Neoliberal YIMBYs: We want more housing.
Andy Burnham: Okay, we’re going to increase the building of council homes.
Neoliberal YIMBYs: no, not like that.
Some of us warned that this was the goal in October 2023 but we were told it was about the hostages. It was never about the hostages. It was always about conquest and ethnic cleansing.
@KappuyuSHosha You seem to be missing the point.
This change aligns the offside rule more with what can be seen by the naked eye, so it would feel more fair. Then if VAR calls a striker offside they will be visibly in front of the defender.
It's not meant to eliminate edge cases
@__griffin_ Surely the point is, now players that look level to the naked eye will be given onside, and if VAR overturns something, it'll actually look offside.
So we don't get goals ruled out for players that look exactly in line, but have a shoulder leaning over, and it feels more fair.
I would urge Nick Robinson to read this & respond as to why none of this was effectively addressed by him in the interview he undertook with Morgan McSweeney. The right thing for him to do now would be to interview in depth Paul Holden. @bbcnickrobinson
A quite extraordinary development in @andyburnham’s Labour Party.
I’m told John Stolliday, whose deplorable behaviour we exposed in the Labour Leaks, has just been announced as Labour’s executive director of GLU (responsible for legal and governance).
https://t.co/MUeoLmaqcJ
"a big Q is how to cut the welfare bill, I think theres an agreement it has to be cut"
Yes theres an effort by politicians/media to convince us it has to be cut, when the reality is welfare spend is c.10.6% of GDP & as a proportion thats lower than most other European countries.
@AllyFogg He looks like he's leaning forward to dive immediately after the touch and he's already on the way down well before there's any contact.
Can't see this as a pen with how early Kane seems to be simulating a trip (and jumping, for some reason).
An extremely important, devastating story. Starmer and Streeting have colluded to produce a US-UK pharma trade deal that experts say will siphon billions from the NHS and cause huge numbers of avoidable deaths. Disgraceful.
Israel's apologists need to answer this.
If Israeli soldiers deliberately killing children is so thinkable:
Then why do 76% of Jewish Israelis polled believe that there are no innocents in Gaza?
What do you think Israelis with guns who believe this are doing?
Lloyds debanks The Canary with no explanation and are currently withholding their funds.
This sets a very dangerous precedent and attack on Independent media.
Journalism is NOT a crime
Karl: Israel is a Jewish state. That’s in the charter. Do you support that?
Mamdani: I’ve said time and again that I support the state of Israel as a state with equal rights.
Karl: As jewish state?
Mamdani: I believe that any state that privileges one religion over another is one that I can’t tell you I support, whether it be Israel or Saudi Arabia or anywhere else. And a lot of that comes back to a fundamental belief that we should all be considered equal, no matter what our faith is.