John Chadderton

Immigrant Brit, hiding in Melbourne Australia. Archaeologist. Likes history, Manchester City, the Richmond Tigers, and toy soldiers. Bunurong country.

[City Chief @City_Chief]

Rodri won 11 duels by himself.

France’s entire midfield won 9.

That’s not dominance… that’s complete control. 🎯🇪🇸👑

[City Chief @City_Chief]

John Stones: 2 World Cup semi-finals and 2 European Championship finals. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England’s greatest centre-back since Bobby Moore.

He now sits above John Terry, Rio Ferdinand and Sol Campbell in an England shirt.

A generational defender who deserves far more respect. 👏💙

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

The Sanewashing of Hanson Is at Its Peak.
This is how Trump came to power: platform the lies, skip the follow-up, let the headlines call it “proving her critics wrong.”
We are all watching it happen in real time.
At the National Press Club, Pauline Hanson said the following. Not one claim was challenged by the so called journalists in attendance and she continues to be unchallenged on the facts in every interview she sits.
-1. Unlike the Prime Minister, I welcome scrutiny.” Hypocritical. In the same speech she announced she refuses ABC interviews, will scrap the SBS, & will make the ABC subscription-only. The event allowed 2 hours; standard format gives 25–30 mins for the address. She spoke for 50-halving the time left for questions. When Guardian journalist Sarah Martin used that remaining time to ask about her daughter's $150,000 taxpayer-funded advisor role, Hanson called her “a trashy journalist” and banned her from all future press conferences.
• “Babies are aborted the day before birth.” Fabricated. Late-term abortion is highly restricted, requires medical approval, and occurs only in genuine medical emergencies.
• “Interest rates are heading towards 10%.” False. RBA cash rate: 4.35%. Forecast to fall, not rise.
• “There’s no gender pay gap — just women taking time off.” False. WGEA confirms the gap exists at equal hours, equal roles, regardless of career breaks.
• “$30B a year on Indigenous programs.” False. Only 18% (~$5.6B) is Indigenous-specific. The rest is the Indigenous share of mainstream services every Australian uses.
• Transgender people were compared to “militant Islam.” False and dangerous. ABS data: transgender and gender-diverse Australians make up 1% of the pop’n. There’s no body of research showing transgender ppl commit crime at elevated rates-in fact it shows transgender people are dramatically more likely to be victims of violence— assault, sexual violence, and homicide rates against trans people are well above general population rates in most studies (US, UK, and Aust data all show this pattern)
• “23% of Australians can’t speak English.” False. That 23% speak another language at home — most are bilingual. Limited English proficiency: just 3.2%.
• “The CEFC has had $200 billion.” False by a factor of six. Actual legislated capacity: $33 billion.
• “I care about the homeless and hungry.” Hypocritical. In the same speech, she backed cuts to Indigenous-specific funding — despite Aboriginal homelessness running up to 10 times higher than the non-Indigenous rate.
• $90 billion in cuts, no plan. ~$35 billion of it remains unaccounted for. No modelling.
• “I support worker rights.” False. Voted against minimum wage increases, penalty rates, criminalising wage theft, casual conversion rights, same job same pay, and the right to disconnect. Took a $100,000 pay rise while voting against a tax break for low-paid workers
• Called Australian workers “lazy.” She has attended just 12% of Senate estimates since 2016 & 53% of parliamentary votes. Paid over $200k a year
• Labor have let immigration get out of control.” False. Net overseas migration has fallen every year since the post-COVID peak in 2022-23 — 538,000 → 446,000 → 306,000 in 2024-25. She also recycled a 26-year-old ABS pop’n projection as a fresh “next 50 years” forecast

Said: This beautiful country belongs to all Australians born here and those who have joined us”- in her opening line; then spent the next 50 minutes demanding a monocultural society, comparing transgender Australians to militant Islam, inflating migration and language figures, denying the gender pay gap, and repeating the debunked $30 billion Indigenous funding myth. Welcomed everyone in the first sentence. Spent the rest of the speech defining most of them out — and offered no plan to fix anything she raised, only $90 billion in cuts.
Not one follow-up question. No source data on a single figure in the entire speech. This is what unchallenged looks like.
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[Ross Ahlfeld @BremenBod]

Another win for Brexit. Denby Pottery gone without any state intervention.

We have a beautiful Denby set we got as a Wedding gift which we still use (Pictured)but the global free market cares little for tradition, history or local producers.
This would never happen in Europe

[Cat @catdeans]

This is awful. The last ever Denby Pottery going to the kiln. Why is there not uproar? Where’s the government in this?? We all have Denby in our homes, in family heirlooms, as our history and now it’s closing through lack of support, such a sad sad day. #SaveDenby @denbypottery

[John Chadderton @BadChadders61]

@leachitup Him and Danger. Shocking snipers.

[John Chadderton @BadChadders61]

@thegingerwig Ha Ha! I fondly remember that Stephen Jordan tackle on the Prancing Pony. Barely a peep out of Ronaldo for the rest of the game after that 🤣🩵

[Akio Fernandes @BlueWolf_09]

I don’t think people truly comprehend how massive this is! 117 goals in 136 games, City’s all-time top scorer, 3rd highest in WSL history, 3x consecutive Golden Boot winner and the reigning FWA Footballer of the Year and she just shut down months of contract rumours and exit talks by announcing a FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION tonight! 😭🫡

The best in the business is staying home. THANK YOU @ManCity 🩵🐰🇯🇲

[Emily Brobyn @kippaxgirlemily]

Pep Guardiola takes his final bow at the Co-op Live arena

[Ilkay Gündogan @IlkayGuendogan]

Pep - what can I say? Where do I start? ✍️🩵

It’s difficult to truly describe the impact Pep has had - not only on Manchester City as a football club, but on everything around it as well. The trophies and achievements speak for themselves. But what made him special was always much bigger than winning.

For me personally, he was never just a manager. He was a mentor, a leader and also a friend.

From the very first day we worked together, he challenged me to see football differently. Every detail mattered. Every meter on the pitch had a purpose. There were moments when his intensity pushed all of us to our limits mentally and physically - but looking back, that obsession with perfection is exactly what made his teams so extraordinary.

What many people don’t see from the outside is the human side of Pep. Beyond football, he is incredibly humble, thoughtful and someone who genuinely cares about the people around him.

Over the years, I was lucky enough to experience that side of him very closely. He made me a better player, but also a better person.

When I look back on my career one day, my time working with Pep will always be one of the defining chapters of my journey.

ManCity without Pep will never be the same again. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me, my family, the football club, the community and Manchester as a whole. 🩵

Looking forward to seeing you at the game on Sunday! @PepTeam 🙏

[Oasis World Fan Page @oasisworld_]

NOEL GALLAGHER ISSUES WARNING TO MANCHESTER CITY FANS OVER FUTURE:

"If I know Pep at all, I would expect him to go after the World Cup with somebody, I think that would drive him.

It's the only thing he's not won, he's done everything in the game, changed the game, changed the way people perceive the game.

I can see him lifting the World Cup, I could see him being England manager.

We're never going to see the likes of Guardiola again.And it's not just a sad day for Man City fans, it's a sad day for the Premier League because he was box office, he was a superstar.

I think it's time for the club to reset and it's time for the fans to reset and take a deep breath and go again. We are now going to go into a period of where it's not guaranteed that we're going to even finish in the top four. So get used to it [City fans], now we'll see how much of a City fan you are."

[The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megportal]

Hands Well: Tissington in Derbyshire is known as the mother place of well dressing and visitors come from all over the world to witness the annual well dressing ceremony.

[Tour de France™ @LeTour]

🥳 Happy birthday to the most successful stage winner in the history of the Tour de France, Sir @MarkCavendish!

🥳 Joyeux anniversaire au plus grand vainqueur d'étapes de l'histoire du Tour de France, Sir @MarkCavendish !

[John Chadderton @BadChadders61]

@Tigers_of_Old Should be a law against that.

[archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71]

Top of the Pops (17th May 1979). XTC are at number 54 with their first charting single Life Begins At The Hop. It wouldn't go any further, but their next (Making Plans For Nigel) would crack the Top 20.

[John Chadderton @BadChadders61]

@Richmond_TT Grimly searching for a positive, but I wonder if this could be the foundational moment for this playing group, as they bond within the adversity - and claw their way back?

[John Chadderton @BadChadders61]

@TimAnderso51193 @jodymcintyre_ Er - he's still alive.

[John Chadderton @BadChadders61]

@project4_4 A Circle too far?

[John Chadderton @BadChadders61]

@tanita_tikaram Late one night, I was sat in a hotel bar in the Isle of Man, with some historical reenactors, raucously working our way through some English folk music classics, when Andy Kershaw walked in off the street, attracted by the singing. Hung out with us for a while. Lovely bloke.

[Tony Pollard @ProfTonyPollard]

Retirement plans begin to come together. YouTube channel devoted to archaeology of conflict related topics. First up is a short take on Culloden. A longer video will debut tomorrow on 280th anniversary of the battle. Welcome to The Wars Beneath Our Feet! https://t.co/jNFcPYuINi