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Influencing bricoleurs #bhafc

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Gus poyet my lord gus poyet oh lord gus poyet

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@fiona_lali Well…. Yea

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

You're literally a professional politician mate 🤡

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It’s not a conspiracy either, it’s being conducted in plain view.

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

“We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people.”

You don’t have to be a fan of Keir Starmer to see this is what’s happening.

[Sam @SamCKx]

The issue isn't Starmer, per se, it's the fact that we all now know, whoever is PM, unless it's some far right leader with friendly tax policies for the ultra wealthy, they will be met by a barage of misinformation and relentless online attacks: accusations they support p**dophiles & r*pists, that they jail 12,000 innocent people every year for tweeting; and all the usual misleading, manipulative BS designed to exploit people's emotions.

This won't stop until they have installed the party they want. A party that will be focussed purely on optimising the affairs of its wealthy backers, and not on the working people and families of Britain.

[Sam @SamCKx]

The first major wave of online misinformation resulted in Brexit, a decision that the majority of economists regard as the most damaging economic choice Britain has made in modern times, making millions of working families poorer.

Now it appears a second wave may succeed in forcing out a democratically elected Prime Minister who in a short timeframe has a track record of delivering policy designed to help millions of working families. Not a perfect man, but certainly one of the better PMs of the last 30 years or so.

A wave of gross & obvious misinformation, spread and amplified by foreign-owned social media platforms, in a deliberate campaign designed to indoctrinate UK citizens, may have toppled a British Prime Minister.

We are going down a very dark path here.

[Sam @SamCKx]

A democratically elected British Prime Minister has been driven from office by a relentless campaign of propaganda and misinformation; funded, amplified and perpetuated by foreign billionaires and elites whose interests bear zero resemblance to those of ordinary working people.

A noble gesture from an emotional Keir Starmer, entirely consistent with his conduct in office.

A truly sad day for British democracy.

His full resignation speech:

[Adam Hurrey @FootballCliches]

OK, I am done for the evening

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Sparkling water

[Cairo જ⁀➴ᰔᩚ @_Zyravibes]

People who cut out soda entirely, what did you start drinking instead?

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Banter if it’s Spain

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

Exclusive: Donald Trump will be allowed to lift the World Cup trophy with the winning team, as he did at the Club World Cup.

Trump will present the 2026 champions with the trophy on July 19 at MetLife Stadium alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino.🏆

https://t.co/qxodFY9Sqg

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👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿this

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

A few things happening at once that people should connect.

Russia is now linked to the arson attacks on the Prime Minister's house and car last year. Shocker.

And we all saw what happened the moment that story broke. Our feeds flooded with a different story about who the men were and why they did it.

That's the operation. The arson is one half. The disinformation campaign is the other.

Flood the zone, muddy the water, get the country shouting at itself instead of asking who is behind it.

And at the same time, a chunk of the accounts pushing Scottish independence on X went dark the night Israel hit Iran's nuclear sites.

Ask yourself why. Why would hostile states be interested in sowing division across the country?

This is exactly what I mean when I say defence is the thread underneath everything now.

Again, it isn't tanks on a border. It's an arson attack on the PM's front door and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns in the replies. It's the argument about breaking up our country being run out of Tehran.

This is why resilience matters. And it's bigger than just factchecking a tweet. It's energy we can rely on. Industry we actually own. Institutions that are rock solid. Communities that don't split and fracture the moment someone pushes them. A country that is built to take a punch.

That's the job now.

[Brighton & Hove Albion @OfficialBHAFC]

Welcome to the Albion, Costinha. 🇵🇹

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What do you think children did before social media? Oh yea, chilled put with their pals outside.

[AngelRain @pet_r1ch0r]

What are children actually supposed to do?
Like they have nowhere to go but home, everywhere costs too much money and they have no experience socially navigating without social media.
This just isolates abused, bullied and minority children.

[L🌵 @L_BHAFC]

2 Brighton players playing against each other at the World Cup, one of the best ever to where the shirt for Brighton and Pascal Gross

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We are fucking massive #bhafc

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜���𝗟: Netherlands XI in the World Cup vs. Japan! 🇳🇱💫

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These Germans are ruthless

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HUGE NIGHT FOR JURGEN LOCADIA AND CURACAÓ #BHAFC

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@AW_CPFC It certainly doesn’t feel like it, but you never know.

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Time to start using digital cameras/disposables.

[Bull Theory @BullTheoryio]

BREAKING: The UK is drafting a law to scan every photo, video and message on every phone in the country.

Tech CEOs who refuse to implement this could face up to 5 years in prison.

The proposal would force companies to build device level scanners that inspect content before encryption.

That means:

• Every image scanned
• Every message inspected
• Every video analyzed

All directly on your phone.

Governments and companies pushing these safety” systems already have a terrible track record protecting user data.

Last month, Europe’s new age verification app, promoted as a way to "keep children safe," was hacked in under 2 minutes.

In another case, over 70,000 IDs and selfies linked to online verification systems were exposed in a major breach.

Now the UK wants even deeper access directly inside your device.

Once governments force surveillance tools into every phone, they can expand what gets monitored at any time.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Brighton paid around £2 million for a defender from a Dutch second-division club five years ago. Tottenham are now being asked to pay £70 million for him. That is a 40x return. It did not happen by accident.

Jan Paul Van Hecke was playing for NAC Breda in the Dutch second division when Brighton signed him in 2020. You could fit NAC Breda's ground inside Tottenham's three times over. Nobody at Spurs was watching.

Brighton sent him on loan twice, once to Heerenveen and once to Blackburn Rovers, then brought him back and turned him into one of the Premier League's best passing defenders. In 2024-25, he completed 379 progressive passes, those forward balls that cut through defensive lines, the second-highest total by any Brighton player in a Premier League season. He carries the ball forward better than 97 out of 100 centre-backs in Europe. Brighton's analysts say his profile sits closest to Marquinhos at PSG. Since becoming a starter, he's been part of 25 non-penalty Premier League goals. That ties him with Kyle Walker. Only Man City and Liverpool players rank above him.

Spurs need him because they finished 17th last season. A club that reached the 2019 Champions League final survived relegation on the final day by beating Everton 1-0 while West Ham went down. Their first genuine relegation battle in 49 years. A club in that position cannot spend the summer being patient.

Brighton have already rejected two bids, roughly £40 million and then £50 million. CEO Paul Barber confirmed both on talkSPORT. The price now sits around £70 million, potentially £81 million, which would make Van Hecke the fifth most expensive centre-back ever sold. Pay that and it becomes Tottenham's largest transfer in club history, past the £56 million they spent on Xavi Simons.

One more number: Van Hecke's contract expires in June 2027. Tottenham could wait 12 months and sign him for free. They cannot afford that patience after nearly going down.

Brighton ran this same model before: Caicedo, bought for £4 million from Ecuador and sold to Chelsea for £115 million; Cucurella, bought from Getafe for around £12 million and sold to Chelsea for £56 million; Mac Allister, bought for around £7 million and sold to Liverpool for £35 million. Find the overlooked player, develop them for a few years, sell to the club whose desperation sets the price.

Whatever Spurs pay will fund whoever Brighton have already spotted at a ground a third the size of their own.

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No cos it was 7am onwards

[Not Sam Cane @NotSamCane]

Obviously I’m not old enough to remember but was everyone this upset with the World Cup kick off times for Japan and South Korea?

Just feels like people making a fuss out of nothing. Not every World Cup is going to be Euro centric.