Kala

I'm just me. Born and bred in Stoke, now living just over the border. Hate injustice & inequality. Love my family, friends & Stoke City ❤️🤍❤️🤍

[HAIRY POTTER @cosnakickbo]

Help save Oakleys Farm — a Staffordshire family farm under threat. Please sign and share: https://t.co/G5hJW0Vx8A

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[Lou Macari @LouMacari10]

This is Micky Donovan who played drums in a band before losing his way in life and ending up in the Macari Centre. I visited him in hospital on Thursday and was planning to go back that night when they rang me. Another gone before his time, that is homelessness for you. RIP Micky

[Kala @dream_fiji]

@wizardsofdrivel Larus Sigurdsson

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

⛓️Chain of events in the Reform UK competition scandal⛓️‍

<-> Ray and June Dibble are photographed at a Brexit Party rally in 2019 with Nigel Farage, Anne Widdecombe and David Bull.

<-> Ray and June nominate local councillor, Lee Moffitt as branch chair for Reform UK, Wigan.

<-> Ray and June win Nigel Farage's energy bills competition.

<-> Additional info — Farage and Jenrick turn up at Ray and June's house with a cheque for a VERY SPECIFIC amount of £1,758.

It's almost as though the entire thing was orchestrated from the beginning.

Huge H/T to @linfitlass and @reformexposed for two crucial pieces of the puzzle.

[leon jenks @eljenko]

Phone found on the grass by Nuffield Gym (by where the coaches park) at Stoke ground.

I keep it safe and return to the owner if we can find them. If not i will take ot to the ticket office next home game and see if anyone been looking for it

**PLEASE SHARE**

[Keith @KeithHanfo49232]

Anyone got work on in Liverpool? got cscs and driving license will take anything at the minute labouring, warehouse or anything else which is available👍

[Kala @dream_fiji]

@reece_dinsdale A follow would be great 👍🏻

[The Receipts UK ♿ @david_hollas]

🧵 MATT HANCOCK. A thread.
1/
While people were dying alone. While families buried loved ones without a goodbye. While the nation followed rules they were told would save lives.
Matt Hancock was on WhatsApp. Doing business.
2/
The VIP lane — officially the High Priority Lane — was a secret fast-track system that gave politically connected companies 10x better odds of winning Covid contracts.
In January 2022 the High Court ruled it unlawful.
Source: Good Law Project v DHSC.
3/
Hancock alone referred at least four companies onto the VIP lane. Together with peers Lord Feldman, Lord Deighton and Lord Agnew, the four referred 60 suppliers.

Source: Covid Inquiry witness statement of senior civil servant Max Cairnduff.
4/
Excalibur Healthcare. Hancock referred them via his personal email account — which No.10 repeatedly denied ministers were using for government business.
Same day as his email: £25m contract. No tender.
Excalibur later folded owing taxpayers £22m.
Source: Byline Times FOI, April 2025.
5/
Those 2,700 ventilators Excalibur supplied on a £135m contract?
None were ever used.
The government auctioned them off. Machines that cost taxpayers £50,000 each were sold with bids starting at £100.
Source: Good Law Project investigation, confirmed at Covid Inquiry.
6/
NKD International. Previously NKD Pizza International — it changed its name two days before winning its contract.
Its director George Farha had donated £23,950 to the Conservative Party.
Hancock received WhatsApp messages introducing Farha as "one of your party donators." Four days later: VIP lane deal.
The director was later arrested on suspicion of fraud.
Source: Byline Times, April 2025.
7/
Ecolog International. A Tory donor WhatsApped Hancock directly: "Hope you're well my dear friend."
Hancock replied within hours. His department later issued a Letter of Intent.
The contract was cancelled — but not before a £38.6m settlement fee was paid to Ecolog.
£38.6m. For nothing.
Source: Good Law Project, WhatsApp messages obtained via disclosure.
8/
Gina Coladangelo. Hancock's close friend — later revealed to be his affair partner.
Appointed as a non-executive director of his own department, DHSC, on a £15,000 contract.
No public record of the appointment. She attended confidential meetings with civil servants.
Source: Multiple verified reports including Wikipedia summary of parliamentary record.
9/
His former pub landlord neighbour received a contract supplying tens of millions of vials for NHS Covid tests.
No relevant experience documented.
Source: The Guardian.
10/
When asked about all of this at the Covid Inquiry, Hancock called criticism of the VIP lane "wholly naive" and described it as "standard practice" in a "desperate situation."
The High Court disagreed.
11/
IPSO — the press regulator — ruled it was not a breach of the Editors' Code to describe Hancock as:
"A failed health secretary and cheating husband who broke the lockdown rules he wrote, helped enrich his mates via the infamous VIP PPE lane, and couldn't resist monetising the infamy he acquired."
That's not a political opinion. That's a regulatory finding.
12/
One in five Covid contracts raised red flags for possible corruption.
£8.7bn of PPE written off.
£7.6bn lost to fraud and mismanagement.
The Covid Corruption Commissioner is still investigating.
The National Crime Agency is separately probing possible criminal offences.
Nobody has been charged.
13/
People died following rules that the Health Secretary himself was breaking.
While he WhatsApped donors.
While he appointed his affair partner.
While he sold off ventilators for £100 that cost £50,000 each.
His constituents. Your money. Their lives.
#HancockMustAnswer #CovidContracts

[Aidan McLaughlin @aidnmclaughlin]

Owner of this site posting blatant fake news. No one died, certainly not 10 people, and the driver was drunk, according to the French press, which has in fact covered this story: https://t.co/9L09884HTj

[Chorley FC @chorleyfc]

We’ve had a number of questions over the last few weeks asking whether Chorley FC will be opening again on Christmas Day…

and after talking with the team at the @ChorleyFCCF, the answer became very clear.

Last year we heard from so many people who said that if we hadn’t opened our doors, they would have spent the day alone. That’s something we just couldn’t turn our backs on.

So yes, we’re opening again this Christmas Day, from noon until 4pm.

If you want somewhere to be, somewhere warm, friendly and full of a bit of Christmas spirit, you’ll be more than welcome at Victory Park. We’ll make sure you’ve got something to eat, a warm drink, and good company.

We’ve got you, Chorley. 🖤🤍

[James Muddiman @JKMartwork]

hi @wizardsofdrivel @NeilJamesWriter todays progress of #stokecity #victoriaground ,prints will be available soon

RTs appreciated

[Rori Thomas⚽️ @rorithomas_x]

Stokies, you know what to do ❤️🤍

#SCFC | #BristolCity | #stoke

[Karl @poddy_8]

18+ years in the construction industry
CS card
Site supervisor card
360 excavator 10 tonne and above
Telehandler
Forward tipping dumper
Cherry picker
Cat scan ticket
Abrasive wheels ticket.
Located in Stoke on Trent, does anyone know of any available jobs going?

[Stoke City Heritage @scheritage1863]

#StokeCity is one of football’s most historic names, the second oldest professional club in the world

The aim of Stoke City Heritage is to campaign towards the establishment of a Stoke City museum and heritage hub

Your help and support will be appreciated!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Stealing hats from kids what a twat this guy is.

I bet if you go on Ebay we can find out who he is.

[The Bear Pit TV @TheBearPitTV]

#SCFC and #WBA fans, let’s come together on Saturday and give a minutes round of applause on the 18th minute for Daneya-Faith Holford.

Such tragic news💔

Rest in Peace, Daneya🕊️

[J @1863TTKK]

Can everyone get this shared across all platforms please… 18th minute on saturday 👏🏻 #SCFC #WBA #StokeCity

[🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧Stokie Matt🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Stokie_Matt74]

👍🏼👍🏼🎼🎵
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