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@bigcbeat @NufcMiddlesex No comparison really, Bruce finished higher

@NufcMiddlesex What a statement comparing Eddie Howes tenure to cabbage heads. Get a grip ffs.

#NUFC just a reminder Steve Bruce’s last season we ended up 12th we currently 14th and spent a shit load of money but your still Eddie Howe in? If this was Bruce there would be protests at training from fans saying get out of our club

@_restlesswave @Dominic2306 Saw Dom doing his shopping recently and poor lads phone wouldnt allow him to pay. I embraced my inner tory and thought fuck him im alright, he had to leave without it

@Dominic2306 Not reading all that mate. BTW I think some good deals on ReGaine hair products atm

As usual, Ciaran Martin is busy spreading bullshit to hacks. The PM is *often* told by officials details from vetting, leak inquiries, investigations by intel agencies etc. This is because the PM in our constitution is often the only constitutional authority deemed able to make a political judgement about things including risk assessments of appointments. Martin's bullshit that details are never shared is factually untrue. Often officials run through a list - sorry PM, sex pest. Sorry, being investigated by NCA for fraud but we shd keep this quiet as he isn't charged yet. Sorry, he was asked about leaking X and he lied to the investigators, a breach of the ministerial code... I've watched discussions about each of these things with the PM and officials. Martin is asking you to believe that officials can just say 'sorry PM you can't appoint X he's failed vetting' and *the PM* isn't allowed to know any details. Absurd for many reasons. I know I say ministers have become NPCs but it isn't quite that bad yet - though the likes of Martin would *like* officials to control absolutely everything. When the penetration of Whitehall by PRC intel became a huge story, Martin spread disinfo to hacks trying to make the disaster look less disastrous. He is a Remainiac Heywood stooge who pipes up for elements of Whitehall & shd not be treated as any sort of 'impartial official'. Mandelson was a political appointment. All sides agree that the PM made this appointment and made clear he was pushing it through before various checks were done and regardless of various checks already done. If the vetting people came back with concerns, *the proper action was UNQUESTIONABLY for officials to take this to the PM* for him to make a judgement about the pros/cons and risks of his own political appointment, including the 'details' which Martin is pretending junior vetting officials are allowed to know but not *the PM*. This is the only proper way for such a problem to be resolved. Ollie Robbins and Ciaran are talking crap. And so is Starmer. All systems are working as intended. Also hacks shd be asking: Who officially authorised Mandelson for STRAP clearance? You don't get to read very sensitive material, like transcripts of intercepted calls between important people, just because you've got DV - you *also* need STRAP. Either a) an official cleared Mandy for STRAP or else b) the requirement / 3+ month delay was waived by the PM, or c) we're supposed to believe Mandy wasn't shown STRAP material? So which official authorised it or did the PM waive it? When? (It's already in the published paper trail that he was told it would take over 3 months)

@StevePop78 absolutely shocking, if one person made this decision they're a loon, I simply can't imagine how more than one can discuss and believe this is the correct course of action. Sort it out @CWaters_SAFC

40 YEARS COUNT FOR NOTHING SAFC. I can't believe the way my family have been treated regarding our season tickets, as season ticket holder for last 20-years and hardly missing a home match the last 40-years I have been refused a new season ticket as I want to move from 76 yards to general admission. 2 years ago we moved into the black cats bar as my dad had mobility issues and struggled getting into his seat, we reluctantly agreed to stay when changing to the 76 yards as we new it would be my dad's last season, with help from family/friends we managed to absorb the astonishing price increase from £850 to around £2300. Unfortunately my dad joined the Heaven Branch in February. As we are/we're season ticket holders we presumed we would just move seat next season. When we informed the club we would like to move back to general admission we were told we would have to join the waiting list which had already Been accepting people for 3 weeks. I reached out further to club liason officers and they agreed I had a special case and would review this week's ago, with no reply from latest emails I was loosing hope and have just received a phone call from ticket office to say they have refused my request. After supporting our club through some of the darkest days especially the last 10 years I have now been brushed to one side as they have enough demand to fill the place without my family. Thank you very much SAFC @CWaters_SAF @SunderlandAFC @RedAndWhite2017 @RokerReport @ALS_Fanzine @Phil__Smith @SunderlandEcho @TheDiddyman1 @Capt_Fishpaste @SkySports_Keith @Tweed_Barnesy @BlcSafc @ConnorBromley @mickylough95 @TheWearsiders

@darrengrimes @GeorgeMonk4UK 😁😁😁😁😁😁

@GeorgeMonk4UK Who gives a damn. You’re doing something far more important than making crap memes!

This is by far one of the most tame comparisons I've had recently. If there is one thing I've learned it's that people will always try to mock you, whether that be online or in person. What's important is how you deal with it.

@darrengrimes because a witness wouldn't need any info Crafty, they'd have seen it for themselves

Can anyone explain why the police are asking for witnesses to come forward but haven’t released any information on the potential suspects?

@reid6peter On your watch obviously !

@reid6peter Nor mine, must never happen. Bet it wouldn't on your waych6

How would you feel if you rocked up at the Stadium of Light and found yourself sat next to Nigel Farage ? @reid6peter

@darrengrimes if only they'd been as respectful as your crew eh Daz ?

Sadiq Khan says Christians should love their Muslim neighbours in response to everyone criticising Trafalgar Square being shut down. If my neighbour shut down my local park to play extremely loud prayer music in the evening, despite having multiple places of worship nearby, I can’t say I’d have much love for that.

Heading North tomorrow. Can't wait

@darrengrimes Waftycrank ?

What's this shop called?

@darrengrimes As if having a pair of dodgy grifting failures running DCC wasn't bad enough they're both plastic Durham mags as well . Eeuuuuurgh!

Wow. That Newcastle game tonight sounds totally mental. Newcastle United are giving me whiplash!

@_toosb Stopped following him and Holloway ages ago. Pleased to see others haven't given up and are challenging the daft old racist

Former Sunderland goalkeeper Chris Turner once again showing himself to be a racist. Wonder what his former team mates Gary Bennett and Howard Gayle think about stuff like this.

@BingoBertie @vickyinatutu @ChiefGolfCat Agree 100% but The Commitments were the best tribute band !

@vickyinatutu @ChiefGolfCat I couldn't agree more with you on this. "The day that music died"! When was the day that music died? When did people stop wanting to be the best band in the world with influences from a range of bands, rather than just straight copy them? It takes Commitment brother Rabbitte!

The vast number of tribute acts is killing the live music industry. I used to be able to go see a local band every couple of weeks for under a tenner & now it’s just wall to wall tribute bands wanting £20+ a ticket to play other people’s songs.

@SirSimonClarke You love talking about boats Simon, tell us about the time you fell off one

The big reason why so many people were so frustrated with the last Government - myself included - was because ultimately it wouldn’t do whatever it took to stop the small boats. But Kemi has made ECHR withdrawal party policy, and accepting that will be a condition of anyone standing as a Conservative candidate in 2029. There’s no serious case to be made that she isn’t a very robust Conservative with both a big and a small C. I won’t speculate on why some people are choosing now to go, but I would simply say it’s hard to say it’s truly on the basis of policy.

@darrengrimes 7th or 8th game you've been to in your life ?

Never seen so many people leave St James' Park in droves before full time like they did tonight in years, I’m happy to be corrected, but it felt Ashleyesque.

@_toosb Wow, can't even remember what I used to argue with him but I do remember questioning if he was suitable to coach kids

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@AxoAndy @reformexposed Bragging about "his" property portfolio yet the company which appears to manage it is solely in his wife's name

@reformexposed There seems to be a common theme with the companies that he is a director of…..liquidated/dissolved👇🏼 …te.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/EvFdy…

Andrew Husband the Leader of Reform UK in Durham has been spinning a story about his business dealings, we have been told that he privately describes the events so: He is being held personally liable for approximately £150k of covid-related company loans. Husband seems to have not realised that company directors were personally liable as one of the terms of the loans. He is responsible for Durham Council budgets… #HusbandMustGo

@AxoAndy Classy lad

I have no doubt that all of the Durham residents, especially the most vulnerable, who will have their council tax increased this year despite being promised it would be cut will take great comfort in this 🙄

@darrengrimes That's not a pint but about as accurate as telling us council tax won't go up I suppose

Cheeky pint at Annfield Plain Cricket Club 👍