Paul Harris #FBPE

Golf hacker with 2 lovely daughters and an understanding wife. Anti Brexit. Love @BridgewaterHall, @LancsCCC and @wolvesrl. LUHG! Prostate cancer survivor.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

THEY ARE BASTARDS!

We just got an email sent to MSE. The spelling was awful, and it was quite tough to understand. Lower down, the writer later explained she was 78 and her disability had stopped her being able to spell. So perhaps it is a stroke, or something similar.

I've tidied it and summarised below, changing some identifying details. In a nutshell, it was this...

"I invested, Martin, with Quotum when you first announced it on TV. What an opportunity for me to buy my own flat. My manager there passed me through to a nice man who asked me for £350 more. He showed me it was growing. I did what he told me to do."

She then goes on to explain how she really wanted her flat and she gave more and more money. And she has nothing left to help with her disability.

I'm honestly in tears typing this. These types of scam ads have now been going on for a decade. I have spent my career trying to help people with their finances. It feels visceral to get this, and to feel that this reputation has been perverted by criminals to steal from someone who is clearly so vulnerable leaves me feeling nauseous.

So many people, both vulnerable and not, lose money and see their lives and wellbeing destroyed. It's now seven years since I sued Facebook. And yet still nothing is being done.

Big tech makes £3bn a year from these scammers. We have a law in place to make them responsible for these ads they're paid to publish, yet it isn't implemented. How many more of these do I have to receive - and far worse, how many more people have to go through this?

This is relentless. It is wrong. Government has to take action! I wrote to the PM just two weeks ago on this very issue. I've not heard back yet.

(We are, of course, going to try and point her in the right direction to get help, but that will be stressful for her too)

[Lou Macari @LouMacari10]

Thank you so much to the Scottish Football Supporters Association after they voted me their Hero of the Year for our work at the Macari Centre. An honour for me to receive this from the fans of a game that gave me so much and a pleasure to meet Paul Goodwin, founder of the SFSA

[Ian Rotherham @IanThewildside]

Gone are the Ox-eye Daisies & Buttercups.
From 'No Mow May' to 'Mow Mow June'.... the same roadside verges got mowed today. I wonder what you think? Pretty much zero pollen & nectar, no 'slowing the flow', no significant biodiversity benefit. Also it doesn't look great either...

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

Update - Liverpool to be managed by a pair of slippers - Gerrard and Terry.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@LancsCCMG @RealWinker I went. Totally ridiculous. Who is the safety officer who should have insisted all shaded areas were open?

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@orange_madbird @naomicfisher @MichaelRosenYes if not more so, than an architect, a vet, etc. Most 16 year olds are recognising their skills and aptitudes - reward progress in what ever area it is. And I speak as a parent of 2 daughters who did well for themselves in the academic world. 2/2.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@orange_madbird @naomicfisher @MichaelRosenYes What we really need is a system that recognises each young person's individual talent, one that encourages worthy progression paths. And if that path is what is considered a lowly job, then it is still important. Waste collection, is just as important to society, 1

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@Cantwara_ Baggin is the snack between breakfast and lunch in Cheshire. Think its from when the farm labourers took food out with them so they didn't have to return to the farm.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

I hope Villa fans will have a few seconds to remember James Chester who gave his career to help you got where you are today.

[Wayne Barton @WayneSBarton]

On this day in 1963, Dennis Walker became the first black player to play for @ManUtd when he made his debut at Nottingham Forest.

Walker added 'Manchester hero' to his list of notable achievements in 1996 when he helped evacuate the Arndale when it was bombed.

He was working as part of the security of the centre and his efforts that went a long way to miraculously ensuring nobody was killed.

When the bomb exploded, Dennis, who had just left the centre, was thrown across the street by the force.

He survived. Another remarkable element to the life story of Dennis Walker.

[Stu’s Football Flashbacks @stusfootyflash]

Today marks 36 years since Manchester Utd faced Crystal Palace in the FA Cup Final.

And in the build-up to the match, Denis Law accurately predicted the bright future that was ahead for United.

The Lawman knew.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@scriptwren Is Carrie's War too young for 12 year olds? I enjoyed reading this with my 10 year olds. A long time ago, though. 😟

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@AnnemarieDray Right decision under the circumstances, but we created nothing. It got us over the line. Job done. Over 90 minutes, we won't win many playing like that. And there's the difference - one manager willing to change - another stuck in his ways.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@NewtonH57888659 As I played for Newton Heath CC back in the late 70s and early 80s, I love to tell people I played for Utd. It was a great club from which I've got great memories. It's a crying shame that the club has had to stop playing.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@JohnSimpsonNews Unspun World is how political reporting should be.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@AnnemarieDray Too many injuries, players knackered, and Skinner unable to rotate. Too many games with too few available players. Look at the bench - 2 keepers and 2 inexperienced teenagers. city have a full bench with internationals. No wonder it's no contest.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@BPete1970 @NormanWhiteside Memories - I was driving to Germany and listened on the radio. I remember the snow ploughs on the Autobahns as the driving conditions were horrendous.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@fesshole I'm in a similar boat. My best score at cricket was 99 - my mates just take the mick for not scoring 100.

[Paul Harris #FBPE @sportnutter]

@BPete1970 I was there. Great game too. Even remembered the score correctly!!
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