Tom Davies

Absolutely disgusting. The ECHR was created to deal with governments that think like this

If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.

The UAE - a country where it’s notoriously hard to get citizenship— have really worked the global transfer market to come up with their “national” team. This is the lineup for massive game v Qatar. A World Cup place at stake. Qatar on the other hand somehow given home advantage for qualifying comp.

“Infantino has abandoned all pretense of the political neutrality that FIFA espouses & is statutorily committed to uphold, & has put FIFA firmly in the corner of Donald Trump & Benjamin Netanyahu,” said @ncgeehan.bsky.social, director of the human rights advocacy group @fairsq.bsky.social

At last! Now they've finally realised what AI is for, perhaps they'll stop trying to foist it on every other aspect of our lives

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

You wouldn’t be able to see Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones because she died 39 years before it was made. What would be able to do would be to burn down a forest in order to see a lifeless puppet that vaguely looks like her riding around on slightly less lifeless dragon

I miss England World Cup qualifiers actually having jeopardy or meaning. I remember when England sealed their spot at France 98 with that tense draw in Italy, everyone in the pub went mental. There probably won't even be anyone in the pubs tonight

Freelance Oct25: Watch out for possible strike action at the Mirror and other Reach titles.

www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2510stri....

That's serious paranoid dedication

I remember hearing of Sam Hammam haranguing a Cardiff City fan with a print out of what the fan had written on the internet.

Brilliant piece, this. Read it. Bring yer dinner.

Trail of dinosaur footprints leads to Wetherspoons buff.ly/tIycvJi

Excellent look-back, Tom. When I interviewed Sitton for the Obs at the time, the great Jane Bown took the photos of him. Ever perceptive, she said later, “He’s a troubled man, vulnerable. Doesn’t know how to smile. Obviously feels very sorry for himself.”
Oddly, I felt sorry for him too.

Air of disquiet at Tranmere as results dry up on pitch and investment stalls The relationship between Rovers’ trust and the club owners Mark and Nicola Palios is fractious, while the team continue to struggle in League Two

This is very good by @will-unwin.bsky.social for @sport.theguardian.com on how a disused marquee in a car park is an apt symbol for modern-day Tranmere Rovers, a club stuck in the middle, wondering what the future holds.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other

Read this sorry story about how an academic was axed from conference panels because he was deemed too interesting.

He was told no one on the panel was expected to air difficult opinions in front of MPs that could damage the oil and gas sector

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Curva Como 1907 ultras have released a statement directed to Como 1907's president in strong opposition against the club's Serie A match versus AC Milan being moved to Australia.

"...it's being taken away and turned into a show on the other side of the world." 1/4

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Still Crazy After All These Years Cult classic documentary "Club For a Fiver" has just turned 30 years old. The man editing the 'Ear at the time salutes the longevity of a memorable, chaotic chronicle of a memorable, chaotic time.

Club For A Fiver was broadcast 30 years ago today, still the most quotable football documentary ever made, and quite the thing to have a front-row seat for. Here's my retrospective: #lofc
open.substack.com/pub/theleyto...

Genuine question: have foreign journalists been allowed into Gaza yet?

Stomach churning to listen to people who have perpetuated the most horrendous crimes against humanity act like they're doing everyone a favour by stopping. No voices from the people who have been bombed and crushed into the rubble of course just the smart suited horrors

Gianni Infantino's latest Instagram post on how FIFA is going to help the Palestinians is only for those with strong stomachs. Infantino appears to be laying the ground to buy off the Palestinian Football Association and get them to drop their complaint against Israel, which has FIFA in a corner.

Blair took us to war on a lie, a war that killed a million Iraqis & destabilised the entire region. And the reason he's now being touted for a role governing Gaza (and allowed to swan around the world making millions from dictators) is because there's been no accountability #GMB

"two incidents.. have horrified the Sikh community.. an attack on two taxi drivers near a train station & the rape of a young woman.. both incidents are being investigated as racially motivated"

A report by Lisa Holland on a Sikh community facing increased racist abuse.

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of my greatest lames to fame is Sitton ripping up an article I'd written for @wsc.co.uk, on camera

Still Crazy After All These Years Cult classic documentary "Club For a Fiver" has just turned 30 years old. The man editing the 'Ear at the time salutes the longevity of a memorable, chaotic chronicle of a memorable, chaotic time.

Club For a Fiver was 30 years old yesterday! And ever since it's done so much to shape how #LOFC is perceived, both from outside the club and within it.

So come and celebrate that birthday with us now. Thanks so much to the Ear Editor of the era for re-visiting the trauma @tomdaviese17.bsky.social

Thirty years ago yesterday, to be strictly accurate. Apols

Still Crazy After All These Years Cult classic documentary "Club For a Fiver" has just turned 30 years old. The man editing the 'Ear at the time salutes the longevity of a memorable, chaotic chronicle of a memorable, chaotic time.

Club For A Fiver was broadcast 30 years ago today, still the most quotable football documentary ever made, and quite the thing to have a front-row seat for. Here's my retrospective: #lofc
open.substack.com/pub/theleyto...