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You forgot to mention the Tories - including you - were in charge for 8 of those last 10 years and 14 of the last 16…
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Makes it sound like the police. I presume it’s just an interview. No solicitors necessary?
Kemi Badenoch to be questioned by Laura Kuenssberg, as Tories announce new childcare policy bbc.in/4dPB4XI
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Well Andy, it’s Man City and UAE v every other football fan and right thinking person. Count them votes
So, just to clarify, the UAE are telling the British government that they're only willing to invest in Britain if they are allowed to break any rules they want? The only response should be: Bye bye, UAE.
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“I would be really concerned to lose them.” Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the possibility of Manchester City’s owners selling up. What?! These are owners found guilty of serial breaches of the Premier League rule-book by three judges on an independent commission after a lengthy investigation. Owners who outraged other clubs and countless fans by flouting the rules and inflating sponsorship income with the Disguised Funding Scheme.
Owners who misled auditors and regulators, who threaten to bring this Premier League season – and, potentially, future seasons - to a standstill by their appeal, deny, delay tactics. Owners who are patently not proper custodians of a famous, historic club. Owners who many hope will sell up and ship out after bringing such shame and sham contracts to the game.
So these are astonishing, alarming comments from the PM. “I do actually thank the City Football Group and the wider ownership for the money that they didn't just put into the Etihad and the campus around it but also into the city," Burnham told the BBC’s Chris Mason.
Come on, PM. Read the room. Read the commission’s report. Read the belligerent statements from the Abu Dhabi owners and their chief executive like Ferran Soriano. Rather than thank CFG, perhaps thank the diligence of the Premier League in seeking to enforce its rules and protect the national sport. Perhaps thank the three judges for their pain-staking work in sifting through reams of evidence and coming to their considered conclusion.
Burnham spoke as a politician seemingly with one eye on diplomatic and trade links. He spoke as a former mayor whose city benefited from investment in east Manchester by Abu Dhabi. “They've been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester and obviously the building of Manchester City into the global force that it is.” And how was that building financed?
Burnham spoke as a politician and not the football fan that he truly is. The lifelong Evertonian is usually pretty sound on football matters. He misread the mood of many fans not wanting the possible return of drinking in Premier League stands but that was a rare misstep. This is far worse. This makes him look out of touch with the prevailing mood. He was speaking at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Maybe he should head to Anfield on Sunday week and witness the anger felt towards City.
Burnham did add that he wasn’t getting involved in the process and that City had a right to appeal if they felt harshly treated. But how does the PM’s sympathetic words for controversial owners help the independent football regulator charged by Government with leading the fight against those who risk the credibility of their club, who play fast and loose with the rules and who damage the integrity of the national sport?
How frustrating if Burnham’s words embolden City's owners and Soriano further. Bit of an own goal by No 10.
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Crazy that @Chelsea has conceded more goals than any other Premier League team this season, but 3 of England's back 4 have been sold by them, & all 3 were homegrown.
The BBC is a mess. It’s supposed to be a public service broadcaster. Not chase ratings. Do what others can’t or won’t, not destroy local newspapers. Provide sports bulletins for older people, not just the young. Despite what Ramesh says, it’s getting it all wrong.
NEW: BBC to axe sports bulletins and tell staff they may have to reapply for jobs. Some cuts to staff numbers.
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Let’s hope Burnham listens to Obama on Ai, especially the “If somebody does not have a serious plan for how to deal with this, then they’re not meeting the moment, and you should probably look for somebody else.”
🚨 OBAMA ON AI: "If we are thinking about AI just in terms of how do we cure cancer or get better energy, you can do that without having agentic AI and having it just roaming free in the internet. The reason you are doing that is because you have to market a product that people will pay money for.
That’s a misalignment between what our society needs and the commercial imperatives that these companies are facing, not because necessarily they’re trying to do bad things, but because they’ve got to justify these valuations.
So, that’s one more reason why it is really important for us to have a competent government and a serious bipartisan conversation around this issue, and we have to do it fast. And I would encourage voters to pay attention to this. If somebody does not have a serious plan for how to deal with this, then they’re not meeting the moment, and you should probably look for somebody else."
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Sad news. The Man who invented Predictive Text has died. 🙏
His Funfair is Next Monkey.
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I love that the "AI may destroy all humankind in less than ten years" story is now running fifth in the bulletin
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The hypocrisy is off the charts
This is what an actual witch hunt looks like.
NewsCord - an AI-powered platform that claims to expose media bias - is naming journalists who reported on Jason Arday, suggesting they contributed to his death and encouraging people to report them to Ofcom.
US Against Racism then shared its “analysis” with the chilling question: “Can we put a face to each name now?” One post uses the hashtags #murderers and #bloodonyourhands.
Counting bylines does not prove “hounding”. The circumstances of Arday’s death have not event been made public.
This is not media accountability. It looks like an attempt to intimidate and censor journalists for investigating matters of public interest - and the accusations are potentially defamatory.
After Chelsea spent the last few years shopping at primary school, they’re now raiding old peoples’ homes. It’s not strategy, it’s panic.
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