John Lawless

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John Lawless

John Lawless

@johnlawlessRL

Rugby League columnist for the Liverpool ECHO. BBC radio RL commentator. Biting my tongue for now to stay out of trouble

North West, England Katılım Şubat 2016
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Martyr Made
Martyr Made@martyrmade·
It’s simple: Israel has become a proxy for the widespread outrage over our leaders working for interests other than the people who elected them. Israel is not the only interest they serve, but it’s become emblematic because of scenes like this, and because of the viciousness of Zionist activists toward anyone they perceive as a challenger is so overwhelming. You simply cannot listen to Trump openly brag that he does things for Israel to earn the money of Miriam Adelson, or to Ted Cruz proudly say he ran for Senate to be Israel’s greatest defender, and expect people to take it well. Black Americans have seven times the population of Jewish Americans, but they couldn’t force @KevinRobertsTX through a public humiliation ritual the way the Zionists have. No one else could, and everyone knows it. The GOP is currently in power because Trump stated openly what everyone knew: their government was not working for them, but for other interests. America First was the beginning and end of the appeal. The people saying we need to put this one divisive issue aside and “come together to defeat the left” are missing the point. Our leaders have not been working on behalf of the people, and the gaudy & degrading displays of fealty toward a foreign state are a daily reminder that they still don’t.
Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports@honestpollster

The youth are REBELLING! Asmongold: This is why republicans are losing.

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John Lawless
John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
@MarkNewlands1 @PaulEmbery . . they started issuing them again - even though they were running a surplus. You see, it's the bond market that needs the govt, not the other way round. And their power lies not in 'funding' govts (they do not) but in influencing them to believe that's what they do . . .
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Paul Embery
Paul Embery@PaulEmbery·
Exactly this. A system in which the government might be forced to adjust its fiscal policy simply because the financial markets have reacted to the spectacle of the chancellor shedding a tear over a personal matter is utterly irrational. Why do we continue to indulge it?
MMT Podcast (Christian Reilly)@MMTpodcast

A political system where the government’s (self-imposed) spending constraint adjusts according to bond traders’ emotions about the chancellor’s emotions seems anti-democratic to me

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John Lawless
John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
Why do we stick with an interpretation of 'contact with the head' everyone knows is nonsense? In what way will penalising Trout for his totally accidental contact on Sezer prevent future head contacts?
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John Lawless
John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
@LpoolCityRegion As a resident of the Liverpool City Region ('where no-one is left behind') - I live in Widnes - do I qualify for the Local 60+Travel Pass?
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John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
So what was Moylan meant to do there to avoid contact with the head? Short of not playing rugby league at all? #LeighWigan
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John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
@jdgsport The red card was nonsense on stilts I'm afraid. Accidental clash of heads. We are trying to police the unpoliceable. We're also making the officials the absolute centre of the game's focus . . is that a good thing?
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James Gordon
James Gordon@jdgsport·
Warrington 8 Hull 6 HT. Hoping someone watching on telly can give me a clue about the red card for Nu Brown... Hull gave a good account of themselves, found a route that worked and well in the game.
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Arta Moeini PhD
Arta Moeini PhD@ArtaMoeini·
We pretend as if international law is real & intl courts have true jurisdiction. No! They are mere features of modern power politics & US hegemony. And the Gaza war has exposed them as both a mirage & a double-edged sword. My latest @carnegiecouncil carnegiecouncil.org/media/article/…
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John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
Re-watched @RLBarrieMc10 interview with Neil Fox on Sky Sports. Still can't work out why he wasn't depicted on the RL statue at Wembley (Neil not Barrie!). Given his record and the fact there are no Yorkshiremen featured, a massive oversight surely.
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John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
Not sure I've ever seen a hat-trick from forward passes before!
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John Lawless@johnlawlessRL·
@TwitterSupport Hey Twitter Support, the recent retweets from my account have got nothing to do with me. What's to be done?
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