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[tony mcgaffin™ @tmcgaffin]

@LAquilaeRoma @fish62747735

[Leeds United @LUFC]

🤍 Everyone at #LUFC is devastated to learn of the news that former #LUFC captain Sol Bamba has passed away. Our thoughts and condolences are with his family and friends at this tragic time. Rest in peace, Sol, you will be forever in our hearts.

[Suffragent @Suffragent_]

Final #NottingHillCarnival stats:

320 arrests
5 stabbings
1 acid attack
2 in life-threatening condition
35 police injured
67 knife arrests
12 sex assaults
94 drug offenses
47 emergency workers attacks

Yet no condemnation from @UKLabour ‘cos it’s a black event. #TwoTierKeir

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

A French woman’s plea for help:

"I am 26 years old, blonde, with light eyes, and I have always lived in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, which is thought of as the poshest area in Lyon, and my daily life has become unbearable. I write this because, ten years ago, I could go out with my friends in the evening, at any hour, without being bothered, insulted, followed, or stabbed.

I mention stabbing because, three years ago, my boyfriend, along with two of his friends, on their way home, were approached by a group of men. They surrounded them, stole one of their cell phones. They tried to fight back, and my boyfriend, in spite of being a strong rugbyman, got stabbed, in the arm--while protecting his neck, which was the target. Someone tried to cut his throat.

As for myself, on a regular basis, men follow me, insult me because I refuse to talk back or because I say I have a boyfriend. One day, one spit on me. More and more, I am whistled at like a dog, or "ksksks"'d like I am a cat. Acts of this nature have happened to me perhaps thirty times in the past year.

Six months ago, we adopted a puppy. One evening, my boyfriend went out to walk him at 9pm, and three men tried to steal the puppy. Since then, we only go out in the evening as a couple, and I always carry pepper spray in my purse.

In our neighborhood, just in our block, there are three drug dealing spots, which work constantly. Day and night. With everything that entails: watchmen loitering outside our house, milling about, shouting, getting high and bothering people, especially women.

Every single one of the actions I mentioned (and they are only a part of what we have gone through) is the fact of men of African or Maghreb/Arab origin. A white man has never behaved towards me the way they have.

Is it racist to call out what my daily life has become as a woman, because of immigration? Is my reality, my daily life, racist? Am I not as legitimate as any other person to call out traumatising acts of violence, just because they are done by foreigners or immigrants?

To be clear, I am not talking about men in general, but specifically men, sometimes underage, who are of immigrant background.

Now, and for about four years, the way I live my life has had to change to live with this constant insecurity. Now I live with a pepper spray outside my front door, a taser, and a false pistol, after an attempted break-in. We have had an extra lock added to our door. We have a security camera in our apartment. In my purse, I carry a second pepper spray, as well as brass knuckles on my keychain. I never walk into a building without checking both sides of the street, in case a man is following me. I never make eye contact with you-know-who. I constantly cross the street. I no longer leave my home on my own after 9pm. I no longer use public transport for obvious reasons. I am afraid when I am alone at home. I am afraid when outside. Now, I am always afraid.

I do not want this future for my children who, fortunately, are not yet here. I do not understand people who do not see that France is turning into a cradle of insecurity because of immigrant men. Insecurity to women, but to men as well.”

[Amy Mek @AmyMek]

AMEN! Godly Men in the UK Are Rising Up!

Thank you to the amazing Rev Canon Phil Harris (@PhilHs10) for speaking out.

"Today there is an uprising across this once great nation, as the political liberal elite have removed themselves and placed themselves above the people that they are supposed to serve."

"You received a mandate on the back of the lowest electoral turnout for decades, and probably the second lowest turnout through genthe eral election in UK history. You gained a mere 11 million votes, which means that nearly 39 million people did not vote for you and are not interested in your policies. And yet you have the audacity and the propensity to insult the majority the silent majority of our nation."

"In recent days, we have seen an army officer stabbed 12 times. We've seen riots in Leeds for three days where your government was incapable or unwilling to take action other than to return a vulnerable child to the family from whence the child was required to be removed for concerns over their well-being."

"Two thugs violently assaulted three armed police officers in an airport, breaking the nose of a female officer, and they've not even been charged. Then riots in Rotherham for the same people who committed the assaults."

"Three little girls were murdered. Let me say that again. Three little girls were murdered at a holiday club, 10 were injured. And yet you allow the mainstream media to portray the mass murderer as a sweet choirboy."

"Sword fights and machete attacks occurred in Southend. 28 men were convicted of gang-raping a British girl, receiving 400 years because of their crimes. And those crimes been so revolting and brutal that they can't even be published."

"Eight men charged with gang raping another British child. We then have the report of a woman who was beaten to death by two Somali immigrants whilst walking her dog. Knife murders and knife crime are out of control. And they are normally committed by a certain demographic."

"We've seen decades of Islamic terrorism. And then recently pro-Palestinian and Black Lives Matter marches that you never condemned because of the Labour Mayor of London and your large Muslim voter base."

"600,000 plus people calling for the genocide of Jews. We've watched a two-tier policing where people can wave a Palestinian flag or Hamas flag and not be in any way see that as concerning, but wave a British flag or wave an Israeli flag and you get arrested."

"All of this is happening whilst we prostrate ourselves before Islam. £170 million has gone to mosques."

"The nation has been allowed to be overrun by yourselves and by previous governments, by people who share different values, and who seek to subdue us."

"We are happy for people to come here and be part of this nation who want to contribute and integrate. But that is not what you have championed."

"The nation has been allowed to be overrun by yourselves and by previous governments, by people who share different values, and who seek to subdue us."

"We are happy for people to come here and be part of this nation who want to contribute and integrate. But that is not what you have championed."

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

#ENG 2 #SVK 1. Whistle report from Gelsenkirchen.

Jude Bellingham has been questioned, he’s had his mood and fitness scrutinised and his importance to England even doubted. But elite players write the headlines and Bellingham did that in style. He rescued England, who were seconds from the exit. He rescued Southgate, who would have had to walk. He delighted the fans, who sang of being on their way to Berlin. The fans played the Great Escape and Bellingham masterminded it.

Where would England be without Bellingham? Simple. They’d be heading home. Just as England faced the ignominy of defeat, Bellingham twisted his tired body, propelling himself into the air and keeping England’s #EURo2024 dream alive. It was perfect timing, not only the connection but just as the seconds ticked down in added time. Great players deliver in crunch moments.

Bellingham’s extraordinary goal brought extra time and England at last believed. Can’t start a fire without a spark, the fans sing of Foden but Bellingham was the fire-starter. He found a way. He celebrated his 21st on Saturday and had the key of the door to unlock Slovakia’s defence on Sunday.

And England now believed. Gone was all the hesitancy that scarred their earlier play when really only Mainoo, 19, rose to the occasion. The confidence given by Bellingham’s equaliser brought more cohesion, more swiftness and menace in transition. England finally looked more of a team, certainly more attack-minded and now lined up: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Saka; Rice; Palmer, Bellingham, Eze; Toney and Kane.

And they went for Slovakia again at the start of extra time. Palmer put in a free-kick, Eze miscued his half-volley, Toney cleverly steered his header towards Kane, who scored his 65th in his 95thinternational. What a turnaround.

England were ahead and finally resembling the sum of their vaunted parts. Palmer was a threat, cutting in from the right. Toney provided an outlet. Saka was at left-back, then right-back, anywhere for the team. England finally had the hand-brake off. It took so long, and Southgate was trending unflatteringly on social media for long periods. The first half was wretched. Stones stepped into midfield but was ushered back, a snapshot of English caution.

Then Slovakia pounced after 25 minutes. England were carved open, Strelec sent Schranz through, Guehi was trailing, Pickford had no chance and Slovakia were deservedly ahead. Boos were briefly heard at the break. Otherwise it was the Great Escape on repeat. Foden turned the ball in but was offside. Southgate finally acted after 65 minutes. Trippier off, Palmer into the fray, Saka to left-back/left wing. Rice hit a post.

Then Walker launched in a long-throw, Guehi flicked on and there was Bellingham setting up extra time where Kane applied the coup de grace. England march on. They have to play better, and will miss the suspended Guehi against Switzerland in Dusseldorf next Saturday. But they have Bellingham. They have hope.

[tony mcgaffin™ @tmcgaffin]

Day 7

[tony mcgaffin™ @tmcgaffin]

Let’s go

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@t1wnyscott @FBAwayDays I will watch out for him on the way back

[Amy Mek @AmyMek]

Warning: Migrants Are 'Hunting' Women in Greece

27-year-old Polish woman Anastazja Rubińska was drugged, kidnapped, handcuffed, raped, and strangled by a Bangladeshi Muslim migrant on the Greek island of Kos...

Media reports she was possibly "gang raped" before Salahuddin S. dismembered her naked body, stuffed her inside a bag, and hid Anastazja's body beneath a brush.

Police have revealed that she was forced to send reassuring text messages to her boyfriend of 13 years just before being brutally tortured.

Now, in a shocking revelation, a 30-year-old woman named Maria has come forward, exposing an alarming situation on the island

She reports that an organized group of migrant men is preying on young women, citing her own narrow escape from a potential assault.

Maria disclosed that, near where the body of Anastazja was discovered, an individual connected to the murder investigation had attempted to rape her.

Disturbingly, she warns of a pervasive issue on the Greek island, referring to migrant men as "hunting women."

Maria recounted her harrowing experience from early June, revealing that her drink was spiked during a night out, rendering her body immobile while her mind remained alert.

Fortunately, she managed to escape the Pakistani man's assault and avoid the tragic fate suffered by Anastazja.

Maria accused the local police of being unresponsive to her pleas for help. Consequently, she has left the island and returned to her hometown, seeking safety.

What concrete measures is your government undertaking to ensure the safety and protection of women in the face of these relentless sexual predators among migrant populations? It begs the question: when will governments and leaders advocating for open borders be held accountable for potentially aiding and abetting these heinous acts of terror?

[Get Brett Weir I Said @SamWatt30745054]

Haha and they call us dingles ! What in wild, wild world of Sports Direct big mugs is this ?

[tony mcgaffin™ @tmcgaffin]

@BradiusZero @beccaanf

[🐝🐝 @OSpin_Laden]

The get back does not expire, these crackheads nicked my phone when I was asleep in the pub about 6 months ago. Today is the day I get it back

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@samsmith @ChrisTedR11

[Gabby Wood @gabbywoodx]

Name a premier league player with a more smackable face than Bruno Fernandez, bet u can’t

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@JuliaHB1 @1982Stanners Scotland

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@paul_rob88 @FifaGlove Giving all the secrets away

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@LilNikkiLoo It’s better than nothing. Merry Xmas

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

This is going to be a good thread
Children's authors, what's the wildest question a child has asked you on an author visit.

Mine
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