If you're missing the World Cup, we present these scenes from Ireland 🏆
Mayo, after 75 years of hurt, a curse and 11 consecutive defeats in the final, are All-Ireland (Gaelic) football champions. Look what it means. This is why we love sports ❤️🔥
No CGT, No FBT, No tax on superannuation and no limit on deductions, no Div 7A, no part IVA, Bottom of the Harbour Trust schemes abounded.
Value of that $35,789 in 2026 is $193,000
National average house price in 1980 - $37,000
So yeah you didn’t pay the top rate until you hit the average house price, that would give us a top threshold of about $850,000 now. :)
I think a few of us might swap that for no capital gains tax etc etc
But you know that right Kouk?
I don't care for soccer, so I haven't been watching. And then this slipped into my Tiktok feed. From Boston, Massachusetts.
This is the best anthem, without a doubt. No-one is going to convince me otherwise, ever.
On this day in 2006, England kicked off their World Cup campaign against Paraguay.
And in the BBC’s build-up to the match, Ray Stubbs managed to get a few words with Freddie Flintoff and Steve Harmison…
I'm a middle eastern historian. My own family were made refugees. And this is my honest view of the Nakba (“catastrophe”) - the displacement of around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs during the 1947–49 war surrounding the creation of Israel.
A thread. 🧵
@StanCollymore That 1984 West Indies touring party was insanely good. But I think the West Indies were at their absolute peak two years later when England toured in 1986. That 15-year generation of players was truly special.
"There's a fucking bomb in the biscuit tin"
Kevin Bridges absolutely eviscerates a Nordie Celtic fan during his show at the Cork City Opera House "Can I get the fuck Sinn Fein chow mein?"
Terrific putdown.
@spectator@JournoStephen
"Had Gail’s been a Pakistani-owned business targeted by white Britons aggrieved by the grooming gangs, the state collusion and cover-up, #Guardian would not soft-pedal it as a symbolic act in a disenfranchised age"
https://t.co/Z2pipFzw42