Andy Howarth

Father. Lover of Arsenal FC and Dundee Utd. I am who I am.

[Andy Howarth @Arsenalnut72]

@thescript @TheScript_Danny @thescript Thank u for an amazing night. #FreedomChildTour

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Two hundred of the thousand acres at Diddly Squat grew nothing at all this year. That was a decision taken in advance, on a spreadsheet. Wheat or barley on that ground was a guaranteed loss before the drill left the shed, so Jeremy Clarkson left it bare and explained why in his Sun column this week.

One line from it went everywhere. Farmers have reached the point where it is quite simply impossible to make money from growing food. Every paper carried that sentence, and every paper stopped there.

The list underneath it did not get printed anywhere.

Because he went on to set out what two hundred acres of good English ground could do instead of feeding anyone, and there were four items on it.

- Rent it to a global agri-company growing crops for anaerobic digesters.
- Cover it in solar panels.
- Put a data centre on it.
- Sell the farm to a Chinese company for a multistorey high-intensity piggery.

Every one of those pays. The only use of that land which reliably loses money is the one that puts food on a British plate. He added that he was not being ridiculous, and that anybody in 1926 would have laughed you out of the room for suggesting the factories would be gone by 2026.

Now the bit with a date on it.

From 1 January 2027 the UK's carbon border tax applies to imported fertiliser. The Treasury's own costings put the take at £140 million in 2027-28, rising to £180 million the year after. Estimates of the hit run from around £33 a tonne to £75, which is a fifth to a quarter added to the largest input bill an arable farm carries. The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers has warned that a typical 500 acre cereals farm could be down as much as £70,000 once fertiliser and fuel costs land.

So the fertiliser that grows the wheat gets taxed on a known date, in writing, by a government that says out loud it wants food security.

Nobody in Whitehall has ever signed a policy to stop Britain growing food. They have signed a great many that make every alternative pay better, which arrives at the same field.

And understand whose field this is. Diddly Squat has a television crew, a farm shop with a queue down the lane, a pub, a lager brand, a bestselling book every autumn and one of the best land agents in the country. It is the most commercially advantaged thousand acres in Britain, and two hundred of them were left bare this year because putting seed in them was the losing move.

Every arable farmer in England is doing that same sum this autumn. Almost none of them have a production company to cover the difference.

Those two hundred acres have not gone out of production. They are waiting to hear which industry wants them more than you do.

[Ballysillan Swifts FC @BSwifts]

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[Andy Howarth @Arsenalnut72]

@BelTel So sorry to hear this. Knew Jim for years. Would never pass you. Absolutely gentleman. RIP

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

You can always rely on Mikel Merino.

[Maddox @Maddox_CFC]

🚨 Arsenal Legend Ian Wright on the Spence–Partey Handshake Incident:

🗣️ “I know a lot of people will disagree with me on this, but I wasn’t comfortable with what happened. Thomas Partey was there representing Ghana, standing in that line as a professional footballer, and I think he deserved the same basic respect that every other player received.

A handshake isn’t an endorsement of someone’s character, it isn’t a verdict, and it certainly isn’t a statement about legal matters. It’s simply a gesture of professionalism before a football match.

What worries me is how quickly people today are willing to make up their minds before processes have run their course. We all have opinions, and everyone is entitled to them, but there is a reason due process exists.

You cannot build a fair society on assumptions. If we start treating accusations as convictions, then we’re moving away from the principles of fairness that we expect in every other walk of life.

Djed Spence has every right to make his own decision, and nobody should force him to do something he doesn’t want to do. But if you’re asking for my view, I would have shaken Thomas Partey’s hand and then focused on the football. That’s what I would expect from any professional player. The game itself should always come first.

I’ve seen people praising the gesture as if it was some great act of courage, and others condemning it completely. For me, the bigger point is that respect has to be applied consistently. You can’t demand fairness for some people and then deny it to others.

Whether you like Thomas Partey or not, whether you support Ghana or not, the principle remains the same: every person deserves to be treated fairly until the facts are established.

Football is becoming too quick to judge and too slow to wait for the truth. That’s not a road I want the game to go down. My belief has always been simple: respect people, let the proper authorities do their work, and don’t turn a football pitch into a courtroom.”

[Ballysillan Swifts FC @BSwifts]

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[Arsenal @Arsenal]

In our hearts forever.

Remembering Kevin Campbell, two years on from his passing ❤️

[Marshall Gillespie @NIStats]

⚽️ 17 year old Gilberto Mora comes on for Mexico, however @NormanWhiteside still remains the youngest player to appear in the Finals of the World Cup aged 1️⃣7️⃣ years and 4️⃣1️⃣ days💚💚

[Mikey Graham / Boyzone @MRMIKEYGRAHAM]

Woe is not me. I’m a quiet private man but when a stupid and cruel excuse of a so called talk show host tries to insult my daughter on live radio about her father you better be ready for backlash from me! You’re no kind of man at all to ask that question to a young girl!

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

Ben White has sent a signed shirt to the company whose burger he ate during the parade, Big Juicy Burgers. 😂 🍔

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

😡 "talkSPORT are a protagonist in why Arsenal are the team to hate!"

😬 "You broadcast to millions of people and you're a catalyst to why people Arsenal!"

This #AFC fans blames talkSPORT's presenters for fuelling the anti-Arsenal agenda amongst football fans! 👀

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

Darren Bent criticises Jason Cundy & Gabby Agbonlahor going "over the top" as Arsenal lost the Champions League final!

[Andy Howarth @Arsenalnut72]

@Katie_McCabe11 Good luck @Katie_McCabe11 but not to much against @ArsenalWFC !

[ᜰ @markklfc]

Emmanuel Petit on Premier League clubs mocking Arsenal after the final defeat:

🗣️ “I have to say, I found it embarrassing.

The second Arsenal lost, some Premier League clubs couldn't wait to jump on social media and remind everyone about their European trophies.

That tells you everything.

Instead of supporting an English club representing the league on the biggest stage in club football, they were busy celebrating Arsenal's pain.

For me, that's not rivalry. That's insecurity.

Arsenal were 90 minutes away from doing something special, and rather than show respect, people were desperately searching through the history books for old trophies to post online.

Why? Because they were terrified of seeing Arsenal join that club.

Let's be honest, some of these clubs spent the entire season watching Arsenal compete at a level they couldn't reach.

The jealousy was obvious.

The moment Arsenal fell short, they treated it like they had won something themselves.

That's the mentality of people who would rather see Arsenal fail than focus on their own success.

The trophy may have slipped away, but the reaction from some rivals showed exactly how much Arsenal still live rent-free in their heads.”

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Today marks seven years since the passing of Jose Antonio Reyes.

Never forgotten ❤️

[Marshall Gillespie @NIStats]

Happy heavenly 8️⃣0️⃣th to the greatest player of all time 💚💚

[adidas Football @adidasfootball]

BUILT TOGETHER. 💪
BELIEVED TOGETHER. ❤️
CHAMPIONS TOGETHER. 🏆

@Arsenal @adidas @adidasUK