Alan Hughes

When you take a knife to a gunfight you usually don't end up winning.

Real Oviedo and Espanyol refused to play for the first 30 seconds to protest Villarreal vs. Barcelona being held in Miami. La Liga’s broadcast cut to an aerial shot of the stadium during that time.

President Trump commutes the prison sentence of George Santos The disgraced New York Republican was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a litany of federal charges, including wire fraud and identity theft.

The disgraced New York Republican was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a litany of federal charges, including wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering. n.pr/47uii5k

This is outrageous. Blatant racist campaigning for mass remigration. Another move solidifying the Tory relocation to the far right. It's also fucking outrageous that the BBC don't mention Lowe's vile social media output - this is a rare chance for the disengaged to be made aware of it.

Let's all be clear here.
Hegseth is an absolute disgrace.
Wearing a Russia tie to meet Zelensky.
Even Trump wouldn't do that.
No class whatsoever.

Stupid enough to vote for Brexit, then for Johnson and now for Farage.
Is that stupid enough for you.

English councils to remain poorer than in 2010 despite funding rise, says report Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds

EXC: English councils will still be poorer in 2029 than they were in 2010, according to the IfG.

Report finds councils are increasingly providing social care and little else. Libraries, youth services, parks, all falling by the wayside.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The simple fact is that the Government is going to have to find a way of rebuilding local government finances systematically. The decay of public realm and social infrastructure is deeply corrosive of public trust. Everyday, people can see the state not working all around them.

Carol Vorderman with headline: 'Andy Burnham should be Labour leader'

‘As someone who's worked in TV for 43 years, I'm annoyed at how many editors are taking ridiculous far-right subjects and discussing them when they shouldn't be given oxygen’

Read our Q&A with @carolvorders.bsky.social

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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More cheating seconds later. Like we needed a Mo Salah Tribute Act! 🤮 Stop defrauding people #AbsoluteWirtz

UK planning to be speeded up with new powers for ministers Government is adding amendments to infrastructure and housing bill to strengthen scope for more timely construction

Could someone at the FT just remind the subs that there is no such thing as a "bat tunnel"; there is an above ground structure. The tunnels which added so much to the cost of HS2 are entirely because of Chilterns homeowners and their elected representatives, not bats
www.ft.com/content/d319...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

We were right.

Michael Gove has admitted that the 🇦🇺 & 🇳🇿 trade deals negotiated by the Conservatives did not protect Britain’s farmers

“I felt that we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government

Two certainties in life are water is wet and Reform lie incessantly❗️

Tice admits £90 Billion (not million) of tax cuts PROMISED in their Manifesto wouldn’t happen❌
8 Reform County Councils will raise Council Tax after promising to cut it❌

Supporting them is like giving an arsonist a box of matches

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Always makes me giggle that naive flag shaggers up and down the land fund all this and his many holidays. Utterly gullible fools.

Let's make sure everyone knows about the activities that senior Reform members have gotten up to.

These are not people we can trust to run out country.

Make sure people never forget!

(Originally posted by the Labour Party on Instagram)

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

For more on Nadia Sass/Borodi's role at the heart of a pan-European Russian influence machine, read more here

desk-russie.eu/2024/09/08/n...

Worth thinking about …

How can fans of Burnley FC allow themselves to be associated with slavery and torture.
Disgraceful.
Of course the English Football League is doing nothing about BK8.
Like the EPL they are only interested in money, money, money.
Betting and Gambling is now the main source of sponsorship.

Beyond absurdity. Illegal sports betting platform BK8, suspected of operating from the notorious Victory Paradise compound in Cambodia, is one of Burnley FC's partners, as well as the main sponsor of Moto GP Team Gresini - which just won the Indonesian GP, with the BK8 logo visible everywhere... 1/3

Meet Cambodia’s cyber slaves In Cambodia, thousands of foreigners are trafficked, enslaved in compounds and forced to scam by cyber-fraud syndicates.

www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

GB News pay party political leader Nigel Farage over half a million pounds. The TV channel pays him five times his MP salary - and as much as his other 11 further external jobs put together
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Hopefully they will be identified and apprehended.

Which side did the throwing?

Thank you.

So what would you do if you were in charge?

Been in the making for years. www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Well said, Gary Neville! 👏