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[Phil @Optimism86]

Corbyn meets the people: conviction, connection and sincerity for a more equal society. Finally a leader I trust. https://t.co/0FFCwR3Wop

[Phil @Optimism86]

@InnoBystander @phillips_t36523 An easy headline relating to an unweighted ranking system. Not much interested in those.

England were low, but not as far as was claimed - as their SA 1998 win and subsequent success in the early 2000s showed.

[Phil @Optimism86]

@phillips_t36523 @InnoBystander Agree. A dramatic headline.

England had beaten NZ in every other Test series between them that decade: 1990 (H), 1991/92 (A), 1994 (H), 1997 (A).

They were, in the round, better than them (and Zimbabwe) but played the best teams more often, in longer series.

[Matt Roller @mroller98]

A second phenomenal away series win for Tom Latham as New Zealand captain: 3-0 in India in late 2024; now 2-1 in England in mid-2026.

New Zealand lost their greatest-ever batter at 1-0 down and finished the series decider five players down, but have been worthy winners.

[Bharat Sundaresan @beastieboy07]

New Zealand have quietly become the trendsetters in Test cricket having now comprehensively won away series against two countries most difficult to beat at home. The best part is they’ll neither talk about setting trends nor about revolutionising Test cricket

[Ali Martin @Cricket_Ali]

Zak Foulkes, the greatest sub performance witnessed on Trentside since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored four off the bench at the City Ground in 1999

[Phil @Optimism86]

Congratulations to a very likeable and skilled New Zealand side. Cricket without the histrionics. Focused, committed, humble.

[Razor Marone @Streettough]

Lots of terrible articles will be written in coming days about this (decent) man, explaining what happened (badly) , but if you really want to know why quite a lot of people think he’s an utter prick, this very short video explains it wonderfully well.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Keir Starmer could have ended child poverty, homelessness and the grotesque levels of inequality in this country.

Instead, he abandoned those in need, destroyed our civil liberties and facilitated genocide in Gaza.

That is how this Prime Minister will be remembered - and that is the legacy of moral and political bankruptcy he leaves behind.

The crises in our society are not going away. Neither are we - and we will keep fighting for a more equal, peaceful and dignified society for all.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

A compulsive liar.

[Phil @Optimism86]

@aaronjamesf1 Be thankful.

[Ollie @0lliOlli]

A striking example of the portability of antisemitism in the Zionist worldview: Tapp isn’t Jewish, yet claims antisemitism.

Polanski, a Jewish man targeted by Tapp for opposing genocide, is denied both victimhood and even his Jewishness.

The world turned upside down.

[Colin Millar @Millar_Colin]

Cape Verde centre back Roberto 'Pico' Lopes has spent his entire career in Ireland, ignored a LinkedIn message from Cape Verde FA asking him to play for them because it was in Portuguese. A year later, they sent it in English. He accepted. An all-time great World Cup story.

[𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚎 @TelfordVice]

Inside the Alex Carey-Jonny Bairstow drama, from "Marais Erasmus: The Rock ’n Roll Years" https://t.co/VXKEp4sACi #CricketTwitter

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

Don't know if this is common knowledge, but the BBC has produced a spoiler-free link to watch World Cup match highlights without knowing the score.

Simply go here:

https://t.co/dg52CjYbN8

[Luke Reynolds @Crackers134]

Full credit to Bangladesh for a great series win. Very good team in their home conditions. Australia don’t currently have the depth required when our best players are out, especially in the batting
#BANvAUS

[Pat Murphy @patmurphybbc]

My tribute to Keith Piper in the book I wrote about the 1994 season when @Warwickshire CCC was so dominant. In The Greatest Season Dennis Amiss said Piper was as good a keeper as Alan Knott. ‘I was mesmerised by his talent’.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

.@mehdirhasan: "I'm very critical of the msm.. its what you're not doing well that we want to do better"

Frost: "What are we not doing well?"

".. when it comes to the rise of the far right & fascism.. the genocide the Gaza.."

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

Statement from Omar Artan is far more graceful and reserved than FIFA deserves. It is a stain on this tournament that one of Africa's top officials can be blocked from the biggest month of his career.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali.

The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful.

https://t.co/rpSgTmmPU4

[Zeteo UK @zeteouk]

👏 🇬🇧 Zeteo UK is here to disrupt Britain’s broken media! We’ll be bringing fearless, independent journalism to the UK - no bowing to political pressure, no corporate interests, just fearless journalism.