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Grant H

@granth67.bsky.social
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Pompey supporter since 74 and still going. It's a type of madness. Twitter and Threads refugee. Thinks Trump, Musk and Badenoch believe The Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual.

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Oliver Kay @oliverkay.bsky.social · 6h
This is about how the English game lost control by not caring who bought clubs in the 2000s. The Manchester City case is the logical (or crazily illogical) conclusion of that free-market anarchy www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...
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How the Premier League’s great sell-off changed the fabric of English football (Gift Article)
The 2000s were the 'spin-the-wheel' era - some clubs prospered, some did not. The response from the game's authorities was a shrug
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 6h
Shite
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Shambles
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F1 organisation at races has gone to shit since the Charlie Whiting days
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 6h
SCUM Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Football Heritage @footballheritage.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Defunct National Team Badges A thread 🧵
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just read a news item that Trump will call Putin today to congratulate him on his birthday. So I researched whether Hitler and Stalin ever spoke on the phone. Apparently, they didn't. Anyway, carry on.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Latest approval ratings for party leaders. I thought populists were meant to be popular..?
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
197 years ago, on the 8th of October 1829, Stephenson’s Rocket won the Rainhill Trails in which five locomotives competed. Stephenson’s Rocket was the only one to complete the rails. A light engine running speed of 30 mph (48 km/h) was reached. Prize money was £500. #otd #history 🗃️
Later conjectural drawing of the Rainhill trials. In the foreground is Rocket and in the background are Sans Pareil (right) and Novelty.
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Bileysmullet @bileysmullet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Presumably Badenoch isnt aware that the Tories were in power for the huge majority of the last 16 years.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wherever you see a Reform UK video, article, ad check everything detail in it, and demand 'show me the stats'! "Lest we forgot: What it feels like to be a rabid right wing racist, who hates their capital city due to racial and religious hate for one man – Sadiq Khan" via The UK Against Hate
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Ian Clark (@warehamphotographer)
A comment from a former RNLI lifeboat volunteer: “It's somewhere in the twenty-tens, before the country lost its mind. I'm floating under Brighton Pier on my back, holding — incredibly gently — onto ...
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PompeyNewsNow 🎙️ PO4cast @pompeynewsnow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Another lenient outcome by the FA. “Six-week suspension from all football and football related activity, which is suspended until the end of the 2027/28 season, a £28,000 fine and a reprimand following a hearing.” #Pompey The FA
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Tonda Eckert update
Southampton FC's manager sanctioned
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The entire Iron Dome announcement was about Badenoch getting another fawning headline in the Tory press. That’s it, there was no more … and that’s why she was humiliated today when asked to explain it
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms." New op-ed for @josimarfootball.bsky.social by @ncgeehan.bsky.social of reboot.fifa and @fairsqprojects.bsky.social.
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Mob Rule - josimarfootball.com
Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Never has a FIFA president affected the field of play as much as Infantino. In just one World Cup his organization has appeared to bend the rules for Cristiano Ronaldo, Folarin Balogun and as we found the DR Congo (where his close friend was appointed FA president) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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FIFA Found Congo Player Ineligible, Let Him Play in World Cup (Gift Article)
Officials determined that a goalkeeper from the Democratic Republic of Congo did not have the correct paperwork, documents show. But no action was taken, renewing questions about FIFA’s governance.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Norwegian FA has submitted those ethics complaints. www.fotball.no/tema/nff-nyh...
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NFF Submits Ethics Complaint and Governance Referral to FIFA
The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) has formally submitted two separate filings to FIFA.
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The nightmare that was Martin 🤬
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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PompeyNewsNow 🎙️ PO4cast @pompeynewsnow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Two match ban and £10k fine for Cardiff’s Krystian Bielik. Very lenient. #Pompey
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second home ownership on rural communities A Reform UK MP bought an £800,000 second home on a picturesque Welsh island two days after raising concerns in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Sarah Pochin completed the purchase of a Grade-II listed property on the southern coast of Anglesey (Ynys Môn). Continue reading...
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Martin Smith @martinpompeyfan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Classic Kemi levels of attention to detail
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As if one needed one more reason to not go to Siberia
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I see Etihad Airways is considering legal action against the Premier Lge due to the reputation damage their brand has received. You could not make it up! 🤪
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The radicalisation of the middle aged and elderly needs addressing. Many believe every single word on Facebook and X.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
from what I have seen and heard the case against them is watertight.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm furious about the two Iranians who came across as part of the surge in small boats created by my Brexit and under a Home Office run by my MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick.
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Ken Ferrett @kenferrett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What she really meant by "not today" was "not for people who aren't white".
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Will get thrown out. Just wasting time, money and the patience of the whole non-manc sporting world.
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ghostierockstar.bsky.social @ghostierockstar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1/7 @mrjamesob.bsky.social delivers an absolute masterclass breaking down Andy Burnham’s landmark conference speech. It wasn’t just another political address; it was a rare moment of razor-sharp truth cutting through decades of political cowardice and media prevarication. youtu.be/6lMLTq7PomU?...
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James O'Brien analyses Burnham's speech in mammoth monologue
YouTube video by LBC
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John Ferrett @johnferrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How can any decent person defend what City have done?
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The number of people arguing City should keep titles they cheated* their way to is frankly mindboggling *subject to appeal etc etc etc
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stroll again?
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Suella Braverman suggesting schoolchildren should be punished if they don't sing Christian hymns properly has clearly never attended a secondary school assembly. In my experience, many Year 9, 10, 11 boys should be punished if they DO sing. Like a fire in a pet shop, the cacophony is unbearable.
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ProdnoseAsWas @lordshortcake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Neil Innes as The Rutles with a perfect parody of a certain sort of 60s McCartney. From the Rutles Archaeology album which is really the one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OgC...
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The Rutles: Back In '64
YouTube video by SgtRuttersClubBand
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ProdnoseAsWas @lordshortcake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Neil Innes as The Rutles with a perfect parody of Lennon. From the Rutles Archaeology album which is really the one. (And anticipates all those 90s Beatle "New Releases") www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq37...
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The Rutles: Don't Know Why
YouTube video by SgtRuttersClubBand
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in London.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Listening to Trump talking about his role in the RAF Fairford incident is making me grateful my late mother's confabulation was limited to her being convinced actor Tony Robinson worked in the same office at the local power station.
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bootleg Beatles/TRex/Rolling Stones combo.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/09/2026
"The most provocative aspect of the 30-second spot that aired during NFL broadcasts Sunday is the tagline: 'Paid for by the U.S. Government.' "This raises key questions," writes Stephen Collinson. | Analysis cnn.it/3VUkpvS
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
UK security forces were aware of RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot, hints defence secretary
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UK security forces were aware of RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot, hints defence secretary
Wes Streeting indicates farmer who alerted police and said security forces had ‘dropped the ball’ only ‘had a partial picture’ UK security services were aware in advance about a group of men arrested in connection to a bomb plot against an RAF base used by the US military, Wes Streeting, the defence secretary has indicated. Five men were arrested on terrorism charges after armed officers found explosives in three vans parked minutes from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, which hosts US air force missions against Iran. Continue reading...
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There should be space in the discussion of Manchester City's breach of Premiership rules for an examination of the UAE government's open contempt for rules and the dire and bloody consequences of their rule-breaking outside the realm of sport. A 🧵...
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Grant H @granth67.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think the farmer stumbled into the middle of a counter terror op already underway.
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