@Keir_Starmer HS2 has cost up to £102.7bn. Not one mile runs through Wales. Westminster labels it an "England and Wales" project so it does not have to pay Wales up to £5bn it is owed. Scotland and Northern Ireland get their share. Wales doesn't.
Arsenal have set the record for the lowest possession percentage for a team playing in a Champions League final (since records began in 2003-04).
The previous lowest record was also Arsenal, set in the 2006 Champions League final, which they played 72 minutes with 10 men.
No shots on goal for two hours after the fifth minute, averaged about two passes a minute, one of the most shameful cowardly performances ever seen in a Champions League final. Played for penalties and got what they deserved.
i cant believe that the pundits aren’t slating arteta, 22% possession and 1 shot on target is diabolical 😂 u cant blame the players for missing the penalties when the manager never even went for the game 😭😭
£35,000 a year in the UK in 2026 puts you in the lower class.
15 years ago it was a comfortable graduate salary that bought you a decent flat, a few holidays a year, a savings habit, and the realistic prospect of a house.
Today it gives you take-home of about £2,200 a month. Rent on a one-bed in any city worth living in starts at £1,200. Council tax £170. Energy and bills £300. Food £400. Travel £200. That's £2,270, before you've bought a single thing for pleasure.
You're behind on day one of every month.
The wage hasn't moved much in real terms in 15 years. The cost of everything around it has roughly doubled.
Every wage bracket has shifted up by one rung — the £35K that put you firmly in the middle class 15 years ago barely keeps you afloat now, and the salaries that used to count as struggling are quietly slipping into poverty.
The official conversation hasn't caught up.
Anyone calling this an 'economy that works for ordinary people' isn't talking to many ordinary people.
Did parents really used to let their kids disappear around the neighborhood all day with no phone, no texting, nothing… and just say “be home before dark” ?? 😭
@THATBOYMMAGURU It's the type of money within reason that they should be getting paid. Blows my mind how people stay with the UFC when they are paid sooooo bad.
@ufc@danawhite@paramountplus I have to be honest I didn't think we would ever see Conor back in the UFC. I really hope he can make it through fight camp and not get injured