I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of ‘Come On Eileen,’ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our song to make his entrance for his party conference. Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics.
@ByDonkeys .
Madeley: ".. welfare.. the elephant in the room.."
@AvaSantina: "Its not the elephant in the room"
"You don't think we have a problem with our spending on welfare?"
No Richard. As Jonathan Portes explained, as a proportion of national income we spend less now than 15 years ago
Man city paying 125m on a single player are basically putting 2 fingers up to every other team in @premierleague there doing what they want . 115 charges and spending what ever they want .
With reports today that Iliman Ndiaye and Enzo Fernandez are expected to sign for Man City over the next 24 hours, their summer spend will surpass £400 million.
Good to see that those 115 alleged charges for breaking Financial Fair Play rules have really served as a deterrent.
They just rescued 163 kidnapped kids in underground cages with duct tape over their mouths from a human trafficking ring in Florida and it hasn’t been on the news once because it’s 3 white maga Christian dudes that ran it. Take all the time you need with that one
DID YOU KNOW?
1. American milk is illegal in Europe. Too many chemicals.
2. US bread is considered cake in Europe. Too much sugar.
3. American eggs are illegal in UK. They wash off the natural protection.
4. US meat is banned in 160 countries. Because of hormones.
5. American apples are coated with wax that is also used for cars.
6. In the US, 60% of food contains stuff banned in other countries.
The problem with our water companies and regulation revealed
Spain is hotter, drier and has fewer people than England. Yet it has around 28 times the reservoir capacity.
Spain: 56 billion m³
England: 2 billion m³
Maybe Britain’s water problem isn’t simply that it doesn’t rain enough. It’s what we do with the water when it does.