Nicola Dundas

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Go on!!!! - leave Little Musk clinging to the wreckage today.

[Nicola Dundas @HistoricalMe99]

I think its time to float away to @Bluesky.
As the great philosopher Doug Hastings once said "we lived our lives in fear". #strictlyballroom
Not us.

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Thanks for the last 5 years and 1 month.
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[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

I suspect this won't be the last such de-defection....

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Remember in 2017 when a woman was pushed into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge by a jogger?

Well, a 44-year-old multimillionaire private banker with ties to the Royal Family and a former British Army officer has been arrested on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"It's not a ceasefire, it's not a deal, it's a capitulation. It's Trump saying, 'I cannot go any further'.”

"What has he achieved except for reminding Iran of the world-changing power they have in the Strait of Hormuz?"

@maitlis | @jonsopel

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

He’s such a petulant f’ng baby.
If my name can’t be on Kennedy’s memorial, neither can his.
What a sick fuck.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

A) This a properly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by BBC & @hopenothate. Huge kudos to all involved.

B) The Kremlin operative who BBC names as directing arson attacks against Keir Starmer was taught his tradecraft by…drumroll…Sergei Nalobin !!! Pictured here with Boris Johnson. Also: the star of our podcast series, Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring! Wtaf

[Craig Jones @Craig_J_85]

What I want after this world cup is over.

1. USA to NEVER host a World Cup.
2. Infantino to be booted out.
3. Hydration Breaks to never occur when temperatures are at a certain level.
4. Ticket prices to be capped at a reasonable amount.
5. USA to NEVER host a World Cup.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

This is the year when the game of two halves became the game of four quarters. And the greatest sport and event was damaged for fistfuls of dollars. Hydration breaks ruin the game’s flow and frustrates fans and viewers. If hydration breaks were solely about player welfare then they would be linked to the temperature in the stadia. It’s a nonsense having a three-minute break in an air-conditioned arena.

Fifa should long ago have established a working party of coaches, sports scientists, national team doctors and Fifpro to agree a set temperature at kickoff, say 25C, which triggers the breaks. That would prove the breaks were for player welfare. At the moment, and to nobody’s surprise, it is widely accepted that these breaks are for US TV to accommodate commercials. Big bucks for the small screen.

Fifa should have thought more about the effect on games and to fan (and viewer) experience when negotiating. Coaches’ desire for a mid-half tactical time-out masquerading as a drinks stop should be resisted anyway. Games have been played for 150 years without needing such intervention. Coaches can shout instructions. And who says that 22 mins and 67 mins is when a coach needs to intervene anyway. It’s nonsense. It’s about money.

Respected and sane footballing voices from Virgil van Dijk to Mauricio Pochettino have spoken out against the breaks. Fifa should listen to them not appear only to listen to the rustle of dollar bills. It’s important that there is resistance to this from all over. Because if we tolerate this, our TV games could be next. BBC can’t do ads, ITV says it won’t follow its US counterparts. But it has been discussed by TV people. It’ll come one day. #FIFAWorldCup.

[Kieran Jennings @KieranJ_1979]

How this World Cup has been allowed to become a game of 4 quarters so host broadcasters can sell advertising just shows how weak FIFA is. Changing the game completely

[Robert @Eintrachtrob]

The World Cup is completely unwatchable with the FIFA ad breaks designed as "hydration breaks".

Infantino has to be removed as FIFA president.

It's a total farce.

[Nell Minow (she/her) @nminow]

Aw, someone’s feelings are hurt and he doesn’t want us to see where his name came down.
@kencen

[John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 @aravosis]

Actually, this looks like contempt of court. I don’t see any name removed. They need to prove to the judge that the name has been removed. Which means putting photos into the court record.

[Daily Mail Sport @MailSport]

'Gianni Infantino is selling football's soul to broadcasters - and fans are paying the price'😔

🔗https://t.co/jc7jTVbGve

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This CNN photo seems to confirm that Trump is punishing the Kennedy Family and America for making him remove his name from the Kennedy Center—a name he put up illegally, knowing it was illegal to do so—by covering *Kennedy's* name via a *permanent* tarp.

I hope he burns in Hell.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

All 48 teams should organise and agree not to stop playing when the ref calls for a tv ad break. Screw FIFA.

This, of course, won’t happen. But it should.

[Mr Memory @AmIRightSir]

Roy Hattersley, Lord Hattersley, Labour MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook 1964-97, a minister from 1967 and in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection 1976-79, and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1983-92, has died age 93

[David Matthews @DavidMatthews6]

The hydration portion of that break was finished & the players were just standing around to wait for the commercials to finish so the ref can restart the game. The US are corrupting our f*cking sport.

[Martin Varsavsky @martinvars]

First time ever at a World Cup: FIFA forcing 3-min ‘hydration breaks’ in EVERY match, even in air-conditioned stadiums. Officially for player welfare, but we all know it’s ad slots for broadcasters. Turning football into quarters with built-in commercials. Momentum killer. Not a coincidence it happens in the USA.

[Davis Mattek @DavisMattek]

I’m ready to say hydration breaks are bad enough that it may legitimately ruin soccer as a global viewing phenomenon. It is the the worst enshitification to date.

Completely ruins the things that make soccer good on tv.

[India Willoughby @IndiaWilloughby]

The yank-ification of football 🙄🤮. 4 x “Hydration breaks” of 3 minutes each. The exact same duration of a standard commercial break.

Cut the bull @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup . This is about breaking the match into four quarters for ad revenue. #WorldCup

[Seb Stafford-Bloor @SebSB]

That Gianni Infantino unilaterally altered the structure of football matches is deserving of so much more anger.