🤝❤️ ¡ENTENDIERON TODO!
Tras el pitazo final del partido por el tercer lugar entre Inglaterra y Francia, ocurrió una de las imágenes más emotivas de este Mundial.
Lejos de los festejos y la frustración, jugadores de ambas selecciones se reunieron en el centro del campo para abrazarse y rezar juntos, recordando que hay cosas mucho más grandes que el resultado de un partido.
Bukayo Saka, Marc Guéhi y Trevoh Chalobah, recién coronados con la medalla de bronce, caminaron directamente hacia sus amigos franceses Castello Lukeba, Dayot Upamecano y Jean-Philippe Mateta para compartir ese momento de unión.
🥹 En un deporte donde la rivalidad suele ocupar todos los focos, ellos dejaron el mensaje más valioso de esta Copa del Mundo: el respeto, la amistad y la hermandad siempre estarán por encima del marcador.
👏 Aquí no hay colores. Aquí todo el mundo se pone de pie.
Lions, every single one of them, starters and subs. No need to worry about altitude when you have attitude like this. Pure defiance. Guts and glory. England silenced the mighty Azteca, exorcised ghosts and were absolutely worth staying up for. On to Miami and Norway #MEXENG
This is a day for reflection. It is also a moment to recommit to the work Jo inspired: building a kinder, fairer, more tolerant world, and choosing connection over division.
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"The days of contempt for the conman, compassion for the conned are over."
If you still think Farage and Reform are the answer, a "breath of fresh air" or "anti-establishment" you are either a fucking idiot or a racist piece of shit.
James Morrison’s team-talk to his West Brom players today should be straightforward given frustration and anger at their treatment by the EFL. Even if breaches involve other matters not just community development expenditure (which are disputed), and we await the full written reasons, Albion still have every right to be aggrieved over the short nature of the hearing (two days) when the punishment could impact their season so devastatingly. Two days? Other clubs’ hearings have lasted far longer.
“For now, we will settle this on the pitch,” West Brom say. “For now” signals they reserve the right to appeal depending on reasons/results. For now, they rely on Morrison for survival in the Championship. One point against Ipswich or Sheffield Wednesday away next weekend keeps Albion up. They may be safe anyway, barring Oxford United beating Wednesday at home and Millwall away, Albion losing theirs and a GD swing. During every dark period, clubs need a guiding light. Morrison has provided it. #WBAFC #Baggies
So a club can sell its hotel to itself, sell its women’s team to itself, but West Brom are punished, they believe, for legitimate “in-kind” donations to the Albion Foundation, its charity partner that saves lives. Albion also believe the alleged PSR breach is “less than £2m”
Hopefully those associated with Ipswich Town have learnt the lesson of how toxic Farage is.
Reform’s policy to sow hate isn’t ‘political debate’ - it’s fascist scapegoating of minorities to appeal to those who need someone to blame for their own failings.
Patient attends A&E with a chest infection… standard stuff.
Decides to pop outside for a vape and a bit of fresh air because, let’s be honest, the waiting room atmosphere could finish anyone off quicker than the illness.
Next minute… casually clocks a bloke acting a bit off outside the maternity ward.
Not aggressive, not shouting… just that “something’s not right here” vibe every frontline worker knows all too well.
So what does he do?
Doesn’t walk away.
Doesn’t ignore it.
Goes over for a chat.
Two hours later…
🧠 Talked down a “lone wolf” terrorist
🎒 Convinced him to open the bag (yeah… that bag)
💣 Found himself staring at a pressure cooker bomb
📏 Asked about blast radius like he’s doing a dynamic risk assessment
🚪 Moved the whole situation away from the hospital entrance
🤝 Built enough trust to keep the bloke calm
🤗 Given him a hug when asked
📞 Got him to agree to call police before he “changed his mind”
All while his own phone’s dead and there’s not a single staff member in sight to wave over.
Genuinely the most British de-escalation imaginable:
“Alright mate… talk to me… what’s going on?”
No PPE.
No backup.
No radio.
Just vibes, empathy, and absolute nerves of steel.
Meanwhile inside:
Crews stacked 8 deep
Handover delays hitting biblical levels
Someone asking “can you clear please” every 30 seconds
And this guy is outside single-handedly preventing a mass casualty incident like it’s just another shift problem.
Police turn up, job gets wrapped up, and he just wanders back in like:
“Yeah I’m back… still got that chest infection by the way.”
Probably still had to wait for discharge as well.
Massive respect though.
That’s not luck, that’s character. Calm under pressure, compassion when it mattered most.
George Medal couldn’t have gone to a more deserving person.
Proof that sometimes the difference between a normal day and a major incident…
…is just one person deciding to step forward instead of walking away 🚑
🚨 Pep Guardiola hits back at Jim Ratcliffe: "We treat immigrants or people that come from other countries like they are the ones causing problems for our country. It's a big problem because the fact I am Catalan and you are British? What influence did we have on where we were born?
"Everyone wants to have a better life, everyone wants to have a better future for themselves and their families. Sometimes the opportunities are where you are born and sometimes it is in the place where you go.
"The colour of your skin or the place where you were born don't make a difference.
"Most people run away from their countries for the problems that are in their country, not because they want to leave.
"The more we embrace other cultures, truly embrace it, then we will have a better society - I do not have any doubts about that."
@sejbishop@MartinSLewis Yes! Having been told a year ago a mistake was made in the capital payment to me when I first received my pension three years ago, I am still waiting for the amended payment. The service is appalling.