Delighted for Unai Emery.
Took a lot of unnecessary flak for... *checks notes*... rotating in the Premier League, where they have a 6 point lead over 6th with 3 games to go...
Ahead of a European semi-final, in an effort to win Villa's first trophy in 30 years.
Turns out the 4-time Europa League winner knows what he's doing!
Sometimes in life you have to pinch yourself and just be grateful.
The guy in the picture is Steve Gough, a Cannock lad like me who I've known most of my life.
He's missed around 4 Villa games of any description in 50 plus years, and that includes pre and post season friendlies.
He runs the Cannock Villa coach home and away, again for decades. A more dedicated Villan you'll not meet.
When I signed for the club it was at the end of, not the start of a season. I joined up with the players in San Francisco on an end of season trip. Brian Little and I walked out of the arrivals hall, which was empty. Bar one guy with a Cannock Villa flag. Goughy. I'm sure he took more than a bit of stick on my behalf as I struggled in our shirt. That couldn't have been easy to see.
We went to the Euros together and saw our beloved England fall at the final hurdle. We'll go to the USA in a month to hopefully go one better.
But Steve, I just wanted to thank you. For the support you give to our club, to Villans who want to travel home and abroad and for being a really fucking good bloke.
All of my heroes are Villans, and you're both.
To Istanbul and New York City and beyond.
Vance is a tubby middle manager who thinks he's a tough guy. More than 600 UK service personnel were killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts alongside their American counterparts. Perhaps Vance remembers taking pictures of some of them while he was "serving" as a journalist, rather than fighting alongside them.
Today I have called for a Chilcot-style inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Our concerns have routinely been met with evasion and silence. We need a full, public, independent inquiry with the legal power to establish the truth.
https://t.co/MKDLzxMQmG
Well that is quite some slap in the face for all those who British Soldiers who fought alongside their close Allies when they were needed… he really is a very nasty piece of work isn’t he?
John Bolton, "President Trump and Vice President Vance emotionally committed to the Russian side"
"Trump thinks Putin is his friend"
"This is going in the wrong direction categorically fast"
If I've got this right, it's fine for Israel to illegally stop all supplies going into Gaza, but if you want to boycott Israeli goods, that counts as racism?
Starvation is not negotiation. It is a war crime. Israel must stick to the terms it agreed to. Anything else is just Netanyahu chasing genocide. https://t.co/pgT5tL7cTs
🚨 UPDATE: After humiliating the U.S. on the world stage, Trump just jetted off to Florida—to golf.
He’s now spent 35% of his presidency on vacation, burning through $20M+ in taxpayer dollars. The laziest "president" in U.S. history.