Warren Haughton

Sports Media and PR Professional
Director: @HaughtonSports
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[Warren Haughton @WarrenHaughton]

Many thanks to @twitter for your assistance.
Back on this account.

[Natalie Korach @NatalieKorach]

CNN's resident fact-checker Daniel Dale hasn't conducted an on-air fact check of Trump in more than three months, a stretch that coincidentally began around the same time Paramount announced its merger with WBD

https://t.co/Dz1WySs2E8

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Trying to imagine the response from the British political class if it was another minority faith community who were locked inside their place of worship as bigots threatened them.
But it’s Muslims… so… who cares!

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

I don’t want to hear any bullshit about “legitimate concerns” and “working class revolt”

It’s working-class Black and brown people being pushed out of their homes. This is racist violence and intimidation. Don’t dress it up as anything else.

[Stephen Bryant 🇪🇺 @Stephenmoogles]

Just a reminder to those asking @Nigel_Farage to condemn the burning down of houses in Belfast last night. Here he is with a woman who was jailed for inciting racial hatred connected with burning down hotels. #FarageRiots2 #farageriots3 #farageriots

[LBC @LBC]

"30 women were murdered… not one road was closed, not one protest. What was the connection? They were murdered by white locals."

Belfast resident Mark gives @BenKentish a stark picture of the riots unfolding in his city.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Elon musk, an immigrant from Africa, is demonising immigrants from Africa.

This is because he is white and they are black.

Musk is a white suprematist.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

This is the largest sporting event on the planet, despite what some Americans may believe, and the decision to prevent Africa's leading referee from participating in the World Cup sends an extraordinarily damaging message about the United States and the direction in which it is heading.

I am genuinely astonished that FIFA has not lodged a formal protest with the United States Government and sought intervention to ensure that this referee, who is held in the highest regard within the international refereeing community, is granted a visa to undertake one of the most important roles in world football. For any referee, appointment to a World Cup is among the greatest honours the sport can bestow.

A person's country of birth should never be the sole reason for preventing them from entering a country to carry out a specific professional duty at a specific international event. Particularly when the President of the United States publicly assured the world that participants would be welcomed.

If nationality alone has been the determining factor, then this is a serious stain upon both the tournament and the host nation. It raises profound questions about fairness, equality of treatment and whether political considerations are now taking precedence over sporting merit.

The World Cup is supposed to bring nations together. Decisions such as this achieve precisely the opposite.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

The family of the Belfast knife attack victim have issued a statement.

They "want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome."

They praise the contribution of many migrants, who "we depend on them to make our country work".

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Tommy Robinson is in Russia with Erroll Musk, who has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren.

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Holy shit so it’s now clear as day that the Trump administration is just gonna make shit up and smear the Somali referee that they denied entry for the World Cup….it’s no secret how Trump feels about the Somalian people here in Minnesota

[Leonardo Bertozzi @lbertozzi]

O capitão campeão mundial de 2006 sendo revistado na chegada ao estádio como se fosse suspeito de algo. Que Copa teremos...

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

Following on from the piece we did for the 2022 World Cup…

Everything wrong with the 2026 World Cup

https://t.co/PWPIdGWRad

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

In 2023, Indonesia were stripped of the under-20 World Cup for refusing to allow the Israeli team entry.

Fifa's justification then was the vague "due to the current circumstances".

Quite a contrast to the hardline "FIFA is not involved in host immigration processes" now.

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Remember when FIFA President Gianni Infantino said, "This will be the biggest, most inclusive, and greatest FIFA World Cup ever"?

That statement hasn't aged well.

[African @ali_naka]

In 2026 there were at least 55 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in USA, resulting in 26 deaths and 28 injuries nationally. America is a violent and dangerous country! They must stop harassing African soccer players whose crime is to be black and qualify for World Cup

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Big up, Uncle Ian Wright for speaking up, and he's 100% correct.

Look how Qatar got dragged when they were hosting the World Cup.

[Hussain Shiyam 🇵🇸❓🎈 @ShiyamHussain]

This is utter bullshit. When Indonesia refused to grant the Israeli under 17 team visa’s for the 2023 U-20 World Cup, FIFA stripped Indonesia’s hosting rights and moved it to Argentina. So @FIFAcom can stop with the lies.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

BIG NEWS!
We just (soft) launched Zeteo UK, a new standalone publication from Zeteo based in the UK, covering the UK.

It's our first international expansion, with big-name contributors and reporters.

Check out the trailer below and then subscribe to Zeteo UK (link in reply):

[JASSIM THANi 🇶🇦 @JBT_86]

“Everyone is complaining about the poor facilities and organization in the stadiums, training facilities, and airports, as well as the detention of players, photographers, referees, coaches, and just about everything else, and it will be the worst World Cup edition ever.”

[Nima Tavallaey Roodsari @NimaTavRood]

So far at the 2026 FIFA Epstein Cup before a ball kicked:
- Senegal & Uzbekistan squads treated like criminals upon arrival given full cavity searches;
- Africa’s best referee sent back to Somalia despite having a diplomatic passport;
- Iraq team photographer sent back despite valid visa;
- AIPS (international sport journalist association) calling on FIFA to sort out unacceptable visa issues of African & Iranian journalists;
- 90% of Moroccan fans with tickets denied entry
- 14 members of Iran backroom staff denied visas

Not a word from Gianni ”today I feel black/gay/disabled etc” Infantino.