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Tottenham Hotspur, holidays in the sun, big cats, railways and pedantry

[Snow @K8Snowden]

Has there ever been a cooler First Lady?

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

Haters gonna hate. Racists gonna be racist.

Strive to be a Michelle Obama in all this madness.

#DemsUnited

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

Haters gonna hate. Racists gonna be racist.

Strive to be a Michelle Obama in all this madness.

#DemsUnited

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Another one bites the dust

‘I couldn’t take it anymore’: Deputy Reform UK leader leaves ‘toxic’ party

Cllr Robbie Lammas said disorganisation, in-fighting, and incompetence “at every level” has forced him to leave the party.
https://t.co/hTyWJMEiSO

[Sam @SamCKx]

Just remember, the last time Tommy Robinson did a fund raiser, he photographed himself at an airport claiming he had fled the country from ISIS. He was actually posting from Alicante airport, 20 minutes away from where he lives in Spain. He was seen working out in his local gym near Benidorm the next day.

Tommy does not need your hard earned money to pay his legal bills, Elon Musk pays them for him.

Tommy does however have a significant cocaine addiction, he wears designer clothes, owns property overseas, travels first class, hires expensive cars etc. This is where your money will go if you donate to him.

[Snow @K8Snowden]

More young people like this with critical thinking please 🙏

[TheBossRoss 🇪🇺 🧶 ❄ 📷 6x💉 @BettinaSRoss1]

She's done her own thinking.

[TheBossRoss 🇪🇺 🧶 ❄ 📷 6x💉 @BettinaSRoss1]

She's done her own thinking.

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Sarah Pochin(Reform MP): I've been told from a reliable source 🤣 that the PM has never visited our Special Forces HQ

Luke Pollard: We don't comment on Special Forces... She's looking for a gotcha question.... she should think carefully about asking questions like that again.

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 VINI JR JUST TOLD FIFA: “WE’LL PAY THE FINE — BUT NOBODY FROM US IS DOING HALF-TIME INTERVIEWS.”

During Brazil’s World Cup match, Vinícius refused the mandatory tunnel interview.

Reporter: “You’ll get a huge fine for this.”

Vini: “We’ll pay. But nobody is coming to the mic.”

This isn’t arrogance. It’s players finally saying enough to FIFA’s corporate circus.

Half-time should be for tactics, water, recovery — not feeding the broadcast machine while the game gets sliced up for ads (sound familiar with those forced “welfare” breaks?).

FIFA under Infantino has turned football into a product. Mandatory everything. Player focus as an afterthought. Suits in Zurich cashing in.

Brazil and Vini just pushed back. Raw. Direct. No bowing to the machine.

The beautiful game belongs to the players on the pitch — not boardrooms selling every second.

Who else is done with this?

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime - they are simply trying to find one.

He isn't coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President.

He hates that I consistently call him out. He is simply the most corrupt President in American history.

We have nothing to hide. 

Mr. President, come after me. I am not going anywhere. 

The country is watching.

[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.

[Snow @K8Snowden]

This 👏 #worldcup

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Vinicius Junior refusing the mandatory halftime interview with FIFA at the World Cup:

“People are shocked that Vinícius walked away from a halftime interview. I am shocked that anyone thinks he should have stopped in the first place.

Halftime is not a television studio. Halftime is not a podcast. Halftime is not a red carpet. Halftime is the heartbeat of a football match.

For 45 minutes, players are warriors in a storm. They run, they fight, they suffer, they bleed. Then they get 15 precious minutes to recover, to breathe, to listen, to think. And FIFA wants to spend part of that time chasing soundbites? That is like pulling a Formula 1 driver out of his car during a pit stop and asking him how the race is going.

And FIFA’s idea is to shove a microphone in the player’s face and ask, ‘How do you feel?’

How do you think he feels? He’s exhausted.

This is modern football’s biggest disease. Everything is content. Everything is sponsorship. Everything is television. The match hasn’t even finished and they’re already trying to manufacture headlines.

They tell us they care about player welfare. Really? Then why are players playing more games than ever? Why are tournaments expanding? Why are injuries increasing? And now they want halftime interviews too? The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

Halftime is sacred. It belongs to the players and the coaches. That’s where games are won. That’s where tactics change. That’s where injuries get treated. That’s where leaders speak. It is not a media circus.

And don’t tell me this is for the fans. Fans want better football, not a tired player giving a robotic 20-second answer because somebody sold another broadcast package.

Vinícius understood that. He chose football over public relations.

The funniest part? They threaten him with a fine. A fine. As if that changes the principle. If I were there, I’d pay it too. Because some things are worth more than money.

If FIFA really had their way, they’d put microphones in the dressing room and call it innovation.

Football should come first. Not content. Not commercials. Not corporate greed.

For once, a player pushed back. And that’s exactly why so many people are angry.”

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

It’s an inevitability.

[Dan Clark @DanClarkSports]

Japanese fans cleaning up their section of the stadium after Japan's opening World Cup group game.

The people of Japan continue to set a global benchmark for respect, kindness and decency. Such a wonderful country with incredible people!

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

“We have the best algae. The greenest algae. People are saying they’ve never seen algae this beautiful. Lake Michigan? Sad. Hudson River? Weak. Potomac? Total disaster. But our pool? World-class algae. Everybody agrees. MAKE ALGAE GREAT AGAIN!”

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

Hi @elonmusk can you help Tommy out with his legal fees rather than him bothering vulnerable idiots again
Also can you confirm how much Tommy gets on x payouts every 2 weeks it's gotta be over a thousand I reckon

[Santiago G @sgarciaz]

En el mejor momento del partido Holanda - Japón: Pausa de hidratación. En un estadio con aire acondicionado. Infantino, acabaste con el fútbol por unos dólares.

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

It's not a hydration break if you make us watch commercials. It's a commercial break.

[Kevin A @kca0027]

- Ad breaks disguised as hydration breaks.
- Players waiting for music to stop to restart match.
- Atrocious/suspicious officiating.
- Visa’s preventing fans entry into the US.
- Overpriced tickets/travel.
- Not allowing interviews in Spanish.

An embarrassment of a World Cup.

[Snow @K8Snowden]

If the roof is closed in Houston for the #Fifa_worldcup2026 game Germany v Curacao - and it’s air conditioned- why do they need a hydration break? 😤 Commercials rule! 🫣

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Ah yes that famous “negotiation” where Japan unconditionally surrendered after two atom bombs and Hitler blew his brains out.