J 😎

I mainly tweet about @Cymru and @LFC. Interested in all things built environment.

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Qatar World Cup 2022. 🇶🇦

3 games. 1 stadium. 0 wins.

Roll on Euro2024 qualification 😎

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Liberating the people of Iran remember!

[Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch @BabakTaghvaee1]

BREAKING: As a result of Israeli airstrikes at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, tens of passenger aircraft are on fire as they are being bombed. While they are freely bombing passenger aircraft in Iran, their own aircraft have been sheltered by Greece, Cyprus, and many other European countries.

#OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar

[Alex Clarkson @Alex_Clarkson1]

@bendcfc40 @NathanJordan85 I went to school with this Herbert, few years younger mind you but he was born a menace, brought a 4 pack of John smiths extra smooth to school in year 7 when he was about 12

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Fucking load of shite tonight, Bellamy will play everyone he should have played tonight in the dead rubber against NIR on Tuesday

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Fuck me what an awful set of subs that was… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Nathan Salt @NathSalt1]

You simply can’t be bringing on Mark Harris over Nathan Broadhead in a knockout World Cup qualifier. Mad call

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

@flightradar24 I wonder what Air Asia will do with their new route KUL > LGW via Bahrain

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is probably the most important article of the month: an op-ed by Oman's Foreign Minister, who mediated the talks between the U.S. and Iran, in which he writes that the U.S. "has lost control of its foreign policy" to Israel.

He repeats that a deal was possible as an outcome of the talks (something confirmed by the UK's National Security Advisor, who also attended: https://t.co/XkfSpkMjCf) and that the military strike by the U.S. and Israel was "a shock."

Interestingly, given he is one of Iran's neighbors and given that Oman has been struck multiple times by Iran since the war began (https://t.co/IXNdwD6f3j), he writes that "Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable result" of the U.S.-Israeli attack. He describes it as "probably the only rational option available to the Iranian leadership."

He says the war "endangers" the region's entire "economic model in which global sport, tourism, aviation and technology were to play an important role." He adds that "if this had not been anticipated by the architects of this war, that was surely a grave miscalculation."

But, he adds, the "greatest miscalculation" of all for the U.S. "was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place."

In his view this was the doing of "Israel’s leadership" who "persuaded America that Iran had been so weakened by sanctions, internal divisions and the American-Israeli bombings of its nuclear sites last June, that an unconditional surrender would swiftly follow the initial assault and the assassination of the supreme leader."

Obviously, this proved completely wrong, and the U.S. is now in a quagmire. He says that, given this, "America’s friends have a responsibility to tell the truth," which is that "there are two parties to this war who have nothing to gain from it," namely "Iran and America."

He says that all of the U.S. interests in the region (end to nuclear proliferation, secure energy supply chains, investment opportunities) are "best achieved with Iran at peace."

As he writes, "this is an uncomfortable truth to tell, because it involves indicating the extent to which America has lost control of its own foreign policy. But it must be told."

He then proposes a couple of paths to get back to the negotiating table, although he recognizes how difficult it would be for Iran "to return to dialogue with an administration that twice switched abruptly from talks to bombing and assassination."

That's perhaps the most profound damage Trump did during this entire episode: the complete discrediting of diplomacy. If Iran was taught anything, it is: don't negotiate with the U.S., it's a trap that will literally kill you.

The great irony of the man who sold himself as a dealmaker is that he taught the world one thing: don't make deals with my country.

Link to the article: https://t.co/FZxtqV3RC4

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Wow..

[China pulse 🇨🇳 @Eng_china5]

CHINA:

"The US is a war addict. Throughout its over 240-year history, it has been at war for all but 16 years.

The US has 800 overseas military bases in over 80 countries and regions.

The US is the main cause of international disorder, global turbulence, and regional instability."

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

@emorgan1961 @UtdFrames @ManUtd Well I’m out man

[The Anfield Wrap @TheAnfieldWrap]

"This is either ineptitude or sheer fucking arrogance. This period was always going to come, you don't get to act surprised."

"I don't think it's right that the people [at LFC] who are ultimately responsible for those decisions never speak about them in public."

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Nanny state

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Food high in fat, sugar and salt will be banned from TV adverts before 21:00 and at any time online from tomorrow

The ban also covers some breakfast cereals, porridges, sweetened bread products and sandwiches

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

@emorgan1961 @WorldFamousHot1 Holy smokes first time seeing this hahaha

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Was trying to book this for the playoffs last week… sold out for months now I know why 😆

[Nation.Cymru @NationCymru]

Cardiff Council has approved controversial plans to re-purpose a former city hotel into supported accommodation for the homeless despite huge backlash from local residents and businesses https://t.co/UyBQ4BdAqt

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

@screenrotpod @emorgan1961

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

@emorgan1961 Yeah only because of the stepped gardens at half way - be interesting to see how it looks in real life and not off a render

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Looks mint

[YIMBY Alliance @yimbyalliance]

Plans for a 31-storey skyscraper have been approved at 130 Fenchurch Street in London.

The ground floor will feature 300 sqm of public space and there will be an external garden terrace on the 20th storey.

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

@emorgan1961 @TheAnfieldBuzz @HoganSion He can’t stand him

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

@We_Global Stupid idea to play that game especially a few days before Wales play arguably their hardest group game against Belgium as well

[Ryder Cup Europe @RyderCupEurope]

SHANE LOWRY COMES UP CLUTCH TO RETAIN THE RYDER CUP!

#TeamEurope | #OurTimeOurPlace

[J 😎 @Jlr_100]

Holy shit

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

"The Gaza Strip is becoming a real estate bonanza," and the plan is "on President Trump's desk," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said at the "Real Estate Center" conference. He said negotiations have begun with the U.S. regarding a business plan for Gaza.
"We paid a lot of money for the war, so we need to decide how to divide the percentages of the land in Gaza. The demolition phase is always the first phase of urban renewal. We did that, now we need to start building."