Paul Valentine 🔶

Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) | #PNEFC | Tweets about business, debt, football and politics in a personal capacity

[National Energy System Operator @neso_energy]

Yesterday #wind generated 41.3% of GB electricity, more than imports 18.4%, gas 13.7%, nuclear 9.7%, solar 7.0%, biomass 5.0%, hydro 2.4%, other 2.4%, *excl. non-renewable distributed generation

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Tampa pitch. #ENG

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

THEY ARE BASTARDS!

We just got an email sent to MSE. The spelling was awful, and it was quite tough to understand. Lower down, the writer later explained she was 78 and her disability had stopped her being able to spell. So perhaps it is a stroke, or something similar.

I've tidied it and summarised below, changing some identifying details. In a nutshell, it was this...

"I invested, Martin, with Quotum when you first announced it on TV. What an opportunity for me to buy my own flat. My manager there passed me through to a nice man who asked me for £350 more. He showed me it was growing. I did what he told me to do."

She then goes on to explain how she really wanted her flat and she gave more and more money. And she has nothing left to help with her disability.

I'm honestly in tears typing this. These types of scam ads have now been going on for a decade. I have spent my career trying to help people with their finances. It feels visceral to get this, and to feel that this reputation has been perverted by criminals to steal from someone who is clearly so vulnerable leaves me feeling nauseous.

So many people, both vulnerable and not, lose money and see their lives and wellbeing destroyed. It's now seven years since I sued Facebook. And yet still nothing is being done.

Big tech makes £3bn a year from these scammers. We have a law in place to make them responsible for these ads they're paid to publish, yet it isn't implemented. How many more of these do I have to receive - and far worse, how many more people have to go through this?

This is relentless. It is wrong. Government has to take action! I wrote to the PM just two weeks ago on this very issue. I've not heard back yet.

(We are, of course, going to try and point her in the right direction to get help, but that will be stressful for her too)

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[Paul Valentine 🔶 @iampav]

BBC News - Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction - BBC News
https://t.co/QpsGoELNZS

[Lancashire Post @leponline]

Dog walker in 'serious condition' after being attacked in Withy Grove Park https://t.co/AyMFN85aQU

[FT Energy @ftenergy]

South West Water fined record £1.9mn after parasite outbreak https://t.co/9c7hyCcYkj

[Paul Valentine 🔶 @iampav]

Good to see McCann come on for Northern Ireland. Busier than anticipated too as NI later had a man sent off.

https://t.co/4gkBZg7CKP
#pnefc

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

Lifetime ambition to get the word 'wazzock' on the front page of a national newspaper achieved.

Cheers, Zia!

[spudbros @thespudbrothers]

It’s been an absolute pleasure…

Being the sponsor of Preston North End this season has been a huge moment for us as a business and as a family.

Growing up supporting the club, and with Spudfather holding a season ticket for over 30 years, seeing SpudBros on the front of the shirt is something we’ll always be proud of.

As we take down the first ever shirt from the training ground, we thought we’d give it a new home…

We’re going to give it away to one Preston North End fan 🙌

To enter, simply comment below here or Facebook and we’ll pick a random winner

@pnefc

[Preston North End FC @pnefc]

Join 11,000 North Enders at Deepdale. ⚪️🏡

Phase two of the early bird period will be introduced on Monday 8th June and will run until Wednesday 1st July, with heavily reduced prices still available. ⚠️

👉 https://t.co/UCXgSp1iif

#pnefc

[Ben Zaranko @BenZaranko]

This chart is bonkers.

I think there's two possible explanations for why the UK runs so far ahead of other European countries – neither of them good. And the annual April jump speaks to a wider issue. For more detail, see my column in this weekend's Observer (link below).

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

BREAKING: Donald Trump shrugged off the possible collapse of peace talks with Iran, telling CNBC:

“I don’t care if they’re over, honestly.”

“I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less.”

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

'You legend. Manager loved it' - Southampton's Spygate WhatsApps revealed https://t.co/s6zjEWpt9m

[Preston North End FC @pnefc]

The early bird window has been extended until 5pm today with season card sales now reaching 10,500. 🚨

#pnefc

[Argyle Life / Green & White Podcast @ArgyleLife1886]

The players of Plymouth Argyle Women have released a joint statement after ‘nearly all players have been informed via an email from the club that they will be released at the end of the season’

#pafc

[Preston North End FC @pnefc]

10,000 season cards sold already for 2026/27. Thank you for your incredible support! 🤍

#pnefc

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Energy bills for typical household to rise by 13% to £1,862 a year from July, British regulator Ofgem says
https://t.co/25bsndTvVJ

[B/R Football @brfootball]

We got New Yorkers to guess Championship teams from their badges, following West Ham's relegation to the second division 😅

[EFL Communications @EFL_Comms]

Transfer window dates confirmed for Season 2026/27

📘 https://t.co/nl9zr8oYkC

#EFL