Ethan Mann

History Teacher.
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[Tom @Tom97___]

Dark times for Formula 1.

[F1blag @f1blag]

Every safety car procedure is a reminder that the only time they broke these rules was in Abu Dhabi 2021.

[Tam ¹ @F1Tami]

Are they taking the piss????

LANDO SAID THE EXACT SAME THING?????

He said they needed to pit and they told him to stay out so that they could be on the same strategy as Ferrari.

Fuck off.

[No Context County Cricket @NoContextCounty]

England five minutes into an Ashes in Australia (English style scoring)
Australia five minutes into an Ashes in England (Australian style scoring)

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Burnham says Labour will go into next election with a manifesto pledge to change the electoral system.

Big moment.

[Football365 @F365]

We have reallocated all of Manchester City's trophies since 2009, and it's good news for Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Real Madrid 🏆

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

On a packed train with my family. Couple across the aisle both alternatively playing social media videos on speakers at full volume. Managed not to say anything until the woman started playing a documentary about serial killers. I'm here with my daughter.

I politely said "please could you turn it down it's not appropriate." To which she replied "I'm sure she's heard worse at school." I said that really wasn't her call to make and in general could she please reduce the volume.

Her response "Its a public train for heavens sake".

For me that's exactly why it is anti social (and what headphones were invented for). I'm wondering which one of us is out of kilter on this?

Ps I should note she did thankfully reduce the volume and we all left it there.

[SaintsExtra @SaintsExtra]

30 wins from 49 matches in charge.

#SaintsFC boss Tonda Eckert 👏🇩🇪

[SaintsExtra @SaintsExtra]

Most goals + assists in the Championship this season:

◉ 7 - Cyle Larin (512 mins)
◉ 7 - Finn Azaz (558 mins)
◎ 7 - Jarrod Bowen (620 mins)

#SaintsFC

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

This is a very disappointing response that does little to help the millions of students already struggling with student loans! My view on the govt's reponse today to the Treasury Committee student loan report...
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This is a very disappointing response that does little to help the millions of students already struggling with student loans, after years of degradation of the terms they signed up to, by successive governments. Most urgently, it doesn’t address the coming immoral freeze of the Plan 2 repayment threshold, announced by Rachel Reeves, due to start next April.

That will mean all those on Plan 2 loans will effectively pay more each year. I say it’s immoral because it is a negative retrospective change of terms to loan contracts students, often aged 18, signed up to. No commercial firm would ever be allowed to do that. The only slim hope is that as the freeze was announced in a Budget, it has to be undone in a Budget and therefore they are just waiting for the coming one to do that.

At the same time, the Government has sadly rejected the Committee’s recommendation that the ‘fairness’ protections that holders of commercial loans get should apply to student loans too - perhaps as it knows some of the ways it behaves would fall foul of those conditions.

Most frustrating is that back in 2015, I campaigned for this change, and even worked with current Cabinet Minister, Wes Streeting, then a backbencher, to put an amendment in Parliament (it failed). So, it is incredibly frustrating to see a government he is now a part of reject it.

The Government has also rejected shifting the inflation link from RPI to CPI - continuing the unfair pattern that means when the Government raises our costs by inflation it’s often via the higher RPI, but on things where it pays out it’s often linked to the lower CPI measure.

Of course, I welcome the small crumbs it has given that at least future students will be told in plain English, before they sign up, that the amount they repay can be altered after the event. But let’s be clear: better information for future students will not fix the existing Plan 2 student loan crisis. The repayment threshold needs to rise, interest needs to fall, maintenance support needs uprating, and the whole system requires a fundamental reset.

[Sky Bet Championship @SkyBetChamp]

Cyle Larin is inevitable. 🔥

@SouthamptonFC | #SkyBetChampionship

[Alfie House @AlfieHouseEcho]

🚨 Saints striker Cyle Larin, 31, has officially won the Championship's Player of the Month award for August. Well deserved.

Four goals in three games, and he beats likes of Will Lankshear. First Saints winner since Gareth Bale in August 2006. 👏

#SaintsFC

[formularacers @formularacers_]

🚨 | NEW: Formula 1's Safety Car will have a special livery at the Italian GP.

In celebration of 20 years since the Disney movie 'Cars' was released...

The Safety Car will run the livery of 7-time Piston Cup Champion and racing legend Lightning McQueen.

[Alfie House @AlfieHouseEcho]

Embarrassing 24 hours for the club.

[No Context County Cricket @NoContextCounty]

The fact that a county are employing Scott Kuggeleijn genuinely makes me sick,disgusting decision

[The Hawk @hawkhampshire]

A widespread boycott of Hampshire's match against Warwickshire tomorrow in protest at the signing of Scott Kuggeleijn is a very real possibility, the Hawk understands.

[Simon Baddeley @SimBadd18]

Ofsted should NOT be inspecting what school staff do voluntarily, outside directed hours, without pay.

Pushing back against things like this is precisely why Trade Unions exist rather than just legal representation. This MUST be resisted.

[Pritesh Raichura @Mr_Raichura]

Imagine taking time at the end of every lesson to celebrate the hardest working/most engaged pupils like this. I’ve experienced its power, particularly this year as I’ve taught lots of classes I’ve never met before. And Neena just improvised this eg on the podcast! Masterclass 🤩

[Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC]

We are delighted to confirm the signing of central defender Keven Schlotterbeck from FC Augsburg ✍️

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

How is this SEVEN years ago? 🤯

🗓️ On this day in 2019... 🥹