Doug Warren

@stockport871 @cwoodman04 @LutonTown You wouldn’t want your team playing in the premier league? The double relegation would simply put you back where you are now.

@cwoodman04 @LutonTown Wouldn’t want to if it meant double relegation 🥴

Nearly 3000 travelling to Bolton to back the boys this weekend 👏

@CFC_OBED AC Milan, Juventus and Atletico Madrid have all been relegated before. And of course Spurs have been relegated a few times before in their history.

Has a big team like Tottenham been relegated in any top league before ?

@BabaTunery @FabrizioRomano "Killing the game" is no part of the decision making process when handing out cards. If the game is killed as a result of a card, it's the player's fault.

@FabrizioRomano The tackle was really bad but it wasn't intentional, a red car would have killed the game.

🚨 Juan Musso on the Fermin injury: “Red card? You’re kidding me”. “How are you going to ask me about that incident with Fermín? It hurt me too. My natural movement to cover the space ended up colliding with my foot”.

@DaveHawkinsX @davidsenra @tobi Your second paragraph shows why your first is wrong. The ultra rich don't share or give away what they can't eat. They just hoard it. You could bake 100 more pies, and that would still be the case.

@davidsenra @tobi Every time I listen to Bernie Sanders, I think of the pie. He is worried about slicing the pie and distributing the crumbs to everyone. I always ask, why not just bake 10 more pies? Abundance means not having to slice the pie, but instead, share or give away what you can’t eat.

"Capitalism created the possibility of the win win win. It used to be a zero sum game where somebody won, somebody else lost. The biggest mistake people make, intellectuals in particular, they still think we're in a zero sum world. They're obsessed with some billionaires because Bernie Sanders thinks that Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk somehow stole the money from the people. They don't understand that it's this prosperity machine that's creating more, not just for those billionaires, but for everything that they're touching. They're creating value for their customers, they're creating value for their employees. Their suppliers are flourishing, their investors are seeing their capital go up. It can be reinvested and compound. All philanthropy ultimately comes from business. That's where the profits are. Where does all the taxes come from? It ultimately comes from business as well. This is the engine that's lifting humanity out. The entrepreneurs are the drivers of that engine. Somebody like Elon Musk, he gets a very, very, very tiny sliver of the value that he creates for the whole world." — @iamjohnmackey

@UtdWelshLad @jamesallcott @StuntPegg Italian football has always been defence first. It still managed to produce incredible attacking players.

@jamesallcott @StuntPegg I guess with the culture of Italian football being 'defence first' it completely ignores attacking talents. I'll even go as far to say that it even stifles them.

Real Reason Italian Football Is Broken! @StuntPegg explains why Italy keeps failing 🇮🇹📉

@malcolmconn He may be loud. And frankly may be soft, too. But he's also currently England's best bowler. No way England should be turning their back on a bowler with 76 test wickets at < 23.

@The_Forty_Four He pulls the guy back as the last defender, wrestles him to the ground, puts him in a headlock, treads on him as he gets back up, then tries to start a fight. And that's a yellow?!

What is wrong with this guy?😂😂😂 Please watch all 2 minutes of this embarrassment😭😭😭

@JSHbabble @JamesMelville Is that not also a horrendously one-sided account? You mention 'thousands of rockets', but don't mention the fatalities caused by those rockets. Nor do you mention any Israeli aggression. What caused all the Palestinian fatalities, of which there were many more?

Ah the usual ‘let’s only tell one side of the story Palestenian grift’ Here’s what actually and factually happened. Israel launched Operation Cast Lead (also known as the Gaza War or First Gaza War) on December 27, 2008, primarily in response to years of sustained rocket and mortar attacks fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli civilian areas by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups.  Background Leading to the Operation • Israeli disengagement from Gaza: In 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew all its settlements and military forces from the Gaza Strip, handing control to the Palestinian Authority. Hamas, an Islamist militant group designated as a terrorist organization by Israel, the US, EU, and others, won Palestinian legislative elections in 2006 and seized full control of Gaza from Fatah in a violent takeover in 2007.  • Rocket fire escalation: From the early 2000s (intensifying after the 2005 withdrawal), militants in Gaza fired thousands of homemade Qassam rockets and mortars at southern Israeli towns such as Sderot, Ashkelon, and surrounding communities. These attacks targeted civilians, caused deaths and injuries, disrupted daily life, and created widespread fear. By some estimates, nearly 12,000 rockets and mortars were launched from Gaza over about eight years leading up to the operation. In 2008 alone, hundreds were fired despite a temporary ceasefire.  • Ceasefire breakdown: A six-month truce (tahdiya) between Israel and Hamas took effect in June 2008. Rocket fire decreased significantly during much of this period, but both sides accused each other of violations. On November 4, 2008, Israel conducted a raid into Gaza to destroy a Hamas tunnel it said was intended for abductions or attacks, killing several Hamas operatives. Hamas responded by resuming and increasing rocket fire. The truce formally expired on December 19, 2008, without renewal, and rocket attacks surged in the days before the operation.  Israeli officials, including then-Defense Minister Ehud Barak, described the operation as a necessary response after “patience ran out” with the ongoing threat. The stated goals were: • To halt the rocket attacks on Israeli civilians. • To degrade Hamas’s military capabilities and infrastructure (including rocket production, storage, launch sites, and smuggling tunnels). • To restore deterrence and fundamentally change the security situation in and around Gaza.  The operation began with an extensive aerial campaign targeting Hamas facilities, followed by a ground incursion. It lasted until a ceasefire on January 18, 2009.

Tony Benn was a politician who refused to be silenced. Here he is back in 2009, calling out a BBC decision to refuse to publicise a charity appeal to help Palestinians in Gaza deal with the humanitarian crisis provoked by Israel’s Operation Cast Lead. The conflict resulted in over 1,300 Palestinian deaths. Over 46,000 homes were destroyed in Gaza, making more than 100,000 people homeless.

@LTJG_Weinberg @TaraAnnThieke Has this man's family been killed? Or is this just whataboutery?

@TaraAnnThieke If a Gazan man said the same thing, he would be excused because "maybe family was killed". You don't think individual Israelis could feel same way?

When I was in my 20s I wished to deepen my understanding of the Israel-Palestine situation. So I purchased at least a dozen books - mostly semi-obscure, academic, many by dissenting Israeli historians. A day came when I closed a book halfway through, resolved to read no further, even to try to forget all I had learned, and then I donated all the books. It was clear, painfully and miserably clear, that I would be wasting my life trying to understand it more when it was nothing more than this.

@CUPID_FC @centregoals It's not 'Messi-like'. He is slightly better at getting assists, but nothing like as prolific. Combine G+A and you see they are not comparable, great player though Bruno is.

@centregoals Is Bruno better than Messi or Ronaldo? Most would say no. But is he one of the most productive midfielders in the history of the Premier League? The numbers say yes. To produce at a "Messi-like" rate for over 300 games in a struggling United side is genuinely world-class.

🚨🚨| Games taken to reach 100 goals and 100 assists for their clubs: 1. Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd) → 318 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) → 319 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) → 325

@PeterMcCormack @ZackPolanski @IndiaWilloughby Can you explain it? Not in principle, but in practice, with regard to the UK economy.

@ZackPolanski @IndiaWilloughby Zack, please explain the Laffer curve.

Labour just don’t get it. It is not extreme to want millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. It is not extreme to demand for water to be publically owned. It is not extreme to oppose another illegal Middle East war.

@RickDickulous99 @AdamClery Either of those could play as wingers in a 4-2-3-1. Barnes especially. And Waddle would be a great number 10.

@AdamClery Chris Waddle, John Barnes

Who is the most 4-4-2 player of all time?

@tommillar_uk @KonstantinKisin Fringe cases. Regardless, it's perfectly reasonable to believe that in order to participate in UK democracy, you should have sufficient buy-in to the UK to speak a UK language.

@DoggWarren @KonstantinKisin thanks for your word salad dogg, to vote in UK elections, you must be aged 16 or over (18 for most elections), a UK, Irish, qualifying Commonwealth, or qualifying EU citizen living in the UK, and not legally excluded from voting.. so not necessarily a UK citizen skippy 🙂

The thing I hate the most is hypocrisy and gaslighting. If you say that too many people in Britain don't speak English, live in a parallel society and don't integrate you'll be shouted down and called names by the very same people who are campaigning in a foreign language:

@tommillar_uk @KonstantinKisin To vote in parliamentary elections you need to be a UK citizen. If you were born overseas you need to prove your knowledge of English to become a citizen. It’s not disenfranchising anyone.

@KonstantinKisin oi cuntface, would you rather those who don’t have english as their first language be disenfranchised from the democratic process? oh shit, it’s you, yes you would..

@Chikezie03 @centregoals MLS was much more established though, with more of a history of star players (although less recently).

@centregoals Sincere question. Has Messi improved the MLS and brought global recognition to it the same way Ronaldo has done to the Saudi league?

🇺🇸🤯 The INSANE perks Lionel Messi enjoys at Inter Miami: → $20.4M fixed yearly salary as a player → 35% stake at $1.2bn valuation → 24/7 full personal security → Commissions from MLS season pass → A cut from Adidas merchandise sale → $60M+ total yearly salary → $150M fixed income in 2.5 years → $70M extra income for global sponsorship deals → Chance to become part owner in the club after retirement

@Heccles94 1) Alocohol purchase is subject to strict rules, but underage drinking is common. 2) Why would drug gangs just pack up and go home? They can offer things your system can't and will have no scruples on limiting supply.

A thread on what drug legalisation actually means and why it's important. Ignore the hysteria, follow the evidence 👇

@mattzarb @ZiaYusufUK Is that not really easy to justify? Heroin is much worse. Crack is much worse. The impact on users and society is much more serious.

@ZiaYusufUK Are you also a Prohibitionist when it comes to other harmful consumption like gambling, smoking or alcohol? If not, how do you justify this inconsistency

🚨If you’re thinking of voting Green, please know this: They not only want to legalise all drugs, including crack and heroin, but also to “create a 'direct partnership' between the Government and South American drug cartels to introduce a 'sustainable supply of coca and cocaine' to Britain”. They want to teach primary school how to take drugs “safely”. All this is official Green Party policy. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

@Heccles94 @ZiaYusufUK How would legalisation eradicate street gangs if it is only prescribed to those already addicted? How do you think anyone becomes addicted in the first place?

1) legalisation will save lives. Hard drugs would be prescription only for those already addicted. This would eradicate street gangs and traffickers. 2) coca has been a major South American crop for years. It's already been imported in the west as a product for say, Coca-Cola, for years as well as prescription cocaine as anesthetics. 3) harm reduction and education is vital, and already happens You don't really know much about this topic do you Zia?

@timerich @Heccles94 @ZiaYusufUK Of course. Opium was never a problem in society at all.

@Heccles94 @ZiaYusufUK Hard drugs are made from plants. Taking back to the root, the Coca leaf, the opium. Heroin was made from opium, methadone made to 'solve'..Processing is the problem.

@thelefttake @Susieshoequeen @ZiaYusufUK Decriminalisation simply means it is not an offence to possess a small supply of drugs. Not that it is legal to sell drugs. It does not eliminate drug gangs.

@Susieshoequeen @ZiaYusufUK These policies reduce crime by reducing the need for criminal drug gangs and black markets.