faz hakim

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

And another one: asylum seekers in hotels falls from 31k to 21k in first three months of the year... https://t.co/xCpMrRc2SM

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Luis Suárez reacts to Uruguay’s arrival in the United States for the World Cup, where the squad faced sniffer dogs and rigorous security checks:

“I’ve been in football a long time, and I’ve seen tournaments all over the world. But what we’re witnessing here with the USA hosting this World Cup is deeply concerning. Take the Uruguay team arriving — world-class players like Manuel Ugarte, standing there with arms folded, looking utterly bewildered as sniffer dogs go through their bags like they’re common criminals. That image says it all. These are ambassadors of the game, not suspects at the border.

This isn’t hospitality; it’s humiliation dressed up as security. You’ve got a Somali referee, one of Africa’s best, denied entry despite a valid visa — a man who dreamed of officiating at the pinnacle of his career, turned away at the airport. African and South American delegations facing extra screenings, visa chaos for fans and officials from qualified nations. This is the ‘land of the free’ rolling out the red carpet? It feels more like a fortress with razor wire.

The beautiful game deserves better than being turned into a political football or a paranoid checkpoint. FIFA chased the dollars — and there are billions to be made, no doubt — but they’ve sold the soul of the tournament to a host that treats global football stars and supporters like potential threats. Meanwhile, American taxpayers and host cities are left holding a bill running into hundreds of millions for security and logistics that FIFA largely pockets.

Football has always been about unity, passion, and bringing people together across borders. Right now, under this hosting, it’s being strangled by suspicion and overreach. The world is watching these scenes and cringing. If this continues, it risks leaving a bitter taste that lingers far longer than any on-pitch glory. We needed a celebration of the game — not a showcase of division. Something has to change.”

[Paul Castle @Goto_paulcastle]

THE QUESTION NOBODY WANTS TO ASK
If a foreign adversary targeted the Prime Minister's home and car, why isn't that the biggest story?
We are told constantly that democracy is under threat.
Yet when there are allegations of foreign interference, many seem more interested in leadership gossip than national security.
Some stories are ignored because they are inconvenient.
#Labour #KeirStarmer #PoliticsUK

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

And absolute shame on those who took the money…

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Feels like this should be a big story, no?

Russia behind attacks targeting the British Prime Minister.

Take your feelings for Keir Starmer out of this equation and the fact that it doesn't even make the LBC 7am headlines is astonishing.

Wind back a few years and imagine if this had happened to Boris Johnson — our media would be talking about nothing else.

The fixation within the media on promoting Nigel Farage and the obsession with tearing down Keir Starmer has led us into a news vortex that is almost impossible to peer out of.

Sure the social media ban is big news and sure, there are other stories to talk about, but this is, effectively, a state-sponsored assassination attempt on our Prime Minister.

Right? Or am I missing something here?

We have lost all journalistic integrity within our mainstream news broadcasters — see Beth Rigby turning a press conference about social media, into a question about Starmer being ousted yesterday.

Occasionally, I feel like I'm going mad; have we all lost our collective memories of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

By orders of magnitude, the two worst Prime Ministers that UK has ever had to endure, but we are being force-fed the line that Starmer is far worse.

I'm not a Starmer fanboy, despite what the inevitable comments below will say, but I do think he has a level of competence that vastly outstrips the aforementioned Truss/Johnson debacle.

So this story is moved on because it is too Starmer-positive — it might create feelings of sympathy in some — and that cannot be allowed.

What a ludicrous and disgraceful state of reporting we are being subjected to.

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

Ten years ago today Farage unveiled his racist "Breaking Point" poster.

Within hours a far-right sympathiser murdered the MP Jo Cox.

Instead of apologising, Farage went on to verbally attack her husband.

Farage has always been scum.

Never Vote Reform.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Let's just reflect on this for a moment. For the past few months a group of people who style themselves "patriots" have been peddling propaganda on behalf of a foreign state after it sponsored a firebomb attack on our Prime Minister.

[Jim Robbins @jimrobbins]

Seems bizarre to me that the press aren’t going bigger on the fact that Russia targeted Keir Starmer’s house and car.

We are currently about to start a Leadership contest as Starmer is seen as unpopular, but no-one is discussing the clear Russian interference on social media.

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

This is a brilliant investigation. It shows what many of us knew. Hostile states are supporting both Islamist & far right causes in order to divide us. If you are echoing those narratives you are aiding & abeting a hostile state.

https://t.co/Qr8sbm42zv

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Turns out the arson attacks on Starmer were arranged by Russia. Guess which 'patriot' helped spread the Russian misinformation and conspiracy bollocks around the attacks.

[faz hakim @fazhakim]

I feel like I've been banging my head against a brick wall on social value. We finally seem to have a politician (and potential Prime Minister) who gets it. @AndyBurnhamGM

The Seismic Shift: Why Social Value is the Key to Rebuilding Britain https://t.co/2jLOQVc3cy

[Joaquín López-Dóriga @lopezdoriga]

Esta es superioridad cultural. Al término del partido, los aficionados japoneses se quedan a llevarse la basura

[Lina Tobón @linamatote]

¿Cómo así que el Mundial MÁS COSTOSO de la historia NO tiene contratada traducción para la segunda lengua más hablada EN EL MUNDO, más aún siendo lengua nativa de uno de sus países anfitriones (México) y el segundo idioma más hablado en Estados Unidos?

[David Faitelson @DavidFaitelson_]

FIFA no puede prohibirle a ningún futbolista de hablar en el idioma que más le plazca.
Me parece una completa insensatez de los organizadores…

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the Brazil, Morocco, and Netherlands press conferences, where questions in Spanish were reportedly not permitted for Hakimi, Vinícius Jr., and Frenkie de Jong:

“I have covered World Cups for years, and this situation makes absolutely no sense to me. You’re telling me a World Cup co-hosted by Mexico can stop journalists from asking questions in Spanish? That’s like hosting a Formula 1 race and banning cars from using their engines.

We saw it with Hakimi. We saw it with Vinícius. Now we’re hearing similar stories involving Frenkie de Jong. The players understood the questions. The journalists spoke one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. Yet somehow the language became the problem.

Gianni Infantino talks about inclusion, diversity, and bringing football to everyone. Fine. Then explain this contradiction. How can FIFA celebrate diversity in every promotional video and then create headlines because Spanish journalists are being told to switch languages at a tournament hosted by Mexico?

Spanish isn’t some obscure dialect spoken by a handful of people. It’s the language of hundreds of millions across the Americas and beyond. If a journalist from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or anywhere else asks a question in Spanish and the player understands it, why is football creating barriers where none existed?

The irony is unbelievable. FIFA keeps telling us football belongs to everyone, but this controversy has many fans asking whether some voices are more welcome than others.

Maybe there’s a logistical explanation. Maybe it’s a translation issue. But perception matters. And right now the perception is terrible.

Because what fans are seeing is simple: a World Cup hosted partly by a Spanish-speaking nation, players who understand Spanish, journalists who speak Spanish, and officials telling them not to use Spanish.

If that’s progress, somebody needs to explain it better. Because from the outside, it looks like football’s governing body is tripping over its own message.”

“FIFA wanted a celebration of diversity. Instead, they’ve handed the internet a controversy that won’t stop being discussed.”

[🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotlands sweetheart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @humphriezz]

In 1746 the British gov banned the wearing of kilts and tartan to suppress our culture

1st offence - 6months in jail
2nd offence - 7 years of slavery

The fact we can wear our family tartan in our land & across the world is something we take great pride in

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ALBA GU BRÀTH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Juan Arango @JuanG_Arango]

Achraf Hakimi basically told FIFA to fuck off. He'll answer questions in whatever language he wants.

[Ultras Clips @ultras_clips]

Most people watch the World Cup from cafe or a couch. Türkiye fans watch it at 6:00 AM from a 2,000-year-old ancient theatre facing the sea. 🇹🇷🌅

Football with a view like this hits different. 😮

[JmRoyle #LFC #YNWA #BLM #RejoinEU @MyArrse]

Paedophiles that West Midlands Police caught under 'Operation Satchel' who they called 'Every Parents Worst Nightmare'.
Notice anything about them?

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

...small boat crossings falling for first time in years...