Ben Smith

My thought on the UK #CollegeFootball game at wembley. Charging #NFL-level prices for a college American football game at Wembley is honestly embarrassing. Tickets are £75–£150+ for seats that wouldn’t even guarantee a great view. Compare that to: A Premier League match at Old Trafford or Anfield: £35–£80 for comparable seats. Six Nations rugby at Twickenham: £50–£120 for a top-tier experience. Test cricket at Lord’s: £30–£70 for a full day of international cricket. And yet, this college game doesn’t feature Mahomes. Doesn’t feature Burrow. Doesn’t feature global superstars casual fans actually recognise. This is the exact opposite of how you grow a sport in a country where American Football is still niche. UK sports fans already have plenty of entertainment: ⚽ Premier League football 🏉 Six Nations & Premiership rugby 🏏 Test & county cricket All cheaper. All culturally embedded. All stacked with stars people care about. You don’t convert new fans by asking them to pay top-tier prices for teams they’ve never heard of. You lower the barrier, build curiosity, and let the product do the work. Instead, this feels like a cash grab — trying to monetise “Wembley” and “American Football” without doing the groundwork. When it doesn’t sell out, it won’t be because “the UK doesn’t like American Football.” It’ll be because the pricing completely missed the point. Grow the game properly — or stop pretending this is about growth at all.

@elonIsCrypto @daveatherton Why were the police there? Because those 2 young guys assaulted someone else first.

@daveatherton I don’t give a single fuck. The police caused that!! They threw the first punch then got handled by 2 young guys. Lmao!

This is the best video of the Manchester Airport assault of the police I have seen. Today the retrial of Mohammed Fahir Amaaz & Muhammad Amaad begins for a third assault. PC Lydia Ward had her nose broken & PC Ellie Cook was punched too. Strong cousin marriage vibes.

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@padzer78 @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 I agree with this. But still doesnt change this incident. People are hypocrites. If it was a video showing someone littering alone he would be getting lit up on social media. Same with people abusing parking wardens online then being enraged by inconsiderate parking. 😅

@CryptoBlubber @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 And there are FAR worse litter cases in this city with fly tipping attracting all the rats. THESE are the culprits the agents should go after.

@padzer78 @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 Cant afford it then dont do it. The way he stood up to the camera guy pretty much shows he isnt fazed by who he approaches so I very much doubt he saw him as an easy target. Anyway post has been took down now. Probably because a young lad was being abused publically

@CryptoBlubber @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 I think people are annoyed with this young agent because it does come off as picking on the elderly. He's an old man who's probably done it all his life and isn't used to all these rules. And he probably can't afford the fine on a small pension or two with living costs.

@padzer78 @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 No you are right its not. But all this shit going on and we are publically abusing a guy for workingz paying his taxes and stopping litter. If it was a teen/young man throwing his litter down a drain he wouldnt be made into a victim like this. Lazy and scruffy

@CryptoBlubber @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 Well the Council say not to issue the fine if the matter is trivial, or if it's disproportionate. I'm pretty sure these agents are trained to employ a little latitude where appropriate. An old man? A cigarette butt? Drain? Is it really a matter of national security? 😂

@padzer78 @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 Does the warden have an option to do that?

@CryptoBlubber @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 Not the point. A caution would have been sufficient in this case, as opposed to any fine at all.

@frankie_crocker @BROKENBRITAIN0 For working, paying taxes and stopping littering. 😆

@BROKENBRITAIN0 We’re on his case…he’ll be leaving the city soon…

@padzer78 @PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 Fine amount aint this guys choice.

@PhilipDawson1 @BROKENBRITAIN0 I hate litter too mate. We have a problem with it in Liverpool, but dropping a cigarette butt down the drain is hardly the same as say throwing an old mattress out onto the road for example! The fine is disproportionate. A caution would have been sufficient.

@LeeHarris Agreed that the tories completely underfunded but starmer needs to start acting like a prime minister and stop hiding behind the acts of a previous goverment. Take some resposibility and answer the questions asked of him directly and with solutions.

🚨Keir Starmer LOSES HIS TEMPER at the select committee hearing because he is *rightly* accused of "enormous complacency" for failing to defend Cyprus. He's extremely thin-skinned and lacks the emotional maturity to be prime minister. The man is not fit for office.

@Dak_2_Lamb @Jasonlewis54 Yeh you can tell. We aint moving Azeez that cheap.

@Jasonlewis54 I made up the trade but not the rumor

Trade Rumor: Cowboys get: LB Azeez Al-Shaair Texans get: 112th pick

@daveatherton @ZackPolanski Liked reading your posts but its got a bit weird keep posting these now. Seems like you are using the Polanski reference to try drag more followers in using half naked women. Odd

I owe everything to @ZackPolanski.

@AlfredoABrown People sleeping on leyveon moss

The NFL is telling you everything you need to know about this Rookie RB class. - HOU traded for David Montgomery. - James Conner restructured. - Aaron Jones restructured. - JK Dobbins re-signed. - Chris Rodriguez was signed within one hour. It’s not great folks…

@thomsonchris @Keir_Starmer Please gain independence. Ill be on the train north in no time.

“British” is not an identity but a colonial construction, invented by the English colonial state to absorb and control Scotland as a colony. Before Scotland, Ireland with the same fake UK term. The method is the same. Rename the colonised, then deny the crime. “British” has always meant English power wearing other peoples’ skins. That's why the English Prime Minister never stops talking about whisky. Whisky is not culture to him. It's cover. A prop in a long-running deception designed to reassure the world that Scotland is not a colony, that England is merely a benign partner, that annexation never happened. This lie is absolutely deliberate. The English state formally told the United Nations and the international community that “Scotland entered a voluntary union and is not a dependency.” That statement was false when made and remains false today. It was issued to block decolonisation scrutiny and to shield England from international law. That shield is now collapsing, including in China. Annexation and territorial alienation are proven. They are documented, legally argued, and established by Liberation Scotland, Scotland’s UN-facing liberation movement, with Professor Robert Black KC, Scotland’s foremost authority on Scots law. The legal consequence is unavoidable: England’s presence in Scotland is colonisation so its control and presence are illegal. Its extraction is complete plunder. Under international law, this is an erga omnes violation. A crime not merely against Scotland, but against humanity itself. Every state has standing and responsibility here. England is not “governing” Scotland. England is stripping Scotland. What is being stolen? – North Sea oil and gas revenues – Renewable energy wealth – Fisheries and maritime resources – Land and water – Taxation and fiscal sovereignty – Industrial capacity – Strategic territory – Cultural capital – International representation – And yes, whisky, monetised globally while Scotland remains politically captive The whisky speeches are theatre just like the flags are camouflage and the fake smiles are colonial. You do not celebrate a people you are exploiting and toast a nation you are occupying. You do not talk about whisky when you are standing on stolen ground. Colonial denial always ends the same way: exposure. The lie is over and the law is engaged. Decolonisation has begun. Scotland is not British. Scotland is colonised. It's an English colony. Colonisation, once proven, must end. Scotland's liberation is coming. Saor Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Stolen Spirit: How the English Coloniser Hijacked Over £150 Billion from Scotland’s Whisky Industry in the Last Two Decades: x.com/i/status/19363…

I said my visit to China would deliver for British people. I meant it. We’ve now secured billions of pounds worth of export and investment deals for the UK. That includes a huge boost for our whisky industry - China has cut tariffs in half - proof that our pragmatic international engagement brings benefits to Britain. That’s why I'm here, to deliver for you back home.