Graham_Murphy 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺

Rather be on the #beach
#Rejoin #brexitshambles #Economy #Europe #Green 💚 Opinions are very much my own (unless I retweet yours)

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

So could England and you'd have the added bonuses of..

The oldest football nation on earth with fans able to walk up to stadiums rather than being located 20 miles outside of the city in a former swamp. Walking past houses, cafes, pubs where you can feel the energy build.

Enjoy that pint and a sing song in a real pub in a real housing estate next to the stadium rather than 12 different concessions that all sell burgers at a mall/airport stadium concession centre.

Pricing that demands ALL fans can realistically attend rather than a cock waving wanker telling everyone he paid a million dollars for his ticket.

Communities that live a breathe the game instead of pretending they know what they're talking about for a month every 4 years.

Stadiums that are built for the game, generate noise rather than spaceship sized Disneylands that generate zero football atmosphere.

A chance for supporters to visit any one of 100 professional clubs stadiums in one small country, many within a 10 mile radius, where 150 year old rivalries have played out. You'll end up buying the shirt of a shitty club in a random town you've never heard of and it'll hit like crack for the rest of your life.

A travel experience by car or rail that could see you get to any ground from any other in 4, not 14 hours.

An opportunity to have jellied eels before going into the London stadium, jerk chicken or jollof rice at Arsenal , world class Balti pies at Villa Park or homemade top class pies at Anfield by @HomebakedBakery then sitting on the world famous Kop or beautiful new Everton stadium for a game.

Let the American mind boggle as St James's Park sits squarely in the City centre of Newcastle, not 20 miles out.

Stay in London and visit 15 or 16 professional clubs in one city.

Visit the @NFM_Shop and understand 150 years of English football culture, footballs and shirts that are half the age of your country, the world's most fascinating collection of football history.

Not everyone wants bigger, more expensive or corporate. Most fans across the globe proudly campaign for affordable pricing so that EVERYONE can enjoy and be a part of this sport.

I'll invite you to Spain and Portugal and Morocco , as my guest, for the next edition. Football cultures that from Seville to Barcelona to Bilbao to Marrakech to Lisbon to Porto to Vigo highlight difference in cultures, regions, cities and football experiences. A 24/7 living and breathing passion for the sport that unless experienced, cannot be fully comprehended or appreciated.

If you like big, corporate, burger concessioned, greed driven pricing, sure, America wins.

But if you want your mind blown, you'll go to a World Cup in Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Brazil, Argentina. I guarantee, even in jest, you'll realise how naive your comments are.

[Sam @SamCKx]

The more I dig, the more I realise that Nigel Farage is literally done for. It's over for him. The £5 million bung is big enough to take the entire Reform movement down and possibly land Nigel in jail.

1) The fact the donation was made BEFORE Nigel was MP is absolutely irrelevant. Parliamentary Code of Conduct requires all receipts for the full 12 months before election. Nigel receiving his bung just a few days before he announced his candidacy makes it so much worse, not better.

2) "Category 5: Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK - THRESHOLD FOR REGISTRATION Section 39. Members must register, subject to the paragraphs below, any gifts or benefits with a value of over £300 which they receive from a source outside the UK."

Nigel argues this was 'purely personal' but the Code refers to partners or families when it comes to personal gifts... this takes us to the next issue...

3) Christopher Harborne has a long track record of making SUBSTANTIAL political contributions to Nigel's parties, first to The Brexit Party, and later to Reform. He is a POLITICAL DONOR - any "gift" he made to Farage CANNOT be argued as personal or without political context due to this track record.

4) Using his platform as an MP, Nigel went on to promote 2 companies in which Christopher Harborne holds $ billions in stock - Nigel NEVER publicly endorsed or mentioned these companies prior to the "gift". Nigel also began actively pushing for policy that would directly interest Christopher Harborne and his business affairs. These were not interests that any could argue could possibly be of interest to his constituents - deregulation of crypto, and lowering of taxes on crypto gains. Nigel spent a substantial amount of time and effort pushing these policies.

It is beyond a doubt that this is the biggest breach of Parliamentary Code of Conduct rules in relation to donations in parliamentary history.

But even more concerning for Nigel will be that if it can be proven he was secretly incentivised to use his public office to push for policies to support a wealthy donor, then he should very likely face a criminal probe for corruption and bribery. I suspect Harborne might also be exposed to this. The United Kingdom and Thailand have a bilateral extradition treaty. Maximum prison sentences of up to 10 years for the offence.

This is not going to go away.

[Elina Valtonen @elinavaltonen]

We can't have Russian citizens enjoying the freedoms of European life while the Kremlin continues its missile attacks against Ukrainian families and cities. Together with Sweden, we call on the Commission and Member States to uphold a stricter visa policy for Russian applicants.

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.

At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Every day, ships leave this russian owned factory in Ireland straight for St Petersburg carrying thousands of tonnes of raw alumina for the war machine.

There’s corruption everywhere. Locals tell me politicians are bought by oligarchs.

Ireland is no longer militarily neutral.

[Graham_Murphy 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @graham_murphy]

@lucyjaynewhite1 It's not under16s that should be banned from using social media, its racists like you that should not only be banned but totally excluded.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

While russian politicians party in Venice, waves of missiles & drones have pounded Ukraine. People are under the rubble of an apartment building in Kyiv this morning. Important for the world to see this footage and stop inviting this terrorist state back into civilised society

[Graham_Murphy 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @graham_murphy]

@SangitaMyska I've lived just a few miles away from wembley in Dollis Hill for the last 25+ years. Happy to have you back anytime you want 💗

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I’m a big believer in coincidences. Like that time I wasn’t going to be an MP, then a crypto billionaire gave me £5 million and by total coincidence I decided to become an MP who passionately supports tax breaks for crypto billionaires.

[Steffi Ede @MumofFatCassie]

Starmer is made to resign, the bond markets react & force up the cost of borrowing, within a few weeks a financial tsunami as a result of Trump's Iran war slams into us.
Then what? Seriously?
The depth of self-absorbed stupidity on display today has been breathtaking.
#c4news

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Say what you like about the British press, but I find it reassuring that they spend months ripping apart a Labour PM for properly declaring some glasses and football tickets, then all but ignore someone who wants to be PM when he tries to cover up a £5 million gift.

[Cal Cowen @calculus52]

Hey @BBCNews , got a story for you!

About 11 reform new councillors have stepped down or been expelled already!

It will cost a lot to elect new ones. How about running that as a story, just for a smidgen of impartiality?

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

I confronted the russian ambassador at Venice Biennale because no one else did.

In the last 24 hours russia bombed city centres & a kindergarten. Dozens murdered in the streets.

The russian pavilion here is filled with free champagne & art to whitewash their war crimes.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Relatively little attention outside Israel given to the expose by the liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz that another ship carrying grain stolen by Russia from occupied Ukraine arrived in Israel last Sunday. The EU is considering sanctioning the people involved.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions

A 🧵 with the evidence:

[Graham_Murphy 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @graham_murphy]

Like Greenland you mean, or Canada, or maybe Venezuela, or maybe Cuba, or Iran, or Lebanon. Or even Ukraine.

Perhaps a bit of self reflection might help.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

JD Vance in Hungary: "You should never have a foreign head of state threatening the head of government of an allied nation. It's preposterous, it's unacceptable."

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

Netanyahu has launched a severe attack on Lebanon.His disregard for human life & intrl law is unacceptable.

Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire.

The international community should condemn this.

The EU should suspend its Association Agreement with Israel.

No impunity.

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Justo hoy, Netanyahu lanza su ataque más duro contra el Líbano desde que empezó la ofensiva.

Su desprecio por la vida y el derecho internacional es intolerable.

Toca hablar claro:

- Líbano debe formar parte del alto al fuego.

- La comunidad internacional debe condenar esta nueva violación del derecho internacional.

- La Unión Europea debe suspender su Acuerdo de Asociación con Israel.

- Y no debe haber impunidad ante estos actos criminales.

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Los alto al fuego siempre son una buena noticia. Sobre todo si conducen a una paz justa y duradera. Pero el alivio momentáneo no puede hacernos olvidar el caos, la destrucción y las vidas perdidas.

El Gobierno de España no aplaudirá a quienes incendian el mundo porque se presenten con un cubo.

Lo que toca ahora: diplomacia, legalidad internacional y PAZ.

[Grenfell United @GrenfellUnited]

In response to Simon Dudley's (@reformparty_uk) recent comments on Grenfell: