Danny Gough

Amazon & EBay seller. Lover of most sports involving a ball (apart from rugby!) Cricketer for @lullingtonpark, @everton fan!

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

@James1940 @almurray @WeHaveWaysPod bit late to the party but just watched The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Would love an episode on Operation Postmaster? Amazing story

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

With all due respect @BernieSanders, @elonmusk could gift the US gov his whole net worth and the US national debt would still be $38 trilly. All your doing here is highlighting how bad the government is at spending/managing money

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

If Elon Musk, the richest man alive, really believes "money won't matter" in 2036, he'd support a 5% tax on his wealth & the wealth of other billionaires to make sure all Americans have a decent standard of living.

The fact that he doesn’t tells you everything you need to know.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

If all those things you said in the first two paragraphs were true, you'd still be chancellor

[Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP]

It has been the privilege of my life to serve as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The economy today is stronger, fairer and more resilient because of the choices we have taken as a Labour Government over the past two years.

Stability restored, investment delivered and reform to our economy under way. I said when I was appointed Chancellor that I would judge my time in office if the lives ordinary working class people have been improved. I’m proud to say that they have.

And to every young woman and girl let my time in office show there should be no ceilings on your ambitions, your hopes or your dreams.

I wish the very best of luck to my successor, Andy and his cabinet. You have my full support, and I will continue to play my part in helping this Labour government deliver the change the country needs.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

Ditch VAR, let the officials make decisions on the pitch again. Take up Wengers proposal on offside. Make Football Great Again 🙌🏻

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

“Football is currently at a crossroads; while the introduction of VAR was intended to correct 'clear and obvious' errors, it has inadvertently ushered in an era of 'microscopic officiating' that is draining the joy and spontaneity from the world’s most popular sport.”

Important letter sent to IFAB by broadcaster Dave Johnson urging Law-makers to adopt Arsene Wenger’s offside law (allowing daylight) to “protect the spirit of the game”. Johnson, who covers D.C. United in Major League Soccer, continues…

“The Problem: Accuracy at the Expense of Atmosphere. We have reached a point where goals - the most precious commodity in football - are being disallowed because a player’s toe, elbow, or armpit is a millimeter ahead of a defender. These 'toenail offsides' do not reflect the spirit of the Law, which was originally designed to prevent goal hanging' and unfair advantages.

"In the current climate: Strikers are penalized for being faster or better positioned by margins invisible to the human eye. Fans are hesitant to celebrate, waiting for a three-minute geometry lesson on a screen rather than reacting to the beauty of a goal. The 'benefit of the doubt' - historically given to the attacker - has been effectively abolished.

“The Solution: The Wenger Proposal. The proposed change - stating that a player is onside if any part of their body that can score a goal is level with the second-last defender - is the logical evolution of the game. By requiring a 'clear daylight' gap between the attacker and the defender for an offside offense to occur, we return the advantage to the attacking side. This would virtually eliminate the agonizing delays caused by drawing pixelated lines to determine if a player’s shoelace was offside.

“A Historic Precedent: The Lessons of Italia 90. This would not be the first time the IFAB has acted to save the game from stagnation. Following the 1990 World Cup in Italy - a tournament marred by defensive cynicism and a record-low goals-per-game average - the IFAB showed great courage by: amending the offside Law (1990), declaring an attacker 'level' as onside and introducing the back-pass rule (1992), forcing goalkeepers to use their feet.

“Those changes revolutionized the sport, leading to the high-tempo, attacking football we have enjoyed for the last three decades. We find ourselves at a similar tipping point today. The game has become too clinical, and the balance has tilted too far in favor of the defending team and the video booth.

“Conclusion: Football is a game of emotion, not a game of millimeters. I urge the IFAB to prioritize the 'spirit of the game' over the 'perfection of the technology'. Adopting the Wenger proposal will restore the flow of the match, encourage attacking intent, and ensure fans remain at the heart of the experience. It is time to let the players play and the fans celebrate once again."

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

Whoever is advising you.....sack them immediately

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

I know you're worried about the level of illegal migration into this country.

Digital ID is another measure to make it tougher to work illegally here, making our borders more secure.

Ours is a fairer Britain, built on change, not division.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

@GlobalForecastr David, why would there be any peace when Russia is clearly winning a war of attrition? Putin has control because he's winning, no? The only way there is peace is if Russia gets massive concessions, territory?

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

"Since the election, we have made great progress towards kickstarting economic growth"

Meanwhile.... Real GDP

[Dan Tomlinson MP @dantomlinsonmp]

Honoured to have been appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.

Since the election, we have made great progress towards kickstarting economic growth.

I look forward to building on this record so we can deliver an economy that works for everyone, in every part of the UK.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

Europe is short energy, which means they are short manufacturing capability which by proxy means they are short defence capability. They had zero choice bending the knee to trump. There are 3 big powers in this world and Europe ain't one of them.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

The upcoming negotiations in Alaska between Trump and Putin tells you all you ought to know about the nature of the Ukraine war, and Europe's current geopolitical status.

I did the research: there are very few examples - if any - in Europe’s millennia-old history of a military defeat against an external power where it wasn’t even at the table to negotiate the conditions for its future.

You’d probably need to go all the way back to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to find Europeans having zero say in their own fate. And still, this was a somewhat “classic” military defeat where the victor simply dictated terms. At the time, there wasn't another external power negotiating with the Ottomans about how to carve up Byzantine territory - it was at least a straightforward conquest.

It’s therefore fair to say that, literally on a millennial scale, Europe's exclusion from negotiations about its own future in Alaska represents one of the most humiliating moments in European diplomatic history.

I mean, think about it, the guy who:

1) explicitly calls the EU “one of United States’ biggest foes” (https://t.co/d8PYIjwJQX)
2) is persuaded - absurdly (https://t.co/wc2o7vLCJC) - that the EU “was formed in order to screw the United States” (https://t.co/q2gjQ3jvuO)
3) wants to annex Greenland
4) launched a plethora of hostile actions against Europe, including a massive trade war

THAT guy is now negotiating Europe’s future on Europe's behalf. It's almost cartoonishly absurd.

Pathetically, European leaders are now - according to the Washington Post (https://t.co/28v4CBXSFp) - “scrambling to respond” and relegated to begging for scraps of information through secondary diplomatic channels. Their access to the negotiations determining their fate? JD Vance - the same man who privately expressed his loathing of Europe and called it “PATHETIC” (not that he's wrong).

Imagine if the reverse was true: Macron and Putin carving up American spheres of influence in Berlin, while the White House “scrambles” to get information through Von der Leyen about what's being decided. Sounds unreal because no American administration would survive 24 hours after allowing it. The fact that European leaders face no such consequence tells you everything about how completely we've internalized our own subjugation.

In my latest article I explore how Europe went from writing the rules of global diplomacy to watching from the sidelines as other powers negotiate its fate - and why recognizing this humiliation might be the only path to shattering the Stockholm syndrome that now passes for European foreign policy.

This is the link to the article, entitled "Not at the table: Europe's colonial moment": https://t.co/xEZveOY4VU

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

A wand of a right foot

[90s Football @90sfootball]

Just how good was David Beckham? https://t.co/zjyas4c2LB

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

@SantiagoAuFund 🎣😂

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

@RPMComo @LCFC @iaincartergolf @ttmygh Moyes is a class act, glad he's back at Everton. To be recommended by Ferguson for the united job is as high praise as you will get. But you're right, he's not sexy and clubs and fans alike think the grass is always greener! Rarely is.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

Hence, some of the highest energy costs in the developed world

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

UK courts overturn licenses for two North Sea oil and gas projects.

The UK continues the policy of allowing fossil fuel demand growth (say, expanding Heathrow) but simultaneously restricting supply growth (North Sea).

Multiple Labour and Conservative govs behind the policy.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

@stevehouf Clearly never eaten black pudding Steve?! Breakfast noodles look great though!

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

🚩 growth though yeh? @RachelReevesMP

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

The number of UK retailers facing critical financial distress has soared in the fourth quarter amid rising costs and falling consumer confidence.

There were 2,124 retailers in distress in the period between Oct. 1 to Dec. 16, a 25% quarter-on-quarter jump, per Bloomberg.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

WTF 🤦🏼

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

This is absolutely insane…

This is Jared Bernstein. Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

He advises Biden on economic policy.

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

Games gone

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

"You know what [sin bins] are going to do to our game...?"

Ange Postecoglou has made his thoughts very clear!

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

🎯

[Barney Ronay @barneyronay]

What a game Test cricket is. Cut to the bone but still a different level to every other format. Its death is a paradigm of dumb consumerism. Money and margins tell you to make a worse product. At the end of which you have money, for a while, and a worse product for ever

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

£4 Trillion, with a capital T. To get to 7%! Somebody tell @JustStop_Oil what would happen if we didn’t have oil and gas! 🤯

[Anas Alhajji @anasalhajji]

Back To Earth: Reality of the Energy Transition

Will this chart work on the phone
@mortenolaisen?
For more: https://t.co/Cypdi87JA7

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

I wonder if the policy makers are going to celebrate when CPI goes negative and we’re in a deflationary recession?!

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

U.K. (JUN) CPI (YOY) ACTUAL: 7.9% VS 8.7% PREVIOUS;EST 8.2%

[Danny Gough @dgoughy]

Couple that with the fact that these rate rises are completely unnecessary. We had a supply shock. Won’t solve a supply shock with higher interest rates! @bankofengland looking backwards not forwards yet again 🙄

[Moving Home with Charlie @moving_charlie]

For the record: nothing about rising interest rates makes me happy.

It’s hurting businesses. It will cost jobs. It will put us into recession as sure as the sun comes up. It’s forcing some landlords to sell, meaning their tenants are usually forced out too. It will force some homeowners to sell. It’s keeping many first time buyers priced out. It’s making taxpayer/gov debt more expensive, which will hit budgets and public services. It’s making debt free savers more money which is keeping up inflation which will force more rate rises.

Not a single thing on that list is good news for anyone.