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How on earth is that offside? #twitterclarets #burnleyfc #var

BREAKING: Trump just attacked NATO and then goes on to say that "25 years ago" he said that NATO was a "Paper tiger" and that "they would never come to our rescue". FACT: 25 years ago was March 26, 2001. Less than 6 months after that, on September 12, 2001, NATO invoked Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty for the first and only time ever. They lost 1100 soldiers fighting for us. Trump is a Moron.

📣🚨The Free Speech Union is mounting a legal challenge against the Government over its official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as 'anti-Muslim hatred' — and its appointment of a new 'tsar' to punish people who fall foul of it. This amounts to a Muslim blasphemy law via the back door. The definition is vague and subjective, and will be weaponised to silence legitimate criticism and debate about Islam, Muslims, and Islamic practices and history. The FSU’s General Secretary, Lord Young of Acton, said: “This is the most serious threat to free speech the Government has come up with so far — the only area in which it’s achieving any success. “If we don’t win this fight, tens of thousands of people a year could lose their jobs at the say-so of a Labour-appointed ‘tsar’. It’s dystopian.” Public bodies will adopt this definition — despite it being non-statutory — with the same zeal the police have shown in investigating and recording non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs). It is predicted by one of the drafters of the definition that it could lead to around 20,000 reports of 'anti-Muslim hostility' a year. At present, the number of recorded anti-Muslim hate crimes is around 4,000. In a free society, no religion should be shielded from legitimate criticism. This proposal places one faith above the rest. The Free Speech Union is bringing a legal challenge on two grounds. First, the definition relies on nebulous, legally undefined terms such as “negative and prejudicial stereotyping of Muslims”, making it incoherent and irrational — and ripe for weaponisation. Second, adopting such a definition cuts across legislation already enacted by Parliament and therefore breaches the public law principle known as “occupying the field”. Under this established public law doctrine, new regulations, put in place by ministers, must not replace existing legislation. It is constitutionally unlawful. In this case, the body responsible for protecting Muslims from discrimination is the Equality and Human Rights Commission, not an anti-Muslim hostility 'tsar'. Parliament voted to abolish blasphemy laws 18 years ago. We can't let this Government resurrect them via the back door. This is one of the biggest battles the Free Speech Union has ever taken on in its six years — and we need your help. Judicial reviews are expensive, but this is a fight we felt we had to take on. Donate to our crowdfunder below👇

🥾 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 There's a road in England older than the pyramids. It's a public footpath. Anyone can walk it. Five thousand years ago, traders carried flint tools along a chalk ridge in southern England. They followed the high ground. Dry. Safe. Above the forests and the swamps. Eighty seven miles. Wiltshire to Buckinghamshire. They called it the Ridgeway. It passed a white horse carved into the chalk. Three thousand years old. Still there. It passed burial mounds where chieftains were laid to rest. Stone chambers older than Stonehenge. Bronze Age farmers walked it. Iron Age warriors built hillforts above it. Romans crossed it. Anglo-Saxons named the villages along it. Medieval drovers herded cattle down it to London. Five thousand years of feet on the same chalk. And it's still there. Not in a museum. Not behind a fence. A national trail. Free. You can drive to Wiltshire on a Saturday morning. Step onto the same chalk your ancestors walked. And follow their footsteps along the ridge. The oldest road in Britain. Still open. Still free. Still yours. You are the reason we can tell these stories. proudofus.co.uk/support 🙏 Be part of us. 🇬🇧 Be Proud Of Us. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

UK population is *up by at least 20% since 2004 and electricity generation *down 25%. No two numbers so neatly encapsulate the failure of our governing class. This is misgovernment on an epic scale. All of the political class must be removed.

For all of you relying on AI for advice.

Our outdated ‘rich country mindset’ has put Britain on a path to national suicide. - Giving away billions we don’t have. - Attaching expensive conditions on employment. - Wage floor rises beyond productivity growth. - Gold plating new infrastructure with utterly unnecessary ‘nice to haves’. - Prioritising newts over homes.

NATO countries with the highest soldier losses per capita in Afghanistan (2001–2021): 1️⃣ Denmark 🇩🇰 2️⃣ United Kingdom 🇬🇧 3️⃣ Estonia 🇪🇪 4️⃣ Canada 🇨🇦 5️⃣ United States 🇺🇸

This is staggering. A Freedom of Information request has revealed that 80% of suspects arrested for theft offences on the British railway network in the year 2024-25 were foreign nationals. gbnews.com/news/migrants-…

@MarkkuOjala_ Do you plan to keep Minteh long-term? Could you afford Minteh to Enzo?

GW21: Rolling to 2 FT to enable future hokey cokeys. Seems like a GW where most don't have a super great team so this is decent enough. Rank 293k.

A friend’s daughter’s bike was stolen today in west London. He had a tracker on the bike and the police came to the van where the bike was being held. The police looked at the van but said they didn’t have the authority to open it up. Van has subsequently driven off. The UK is a failed state. Have no doubt. The British people deserve so much more out of their public sector, especially since taxes are so high.

Very persuasive film. The regulatory burden for new houses also deters small companies and consolidates power of the big five builders.

The sudden silence of dozens of pro-independence X accounts on 12 June 2025 coincided with Israeli air and cyber strikes targeting Iranian military and communications infrastructure. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pro-…

@sharrond62 @LeilaniDowding @10DowningStreet On the contrary private landlords selling-up can increase supply, helping to lower prices and improve affordability for renters to become homeowners…

@LeilaniDowding @10DowningStreet Or sell up so supply & demand means prices also keep on going up. The economics of their thought processes are so off it’s mind boggling

If you're renting, you could save up to £240 on average off your yearly bill as we raise the minimum energy efficiency of private rented homes. We are delivering warm homes and cheaper bills across the country with our Plan for Change.

Burnley limbs at Blackburn on Saturday… 😍 Is the East Lancashire derby underrated?

just accidentally closed a tab i've had been meaning to read for the past 2 years

🚨 NEW: Over half of UK households receive more in benefits than they contribute in taxes, according to ONS data [@Telegraph]

I’m struggling to comprehend the arrogance involved in making yourself the figurehead of a movement & then not preparing even a vaguely convincing answer to what must be a candidate for one of the world’s most obvious questions? Absolute car crash stuff.

When people ask “Why Burnley?” or “What makes English football special?” stats like this come to mind. 25% of the town are at every match. Team and town are truly one. It’s engrained in the fiber of every supporter. A match is more than a match. It’s a family gathering.