Matt Mangan

@SportingIconsUK Bought this recently and love it!! (Wearing with pride, even after Palace’s recent implosion!) ❤️💙

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@RobertJenrick Cock off you cocking cock

Something has fundamentally changed in Birmingham. And Britain, too, has changed with it. Consider football: the rough and tumble of our national game is nothing new for the West Midlands. Growing up in the eighties, my Dad took me to more than a few matches at Villa Park in the away end. The language, chants, and antics were – at times – less than well-mannered. But it was largely good-natured fun. Where there was violence, the police put a quick but firm end to it. Such was the rhythm of British life. The same men and women worked together all week, turning up and supporting different teams on a Saturday. No longer. The decision from West Midlands Police to ban Jewish football fans from Villa Park marks a new low for our nation. What has changed? Well, last week, there were howls of outrage over my answer to that question. A leaked tape recorded me saying that, in parts of Birmingham, integration had totally failed. I’d been to Handsworth and seen a community that did not represent the full breadth of British society. It, like too much of Birmingham, resembled a segregated community. That’s not the kind of country I want. I want a country where fellow Brits live side by side, with a strong sense of national togetherness and unity. The Mayor of the West Midlands, the Bishop of Birmingham, the BBC, and others all lined up to say I was wrong. The local MP, Ayoub Khan, described my views as “a far-Right cliché” while simultaneously organising a petition to prevent Israeli fans from attending the forthcoming game between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Many, including the BBC and ITV, misquoted me. I faced the inevitable accusations of racism. There was the drivel about diversity being our strength. That’s what’s happened time and again to anyone voicing the mildest critique of immigration. Others continue to attack me. Handsworth is a model community, they say. Villa Park is a few streets from Handsworth: a week after my remarks were reported, West Midlands Police have now in effect declared those streets a “no-go zone” for Jews. My comments weren’t based on a few hours in Birmingham; I’ve known the city my whole life. They were based on a deep concern for the lack of action by successive governments to tackle the abject failure of integration. There have been at least six serious reports in the last 20 years, saying much the same thing as I did. They have all ended on a dusty shelf. Why? Partly, because of the fear of our gutless political class to stand up and speak out. They are shameless cowards, more concerned about retaining respectability amongst the liberal elite. Take the Prime Minister himself. Last night, he tweeted his outrage over West Midlands Police’s decision. But last week he denounced me for crossing “a red line” in discussing integration in Birmingham. He’s happy to criticise the police, but runs scared of even acknowledging the big problems we face. Keir Starmer isn’t a bystander. He’s the Prime Minister. What is he actually going to do? Bury his head in the sand when it gets uncomfortable. So I won’t be silenced. During my speech at the Conservative Party Conference last week, I said that “a Britain where our Jewish friends are afraid is just not Britain”. I meant it. The same goes for football. A football in which Jewish fans aren’t welcome just isn’t football. What should we do? Send in as many police officers as required. Sack the Chief Constable if he won’t change his mind. Deal with the extremist Imams in Birmingham who have spent the past few days fomenting hate. We must tackle the vile sectarian MPs who have polluted our politics. But the longer term strategy is harder. Thirty years of mass migration have changed our country in ways that we’re only beginning to feel. Unintegrated communities will continue to be hotbeds of extremism and division. Our country cannot have no-go zones. It cannot have sectarian MPs. The time has come for muscular action to make integration a reality.

THIS 👇

@PalaceReport Looks fake to me. Old footage and voice over

Mark Guehi had recorded his goodbye video to Crystal Palace fans.

If Eze goes (looks likely), thank you for giving me and my family a very special moment to savour for the rest of our lives. A #cpfc legend

@puncheonsbelt Did the same a few months ago to focus on family and my own wellbeing. As others have said, always the right decision and not one I regret 👍 For me, it’s helped provide space for a bit more clarity and allowed me to spot opportunities that I may have missed otherwise.

Quitting my job today. Nervous is an understatement but sometimes you've got to put wellbeing first 🤷‍♂️

@nedboulting 😢

@BarneyUoB @HeartStrokeNB @Ilcor_org @AMGuerguerian @SickKidsNews Congratulations Barney 👏

Huge honour to be awarded the Canadian King Charles III Coronation Medal for services to Resuscitation Science with my @HeartStrokeNB @Ilcor_org colleagues & especially my friend and mentor @AMGuerguerian #pedsicu @SickKidsNews 👑 🥇

@gazbod Just watched this back - love this video. That’s my daughter at the front. She’s 14 now and was with me, my brother and my nephew (in this video too) at the final 🏆 Glorious. 🔴🔵🔴🔵

I particular love the family with the two young kids down the front in this video. Still there five minutes after full time. Brilliant!! ❤️💙 #CPFC

@dgriffinart @HLTCO @TheEaglesBeak @BackOfTheNest @cpfc_xtra @red_blue_review @CPFCHQ @HC15OnTour @TCPalacePod @Eagles_1861 @PalaceReport Love this! Ps - you spelt Winnners wrong 🤣

As a #Palace fan, I'm too used to illustrating other clubs triumphs so this one was a dream to make! Here's my print of the greatest match in the history of football 😄. Now available here: dgriffin.net/product/palace… The perfect father’s day gift ❤️💙 🦅#CPFC

Fed up with Twitter/X feeding my timeline with right wing posts that I haven’t asked for. Hearing it’s happening to lots of people. This app has become a place that fuels hate and division and for that reason I’m off. Deleting for good. 👋

@BenFrancis1992 Thanks to you, your family, and the Gymshark community for all the support and time that you give to our Charity and its patients. It’s an honour for us to work with you. 🎈 💜

I’m immensely proud, as Patron of Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, to share our new ‘It Starts Here’ fundraising appeal! This appeal will enable the charity to transform the main entrance at the Children’s Hospital for the 100,000 brave young patients and their families who walk through its front door each year. As a father myself, I know how much this will mean for children and families across our region, and I’m honored that both my family and the @Gymshark community are committed to helping the charity make this project a reality. Follow the links below to find out more about this incredible project 👇

@thecubebham @BWC_NHS @DBE_UK @NHSuk It was another ace weekend. Thanks for all your support. See you next year!! 🎈

We were very proud to help raise £250,706.26 for @BWC_NHS last month! 👩‍⚕️ A huge thank you to all who took part, sponsored us and helped to support this fantastic cause! 🙌 @DBE_UK @NHSuk #BizHour #Birmingham

Wow. Powerful and chilling in equal measure. Thank you @jessphillips for your bravery and commitment to serve.

Whooooppp!!! Massive congratulations to our brilliant team and our amazing corporate supporters who take part and raise so much for BWC. Big shout out to @BWC_Helen who has developed her vision for a FOMO event into something very special…and Nationally Award Winning!!! 🏆

@barriehodge81 Been there, done that 🤣

@bobmaxfield @onepeloton @yoiamsamyo @loseit Nice work Bob 💪

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@TheSPennington Well said Sally! There are some incredibly talented, strategic and resilient people in our industry who (importantly) choose to use these skills to advance causes and organisations that are dear to us all. It’s also a brilliant and rewarding career!! 🤩

This week someone described (arts) fundraising as 'scrabbling round with a begging bowl' and I hated it. If anyone has done any type of fundraising it is strategic and dynamic. It is a hard profession, use thoughtful language and stop wondering why you can't find fundraisers.

@Tim_Barrett2 @alisontennant1 @lifearc1 @unibirm_MDS @IcgsUob @GeneticAll_UK Congratulations Tim. I know how hard you and others have worked to get to this position 👏

LifeArc CEO Stephane Maikovsky announces launch of Rare Disease Translational Research Centres, including consortium Uni Birmingham, Belfast and Newcastle to speed up delivery of clinical trials @lifearc1 @unibirm_MDS @IcgsUob @GeneticAll_UK