David Harding
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Journalist, sport, politics.
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Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus.
Official disclosure for the period in February 2020 – described by the Covid inquiry as a “lost month” in the country’s crisis response – reveal Johnson enjoyed an extended break during the half-term holidays at Chevening, a governmental estate in Kent, where he spent time walking his dog and taking motorcycle rides. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Glenn Hoddle, 18, interviewed after scoring on full debut for Spurs on Big Match Revisited. His voice hasn’t changed, his shirts have.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Glenn Hoddle, 18, interviewed after scoring on full debut for Spurs on Big Match Revisited. His voice hasn’t changed, his shirts have.
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🚨Latest release of Epstein files detail meetings with Qatar delegation (1/3) and meetings at the 2018 FIFA World Cup final in Russia (2/3).
“The Qatarians, in some mild diplomatic discomfort, seemed most worried that their bid for the
World Cup might be compromised by bribery allegations.”
1/3🪡⤵️
“The Qatarians, in some mild diplomatic discomfort, seemed most worried that their bid for the
World Cup might be compromised by bribery allegations.”
1/3🪡⤵️
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨Latest release of Epstein files detail meetings with Qatar delegation (1/3) and meetings at the 2018 FIFA World Cup final in Russia (2/3).
“The Qatarians, in some mild diplomatic discomfort, seemed most worried that their bid for the
World Cup might be compromised by bribery allegations.”
1/3🪡⤵️
“The Qatarians, in some mild diplomatic discomfort, seemed most worried that their bid for the
World Cup might be compromised by bribery allegations.”
1/3🪡⤵️
This article is worth it for the pictures alone. Also features Allan Lamb as the rinky-dink Pink Panther.
www.thetimes.com/sport/cricke...
www.thetimes.com/sport/cricke...
England’s nine Test wins in Australia since 1980 — by the men who did it
Victories down under are rare but the heroics of Dean Headley, Phillip DeFreitas and Ian Botham may at least point way for Ben Stokes’s side
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This article is worth it for the pictures alone. Also features Allan Lamb as the rinky-dink Pink Panther.
www.thetimes.com/sport/cricke...
www.thetimes.com/sport/cricke...
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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GERMANY - Following a pro-Palestine post, German football club FSV Mainz 05 had terminated the contract of its former player Anwar El Ghazi. The regional labor court now declared the termination without notice to be inadmissible. The club must pay around €1.5 million in back pay.
Fristlose Kündigung nach Pro-Palästina-Posts: Mainz 05 verliert Rechtsstreit – Millionenentschädigung für Ex-Spieler El Ghazi
Nach Pro-Palästina-Posts kündigte der FSV Mainz 05 seinem früheren Spieler Anwar El Ghazi. Auch das Landesarbeitsgericht erklärt die fristlose Kündigung für unzulässig.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
GERMANY - Following a pro-Palestine post, German football club FSV Mainz 05 had terminated the contract of its former player Anwar El Ghazi. The regional labor court now declared the termination without notice to be inadmissible. The club must pay around €1.5 million in back pay.
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Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking, according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president on.ft.com/3LXOdTm
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking, according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president on.ft.com/3LXOdTm
Real insight into the bullying of the UKLFI. Well done @dalevince and Forest Green my second team now. Will definitely head to The New Lawn to see the flag (if only FGR didn’t have such a horrible shirt).
We refused to be intimidated by UKLFI - who called us racist for flying the Palestinian flag. They wrote to the FA, EFL, UEFA and FIFA with the same nonsense - it was quite the barrage. Their tactics have worked on other organisations - they failed on Forest Green Rovers.
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Real insight into the bullying of the UKLFI. Well done @dalevince and Forest Green my second team now. Will definitely head to The New Lawn to see the flag (if only FGR didn’t have such a horrible shirt).
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
Soon, the only policy they will have left is racism.
Reform council plans tax rise on second homes despite Farage calling it ‘extortion’ on.ft.com/47VVeM3
Reform council plans tax rise on second homes despite Farage calling it ‘extortion’
North Northamptonshire set to vote on policy earmarked for introduction in 2027
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Soon, the only policy they will have left is racism.
Wonder if he finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo?
France’s Sarkozy freed from prison after 3 weeks as he awaits appeal on.ft.com/3X7zlo9
France’s Sarkozy freed from prison after 3 weeks as he awaits appeal
Former president granted conditional release while contesting Libyan financing conviction
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Wonder if he finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo?
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
There’s a whiff of the Ceausescu about this.
BREAKING: Trump just got loudly booed at the Commanders game.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There’s a whiff of the Ceausescu about this.
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Doom scrolling: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right
Doom scrolling: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right
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November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Doom scrolling: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right
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Exclusive: Violent Maccabi fans were organised fighters 'linked to IDF', UK police found - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/violent-maccabi-fans-included-organised-fighters-linked-idf-uk-police-found
Exclusive: Violent Maccabi fans were organised fighters 'linked to IDF', UK police found
MEE can reveal new intelligence which led to ban on Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game this week
www.middleeasteye.net
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Exclusive: Violent Maccabi fans were organised fighters 'linked to IDF', UK police found - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/violent-maccabi-fans-included-organised-fighters-linked-idf-uk-police-found
Ukraine war victims could get less than half of £2.35bn Chelsea sale
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
Fears Ukraine war victims will get less than half of £2.35bn Chelsea sale
Newly published company accounts suggest that loans to Roman Abramovich-owned company totalling £1.54bn need to be paid off before money can go to charity
www.thetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Ukraine war victims could get less than half of £2.35bn Chelsea sale
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
Poppy porn + cynicism + greed =
Chelsea FC launched a limited-edition pre-match top with a poppy design to honor Remembrance. In partnership with the Royal British Legion, £15 from each sale will support the Poppy Appeal for the Armed Forces community. The tops will be worn in four upcoming matches. Chelsea Football Club
Chelsea remembers: Limited-edition poppy pre-match top unveiled
www.chelseafc.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Poppy porn + cynicism + greed =
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Real Madrid’s £200 shirt kicks off new front in fight for fan revenue on.ft.com/3X7zJ5M
Real Madrid’s £200 shirt kicks off new front in fight for fan revenue
Strict transfer spending rules linked to income are forcing clubs to chase growth off the pitch
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November 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Real Madrid’s £200 shirt kicks off new front in fight for fan revenue on.ft.com/3X7zJ5M
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Here is the story showing a line between the man who owns Manchester City to the Rapid Support Forces linked to all manner of atrocities in Sudan
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here is the story showing a line between the man who owns Manchester City to the Rapid Support Forces linked to all manner of atrocities in Sudan
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
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92 year old Paul Biya has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Cameroon. Leaders of the opposition have been arrested, protests have been violently suppressed and the internet has been shut down since last week.
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
92 year old Paul Biya has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Cameroon. Leaders of the opposition have been arrested, protests have been violently suppressed and the internet has been shut down since last week.