Dean Maynell

[Paul H @PehaugheyPaul]

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[Trinity @Trinityter77]

🚨🔵When Chelsea paid a British-record fee to sign Fernando Torres in January 2011, the pressure was enormous.

His time at Stamford Bridge wasn't always smooth, but there are moments that will forever be part of Chelsea history.

Barcelona, 2012.

Chelsea were down to 10 men. Barcelona were attacking relentlessly. The Champions League final was slipping away.

Then Torres broke through.

One-on-one with Valdés.

He rounded the goalkeeper.

GOAL.

2–2 on the night. Chelsea were through to the Champions League final.

🏆 Munich, 2012.

Torres came off the bench in the Champions League final as Chelsea fought Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

Chelsea eventually won on penalties and lifted the trophy for the first time in the club's history.

🏆 Europa League Final, 2013.

Torres opened the scoring against Benfica as Chelsea won 2–1 in Amsterdam.

Another European trophy.

Hat-trick vs QPR.

His only Chelsea hat-trick came in a 6–1 victory over QPR in April 2012.

And there were plenty of other European nights, important goals and moments that don't always get remembered.

Torres didn't have the Chelsea career many expected when he arrived.

But he left with:

🏆 Champions League
🏆 Europa League
🏆 FA Cup
🏆 UEFA Super Cup finalist medal

And, most importantly, moments Chelsea fans will never forget.

Some players are remembered for their numbers.

Some are remembered for trophies.

And some are remembered because, when the biggest moment arrived, they were there.

Fernando Torres. 🇪🇸💙

[Goblin’s Hole @GoblinsHole]

Helen Whately is a hypocrite and a scrounger.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Would you keep supporting Harrison Ford knowing he is against Trump??

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

His name is Luke Hewitson and he plays for Chester FC in the National League North, the 6th tier of English football. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🧤

This save deserves to be seen far and wide. 👏

[GET A GRIP @docrussjackson]

Andrew Neil on #bbcqt: "The big problem we face is 6.7 million adults of working age who aren't working and are living on out-of-work benefits. 6.7 million. No country can prosper with that number of people able to work who are not working."

The first half is broadly right. DWP figures show 6.7 million people in Great Britain claimed some combination of out-of-work benefits in March 2026. However, the second half is misinformation because it misdescribes that statistic.

DWP's out-of-work benefits category deliberately includes people the state has assessed as unable to work, or does not currently expect to work.

DWP's own breakdown shows that 4.6 million of the 6.7 million, around 68%, have no work requirements at all.

DWP explains that this is generally because they are too sick to work or are the main carer for a very young child. That group includes 2.8 million Universal Credit claimants on the health route and 390,000 on Employment and Support Allowance and older incapacity benefits.

Only 2.2 million, about a third, are expected to take any steps towards work, and 590,000 of those are themselves on the health route.

Treating the whole 6.7 million as available labour turns a count of claimants into a count of idle workers, which the data simply does not support.

The official labour market figures tell a very different story. The ONS puts unemployment, meaning people actively looking for and available for work, at 1.78 million for May to July 2026. The Learning and Work Institute estimates that 3.9 million people are out of work but say they want a job, and that there are 5.5 of them for every vacancy.

There is a serious debate to be had about rising sickness claims and appropriate support. It is not helped by presenting people the state itself has judged unable to work, or not required to, as if they were simply choosing not to.

Nobody challenged Neil. Nobody corrected the misinformation. Neil got a round of applause. Someone could have told Fiona Bruce the facts in less than a minute. This is just one example which helps explain why many people understandably treat @bbcquestiontime as a joke.

Sources: DWP Benefit Combinations, March 2026; ONS/House of Commons Library, September 2026; Learning and Work Institute, September 2026.

[Dean Maynell @dean_maynell]

@sdayyy1 Oops I've upset the orange turd

[Jennifer Robinson @welshroots]

I am sick of PAYING for Kemi Badenoch luxurious LIFE STYLE
TALK ABOUT THE WELFARE PARTY
WHAT ABOUT THE GREEDY PARTY
I would prefer my taxes to go to people at ROCK BOTTOM than Greedy PRIVELEGED People like Badenoch

£2700 per month for 6 bed grade 2 listed farm house second home
£4000 per year Council tax and £3000 utility charges

She tops the leader board for EXPENSES

[Cockney @stevebr98325879]

Peter The Cat' Bonetti died yesterday age 78. R.I.P.
He made 729 appearances for Chelsea in a career stretching from his debut against Manchester City in April 1960 to his final appearance against Arsenal in May 1979.

[Metro @MetroUK]

Gary Lineker calls Sir Jim Ratcliffe an ‘unpleasant human being’ amid Man Utd criticism https://t.co/8LTq4NxzF4

[Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker]

Jim Ratcliffe in a nutshell.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

BBC News spent Sunday referring to Jim Ratcliffe as one of Britain's richest men, except, he's an immigrant in Monaco, having moved there to avoid paying £4 billion in tax.

They screen him complaining about those on benefits, even though he grew up in a council house, went to state school, had free university education, and has taken hundreds of millions in public state support from the UK, French and German governments.

They screen him talking about broken Britain which is poor, but don't mention that he is a Brexiter, and Brexit has made the country poorer.

Our national broadcaster should have spent the day providing context to his criticisms, instead they wrapped it in a bow, pushed it out, to stoke further division in society.

I remember when the BBC was so much better than this, and I hope one day it will return to having better standards, than to simply churn out divisive nonsense masquerading as news and analysis.

[Bromley FC Women @BromleyFCWomen]

FULL-TIME | WE’RE THROUGH! 🏆

A 3–2 win sees us progress in the Women’s FA Cup! 🤩

⚽ Chana Hinds
⚽ Beth Hull
⚽ Charlotte Lee

GET IN! 🖤🤍

#WeAreBromley

[Bromley FC Women @BromleyFCWomen]

🏆 WOMEN’S FA CUP DRAW

Next up… Reading FC. 👀

We’ll face Reading in the Third Round Qualifying of the Women’s FA Cup on Sunday 4th October.

Further fixture details to follow. 🖤🤍

#WeAreBromley

[Bromley FC @bromleyfc]

Making more history 💪

Our first-ever home EFL League One victory ✅

[Bromley FC @bromleyfc]

Off the mark 👊

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Interesting isn't it we can't 'afford' State Pension.

But we can afford to give King Charles who is already a billionaire another £48m, 4,000 State Pensions, a year extra.

Hmm...

[Bromley FC @bromleyfc]

Full game ✅
Highlights ✅

Available on BFC TV 📺

🔗 https://t.co/O0APTydG7R

[Bromley FC @bromleyfc]

Can you see yourself in our fans' gallery from Saturday? 📸

Take a look!

🔗 https://t.co/vzHR8tJdzS