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🚫 NO CATS 🚫 Retired news, editorial & PR photographer. Anglo-French Guardian Reading Tofu Eating Wokerati. Pro-EU. Atheist, anti-monarchist and recluse. Struggling with PPMS. Currently in Northampton. www.facebook.com/bobsingleton.rockg…

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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 6h
About 43 seconds in you see video footage of the back of the pilot's head which shows a sizeable cut. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5L...
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New details emerge in the alleged hijacking of a FlyDubai flight | 9 News Australia
YouTube video by 9 News Australia
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 7h
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 11h
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A second Brexit referendum is a truly stupid idea. Straight to rejoin. No fucking about. There’s no logical argument, economic or otherwise, for not rejoining. The British electorate has proven that they don’t have a clue and are easily duped by disinformation campaigns and foreign interference.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
None of them... the alligator can swim, and then can eat the other two as they drown
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
100% agree
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My most controversial opinion, which is completely right btw. Is that there is NOTHING worth saving in our system, from our fake democracies, to 'Capitalism' which is nothing more than Greed and only exists to defend itself. It all needs burning to the ground.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Robert Jenrick confronts a 'shoplifter' and tells her she should go to prison In 2020 Robert Jenrick broke the rules and tried to rush through planning permission to save a billionaire donor £40,000,000 and cost you £40m. How long does Jenrick think Jenrick should get for that?
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Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dangerous yes, but WHAT a holiday you’ve had!
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What an absolute bugger!!! Wordle 1,932 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not just shit music... shit opinions backed up by shit grammar too!
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Ben Jacobs @jacobsben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: #MCFC confirm that at 7pm on 1st October the Club lodged its “comprehensive Appeal against the opinion of the Premier League Commission”. City add “the Club’s firm position is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe.“
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In Ancient Greece, relatives of the deceased would place a coin in their mouth so that when they reached the afterlife, they could still get a shopping trolley.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Only so many characters one can type. My suggestion would be PL do as Tour de France did regarding Lance Armstrong.
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
8 Things Introverts Hate 1. Loud, crowded places 2. Random calls or surprise visits 3. People invading their space 4. Forced small talk 5. Drama and unnecessary conflict 6. Being asked, “Why are you so quiet?” 7. Too much noise and overstimulation 8. Fake or insincere people
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
City ONLY became a big club because of - to use Arsène Wenger's phrase - financial doping. They need to be kicked out of the PL, not only as punishment, but also as a warning to others. Board members need to be investigated for potential criminal activity (eg false accounting) Titles expunged
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Aren't the owners also the government? Reason it all took so long is because of City's obfuscation!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The USA is a place with no healthcare, but 1000 billionaires. At least 49 of those billionaires made all their money from Private Healthcare. Perhaps you can connect the dots.
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎯 'A man raped her' instead of 'she was raped.' Have you ever read a headline that reads "A bank was robbed by a suspect?" Nope. It's "A suspect robbed a bank."
Christina Ricci in front of a patterned wall with the text: Maybe we should start talking about how many men out of 3 will sexually assault someone... instead of how many women out of 3 will be assaulted. Lets shift the ownership..
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Where would you say "mid Atlantic" is? In spite of his private school and university education, Tom has an exceptionally poor grasp of geography.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm not saying the PL should have called Etihad as a witness. I'm saying that if Etihad are now claiming their testimony could have exonerated City, why didn't City call them as a witness. You really need to learn to read!
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What about charges of false accounting and/or fraud?
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Etihad claim the PL never called them as witnesses, because if they had, they could have provided evidence that would have exonerated City. Which begs the question, why didn't City call them as witnesses?
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Etihad claim the PL never called them as witnesses, because if they had, they could have provided evidence that would have exonerated City. Which begs the question, why didn't City call them as witnesses?
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City sponsor Etihad Airways considering legal action against the Premier League
Manchester City’s main sponsor, Etihad Airways, is considering legal action against the Premier League after the verdict of the independent commission
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Luxembourg the average state pension for 40 years of contributions is nearly 4x higher than in the U.K. Far from being unaffordable the UK State pension is a joke, what is unaffordable is the tax evasion which leaves us with so little money to spend.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If it's someone I *really* don't want to talk to, I say "I'm just heading to the bathroom... not sure you want to listen to me peeing!" then hang up. They rarely ever call back, and I certainly never call them!
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Introvert life hack: Start every phone call with “My battery is almost dead.” That way, you can hang up on them at any time
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm sure the decision to hold Danny Tommo on remand will soon be reversed, now that a couple of dozen knobbly-kneed wife beaters in nonce bonnets have walked under an arch.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There have been articles, radio & TV programmes, etc., etc. since around 2012 regarding the unusually high sums City were getting for their sponsorship deals, ESPECIALLY when pretty much ALL their sponsors were companies owned by the Abu Dhabi state. EVERYONE FUCKING KNEW A LONG TIME AGO!!!
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Do you *want* me to block you?
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not a Liverpool fan, but their money is 'clean'. Sponsors not linked to or controlled by owners of the club. Their matchday gate receipts are around 50% greater than City's (it's why City have to cheat) Need I continue? Liverpool could afford to pay Salah that wage LEGALLY
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❝And then suddenly we were surrounded by armed police, but when they realised we were only syphoning diesel and not planning to blow anything up, they released us on bail... which was nice!❞
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Would Haaland have joined City if it weren't for all their previous success based on cheating? Would Haaland have joined City if they weren't able to "afford" to pay him £500,000/week + bonuses, thanks to their fraudulant accounting techniques?
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How naive you are. I'm done discussing this subject with someone who can't see that pretty much everyone and everything to do with City is tainted. Read the PL 40 page synopsis. It is BEYOND damning. It uses the strongest possible legal language to say City are crooks.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They may not be accountants, but if any payments are "off the books", they'll need to know in order to access the funds! Furthermore, there were so many articles prior to the PL investigation, it would be impossible for a player to be 100% ignorant of the possibilities of wrongdoing.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Player: "Why are you setting up a shell company in Guernsey?" Agent: "Because City are only paying you £200,000 a week from their account... the rest will be paid by xyz into this account"
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Surprise, surprise!!! Farage has now deleted this tweet... but not before the whole world saw it. No apology, either. Just pretend it never happened.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I doubt it. As far back as 2012 several high profile sports and financial journalists were questioning the sponsorship deals given a) they were well above those of clubs like Arsenal, Utd & L'pool, and b) the sponsors were Abu Dhabi companies. We know at least 3 players were paid off the books.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Utter tosh.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well if ONE player got paid off the books, I doubt he was the only one! At a time the very top players were getting £200k+ a week at other clubs, City were paying average players that much and their very top players £300k+ a week (maybe more with off-book payments) Haaland currently £500k/week
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You've not asked the correct question. You should have asked 'did some of the players receive payments off the books?' We won't know one way or the other until the full report is published.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are you trying to claim that the players are completely unaware???? If so, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If a player knowingly received two payments, one officially from City and another from outside City Group to top up a lower than normal wage, then they are complicit. They would know about the implications of FFP and how being paid in this way is skews the books. I fear you are clutching at straws.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
City's fraudulent titles removed from record books (like Lance Armstrong) If they cheated by £900m then that's their fine. Some goes to clubs who might otherwise sue. Rest to grass roots. Points penalty sufficient to guarantee relegation Individuals to face criminal investigation (false accounting)
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