Richard Smith

older than you think shipping person, Leicester fan man and boy, grafter of an opening batsman with very average ability. does not like sprouts and Forest

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

“It worked, boom.”

That’s Nigel Farage celebrating a Reform UK plot to break election law - by having a US company secretly pay for three influential political polls that benefitted the party.

Earlier in the investigation, Reform’s Head of Policy James Orr and senior advisor Dan Jukes arranged for a Verbatim reporter to pay for the polls through a US company. Orr and Jukes believed the firm was run by the reporter’s American father.

Mr Farage was filmed by undercover reporters from @Verbatim_Media as part of a year-long investigation that Channel 4 News has thoroughly checked and verified.

This meeting took place in his Clacton constituency in July - when Mr Farage was fighting a by-election he called after separate allegations about his finances.

Watch the full investigation on YouTube.

[Richard Smith @lesterfan2]

Signed

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Almost at 200,000 signatures and still 11 days left until the debate in parliament.

How fantastic would it be to that over 250,000 by the end of next week?

[Luís Figo @LuisFigo]

Today I join others from across our game and call for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA President.

Infantino has debased the office that he promised to elevate. He has lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve. 

He has lost the support of his senior staff, his closest advisers, the vast majority of people who devote their lives to this sport and even, it would seem, the FIFA Peace Prize winner. 

It is too late to save his dignity but it is not too late to save football. He should go. Now.

#Infantinout

https://t.co/j93k5MnlK2

[Ben Mummery🇮🇹❤️🤍 @ben_mummery]

@Saltburncc First slip clicks his fingers to imitate an edge, bat nowhere near it and given out.
This is about the worst case of cheating I’ve ever seen in cricket.
Apparently, their keeper has a huge amount of catches this season.
@talkSPORT @bbctms @SkyCricket
@TailendersPod

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Today more than ever… Heeeey Jude… ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.

Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it.

Leave him to me.

[Leicester City @LCFC]

An unforgettable moment with Andrea Bocelli on Filbert Way 💙

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Enough of the bullshit, enough of the rhetoric, enough of the fiddling around the edges, enough of rearranging the deckchairs, enough of pointless commissions and even more pointless reports, enough of the lying, enough of the deceit, enough of the gaslighting, enough of the masquerade, enough of the pretending it's time for govt to get a grip, to show leadership, to show determination, to do the right thing, to act.

It's time to put the water industry back into public ownership and the time to do that is now.

But have they got the balls?!

[Brendan May @bmay]

You may not rate Starmer, but if you think a Farage government is what the country needs I fear you will be sorely disappointed.

The media would love nothing more than Farage as PM. The last person they salivated over like him was Boris Johnson.

Be careful what you wish for.

[charlie higson @monstroso]

I guess the only option left for Mandelson now is to join Reform.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

…managerial churn; disconnect between fans and board and fans and team; controversial director of football; the cost of excessive, unsustainable wages and PSR woes. Long read here on the many issues at #LCFC 2/2
https://t.co/tIuwaFNP6b

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

🚨News of the horrendous crimes against humanity in Iran over the last 48 hours.

🚨 An estimated 7,000 killed by regime forces. Western outlets and human rights groups outside the country put it at 650 but news from inside have it closer to the number above. Many of them young girls and teenagers, I’ve seen the videos and they are too horrific to share. Yet STILL they are out on the streets in massive numbers.

This situation is unprecedented. The most remarkable story of revolution I’ve ever seen. Berlin Wall 1989 comes close - and I was there - but this is different. Very different.

The people on the streets are ordinary civilians, some of them sick, some even in wheel chairs. But the majority are young and they are fighting with all they have. And if they’re to have any kind of life ahead of them, they know there’s no way back from this. It’s a war of attrition never seen before with little to compare it to. In layman’s terms it’s do or die.

With 5 days of internet shut down and black outs so the regime can kill at will, it’s time for us to speak up. The world needs to act. We are on the precipice of something seismic.
#IranRevoIution2026

[Tony Martin @mrtonymartin]

I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

It’s not his house.

It’s your house.

And he’s destroying it.

[Bucks Cricket @BucksCricket]

We are delighted to share that Buckinghamshire has been named Board of the Year in the @_MCCFoundation Awards 2025! 💚

🦢🏏 #BucksCricket

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Well that's odd. 24 hours ago The Westmorland Gazette posted a story about swimmers getting sick while taking part in the Great North Swim on Windermere. Apparently sewage was being dumped into the lake at the time.

1 day later the article has disappeared from their website.

I'm sure there's a perfectly innocent explanation. 🤔

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Water firm warns of possible hosepipe ban."

So here's a prediction for you, unless there is biblical amounts of rain over the next few weeks by the end of August most of England will be operating under a hose pipe ban. Severn Trent, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Souther Water et al.

And while that's going on remember this this, they've taken £84 billion of our money out of those companies, saddled them with £74 billion in debt and in return we can't even turn our taps on.

https://t.co/VoZ64xPnH6

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Thames Water wants "special treatment" from regulators- a chance to dodge £100s of millions in fines.

Shareholders keep their wealth; we pick up the tab.

It doesn't have to be that way.

The govt and regulators must stand up to profiteering bullies and bring water into public hands.

[Richard Smith @lesterfan2]

@AmpthillTownCC Aaarh shucks! Thanks very much …

[Richard Smith @lesterfan2]

Completely agree

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Just watched Sir Gareth Southgate deliver The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2025 on @BBCOne . It is utterly outstanding - superbly composed , brilliantly delivered , compelling , bold and true . Its really is what we pay our licence fee for . You can watch it here . . . https://t.co/84XDtYy65b