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[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Everything broken in Britain comes from Thatcher.

Filthy rivers.
Ripoff electricity.
Landlords.
Trillions in Oil/gas stolen.
No Social Housing.

All Thatcher's poison.

[Michael Graham @Capt_Fishpaste]

It feels like there is far too much noise for Xhaka NOT to be going now. Be a brief stand-off on price, a media battle for the narrative (that Chelsea will win) and more than likely a farewell message from Xhaka telling us how special Sunderland are blah blah blah.

Whatever. It's football. Players come and players go. Always have, always will. Will this one leave a bitter taste? Yes, but only because of Xhaka's words, which will forever now ring hollow and taint a special season in our Sunderland-supporting lives.

Is this a rejection of Sunderland or him just following a coach who is just a little more special to him? Probably the latter. I do believe his buying into #SAFC, but guess we'll never know for sure.

But one thing Xhaka has done is leave Sunderland in a very strong position to replace him. It won't be easy, but building a squad to change play-off winners to Europa League qualifiers wasn't easy either.

Onwards and upwards.

[🇬🇧King 🇬🇧 @King0243_PJC]

The Royals are always quick to publicise how much tax they “voluntarily” pay, as though it’s an act of generosity.

Most people don’t have the luxury of choosing whether to make a voluntary tax payment, we pay what’s due automatically, even on a £30k salary.

What we never get is the full picture: their total income, what exemptions or reliefs apply, and how much is offset before they announce the final figure.

Without that context, it’s more of a PR exercise than a measure of fairness.

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

A Scottish fan chanted, "Free Palestine."

"I was a nurse in Gaza. I volunteered in Gaza. I’ve seen what happens. There is a genocide. Free Palestine."

She's a hero.

[Candice Holmes @hol40900]

King paid £12.9m tax voluntarily – but while your grant to him nearly doubles to £100m by 2028, food bank use hit record highs .

The Crown calls it transparency. You call it what it is. #AbolishTheMonarchy

[Candice Holmes @hol40900]

£369m palace refurb #NotMyKing won't live there. You paid.
Grant nearly doubled to £100m while families use food banks and NHS waits .
They call it tradition. We call it robbery. You fund the circus.

[Republic @RepublicStaff]

The royals don't want you to be able to scrutinise them. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

If you are worried about

Benefit Fraud £0.5bn but not Government Corruption £219bn.

Immigration £2bn but not Tax Havens £150bn.

Junior Doctors pay rises £1.3bn but not Bankers tax cuts £7.3bn.

You‘re buying their lies.

[Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire]

Then what was the point of splurging £369m on Buckingham Palace for a nepo baby who lives in Clarence House and homes in Scotland, Gloucestershire and Norfolk plus Windsor Castle?

https://t.co/SllwpvFVHU

[🇬🇧King 🇬🇧 @King0243_PJC]

James O’Brien obliterated Nigel Farage live on air earlier today.

Farage: “I’m the most hated politician in the country”

James: “Not only an act of epic dishonesty, but it’s also an act of craven sycophancy.”

The victim card just got declined in the most brutal way possible.

This is radio gold. Farage’s entire “poor me” routine in flames.

This is so satisfying to watch 😂😂😂👇👇👇👇 #JamesOBrien #NigelFarage #LBC

[Brendan May @bmay]

My god this is a car crash. Note also he says no politician has been in more danger than him for over a decade, during which time two MPs have actually been killed, neither of them from his party. He is so tetchy. The idea of this grifter as PM is absurd.

[Republic @RepublicStaff]

Support for the monarchy is collapsing. This is from Ipsos, who tend to provide more favourable results for the royals.
#AbolishTheMonarchy

[Candice Holmes @hol40900]

Prince George off to £63k-a-year Eton while *taxpayers fork out £86m* for the royals and the King *pays zero capital gains tax* .

#AbolishTheMonarchy. Tax the rich. Fund the people. 👑🚫

[Republic @RepublicStaff]

@PeterTatchell is right - we have no clue whether the royals are investing in oil firms, dodgy deals or arms companies. How is that right? #AbolishTheMonarchy

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

This is the year when the game of two halves became the game of four quarters. And the greatest sport and event was damaged for fistfuls of dollars. Hydration breaks ruin the game’s flow and frustrates fans and viewers. If hydration breaks were solely about player welfare then they would be linked to the temperature in the stadia. It’s a nonsense having a three-minute break in an air-conditioned arena.

Fifa should long ago have established a working party of coaches, sports scientists, national team doctors and Fifpro to agree a set temperature at kickoff, say 25C, which triggers the breaks. That would prove the breaks were for player welfare. At the moment, and to nobody’s surprise, it is widely accepted that these breaks are for US TV to accommodate commercials. Big bucks for the small screen.

Fifa should have thought more about the effect on games and to fan (and viewer) experience when negotiating. Coaches’ desire for a mid-half tactical time-out masquerading as a drinks stop should be resisted anyway. Games have been played for 150 years without needing such intervention. Coaches can shout instructions. And who says that 22 mins and 67 mins is when a coach needs to intervene anyway. It’s nonsense. It’s about money.

Respected and sane footballing voices from Virgil van Dijk to Mauricio Pochettino have spoken out against the breaks. Fifa should listen to them not appear only to listen to the rustle of dollar bills. It’s important that there is resistance to this from all over. Because if we tolerate this, our TV games could be next. BBC can’t do ads, ITV says it won’t follow its US counterparts. But it has been discussed by TV people. It’ll come one day. #FIFAWorldCup.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Lets cut Welfare to fund Defence.

Here's the top claimants we need to deal with.

Amazon, Google, Starbucks, Meta, Apple, Shell, BP, Vodafone...

All these companies pay ZERO tax in most if not all year's.

They should be paying tens of billions.

End this unaffordable Welfare.

[Republic @RepublicStaff]

The royals don't want you to be able to scrutinise them. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

[Candice Holmes @hol40900]

Beatrice and Eugenie – free palaces. Andrew – sublet profits. The King – pays their rent.

You – pay your own. And theirs.

Same country. Different rules. 👑 #AbolishTheMonarchy

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The Crown Estate is worth £15bn.

It should be dissolved and entirely owned by the Government.

The Royal Family has no need, or right to this property.