Philip Mackintosh

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

Let's be clear: that was tactical cowardice. It takes guts to defend deep but more to back yourself to keep going. That Konsa-Gordon sub will live in my head until the Euros. Don't tell us that it will be different if you're going to make exactly the same mistakes.

[Ivor Baddiel @Ivorbaddiel]

When will managers learn that shoring up the defence and trying to hold on to a lead is fucking idiotic #engarg

[Rob Burley @RobBurl]

I was ready to believe the hype about Tuchel but I’ve never seem a more needless and cowardly surrender when wining 1-0 in the second biggest fixture in world football. Total surrender, give messi half an hour to cross the ball in. Suicidal. The coach let the players down.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

What is remarkable about this letter is not merely the resignation itself, but the extraordinary political miscalculation that underpins it. At a moment when the Labour Party possesses one of the strongest parliamentary mandates in modern British political history, there are those within its own ranks seemingly prepared to weaken the Government from within rather than recognise the scale of the challenges inherited after fourteen years of Conservative decline.

To suggest that the Prime Minister should now prepare an “orderly transition” barely into government is not an act of strategic wisdom. It is an act of impatience and political self indulgence. Governments are not rebuilt overnight, economies are not repaired by rhetoric, and public services shattered over a decade do not recover within months.

The contradictions within the letter are striking. It speaks of transformational programmes, of meaningful work undertaken in Government, of efforts to tackle hatred and division, yet then abruptly pivots into a demand that the very leadership overseeing those policies should effectively step aside. One cannot simultaneously claim to believe in collective responsibility whilst publicly detonating confidence in the administration one serves within.

Most damaging of all is the timing. At a period where the political right, Reform, hostile media networks, and increasingly aggressive populist movements are seeking to fracture progressive politics across Britain, internal grandstanding of this nature only serves their interests. The electorate does not reward parties that appear consumed by internal ego and permanent instability. History has shown this repeatedly.

The public delivered Labour a mandate to govern, not to descend into another era of factional warfare and theatrical resignations. The country requires seriousness, endurance, and discipline. Those who cannot uphold collective responsibility during difficult periods perhaps misunderstand entirely what government is supposed to demand of them.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Why did Farage run scared from news interviews today?

It’s because there’s something fishy about the £5 million he took. And he knows it.

He’s normally very happy to shout from a TV studio -as long as he controls the terms.

The truth is that cash wasn’t for Reform.
Watch👇

[Philip Mackintosh @PhilMackintosh]

@davidstoker_lfc @Kyle_Gunn97 Well said

[Kieran Maguire @KieranMaguire]

Donald Trump has just claimed at Davos that he's stopped 8 wars in the last year, including the one between Oliver Glasner and Steve Parish.

[Tobias Ellwood @Tobias_Ellwood]

TRUMP's Chagos Distraction

👉He agreed the deal - going halves (UK pay the lease - US pay the base upkeep. ~£100m a yr each.

👉Int'l court decisions against UK were non-binding (so ignore them?) A binding decision would only follow.

👉 The history?
We got the islands by accident - after ceasing all Napoleon's overseas assets (including Mauritius) after defeating him.

👉Only in the 60's (when Mauritius sort independence) did we peal Diego off and develop it with the US as a base.

👉Rightly or wrongly - this is why int'l courts have sided with Mauritius over sovereignty.

👉Trump's team were involved in the new deal. He called it a 'good deal.'

👉He raises this now as a pushback from efforts to annex Greenland.

👉Let's not be distracted.

[Bruno Maçães @MacaesBruno]

It’s become abundantly clear that Trump postpones the moment he will completely abandon Ukraine because Ukraine support still allows him to blackmail Europe. He is not bad at these little games which are indeed the games of a real-estate developer

[Philip Mackintosh @PhilMackintosh]

@mickcushion Great stuff Mick 💪🏻

[Paul Rees. ex Rucksack. @HannahIamthest1]

The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after.

And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before.

If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from Father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early, you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too.

Saw this & thought I'd repost.

[Philip Mackintosh @PhilMackintosh]

@davidstoker_lfc @westlancsleague @AskamUnitedFC @crooklandsfc Have a great day David, West Lancashire League is full of friendly grassroots clubs and some surprisingly good football at times 😎

[Nick Dixon @NickDixon]

This whole exchange is gold.

[Ben Webb @BenWebbLFC]

20 years ago…..😍🏆

[Philip Mackintosh @PhilMackintosh]

@Davolaar Cowdenbeath 🇧🇷😍

[Philip Mackintosh @PhilMackintosh]

@IanByrneMP Is right 🤝

[Philip Mackintosh @PhilMackintosh]

@implausibleblog pensioners that are retired now are the richest generation that has ever existe in this country. And the people who are working and paying for their state pensions have not had much in the way of pay rises (like pensioners have) for years.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

The Government is getting serious - for the first time there is a proposal to criminalise the promoters' activity. https://t.co/Z4tdZN2kPA

[William Hague @WilliamJHague]

While Trump is throwing rocks at his neighbours, and the UK is trying to mend fences with our own, the West must focus on the real threat: Russia has worked out how to weaken or overthrow western governments without firing a shot.

The Kremlin’s disinformation campaigns in Romania, Moldova, Georgia, and Croatia highlight the urgent need for stronger election laws in the age of social media.

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Sometimes I lose my compassion and need a reminder that my own people were also casually labelled thieves and terrorists when they left their homes seeking a better life. Though this world hardens me heart more each day, may it never close my mind.

The date of this article was Thursday 14th July 1988 and was part of an ongoing campaign blaming Paddies for everything, including simultaneously calling us all lazy whilst complaining we were taking all their jobs.