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Subhadip Mukherjee retweeted
Listen, it’s not just Jenrick & the Reform lot who’ve completely lost their heads & are embracing mass murder as policy.
It’s a media & political discourse that was completely inevitably bound for this place. Step by step it happens.
When Braverman decreed it, the entire media switched from calling people asylum seekers to calling them “illegal immigrants”. That was a choice that each of them made, referring to the same people.
Step by step they chose which crimes to report on, & which statistics to ignore.
Step by step we allowed even supposedly progressive parties to model themselves on Trump, on family deportations & mass accommodation sites in disused barracks.
Step by step we normalised neo Nazi black short monsters as “protesters with legitimate concerns”.
Now it’s lethal force & pundits are pretending to be surprised.
Subhadip Mukherjee retweeted
Pay attention to ongoing byepolls in Bengal: they are an excellent example of India's democratic decline.
In Nandigram, ruling party is near hegemonic. Opposition is either in jail, defected to the BJP or simply not contesting. Voters are threatened with stoppage of welfare if they don't vote BJP.
Voters are faced with a one-party election, reports @AnantGuptaAG.
scroll.in/article/1096176/on…
Subhadip Mukherjee retweeted
Humanities and social sciences compel confrontation between the conscience of humanity with the society (its ills) it resides in. This confrontation is important!
No apologies for quoting the cliche; here is Einstein on the importance of humanities in STEM:
Subhadip Mukherjee retweeted
Non-refoulement and India's refugee policy:
blog.ipleaders.in/non-refoul…
Probably because once we got the lead, Arteta thought Havertz and Merino were better at holding the ball up top so that we don't have to deal with waves of Villa pressure. We accepted that it was going to be a narrow win.
Suddenly our LW doesn't seem like a problem right now. The combination play on both wings looks effective!
He is so direct and makes the right decision everytime. Brilliant signing considering the talent and the price.
Dembele tripped the back of Di Maria's leg. Not a stonewall penalty (50-50 imo) but there was no clear and obvious error for VAR to overturn the decision. France got 2 penalties in the match. If it is rigged for Argentina, surely FIFA doesn't allow France to make a comeback?
I agree. But big players have always been treated differently. They also receive a disproportionate amount of criticism. He's not the only player to get it. Ronaldo should not have played the first two games but his red card punishment was postponed by FIFA.
Getting more penalties is not an evidence of corruption. It has more to do with ball manipulation inside the box and other aspects of playing style. None of those penalties were wrong calls.
Egypt did commit a clear foul. Doesn't matter where it happened on the pitch as that phase of play leads to the goal. VAR can intervene there. Now, is VAR inconsistent in implementing rules? Of course. We see it all the time in PL and UCL. Doesn't mean there's a conspiracy.
Subhadip Mukherjee retweeted
I thought this could be a World Cup defined by arrival of top club managers into international game, a higher tactical bar etc. But Poch, Ancelotti and Tuchel all had disastrous exits. And who’s left standing at the end? Scaloni and De la Fuente, the international specialists!
Here's the explanation and it was also pointed out in the community notes of the tweet you shared.
**It was a procedural correction to enforce FIFA's pre-set bracket rules.**
For the 2026 draw, FIFA required Spain (#1) and Argentina (#2) to land in groups on *opposite pathways* to the semifinals (same for France #3 and England #4). This guarantees the top seeds can only meet in the semis or final if they win their groups.
During the live December 2025 draw, the graphics initially showed Argentina heading to a group that violated this (Group I). It was quickly reassigned to Group J so France could take the conflicting spot. This kept the pathways balanced — standard for complex draws with 48 teams.
No secret swap, just on-screen enforcement of the announced rules. Final groups stand: Argentina (J: Algeria, Austria, Jordan), France in I. Deschamps likely recognized the procedure immediately.
Those absurd questions are very much spoken about by conspiracy theorists on this platform helping them earn revenues. Saw loads of it against Arsenal last season.
Messi will be the best footballer till the day he retires. He is the greatest expression of footballing genius on the pitch.