Farida Dean

left leaning humanist - Wycombe wanderers fan

[The Rest Is Politics US @RestPoliticsUS]

Trump has been completely SIDELINED by Mamdani over the World Cup...👇

[DOZA🧐 @lil_doza]

This is Stephen McCullagh from Northern Ireland.

He premeditated and violently murdered Natalie McNally, who was 15 weeks pregnant, by stabbing and strangling her.

He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 31 years.

No riots, only a vigil.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Oh! But then Paul Marshall - who owns GB News - also co-owns Marshall Wace that has £303m invested in Palantir.

Nice conflict of interest for you there, @michaelgove

https://t.co/3OIYKpJz9Q

[Emma @MrsEmmaWebber]

Barnaby Philip John Webber
11/01/2004-13/06/2023 💔

If you can, share these images of the beautiful soul stolen from us by the worst of humanity.

Let his face today burn bright.
Barney, I promise you there will be accountability 💛💚

For You. For Grace. For Ian.

[African @ali_naka]

FIFA just quietly changed football from two 45minute halves to four 22.5minute quarters to accommodate Commercial interests! Gianni Infantino is a criminal @FOXSports @FIFAWorldCup

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 AFRICA DELIVERS THE TALENT, THE WEST DELIVERS THE BARRIERS.

🇸🇳 ​Senegalese authorities have officially confirmed to AFP that ZERO official supporter delegations will travel to the 2026 World Cup due to widespread, blanket visa rejections by the host nations.

​Let the absolute absurdity of this sink in: Senegal’s Ministry of Sports stepped in with full state financial coverage just to secure visas for the presidents of the main supporters' associations. THEY WERE DENIED.

​This is the true face of the Western "rules-based order":

• ​They happily market African football stars to sell tickets, merchandise, and TV rights.

• ​They lecture the Global South on "unity," "fair play," and global cooperation.

• ​Yet, they slam the visa door firmly shut on the very people whose passion and energy make the beautiful game electric.

​They want our talent, but they build walls against our people. The sportswashing project cannot hide this blatant hypocrisy. The world is changing, and the Global South will no longer beg for entry into an empire that treats our citizens with systemic contempt.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Michael Gove - editor of the Spectator, Orwell Prize judge & overseer of the biggest electoral fraud in modern UK history - apparently upset that I called out his boss’s investment in Palantir after he ran a sycophantic pro-Palantir piece

[IslamophobiaUK @uk_islamophobia]

Meet Oliver James MacCormack.

71 years old. Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

40 counts. Human trafficking. Sexual exploitation.
9 vulnerable women. Groomed with heroin.

Sentenced to 7 years.

Not a migrant. Not a refugee. Northern Irish.

Where was the outrage.
The mob.
The murals.

It's not refugees.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

America’s World Cup hero of last night, Folarin Balogun, is only allowed to play for the US national team because his heavily pregnant Nigerian mother was refused permission by US airlines to fly to the UK, and so the first two months of his life were - by accident - in Brooklyn. It is pretty much inconceivable that if Trump’s immigration enforcement had been in place that Balogun would have been permitted to be born in America. Draw your own conclusions

[Dr Mariana Claire Marinovic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇲 @DrMarianaClaire]

How embarrassing for all those who claimed Hannah Spencer was wearing a £1800 Gucci silk blouse. 🤣🤣🤣

[𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘰 🇮🇹 @Andy_Calcio]

Declaraciones de Jurgen Klopp a ZDF, sobre la reanudación del juego retrasada por el árbitro, durante el cooling break del México-Sudáfrica para que terminaran los comerciales de algunas cadenas de TV:
"Esto es el fútbol siendo tomado como rehén por ejecutivos en oficinas con aire acondicionado".

"Estos supuestos 'descansos por el calor' nos los vendieron como un escudo para el bienestar de los jugadores, una noble espada contra el calor. ¿Pero en realidad? No es más que una jaula dorada construida para patrocinadores. Cuando vi a los jugadores parados durante un descanso por calor mientras los tiempos de televisión dictaban el ritmo del partido, no pude evitar preguntarme: ¿a quién está sirviendo realmente la Copa del Mundo? ¿A los aficionados?, ¿A los jugadores?, ¿O a los anunciantes?".

"Un partido de la Copa del Mundo debería fluir como un río. En cambio, estamos construyendo presas en medio de él para que los comerciales puedan pasar. Eso es peligroso para el espíritu del juego. El fútbol alguna vez fue el evento principal, pero ahora corre el riesgo de convertirse en la música de fondo de un espectáculo publicitario. Nos dicen que estos descansos son por el bienestar de los jugadores, y por supuesto la salud de los jugadores importa. Pero cuando el juego empieza a doblar sus rodillas ante los tiempos de la televisión, la gente va a hacer preguntas. El balón se supone que es la estrella. No un descanso comercial".

"La Copa del Mundo es la catedral del fútbol. Sin embargo, a veces da la sensación de que la hemos convertido en un centro comercial donde la caja registradora recibe más respeto que el propio partido. Si este es el futuro, entonces el fútbol ya no está siendo interrumpido por los anuncios. El fútbol se está convirtiendo en la interrupción entre los anuncios".

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

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

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

This is so disturbing.

@matthewstadlen is the grandson of Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis.

@beverleyturner denied the Belfast pogrom - where Black and migrants were burned out of their homes - was even a riot.

She then says:

"His paternal Grandparents were Central European émigré intellectuals who brought Marxist, anti-fascist and Continental philosophical traditions to Britain."

"Central European émigré intellectuals"

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

What kind of dogwhistle is this!

And what's the implication here about "anti-fascist philosophical traditions", as if it's a negative, alien import?

What the hell is being normalised in this country? What now qualifies as too extreme?

And where do you think this will lead?

[Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,Ph.D.,DPT. @drhossamsamy65]

⛔️Hypocritical FIFA‼️

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

People outside the UK have no idea how loathed Elon Musk is in the UK.

Whatever you do, do not retweet this...

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Though you might argue HMT/No10 has dragged its feet and isn’t willing to spend enough it’s also worth remembering that deficiencies in Britain’s defence spending/capabilities did not start with this Labour govt- not that you’d know it listening to a lot of the commentary today.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

@tiredobserver1 @RosieDuffield1 You mean water companies have put up water bills to raise the £104bn so it’s you that is spending the money not shareholders.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Self-professed sexist calls man who assaulted female police officer his ‘hero’.

Reform UK has a serious problem with women.

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Three years running of racist rioting & arson.

increasingly well-organised, increasingly promoted by Musk, increasingly goaded & justified by politicians & media.

Two tier policing? It’s deeper than that, the whole establishment secures its place by throwing black & brown people under a burning bus.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

This is SO incredibly important!

Imagine the world of pain we could have avoided if this had been in place before

Please do this now - takes seconds and could change everything!

Thank you x