Daniel Whitfield

Democrat, supports reform of U.K. politics & electoral system (PR please), close economic relations with EU. Pragmatic, hates deluded radicals left & right.

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@WildGCTweets @PolitlcsUK Far too sensible for this Govt

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@PolitlcsUK There’s a compelling social & economic case to sack this Govt with immediate effect & call a GE now. Honestly these cretins are going to bankrupt the country with their high tax, high benefits plans.

[Kathryn Porter @KathrynPorter26]

Here we go again...

Another margin warning for the GB grid for tomorrow. Low wind and hot weather along with reduced imports from Europe leading to tight margins on the GB system

1200 MW shortfall projected from 18:30 to 22:30

Update expected at 9:30am tomorrow

This is now the THIRD day of tight margin warnings this summer (plus 23 June when there should have been one but wasn't)

Before this year there had never been a summer margin warning

So why now? Because our reliance on both wind and imports is growing. Then when it's not windy we're in trouble, particularly if it's also not windy in Europe where most countries we're connected with also rely on wind. They don't have the spare electricity themselves to sell to us

This is only going to get worse. Although the temperatures we're seeing now are unusual, the actual weather isn't

High pressure weather systems with lots of sun but little wind are common both in summer when they cause high temperatures and winter when they bring the coldest temperatures

Clearly we're struggling to manage

Reliance on wind is not energy security
Reliance on imports is not energy security

We need sensible energy policies and to stop gambling on the weather and praying other countries can bail us out

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[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@mclean349a @Burt0nJR After the QFs yes so if you pick up a yellow in the SF it won’t stop you playing in the final. They will miss the SF though if any of them pick up a yellow v Norway - Guehi, Bellingham, Rice, O’Reilly

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@NewkysWorld @utdcynical Maybe both!

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@TGAX49 @Burt0nJR @ben_pring No Kane got a yellow last match, Rice also on a yellow after 🇲🇽 game

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@theMadridZone Yet Balogun had his suspension deferred despite it being a straight red! This is a good example of the problems that spring up when FIFA bend their own rules due to political pressure.

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@ShiellB1 @DavidTirsing01 @UnitedRo4d @henrywinter There was on Salah but it was in the penalty area so wasn’t deemed significant enough for a penalty.

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@Toxel05 @evanharrison01 @footyinsider247 Haaland has 7 goals v Kanes 6 currently but Kane leads 1-0 on assists. Kane the better penalty taker also? Tbf both are fantastic players so can’t go far wrong with either pick

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@Toxel05 @evanharrison01 @footyinsider247 Not sure, Kane is as good a finisher and his passing/distribution is better than Haaland. Ideally play both but if forced to pick one I’d go for Kane

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@long_shot_45 @Carra23 @FIFAcom @USMNT So can we get Quansa’s red card suspended also so he can play Saturday? Also what if a player picks up a 2nd yellow in the QF suspended for SF? How can that lead to a worse punishment than a straight red?

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@Kevin_Kinkead It has happened numerous times, Beckham for one in 98, sent off due to a cheating Argie, we ended up losing that game and going out as a result. Rooney in 2006 v Portugal etc

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@FabrizioRomano Great 👍 cheerio cheats!

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@EwenDCameron He didn’t swing his elbow he shrugged the player off him, who then faked being struck in the face, albeit he only remembered to fake a response a few seconds later!

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@The162er @djmclark @ellencarmichael Maybe it should but the way not to do it is for your President to use his power & relationship with Infantino to drive the change.

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@tboz37 @SDfree13 @thecyrusjanssen The rules are clear, the US broke them

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

From speaking to a few legal people etc re Balogun, there's a consensus that:

10.5 is clear - cards are issued by the referee. They are not "disciplinary measures" so 12.7 should not apply

The object of the FIFA disciplinary code it is to do with infringement of rules, not on-field offences

9.1 says decisions are final and may not be reviewed by the FIFA judicial bodies

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@ThatGuySimon84 @SamENole He’s not even really their striker, he’s Nigerian or British, the US only got a look in as he was accidentally born there despite his parents living in London, and so got US citizenship, a rule Trump wants to remove as it’s a bit of a nonsense.

[Daniel Whitfield @DanWhitf13]

@JeremyTColes @HendrickD82 @RichardMotzkin @ussoccer It wasn’t an obvious error though, harsh yes definitely & probably shouldn’t have been a red card but not an obvious error as per example given.