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Phil retweeted
It’s illegal to bring a foreign plant into the country because it might upset the ecosystem… but importing millions of people from the Third World apparently makes total fucking sense?
Get the fuck out of here.
Phil retweeted
Well, well, well Andy B. There’s always a tweet. I look forward to you calling an election when you replace Starmer.
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🚨 SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG IN BIRMINGHAM AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
Let me lay out the facts for you. Verified. On the record.
Thursday night — Glebe Farm and Tile Cross. Two seats. Workers Party wins one. Reform wins the other.
The result is recounted. Same result.
Recounted again. Same result.
All parties present. All parties watching. Both times — identical.
Then @BhamCityCouncil insists on a third recount — on Monday.
And today — on the fourth count —
Seven brand new ballot papers appear from nowhere. 🤔
Not found Thursday.
Not found in recount one.
Not found in recount two.
Found today. After a weekend where the council couldn't be contacted by anyone.
Now here is the part that should make every person in Birmingham sit up.
The man who lost his seat to the Workers Party in this ward is @CllrJohnCotton.
Not just any candidate.
The leader of Birmingham City Council.
And now — on the fourth attempt — seven votes appear.
The @WorkersPartyGB led by six.
Seven new votes. Six vote lead. You do the maths.
Three counts. Same result every time. Every party watching.
Then a weekend of silence.
Then a fourth count nobody asked for.
Then seven votes nobody can explain.
This is not incompetence.
This is not exhausted staff.
This is not a clerical error.
This is a question that every single person who believes in democracy needs to be asking right now.
Where did those seven votes come from?
Who had access to them over the weekend?
Why did three counts miss them?
And why is the mainstream media completely silent?
The Electoral Commission needs to be all over this.
Because if this can happen in Birmingham — it can happen anywhere.
🔍 Watch this space.
#GlebeFarm #TileCross #JohnCotton #SevenVotes #ElectionIntegrity #Birmingham #WhereDidTheyComFrom #Democracy #Scandal #ElectoralCommission #BirminghamRising
🚨 ASK YOURSELF ONE QUESTION.
The Glebe Farm and Tile Cross count has a confirmed vote discrepancy. Multiple recounts. An elections officer who tried to walk away from being asked basic questions.
Where is the mainstream media?
No BBC breaking news alert.
No Sky News live coverage.
No Birmingham Live front page.
No Channel 4 investigation.
Nothing.
A potential Workers Party councillor — one result away from holding the balance of power over £4.4 billion of Birmingham's public money — and the media that claims to hold power to account is completely and utterly silent.
Now ask yourself why.
Is it incompetence?
Is it disinterest?
Or is it something else entirely?
Because the same media that will dedicate hours of coverage to a Labour press conference — the same journalists who will breathlessly report every word from Reform or the Conservatives — suddenly have nothing to say when the Workers Party is involved.
They don't ignore us because we don't matter.
They ignore us because we do.
And if you need any more proof of how much the establishment fears this movement —
Cast your mind back to when Rishi Sunak — the sitting Prime Minister of Great Britain — came out in the rain to make a public speech specifically condemning the Workers Party of Britain.
The Prime Minister.
Not Reform.
Not the Greens.
Not any independent candidate.
The Workers Party.
A man with the entire machinery of government behind him felt the need to stand in the rain and warn the British public about us.
That is not the behaviour of someone who isn't scared.
That is the behaviour of an establishment who looked at what we were building and understood exactly what it meant for the people who have run this country unchallenged for decades.
Every establishment party hates us.
Every mainstream media outlet ignores or attacks us.
Every election official apparently can't count straight when we're involved.
And yet here we are.
Still standing. Still filming. Still asking questions they don't want answered.
The establishment's silence on Glebe Farm and Tile Cross is not an accident.
It is a choice.
And Birmingham deserves to know why that choice is being made.
We are watching. We are filming.
And we are not going anywhere.
Keep scoffing at us.
Keep looking down your nose at us.
It only makes us STRONGER 💪
#GlebeFarm #TileCross #WorkersParty #MediaSilence #WhereIsTheBBC #ElectionIntegrity #Birmingham #EstablishmentFears #RishiSunak #BirminghamRising #HoldThemAccountable
Phil retweeted
Remembering those who went to a football match on this day in 1985 and sadly, never came home.
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It’s falling apart for Zack Polanski and the Green Party this week:
• Crashed 6% in the polls — a brutal overnight drop that’s wiped out months of gains and left them reeling as voters abandon ship in key battlegrounds.
• Councillors arrested over alleged antisemitism — multiple Green councillors now in custody facing serious allegations, piling fresh embarrassment on a party already under scrutiny.
• Deputy Leader Mothin Ali urging members to sue his own party — in leaked comments to a ‘Greens for Palestine’ meeting, Ali told suspended candidates to get “serious legal advice” and “start with some class action,” openly putting the party on notice and exposing deep internal chaos.
• Reports of a leadership fall-out... insiders say relations at the top have completely broken down, with Polanski’s inner circle fracturing and open briefings against each other leaking to the press.
• Called out by the Met Police Chief... the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has publicly slammed the party’s handling of community tensions, warning their approach is making things worse.
• Backlash over Jewish ‘perception of unsafety’ comments... Polanski’s remarks dismissing Jewish communities’ very real sense of insecurity as mere “perception” have triggered fury, with Jewish groups and MPs accusing the party of gaslighting.
The wheels aren’t just wobbling they’re coming clean off. #TheFallOfTheGreens
Phil retweeted
🚨 Rochdale and York City have released the following joint statement:
“This Saturday’s game brings an end to one of the most thrilling, exciting and unpredictable title races in football history. Both ourselves and Rochdale have the chance to write our names in National League history.
The National League is no longer a non-league competition. It is effectively a League 3, with fully professional clubs operating at a level equal to or higher than many of those in League 2.
We both understand how important this game is to both clubs and supporters. We both pledge now that whatever happens tomorrow, we will both continue to fight for 3UP.
Both clubs sit on over 100 points. One of us will have to fight once more in the National League Play-Offs. However, we both strongly believe that this shouldn’t have to be the case.
We call on the National League, Football Regulator, EFL and Premier League to come together immediately and resolve this issue, so that we do not have to highlight this injustice year after year.
For both sets of supporters attending the Crown Oil Arena this weekend, we say thank you for being with us all season. The passion you’ve shown for both clubs has been felt across the world. This game will be seen far and wide. We want to showcase this league for all its potential. Keep your support in the stands, not on the pitch, and let’s all protect the game we love.
Thank you!
Rochdale AFC & York City FC”
Phil retweeted
Former Bayern president Uli Hoeneß on ticket pricing:
“We could charge more than €120 per season ticket. If we charge €350 per season ticket we would get €2m extra, but what does that mean for us?
The difference for a fan between €120 and €350 is enormous and we do not believe that fans are like cows, which are milked.
Football has to be for everyone. That is the biggest difference between us and England.”
👏👏
Phil retweeted
The sun was free. They sold you SPF 50 and a vitamin D deficiency.
Sleep was free. They sold you an app, a pill, and a wearable that tells you your sleep was bad.
Walking was free. They sold you a treadmill, a fitness tracker, and a £180 pair of trainers.
Fasting was free. They sold you meal replacement shakes and the anxiety that skipping breakfast would wreck your metabolism.
Cold water was free. They sold you a £3,000 plunge barrel and a podcast episode about it.
Silence was free. They sold you a meditation app with a premium tier.
Animal fat was cheap. They sold you seed oils, then supplements to replace what the animal fat contained.
Tallow was cheap. They sold you a seventeen-step skincare routine and a clinical trial proving your face needs ceramides.
Meat was cheap. They are currently selling you the idea that you shouldn't eat it.
The 20th century removed access to everything the body needs to function.
The 21st century is selling it back, one subscription at a time.
Your great-grandmother had none of the products.
She had all of the things.
Phil retweeted
Dear Prime Minister & Home Secretary,
I hope this letter finds you well, fully caffeinated, and in possession of a calculator.
I’m writing with what I believe is a modest, fiscally responsible proposal. I understand the Government is offering up to £40,000 to certain individuals to voluntarily leave the United Kingdom. First of all — bold strategy. Nothing says “strong borders” quite like a cashback scheme.
Now, I regret to inform you that I am, in fact, a fully tax-paying, law-abiding British citizen. I know — awkward. I appreciate this may disqualify me from the premium exit package, but I’m willing to negotiate.
I would like to formally apply for £35,000 to leave.
You see, unlike some applicants, I haven’t broken any laws to get here. I didn’t arrive by dinghy. I didn’t require processing, housing, or legal appeals. I’ve actually been funding the whole operation through PAYE for years — which I believe makes me a loyal shareholder in this enterprise.
Given that you’re prepared to offer £40,000 for someone to depart voluntarily after entering illegally, I feel £35,000 for someone who’s been here legally all along represents excellent value for money. Think of it as a “Buy British, Get One Gone” discount.
For £35,000 I will:
• Leave quietly.
• Not require a press conference.
• Not demand a diversity officer to wave me off.
• Even carry my own suitcase to the airport.
I may also tweet a polite thank-you note on departure, praising the efficiency of the scheme.
Frankly, it feels like I’ve misunderstood how incentives work in modern Britain. All these years I thought obeying the law, paying taxes, and contributing to society were the winning strategy. Turns out the real pro-move is to arrive unlawfully and wait for a loyalty bonus.
Who knew?
While British families are juggling rent, energy bills, and the weekly food shop like contestants on a dystopian game show, it’s reassuring to know the Treasury has located a spare £40,000 per head for voluntary goodbyes.
May I ask — is there a points card? Ten years of National Insurance contributions and I get a free exit bonus? If so, I believe I’m overdue.
In the spirit of fairness and fiscal responsibility, I am not even asking for the full £40,000. I’m trimming £5,000 off to help balance the books. That’s the kind of responsible budgeting I was raised on.
If successful, I promise to:
• Leave via a scheduled flight (economy is fine).
• Not stage a protest on the runway.
• And refrain from re-entering on a small boat to see if I qualify twice.
All I ask is equal treatment. If departure is now a funded career pathway, I would very much like to submit my CV.
Yours in hopeful relocation,
A slightly confused taxpayer
Phil retweeted
Charlie Kirk dies for speaking.
Lefties: “good! He deserved it!
Ayatollah dies for taking over 10 million lives since 1979.
Lefties: “You can’t just kill people you don’t like!”
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VAR is a TV tool. That's all it is.
It enables TV to boss the game of football. That's all.
We all have to subserviently wait to see what TV decides happened.
It is not about getting the right decision in a game.
It is about what TV says is the right decision.
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Saw this earlier, sadly a time of the times.
Eight #FACup third round games today.
Not one on free to air TV.
Instead, fans are asked to pay £31 a month to watch a competition that once belonged to everyone.
The #FACup is how so many of us first fell in love with football.
Cold afternoons.
The TV on.
Giant killings.
Stories that stayed with you for life.
Kids didn’t need subscriptions.
They didn’t need logins.
They just watched and that’s how generations of supporters were made.
You don’t grow the game by locking it away.
You grow it by letting people see it.
The FA Cup deserved better and so do the fans. 👎
Phil retweeted
It’s 32 years since Man City’s Alan Kernaghan scored the best “Let him have it lads, he’ll do fuck all from there” goal of all time...
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Starmer is all out of ideas so is lashing out in a vicious coordinated way with his cabinet colleagues
He’s unleashed a deliberate incitement of violence against Nigel Farage and Reform activists
We thought long and hard about sharing this, but believe it is in the public interest that they know:
This disgusting attack comes just 2 weeks after the Government slashed Nigel’s security by 75%. Is this a coincidence?
Thankfully we have donors who have stepped in to shore up the security so that Nigel is still well protected.
For the Govt to behave like this just a fortnight after the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk is shocking
The PM knows exactly what he is doing with this campaign of incitement to violence against Nigel. He has given licence to Antifa and the far left
Regardless of your politics, we urge all right thinking people in this country to stand with Nigel against this incitement
Phil retweeted
Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 has daily temperature data dating back to 1867.
I decided to examine their all-time record high temperatures by month: 🌡️
• January: 17.0°C (62.6°F) on 1/10/1971
• February: 18.1°C (64.6°F) on 2/23/1891
• March: 23.4°C (74.1°F) on 3/29/1965
• April: 22.9°C (73.2°F) on 4/11/1869
• May: 26.7°C (80.1°F) on 5/31/1922
• June: 28.9°C (84.0°F) on 6/6/1950
• July: 33.5°C (92.3°F) on 7/16/1876
• August: 30.6°C (87.1°F) on 8/2/1990
• September: 28.7°C (83.7°F) on 6/6/1868
• October: 24.2°C (75.6°F) on 10/3/1959
• November: 19.4°C (66.9°F) on 11/2/1927
• December: 17.2°C (62.9°F) on 12/2/1948
To my surprise, none of them have been set in the 21st century. In fact, the most recent “all-time” record high to be broken there was August's 35 years ago in 1990. 8 of Dublin’s 12 “all-time” monthly record highs were set in or prior to 1950.
Everything is “unprecedented” when you think history began the year you were born. If you go back far enough, the weather was often more extreme at some point in the past.
Phil retweeted
When the pub dies, more goes with it than just a pint.
I saw an interview with AJ Tracey the other day and it hit the nail on the head.
Pubs are part of British culture. They’re where people meet. Where ideas are shared. Where strangers debate politics, sport, life. Where worldviews get challenged, rightly so, all over a pint.
But now? £7 pints at a push. Hundreds of closures. Fewer places to gather. Less cross-generational conversation. More isolation. More echo chambers.
If people aren’t meeting, they’re not talking. If they’re not talking, they’re not listening. And that, long term, leads to narrower thinking and a more divided society.
Reviving the pub isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about rebuilding our social fabric.