Adrian Thomas

@DaveHittite @RobertJenrick It’s a police decision. Not a club decision. Dave.

@RobertJenrick If Aston Villa F.C. cannot insure the safety of its guests, it should either forfeit the match or go play it at the other side's home base. But here, this is literally the victim being punished.

Last week I was attacked for pointing out that parts of Birmingham were a failure of integration. But now Israeli football fans are banned from watching their team play at Villa Park as the police can’t guarantee their safety. Maybe I wasn’t wrong after all.

@coldwarsteve Nice! Johan's babbies?

Never change, Daily Telegraph

1/ A cult of 'Saint Stalin' has appeared in the Russian Orthodox Church, with the Soviet dictator being hailed as a saint or even a secret Orthodox bishop. In reality, Stalin closed or destroyed nearly all churches in Russia and had 85,000 Orthodox clergy shot in 1937 alone. ⬇️

@mrjamesob It feels like Back to the Future and the alternative Biff timeline!

How the housing crisis affects Newham’s budget – in numbers 26% temp accommodation increase, one in 20 households affected, 9,725 children without permanent homes orlo.uk/sNqY3

Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE hails legislation in today’s King’s Speech to get more housing built and a Renters’ Rights bill, which finally introduces an end to “no fault” evictions, both measures which will help Newham fight homelessness. orlo.uk/tBkhk

This is what the front page of the Daily Mail website looks like right now. You're going to have to do a little bit of work for the whole story, so please read the rest of the thread...

I really don’t know why Farage is celebrating D Day. His side lost.

This might be the best use of influencer marketing by a UK political party yet. Last week, Rishi Sunak partnered with Instagram influencers to deliver his economic message. 1/7

Fine. You're not invited

Interesting to hear @TuckerCarlson claim that “no western journalist has bothered to interview” Putin since the invasion of Ukraine. We’ve lodged several requests with the Kremlin in the last 18 months. Always a ‘no’ for us.

It’s no surprise that Putin has rejected every interview request from serious western journalists since he invaded Ukraine and will only speak to his favorite American propagandist Tucker.

Today the government launches a consultation on the introduction of a separate pay spine for nurses in England. But NHS staff need better pay, not these sorts of divisive distractions. “The NHS needs greater funding to be able to offer decent pay for all staff. That’s the way to recruit and retain the workforce that’s needed," UNISON acting head of health Helga Pile. “Pitting different groups of staff against each other for a larger slice of what’s available is the wrong approach. It would divert time and resources from the real problems, damage team morale and tie employers up in years of equal pay claims. “Nurses – along with all other NHS staff – are rightly furious about being underpaid and poorly recognised for the work they do. “Instead of creating divisive distractions, ministers should be looking to grade nurses properly, so they’re paid fairly for their skills and training, improve career progression and offer decent overtime rates for all.” @UNISONOurNHS #OneTeamNHS

Very sad news about Benjamin Zephaniah. Always eloquent and humane. Once exchanged a cheery 'Up the Villa' with him outside King's X Station. I do hope he saw last night's match. #AVFC youtube.com/watch?v=9YVOHu…

that person who watched rishi sunak using a hammer

As always, so so proud of my hometown. Absolute genius.

Another great win for UNISON members, the fantastic @UNISON_Legal team led by @ShanthaDavid and UK workers!🎉 #ukemplaw

Get support with your energy bills The vice chair of the #ThereForYou board, Debi Potter, explains the upcoming phase of the Energy Support Fund and how UNISON members can make an application 🗓️Opens 27 September unison.org.uk/news/article/2…

Yoga / mass slaughter. Easily confused. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…