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Just another cockney farmer boy... Former @STARReading Deputy Chair & @SellBeforeWeDai Views expressed are personal. Retweets ≠ endorsement

London, England
Joined February 2009
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Missão Internacional de Observadores da OEA atesta integridade do processo eleitoral brasileiro e congratula Lula e Alckmin pela vitória.
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We lead at the break thanks to an Ojo brace! 45' | 👑2-1🔴
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Several Brazilians have pointed out that this makes the US today the equivalent of Brazil in 1945 and you know what, touché
It’s funny how Brazil used to be a country of destination for political fugitives fleeing justice, like around the end of World War II, and now it’s a country of origin.
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M🅰️tthew retweeted
81 anos de vida, de luta e de gratidão. Celebrar mais um aniversário é agradecer a Deus, ao povo brasileiro e a cada pessoa que faz parte dessa caminhada. Foi emocionante ver a força e o carinho de tantas gerações, especialmente dos idosos e das mulheres que foram às urnas defender a democracia e a soberania do Brasil. Tenho muita história para contar e, principalmente, muito ainda para fazer ao lado do povo brasileiro. Como eu sempre digo: vou viver 120 anos! Muito obrigado por tanto carinho. Seguimos juntos, com esperança, coragem e vontade de fazer muito mais pelo nosso país! 📸 @ricardostuckert
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Losing an election is not grounds for asylum. Yet the Trump Administration is giving Flávio Bolsonaro safe haven in the United States. In Brazil, he is under investigation for alleged corruption, money laundering and currency evasion, and was ordered to surrender his passports. The Trump Administration owes Congress answers on its role helping Bolsonaro flee Brazil in contravention of Brazilian law. apnews.com/article/brazil-fl…
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TEAM NEWS IS IN 🦅 Your Eagles to face Hednesford at the Eyrie tonight. #COYE
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Police investigating if Bolsonaro has fled to the US
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One of Lula’s most important and least well-known achievements is US capacity to sanction it into compliance is limited, because unlike Europe, Brazilians don’t need Visa or Mastercard to make payments.
JUST IN: Trump threatens to tariff Brazil unless they redo their election
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A plea to @ReadingFC…… #readingfc
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Sobre as eleições: você pode ser de esquerda ou de direita, só não seja burro. 1. Flávio (PL) faz publição nas redes sociais dizendo que tem mais de 200 mil fiscais voluntários em zonas eleitorais 2. ~13h: Lula (PT) protolocou 1 pedido de prorrogação da votação (0603389-27.2026.6.00.0000) com 1 aditamento às ~15h 3. ~15h: Flávio (PL) protocolou 2 pedidos de prorrogação da votação (0603394-49.2026.6.00.0000, 0603393-64.2026.6.00.0000) 4. ~16h: Lula (PT) faz pedido de prorrogação ao Supremo (STF) 5. ~17h: Sem um posicionamento do presidente do TSE, Zanin (STF), em reconhecimento que ambos candidatos pediram prorrogação, dá ordem para que seja feita onde ainda estiverem abertas as urnas. 6. ~20h: presidente do TSE Nunes Marques [indicado por Bolsonaro] declara Lula (PT) presidente admitindo que a prorrogação (1) não impactou o resultado e (2) não comprometeu o sistema eleitoral. 7. >20h: líderes da câmara e senado juntamente com líderes internacionais reconhecem resultado da eleição. Dados: 1. Depois das 17h entraram 0,027% dos votos: 34.424 de 127.697.270 (sem exterior) -- Fonte: logs das urnas disponíveis publicamente no site do TSE 2. Lula (PT) vence com diferença de ~4.4M: crecimento de ~10M do 1º turno versus crescimento de ~4M para Flávio (PL). -- +14M = Menos nulos e brancos + votos da terceira via + diferença de abstenções -- Fonte: resultados TSE Estou fora do país e justifiquei meu voto, portanto não votei em nenhum dos dois candidatos, mas acredito que o Brasil pode ser um país melhor se nós começámos a pensar mais. Apenas matemática básica, acesso à internet e um pouco de força de vontade tornaram possível esse levantamento. Seja melhor para ter um país melhor. #eleicoes2026
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Obrigado, povo brasileiro! 📸 @ricardostuckert
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Amid claims of a deliberate pro-Bolsonaro attempt to suppress the vote in numerous parts of Brazil by sabotaging public transport, Lula warns of "abominable ... banditry" and urges people to keep trying to vote. Calls for voting to be extended by 2 hours until 7pm.
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What a mess. Polling has supposedly closed in Brazil - and no word from Brazil's electoral authorities about whether voting hours will be extended because of apparent sabotage of public transport in at least 10 states
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M🅰️tthew retweeted
I'm delighted to say that – as of today – Reading's record start of 13 straight league wins has survived for another season. Since League football began in 1888, no team in the either the Football League or Premier League has matched the perfect start we made in 1985 #readingfc
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BORA, LULA! 🇧🇷 Diversos artistas demonstram apoio à reeleição do presidente Lula, como Wagner Moura, Guillermo del Toro, Sophie Charlotte e Mark Ruffalo. ⭐
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Meta employees admitted the US corporation censored the Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp accounts of Brazil's left-wing President Lula da Silva in the lead-up to this month's election. Meta also promoted the accounts of far-right pro-US candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta claimed this was supposedly because of "technical ⁠issues". But what this really shows is how real democracy is impossible when US Big Tech corporations are used to manipulate elections around the world, to put in power right-wing US puppets who will sell out their country to US corporations and the US government (see: the recent US electoral interference in Colombia, Honduras, Peru, Argentina, etc.) The CIA previously focused on organizing military coups to overthrow independent left-wing leaders and install right-wing pro-imperialist ones. Now it's much easier: Silicon Valley helps the US empire carry out soft coups by manipulating public opinion and interfering in elections.
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📰 CLUB STATEMENT Crawley Town Football Club can confirm that Head Coach Colin Kazim-Richards and Assistant Head Coach Julian Gray have been relieved of their duties with immediate effect. Director of Football Erdem Konyar will also be leaving the club. The club would like to place on record its sincere thanks to Colin and Julian, who joined during a challenging period and played an important role in securing the club’s EFL status at the end of last season. We would also like to thank Erdem for his hard work and commitment since returning to the club last year. All three depart with the best wishes of everyone at Crawley Town, and we wish them every success in their future endeavours. The club will make no further comment at this time. #TownTeamTogether🔴
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