigation. They did not comment but we understand they deny the allegations in full.
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10 BILLION FFS
Any chance of a single bloody consequence?!
Or no, because…posh, rich dudes?
Boris Johnson’s govt wasted £10bn of public PPE during the coronavirus pandemic, official inquiry concludes.
Covid-19 inquiry chair, Heather Hallett, also criticised then Conservative govt's controversial “VIP lane” which gave high priority for PPE contracts to firms with political links to the Tories.
Full story by @david_conn
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Chris Thomas retweeted
The number 96 has been tattooed on my wrist since 2015.
It reminds me every day that I was one of the lucky ones who came home from Hillsborough.
Today, standing in Parliament to speak as the Hillsborough Law passed was one of the proudest and most emotional moments of my life.
For the 97. For their families. For every campaigner who never gave up.
This is your legacy.
#HillsboroughLaw
#JFT97
Chris Thomas retweeted
Over the years, FIFA has suspended the likes of Nigeria, Kuwait, Indonesia, Pakistan, Congo, Sierra Leone, and Guatemala over government interference in football.
But the US president ringing up to get an on-field decision overturned?
Absolutely fine. Nothing to see here.
Chris Thomas retweeted
Seriously @X what are you doing about these bot adverts. Or is it a deliberate ploy to make us pay for no adverts? 🤡
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I'm staggered at how many rightwing pundits attack free breakfasts for poor kids but defend charitable status for Eton and Harrow
Chris Thomas retweeted
Age 18 to 39? This is an important warning. Lifetime ISAs can give you £1,000/yr, but they’re to be replaced. Open one with £1 before that and you can keep the facility.
FULL info in the new ‘Huge ISA & Lifetime ISA changes’ Martin Lewis podcast via bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nv5n… BBC Sounds, Apple, Spotify & all usual pod players.
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In 2023, Indonesia were stripped of the under-20 World Cup for refusing to allow the Israeli team entry.
Fifa's justification then was the vague "due to the current circumstances".
Quite a contrast to the hardline "FIFA is not involved in host immigration processes" now.
Chris Thomas retweeted
Paywalled UCL final: Joint statement from Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer, fan groups and the FSA.
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Failure to suspend Israel from Eurovision, as it continues to commit genocide in Gaza, unlawful occupation and apartheid against Palestinians, is an act of cowardice and double standards. #HumanityMustWin
Read more: amn.st/6016BBSR1u
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On this day 41 years ago, 54 Bradford City supporters and two Lincoln City supporters went to a football match and never returned home.
We will never forget those who sadly lost their lives, and as always, our thoughts are with their families and the hundreds still affected by the disaster to this day.
Always in our hearts. 🎗️
#BCAFC
