Paul Durbidge

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Here’s Thierry Henry talking more sense about England’s World Cup mentality than some of the English media right now.

[Emma @WhatTheForkAVFC]

I do believe i have happened upon my favourite England edit of the day.

I’m in the mood. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Abramdango @Abramdango91]

An England football fan named Gus Hully has one of the strangest World Cup traditions ever.

He collects a beer from every country playing in the tournament.

Then, whenever a team gets eliminated, he drinks that country’s beer as a goodbye toast.

For the 2022 World Cup, he went viral after collecting beers from all 32 competing nations.

Some were easy to find.

Others took serious effort.

He even managed to track down drinks for countries where getting the right bottle was not exactly simple.

Now, with the World Cup expanding to 48 teams, the challenge has become even more ridiculous.

One beer for every nation.

One drink for every elimination.

It turns the whole tournament into a giant international drinking calendar.

Most fans follow the World Cup with flags, shirts and score predictions.

Gus follows it with a fridge full of beer from around the planet.

Honestly, that might be the most committed way to watch football.

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

Norway may row. But England roars 🦁🦁🦁

Good luck tonight team, from our Armed Forces around the world! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@England

[Jason Rothwell @smile_on12]

Love it #countbinface

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Left: Count Binface criticises Newsnight for ditching 'proper investigative journalism' and has become a 'podcast'

Right: A few days ago Rupa Huq is rebuffed in parliament when she asks the new BBC DG Matt Brittin about the BBC's plan to the appeal to more Reform UK voters

Both Zia Yusuf and Laila Cunningham are on speed-dial for BBCQT and Newsnight respectively. The BBC is still well respected the world over, but bias towards the right becomes increasingly apparent. What was once more about facts and information, on some shows and on some subjects, edges towards misinformation

We need to do better for our national broadcaster, it needs to recover and heal, and it needs better leadership, because since Brexit, it gets worse by the day

[Jon Jones @JonJonesSnr]

Count Binface wants water bosses to swim in rivers to prove they’re clean.

He could win a by-election on that policy alone.

[Soxic @WhiteSoxic]

😭😭

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

I’ve never seen Britain more united 💚

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Game on, Nige.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

On my way, Clacton.

[Fig Newton @TopTerf]

To the London black cab driver who found me bloodied in the chaos of central London and drove me all the way to Reading: thank you.

Thank you for cleaning my face. For the sugary tea at the BP garage. For delivering me safely to my friend's front door and refusing to charge me a single penny.

In the trauma of that day, I never asked your name. I don’t think I even thanked you properly, and I am so sorry for that. But I hope you know that I remember you every single year.

You were a hero when London needed one most.

#SevenSeven
#NeverForget
#LondonBombings

[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.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Dear @FA, can we invite Mexico for a Wembley friendly, please? Outside Azteca, England fans swapping shirts with Mexicans, England fans and Mexicans drinking and singing together. Mexico been wonderful hosts. Be great to see them and their fans at Wembley. Not been since 2010.

[süleyman soykan @oceandream07]

A Venezuelan journalist, visibly disabled, had all his questions refused by the English players…

until Jude Bellingham stopped and took the time to answer respectfully.

[𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣 @SteveACooper]

A multimillion £ "gift" is nobody's business, yet a pair of spectacles are "on the take" and are of national interest.
The king of hypocrisy "do as I say, not as I do"

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

The HS2 saga should be treated as a national scandal, and lead to a fundamental reset in the way infrastructure projects are undertaken in this country. It won't though, because the British public are in thrall to vested interest distractions and never fight the right battles.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

BREAKING: I've secured a parliamentary debate next week on banning all MPs' second jobs.

Farage has pocketed over £1 MILLION from outside "work" since the General Election

Being an MP is a full-time job. No MP should be out chasing lucrative second jobs.

Let's end this racket!

[Paul Durbidge @pdurbo]

That’s how to make a man dream come true!!!