David

[Chris Webb @Chris_Webb1]

Before #FIFA start pumping the propaganda tonight and telling us all how amazing this #WorldCup has been, let’s remember they oversaw:

- highest ticket prices ever and took a cut from resale sites.

- did nothing about Somalian referee and dozens of staff who were banned from entering the US for no legitimate reason.

- stood by as Iran were forced to train outside the US and travel in on match days.

- overturned red cards after phone calls with the president.

- Americanised the beautiful game with hydration (TV) breaks and 25 mins half time in the final

- guided Argentina through the tournament with less travel, VAR support and blatantly turning a blind due to their aggression and foul play.

[Falkland Islands @falklands_utd]

What is it with Argentinians and white flags?

[A☝🏻 @whualfie_]

In another life… 🕊️

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

I genuinely can’t recall a game of this magnitude where a coach has cost his team in this way. Extraordinary and damaging for Tuchel.

[Josh Hunt @iAmJoshHunt]

I still don’t think many people have clocked how massive this story actually is.

Thames Water is carrying £19.8bn of debt, up 2 billion in a single year, and it will run out of money before Christmas.

£19.8bn against 16 million people who cannot switch, can’t leave, and cannot stop drinking water.

That’s about £1,240 per head. 5 grand for a family of four. In some way, shape, or form, they’re on the hook for it.

That’s the part that I don’t think has landed yet. This isn’t a story about sewage in the Thames, or bonuses, or another regulator caught asleep. The actual event is 30 years of a monopoly being used as collateral by people who knew its customers could never walk away. The bill has now come due… and it’s a big one.

The pipes and the infrastructure were never the real asset. The 16 million captive water drinkers were.

What’s going to really sting is the fact there’s only two ways this gets settled. Your bill goes up, substantially, or your taxes do. Most likely both, and it’ll be on a schedule designed in a way so you don’t notice the hit, in an attempt to suppress the rage you should rightly be feeling.

And before anyone tells me the creditors are taking a 30% haircut, look at what they’ve asked for in return. Fines waived until 2030. Pollution targets “significantly modified.” Bills raised above what the regulator allows. That isn’t exactly them eating the loss now, is it. That’s them buying a regulatory holiday, on debt most of them bought at distressed prices.

Nobody voted for this, nobody borrowed it, and nobody saw the benefit of it. The debt was loaded onto a captive customer base over 30 years and paid out to shareholders who have long since gone.

16 million people are about to find out that they co-signed something they were completely unaware of.

Now, this is what should worry us all. Thames isn’t a rogue outlier, it’s just the first one to fully hit the wall. English water carries north of £60bn of debt. Southern is already junk rated, needed a £1.2bn rescue from its shareholders, and its customers are looking at a 48% bill rise this decade before you count what the CMA added on top. Every one of these companies borrowed heavily when money was free and now have to refinance it all in a world where it isn’t, while being told to spend billions on infrastructure they left rotting for 30 years. Thames is just the first and most visible of what will likely end up being a line of dominoes.

Maybe Burnham nationalises Thames Water. But ask yourself… how many more will need to be nationalised? And who do you think pays for that?

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Thames Water is due to run out of money by the end of the year, as it remains in discussions with creditors, regulators and government to recapitalise the business.

Its annual results revealed it's £18.5bn in debt

[England @England]

Some mornings just feel different.
This is one of them 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Really exciting to have two World Cup semi-final matches where both matches are played by neighbouring countries.

🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇦🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Stokeman🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @anglopjdst]

EEEEEEEEENNNNNNNGGGGGLLLAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDD

[💎 @TJayyyy_1]

The Inbetweeners is top 3 most impactful shows to air in the UK

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

🇲🇽 "Haaas anyone seen Mexico?!"

⛰️ "You're an absolute fraud altitude!"

Jason Cundy loved this edition of "haaas anyone seen!"

[Billie @Billie_T]

Aura

[ben @benhatesnufc]

Good morning to everyone who’s English (yes this is the morning now) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[James Allcott @jamesallcott]

Dan Burn btw. The Great Wall of Blyth 👏🏻

[Mike Bassett @mike__bassett]

We’re better than the Mexicans!!!!!!

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

What an incredible clip… 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[The Away Fans @theawayfans]

Harry Kane and Peter Crouch at the side of the pitch after tonight’s famous win.

Love that! 🥹❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Tom @TomJubb1867]

Wonderwall in their own fucking backyard.. I think I’m believing

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Absolutely bang on the money from Ian Wright.

[Callum Lyon @CallumLyon]

A £50k a year salarary in 1990 would be around £150k in today's money.

A £50k salary in 2026 would be around £17k in 1990.

Tell us again how we have it easy?