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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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The technical ability in these finishes from Morgan Rogers 😮💨 @AVFCOfficial
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The technical ability in these finishes from Morgan Rogers 😮💨 @AVFCOfficial
Taking his red card appeal to the highest court in the land
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Taking his red card appeal to the highest court in the land
Fuck me, that is BLEAK
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Fuck me, that is BLEAK
Matty Cash pens new Aston Villa contract
Right-back agrees deal at Villa until 2029
www.avfc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Always find the loaned players update on Villa website interesting. Was surprised to see Bailey had only just made his debut this weekend #AVFC
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Always find the loaned players update on Villa website interesting. Was surprised to see Bailey had only just made his debut this weekend #AVFC
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Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year
Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were banned from watching their game against Aston Villa after police intelligence concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club.
The ban ignited an intense controversy and was criticised by the prime minister, as well as others claiming it was a surrender to antisemitism.
Scores of extreme Maccabi fans with a past history of violence and shouting “racist taunts” were expected to travel to the Birmingham game.
Dutch police told their British counterparts that the Maccabi fans had instigated trouble in Amsterdam at a game last year.
They had randomly picked Muslims in Amsterdam to attack. That led to reprisal violence with some Dutch Jews attacked.
A huge Dutch police effort, involving 5,000 officers across three days, was needed to quell the trouble.
A community impact assessment by West Midlands police recorded that some Jewish people wanted the Maccabi fans banned because of the trouble that might ensue if they attended.
Any trouble started by Maccabi fans attending the Birmingham game could lead to reprisals from local people and further trouble.
The process did not consider whether the ban on fans of the Israeli club could be criticised as antisemitic itself or surrendering to antisemitism. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Off to see VLURE at mama roux’s tonight, Manchester gig looked packed yesterday. Hope a decent crowd makes it out in Brum
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZO...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZO...
VLURE - Something Real (Official Video) ft. Psweatpants
YouTube video by VLUREVEVO
m.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Off to see VLURE at mama roux’s tonight, Manchester gig looked packed yesterday. Hope a decent crowd makes it out in Brum
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZO...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZO...
@avfcstatto.bsky.social when was the last time Villa scored two goals from outside the box in a game?
October 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@avfcstatto.bsky.social when was the last time Villa scored two goals from outside the box in a game?
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Britons tend to think it was the right decision to ban fans of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a match against Aston Villa next month, a fixture classified by West Midlands Police of being 'high risk'
Right decision: 42%
Wrong decision: 28%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Right decision: 42%
Wrong decision: 28%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Britons tend to think it was the right decision to ban fans of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a match against Aston Villa next month, a fixture classified by West Midlands Police of being 'high risk'
Right decision: 42%
Wrong decision: 28%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Right decision: 42%
Wrong decision: 28%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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The UK Football Policing Unit have issued a pretty damning statement about the Starmer government’s sudden efforts to insert itself into policing football matches
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The UK Football Policing Unit have issued a pretty damning statement about the Starmer government’s sudden efforts to insert itself into policing football matches
Disingenuous and frankly offensive to suggest this was an anti Semitic decision from UK politicians this morning.
This hypothetical suggestion from Henry Winter is just as ridiculous #AVFC
This hypothetical suggestion from Henry Winter is just as ridiculous #AVFC
October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Disingenuous and frankly offensive to suggest this was an anti Semitic decision from UK politicians this morning.
This hypothetical suggestion from Henry Winter is just as ridiculous #AVFC
This hypothetical suggestion from Henry Winter is just as ridiculous #AVFC
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There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Entertaining read, I’ve never really worked with dating apps but don’t think I could bring myself to use ChatGPT
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Entertaining read, I’ve never really worked with dating apps but don’t think I could bring myself to use ChatGPT
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Bit of a Reform/Lib Dems row this morning. Nigel Farage asked about Donald Trump's unproven comments on the drug Tylenol and pregnancy on LBC:
"I have no idea ... you know, we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn't. Who knows, Nick, I don't know."
"I have no idea ... you know, we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn't. Who knows, Nick, I don't know."
September 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Bit of a Reform/Lib Dems row this morning. Nigel Farage asked about Donald Trump's unproven comments on the drug Tylenol and pregnancy on LBC:
"I have no idea ... you know, we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn't. Who knows, Nick, I don't know."
"I have no idea ... you know, we were told thalidomide was a very safe drug and it wasn't. Who knows, Nick, I don't know."
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Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
September 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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How this was announced
September 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How this was announced
Appreciate it will sound ridiculous to some, but I went to watch dogma Wednesday night and despite being a comedy, that film has a weird way of reconnecting me back to my faith.
And then I see this…
This man is displaying vincible ignorance, a poison to all of us
bsky.app/profile/atru...
And then I see this…
This man is displaying vincible ignorance, a poison to all of us
bsky.app/profile/atru...
Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox & Friends on Charlie Kirk: "This guy is a modern day St Paul. He was a missionary, he's an evangelist, he's a hero. He's one I think that knows what Jesus meant when he said 'the truth will set you free.'"
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Appreciate it will sound ridiculous to some, but I went to watch dogma Wednesday night and despite being a comedy, that film has a weird way of reconnecting me back to my faith.
And then I see this…
This man is displaying vincible ignorance, a poison to all of us
bsky.app/profile/atru...
And then I see this…
This man is displaying vincible ignorance, a poison to all of us
bsky.app/profile/atru...