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@FUDdaily Cut corporation tax rates Reintroduce £10m entrepreneurs relief Reduce tax on dividends Sort out energy costs

Five immediate changes I would make to boost jobs: 1. Scrap the minimum wage 2. Cut NI 3. Remove any cap on university fees. Let the market sort it out. 4. Cut universal credit 5. Drop degree requirements for most public roles What else needs to happen?

@DMiliband @guardian Real life chuckle brothers

The window to avert a massive global hunger crisis is rapidly closing. Must-read from the @guardian on the food security timebomb that will go off if fertiliser cannot pass through the Strait of Hormuz: theguardian.com/world/2026/apr…

@StretfordPaddck Waste of money

🤔Thoughts on Mason Mount’s time at #MUFC so far 👇

@henrywinter Why / how is Spence a strange character?

Managers come and go at Tottenham Hotspur like buses on the High Road outside. Some stop there slightly longer than others, some stall, some over-rev their engines, but all move on, some in a cloud of smoke. Assuming he doesn't take a look and accelerate past, the latest arrival, Roberto di Zerbi, is a good head coach, not A-list but potentially up there, depending on his temperament. He’s committed to attacking football which Spurs fans want. He’s very demanding of players and, occasionally, of the board, so sparks will fly eventually. He also has to address his comments about Mason Greenwood. But RDZ would undoubtedly be a coup for Spurs, a statement of intent that they can get out of this relegation mess and build for the future. His arrival will also put pressure on the players to show some fight. They can’t hide behind a manager’s flaws now. But RDZ should be only one part of the Tottenham rescue plan/rebuild. Much is right about Spurs: magnificent stadium and training ground and a fanbase that is large, passionate and rightly concerned about the leadership of their club, especially in the board-room. If RDZ is to succeed, Spurs have to improve player recruitment and the board has to underwrite that. Since failing to invest in elite talent after the 2019 Champions League final, Spurs have wasted an eye-wateringly obscene amount of money on poor recruitment. It’s not that they haven’t spent. They have. It’s just that they haven’t spent it well. (Spurs certainly aren’t alone in this failing, of course). According to Transfermarkt, Spurs have spent £979m on loans and transfers since Pochettino was dismissed in November 2019. The popular Argentine left the club bemoaning failure to invest properly in the squad after that UCL final defeat in Madrid. How much real talent did they acquire in that time? Definitely some. Kulusevski cost £8.66m loan fee and then £26m permanent; he’s a talent, unfortunately sidelined through injury. Van de Ven is worth more than the £34.65m he cost. Same with the excellent Gray (£35.75m), Bergvall (£17.32m) and Sarr (£14.5m). Spence may be a strange character but he’s worth more than the £12m paid, especially with England caps. Porro cost £4.3m loan and then £34.65m. If Spurs went down, there will be players like Porro in demand (which is part of the problem as they know there’s a safety net for them). Kudus is unfortunately injured. Simons may train on under the right coach. Otherwise, in five of those seven seasons since Madrid, Spurs Player of the Year has been the home-grown Kane or the 2015 £22m value-for-money Son. Van de Ven and Bergvall have been the most recent recipients of the honour. Gray, a beacon of hope in a dark season, will probably win this season. Spurs have also spent heavily on managers. The cost of recruiting and paying off six head coaches (and their staff) since Madrid is just shy of £60m. Compensation to their clubs (such as £6.7m to Brentford for Frank) and their pay-offs (such as the reported £8m to Frank) does not include wages, probably doubling the outlay to around £120m spent on managers in seven years. Churn is expensive. Three of the head coaches, Pochettino, Mourinho and Conte, are heavyweights. Nuno was too cautious, Postecoglou won the Europa League but neglected the Premier League, Frank was admired but failed to understand expectations while Tudor was out of his depth. All would have achieved more with a stronger group of players (and less of an injury list). These coaches deserve some culpability for Tottenham’s travails but the real indictment is the players not fighting hard enough for the cause – and the recruitment department for not bringing in the right characters. RDZ, if he stops at Spurs, has work to do on that squad, getting them to take more responsibility in these seven games and then strengthening it. Recruitment has to be better. #THFC

@Biyo_lar As a United fan, you’re talking bollocks. Dalglish makes it, and for 2-3 years John Barnes was the best player in the world

Nobody on this list makes top 5 at United btw.

@FPLfrasier How do you present any of that as fact? Are you in the workings of United?

As much credit we want to give Wilcox/Berrada, people should remember how few of the most positive things for us this season has been accidental — Wilcox first priority was Delap. He even wanted to sign Delap in her Mbeumo (not that I understand how those two players were comparable). Lucky for us Delap rejected us. We ended up with Mbeumo and then Sesko — Wilcox had no intention of sacking Amorim. Last 1/2 weeks of Amorim’s tenure just went crazy. Amorim kind of sacked himself by calling Wilcox out in public. The relationship broke down in that week and Wilcox was forced to sack Amorim. Wilcox had no plans for post-Amorim life. Carrick wasn’t in their plans until Amorim went crazy. — Biggest one now: The club was kind of okay letting Bruno go. They just didn’t have the courage to sell him actively. They let Bruno decide what to do. Bruno has said this in public that he found that whole chapter to be disrespectful. Imagine if Bruno had left last summer! We would probably be bottom half right now. Many of these have fallen into place for us accidentally. The only thing I hope is that Wilcox has learnt his lesson.

@StretfordPaddck Djed Spence walks into our team at right back. Bergvall and Kulusevski improve areas we need improving

😏👀 Who would you want from Tottenham Hotspur this summer when they get relegated? #MUFC

@SkySports @Carra23 AI Slop?? Emery has complete control of operations at Villa, he’s not getting that United. And rightfully so, United are too big to have one man in control of everything. And, his teams don’t last the distance. @Sjopinion10 knows the score

"Unai Emery is at the level of Manchester United" 👀 Gary Neville looks at whether he would like to see Unai Emery at Old Trafford after Jamie Carragher stated that Manchester United should be going for the Aston Villa boss 🔴

@WhitesideOne We’re all of @BrianMcClair13 goals against Wednesday from less than 3 yards??

OTD in 1988 - League Division One MANCHESTER UNITED 4 Clayton Blackmore 1' Brian McClair 7', 53' Peter Davenport 79' SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 Lee Chapman 70' Old Trafford 33,318

@henrywinter “Elite” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. The standard at the top of the premier league is poor, that’s all that’s being shown up with champions league results.

I feel the "winter break" debate coming on again in the Premier League. It’s obviously needed - even with expanded squads, elite players risk fatigue, less training time etc - but too many vested interests preventing it happening.

@maxrushden @archiert1 @NickyBandini Would Norwich City from 92/3 win the premier league this season?

Tomorrow's Football WEekly Baz, @archiert1 and @NickyBandini Any questions?

@WhitesideOne Beautiful kit .

Chris Turner - City Ground, 4th October 1986 #MUFC

@BurnsideWasTosh Gonna step up?

@TheSecretAcct Not sure about this one. Ask owners who have staff who travel a decent amount, turn this into a cost centre / money maker…

The tax free amount per mile increased to 45 pence in 2011. If it had increased with inflation it would now be 71 pence. Another stealth tax on workers.

@Sacha_Lord @SteveBakerFRSA Companies house suggests her successes are pretty limited…

Read this...it'll make your blood boil. One of the Governments senior Advisers finally admits: "We don't need anymore restaurants. I'm not anti-hospitality but that's not where my efforts are." They are no longer hiding it from us. insidermedia.com/news/north-wes…

@ChelseaFC Bunch of shithouses. As per

Arriving in Hull. 👋 #CFC | #EmiratesFACup

@offtheball Maybe he signed a compromise agreement on the way out that said he can’t speak? And for the sake of a few £m why would he break that?

'I made contact with the people around him' 'He should {say something}' Andy Mitten feels as though Ruben Amorim 'should' speak out following his exit from Manchester United - as other #MUFC bosses have done in the past... | 🔴⚽️ Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am ⏰ #MUFC

@ImsoRegal Peveril?

Liam Gallagher has the most beautiful nose that ever nosed. #LiamGallagher

@footballontnt Is it a World Cup year? How long he got left on his contract?

Luke Shaw has started all 25 of Man United's Premier League games this season, playing more minutes than any of their players (2,183). Brilliant to see after such an injury impacted career 👏⏱️

@footballontnt Or Wilcox’s first?

Ruben Amorim's only summer transfer window at Man United ✍️