Tomas Whitehead

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[Matt Capon @MattLCapon]

One of my best friends at school was murdered after being struck repeatedly on the back of the head with a hammer.

I sat in court and listened to the details of his death. I will never forget hearing his mum sob as she learned what her son’s final words had been.

His murderer was sentenced to life in prison for the life he took.

I cannot begin to imagine what it would have felt like if that trial had collapsed because someone prejudiced the case and destroyed any chance of a conviction, simply for the sake of meagre political point-scoring.

I'll never agree with the politics of Ann Widdecombe, but she deserves justice. And that's something you and your party seem hell bent on preventing at all costs.

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

We are deeply saddened by the passing of the legendary Kevin Keegan and mourn his loss. His indomitable spirit and remarkable contribution will be forever etched in our history and his legacy will live on.

Rest in peace, Kevin. 1951-2026

[Roger Mosey @rogermosey]

Two obvious lessons:
1. Even a cash-strapped BBC must keep investing in live TV sport
2. Sport without a paywall brings the country together in a way that nothing else can.

https://t.co/pY5jINPv96

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

I wrote about the silence around Alexander Zverev on the BBC's TV broadcasts of Wimbledon, which has left UK viewers without the whole picture.

Why do the BBC avoid this topic on television when discussing it elsewhere?

Free at Bounces:

https://t.co/1R2jYYdaYR

[90s Football @90sfootball]

28 years later...

[Nick Metcalfe @Nick_Metcalfe]

There will be a Bank Holiday if England win the World Cup.

Cobblers. We should have at least two more anyway. This year and every year.

One in high summer - late June I would say - and a day of rest in October.

No holidays between late August and Christmas is beyond farcical.

[Belgian Red Devils @BelRedDevils]

Overturn this. 🧏‍♂️ #USABEL

[LB @LBLFC_]

Bruno Fernandes and Ronaldo in tears, and that balding dwarf Bernardo Silva missing from two yards out to cost his country. What a sensational evening.

[Tom McTague @TomMcTague]

The Balogun decision is a moment of outsized significance, revealing something fundamental beyond mere FIFA degeneracy or Trumpian corruption. We now have an America just as powerful and vital as before, but utterly removed from even the pretence of moral exceptionalism

[Daniel Austin @_Dan_Austin]

Just to be clear, then. FIFA:

1) can't possibly intervene when Iran are forced to move, a referee is denied a visa, or fans are barred from the USA

2) can absolutely intervene when a decision goes against the USA that Donald Trump doesn't like

Smashing. All know where we stand

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

I hope that, years from now, we look back on this post as a line in the sand moment for football.

[terry christian @terrychristian]

Yeah - is that what you said when Liz Truss/Sunak were crowned ? Or when elected Tory MPs jumped ship to join the Reform fascists

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

For years these clowns have screamed that Labour hates left-behind Britain. So Labour chooses a leader from left-behind Britain, and at once, and without a blush of shame, they scream that Burnham hates the south. Honestly, a distracted toddler could produce better journalism

[Charlie @ASonNamedBort]

"Houston, there is absolutely no problem"

How is Sam Matterface so shit at this and still employed by major broadcasters as their primary commentator?

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Elon Musk won't tweet about this, and there won't be any riots.

[Sam @SamCKx]

The issue isn't Starmer, per se, it's the fact that we all now know, whoever is PM, unless it's some far right leader with friendly tax policies for the ultra wealthy, they will be met by a barage of misinformation and relentless online attacks: accusations they support p**dophiles & r*pists, that they jail 12,000 innocent people every year for tweeting; and all the usual misleading, manipulative BS designed to exploit people's emotions.

This won't stop until they have installed the party they want. A party that will be focussed purely on optimising the affairs of its wealthy backers, and not on the working people and families of Britain.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

I don’t think @UKLabour have realised yet that no labour Prime Minister can thrive. They’ll be annihilated because billionaires own the media and social media. End of. Period. Game over. They have bought our democracy. Sort it out or accept this is the way it is.

[Sam @SamCKx]

The first major wave of online misinformation resulted in Brexit, a decision that the majority of economists regard as the most damaging economic choice Britain has made in modern times, making millions of working families poorer.

Now it appears a second wave may succeed in forcing out a democratically elected Prime Minister who in a short timeframe has a track record of delivering policy designed to help millions of working families. Not a perfect man, but certainly one of the better PMs of the last 30 years or so.

A wave of gross & obvious misinformation, spread and amplified by foreign-owned social media platforms, in a deliberate campaign designed to indoctrinate UK citizens, may have toppled a British Prime Minister.

We are going down a very dark path here.

[Laurie @LFCLaurie]

Letting Roberto Martinez ruin this golden generation is honestly up there with the biggest crimes in football history.