Michael Wake
@mikejwake.bsky.social
Work in Data. Chelsea, NY Giants, occasional blogger, and you can often find me gardening, or scrolling on here. Views my own.
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The Club World Cup is to football what The Hundred is to cricket.
Conceived in greed with no concern for the traditions and history of their game.
The people hate the game they're running.
Conceived in greed with no concern for the traditions and history of their game.
The people hate the game they're running.
June 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Club World Cup is to football what The Hundred is to cricket.
Conceived in greed with no concern for the traditions and history of their game.
The people hate the game they're running.
Conceived in greed with no concern for the traditions and history of their game.
The people hate the game they're running.
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Elon Musk retaliates against Donald Trump and calls him ungrateful.
“Without me he would have lost the election!”
“Without me he would have lost the election!”
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Elon Musk retaliates against Donald Trump and calls him ungrateful.
“Without me he would have lost the election!”
“Without me he would have lost the election!”
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NEW: Lifting the two-child limit and the benefit cap will immediately lift 400,000 children out of poverty, and 950,000 children will be living in less deep poverty.
June 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
NEW: Lifting the two-child limit and the benefit cap will immediately lift 400,000 children out of poverty, and 950,000 children will be living in less deep poverty.
Laid off hundreds of workers due to debt and finished in the bottom half but sure United can just stump up 60 million for Cunha…
June 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Laid off hundreds of workers due to debt and finished in the bottom half but sure United can just stump up 60 million for Cunha…
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May 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Nigel Farage's 'fantasy' policies will lead to Liz Truss-style economic meltdown, Sir Keir Starmer to warn
Nigel Farage's 'fantasy' policies will lead to Liz Truss-style economic meltdown, Sir Keir Starmer to warn
Nigel Farage's "fantasy" policies will lead to a Liz Truss-style economic meltdown, the prime minister will warn today.
news.sky.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Nigel Farage's 'fantasy' policies will lead to Liz Truss-style economic meltdown, Sir Keir Starmer to warn
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I'm sure the Liverpool suspect would have received the same treatment in the Mail if he was brown and lived in a terraced house worth £80K in, say, Burnley.
May 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I'm sure the Liverpool suspect would have received the same treatment in the Mail if he was brown and lived in a terraced house worth £80K in, say, Burnley.
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First club to win 1️⃣ major UEFA trophy: Real Madrid in 1956
First club to win 2️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Milan in 1968
First club to win 3️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Juventus in 1985
First club to win 4️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Chelsea in 2025
First club to win 2️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Milan in 1968
First club to win 3️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Juventus in 1985
First club to win 4️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Chelsea in 2025
May 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
First club to win 1️⃣ major UEFA trophy: Real Madrid in 1956
First club to win 2️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Milan in 1968
First club to win 3️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Juventus in 1985
First club to win 4️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Chelsea in 2025
First club to win 2️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Milan in 1968
First club to win 3️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Juventus in 1985
First club to win 4️⃣ different major UEFA trophies: Chelsea in 2025
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Chelsea win the 2025 Conference League — and become the first club to win four major UEFA trophies.
#BETCHE | #UECL | #UECLfinal
#BETCHE | #UECL | #UECLfinal
May 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Chelsea win the 2025 Conference League — and become the first club to win four major UEFA trophies.
#BETCHE | #UECL | #UECLfinal
#BETCHE | #UECL | #UECLfinal
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Interesting polling from YouGov on who’d make the best PM.
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
May 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Interesting polling from YouGov on who’d make the best PM.
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
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Given how unpopular Starmer is this is quite a reflection on Farage and Badenoch.
May 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Given how unpopular Starmer is this is quite a reflection on Farage and Badenoch.
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Let’s open Twitter and check the default feed, as a large number of Brits and public figures and the leader of the opposition will also do this morning!
A strange mix of absolute certainty the Liverpool attack was false flag, Islamophobia, soft porn, and Christiano Ronaldo updates.
A strange mix of absolute certainty the Liverpool attack was false flag, Islamophobia, soft porn, and Christiano Ronaldo updates.
May 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Let’s open Twitter and check the default feed, as a large number of Brits and public figures and the leader of the opposition will also do this morning!
A strange mix of absolute certainty the Liverpool attack was false flag, Islamophobia, soft porn, and Christiano Ronaldo updates.
A strange mix of absolute certainty the Liverpool attack was false flag, Islamophobia, soft porn, and Christiano Ronaldo updates.
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BREAKING: Man arrested over Liverpool collision is 53 year-old from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
May 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
BREAKING: Man arrested over Liverpool collision is 53 year-old from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
Police statement:
We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool. We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool.
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I feel like this entire exchange sums up so much about what Twitter has become
May 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I feel like this entire exchange sums up so much about what Twitter has become
My piece on the WSL and the women’s game, and why it finds itself at a crossroads ahead of the Euros this summer. bit.ly/3HpKifR
May 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My piece on the WSL and the women’s game, and why it finds itself at a crossroads ahead of the Euros this summer. bit.ly/3HpKifR
6 goals in the whole league so far. Bring back a proper Barclays final day…
May 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
6 goals in the whole league so far. Bring back a proper Barclays final day…
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Perhaps notable that the Tory polling collapse in the last month has been almost entirely concentrated among older voters, while the Labour polling dip is almost wholly among younger voters.
May 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Perhaps notable that the Tory polling collapse in the last month has been almost entirely concentrated among older voters, while the Labour polling dip is almost wholly among younger voters.
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This is not a "defeat" for the Treasury/Chancellor, or a U-turn.
It's the job of the Prime Minister to make big decisions like this, and it's very welcome indeed if he's got this one right.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It's the job of the Prime Minister to make big decisions like this, and it's very welcome indeed if he's got this one right.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap as Treasury told to find money | The Observer
Policy change will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty after pressure from cabinet and MPs
observer.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is not a "defeat" for the Treasury/Chancellor, or a U-turn.
It's the job of the Prime Minister to make big decisions like this, and it's very welcome indeed if he's got this one right.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It's the job of the Prime Minister to make big decisions like this, and it's very welcome indeed if he's got this one right.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Great to have Sunderland back in the Premier League - a proper Barclays team.
May 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Great to have Sunderland back in the Premier League - a proper Barclays team.
Well let’s see what Bluesky is about..
May 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Well let’s see what Bluesky is about..
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