💛bryan 💙🇬🇧✝️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #UTB #Okets

I really try my hardest to see the humour in life, and try to express that humour in my tweets........but sometimes just sometimes people make it bloody difficult.

@BettyBoochichi2 Some people, it seems, were put on this earth just to sue someone for something! The majority just get on with their lives.

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster has today repeated his call for West Midlands Police to apologise for historic discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/pcc-calls-on-w…

@danielbrundl3 If Southampton think it’s ok to cheat in this way, I’d like to hear what they find unacceptable?

That is the whole point. Other teams will now see this and will decide it is not worth the £200m hypothetical loss to try and gain an advantage

@GeorgeElek Trying to ‘Clean’ up football is generally targeted at the fans? Perhaps it’s time to aim at the pitch and the dugouts? Referees should not be afraid to instigate the rules to there full extent.

Dunno, feel like being thrown out of the shop is what you’d expect to happen if caught shoplifting

@cynicalbobby When I served single crewed vehicles were the norm, but we had ‘bobbies on the beat’. We trained the public to expect an immediate response. Double crewed during the night shifts. But today, it seems, you’re just as likely to get a violent emergency call during the day.

Blanket Single crewing is a short sighted policy pushed by senior officers who’d rather hide behind response times than fix real risks. Get somebody there. Stop the clock, ignoring that it can’t be resolved until others arrive. It reduces safety, wastes resources, and misleads the public. Thread 🧵

@SophyRidgeSky When ‘resilient’ means having to start again because you keep running into brick walls!

Keir Starmer won’t set out a timetable for his departure - very clear from David Lammy, I think this kills any speculation he could do it ahead of Makerfield “Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life…There will be no timetable”

@LoftusSteve @KarlTurnerMP @AndyBurnhamGM That is the (socialist) way. They only get into government when the current government gets lazy and starts falling apart. Labour arrive and immediately try to keep votes through the benefit system and making outrageous promises that never materialise. Never ending cycle!

@KarlTurnerMP @AndyBurnhamGM How is pledging a bunch of things that are impossible to do a change?

That’s why @AndyBurnhamGM will bring a different approach to government. For the many, not the few!

@SmoggyBalboa @craig_johns It’s not an argument but an observation of the state of this beautiful game.

@bryan0755 @craig_johns The referee has sanctions in his pocket for on field offences.. this is a terrible argument

- Does it matter if spying had any impact on the actual games? - Would a Southampton 'rogue agent' defence work? - The potential punishment if proven, and why it really matters for the EFL A sports law expert offers his thoughts on Spygate #Boro gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football…

@Benjaminbloom Very robotic, hasn’t quite mastered the art of blinking. Weird!

Tonda Eckert vs The Media: Spygate gets messy! 🤼‍♂️ Has Southampton boss Tonda Eckert made the Spygate situation worse with the way he's conducted himself in interviews this past week, maybe the Saints boss could've been a little more statesmanlike?! #SaintsFC #EFLChampionship

@Boropolis @garystonehouse I’m confident that the EFL will do the right thing and remove the Ekhert’s three manager of the month rewards!

🚨 | BREAKING: Middlesbrough are set to present evidence that at least TWO other clubs were spied on by Southampton. [@garystonehouse] #Boro | #UTB | #SaintsFC thesun.co.uk/sport/39092888…

@pompeyhistory1 @TheAthleticFC Any comment from Southampton board, especially from Spors who was instrumental in the coaches appointment?

@TheAthleticFC x.com/pompeyhistory1…

Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg used the term “cheat” when asked about a member of Southampton’s staff being caught at Boro’s training ground on Thursday morning, just 48 hours before the Championship play-off semi-final between the two clubs. Southampton were charged on Friday by the EFL with “a breach of EFL regulations” following a complaint from Middlesbrough on Thursday evening. Southampton say they are “co-operating” with the EFL. Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert cut short his post-match press conference at the Riverside Stadium, having declined to answer fully questions on the subject. 📝 @mwalker2771 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/72658…

@craig_johns Have to set an example or the skies will be filled with drones and training will all be indoors.

If Southampton are guilty of the EFL charges, would a fine be enough? Hard to argue with why Kim Hellberg believes it will not be sufficient #Boro gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football…

@untypicalboro Southampton Board should step in and clear this mess up. Instead they’ll sit back and wait for the fine. Disgusting.

Textbook ‘tetchy’ but well short of fiery. He was badly prepared and should have been ready to give the press something, even if it was repackaged nothing. Hard to defend such bang to rights cheating but ‘no comment’ never cuts it.

@BoroMundo The way technology is evolving this has to be an opportunity to set an example once and for all. A fine is not sufficient punishment.

So the EFL will have to make a decision by Monday tea time. How can they take it beyond Tuesday. What do you think will happen? They will take it very seriously as Gibson simply won't be satisfied with a daft fine from a club who's earned hundreds of millions.

@DHucks6 This incident affects the whole season. Ask Oxford for their thoughts.

no but it's disgraceful what's gone on, everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves, don't kid yourself they are all knew about it, this bollocks about he acted alone is ridiculous!

@jan_murray Obviously has no new MPs that he can trust only the old socialists. Desperation!

Introducing Keir Starmer’s new adviser for women and girls. Who appears to think a man can be a type of woman 🤔 God help us. Trying to imagine the conversation that took place before Harriet Harman’s appointment. “You know what would really help boost your popularity right now, Keir? Appointing a women’s adviser who thinks men can be women.” Clip via @John_EdwardsUK

@Boro_Breakdown Noticeably tired last 15mins. Allowed Saints subs more room.

Ends all square at the Riverside! Give us your one key takeout 👇

@BettyBoochichi2 Multi -Agency often means collective responsibility that can sometimes become blurred responsibility. Should be banned!

A survey has been launched to find out where the public would like us to pool our resources to improve safety in the city centre. Operation Reclaim is a collaborative multi-agency project to solve the biggest problems affecting the City Centre: nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottingha…

@BettyBoochichi2 I was led to believe the Police FLOs were not blame for any breakdown in communication between the CPS and the families concerned. That this was a communication issue of the CPS alone?

The Nottingham Inquiry: Here’s Anthony Rogers, Head of HMCPSI (His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Inspectorate), being questioned about the section of their report covering the role of the Police FLOs. Please note though, this is just one example of his evidence. Shocking and unacceptable!

@ArturNadol7566 @SamiraAhmedUK @BBC @theJeremyVine Wonder how many times during that period the BBC reported on pay inequality by other businesses?

BBC PAID HIM 6X MORE. THE TRIBUNAL SAID THAT WAS ILLEGAL. THE BBC SAID IT WAS COMPLICATED. Samira Ahmed @SamiraAhmedUK presented Newswatch on @BBC for years. Same format. Same length. Same job. Read viewer feedback on camera, wrap it up, go home. Jeremy Vine @theJeremyVine did exactly the same thing on Points of View. She got £440 per episode. He got £3,000. Ahmed spent years trying to fix it quietly through internal BBC processes. The BBC said there was no problem. She filed for tribunal. In January 2020, the tribunal ruled unanimously in her favour. The BBC could not explain the difference. They tried. They argued Vine needed "a glint in the eye" and to be "cheeky." The tribunal said that was not a skill. It was a story the BBC told itself. The total underpayment was close to £700,000. Sarah Montague, another BBC woman, settled separately for around £400,000. The National Union of Journalists flagged around 70 more cases waiting resolution internally. After Ahmed won, 700 BBC women received pay rises. The BBC's statement after losing? They regretted it had gone to tribunal. Not that they paid a woman six times less than a man for the same work for years. Just that it became public. Sources: @guardian, @BBC, @IFJGlobal, Others