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You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.

Painful and awkward interview with Ben Wallace - a man who knows but won’t admit that this a huge mistake #BBCBreakfast

The more Rittenhouse sinks in, the more unhinged today's America seems. Leave aside the debate over race narrative. No other democratic system would let teenagers, or citizens of any age, go where they please with ultra-lethal weapons, discharge, then claim self-defence. Thread

Word of the day is ‘sparple’ (14th century): to deflect unwanted attention from one thing by making a big deal of another.

Andrew Strauss was an infamous Shane Warne victim on a number of occasions. This story is great

Charlie Elphicke spent four years suing The Sunday Times for revealing a woman accused him of rape He used British libel law to silence her and prolong her pain after being jailed for sex crimes Last week he dropped the case. Today we tell the full story thetimes.co.uk/article/charli…

For clarity as some facts are being muddled : Channel 4 is state owned but commercially funded by ads and doesn’t get public money. A sell off requires MPs to vote for it. The editorial independence and funding of news can be ring fenced in a sale if govt wants (as sky news)

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Had a great time with Innovate Finance last week. One week on, I look back at #IFGS2022 for APCO to review the main overarching takeaways as I saw them - touching on all things #fintech, Web 3.0 and the #metaverse. apcoworldwide.com/blog/innovate-…

Non-penalty Minutes/goal involvement 94.3 Henry 97.3 Aguero 103.6 Salah 104.1 Suarez 108.8 Solskjaer 110.5 van Persie 110.8 Gabriel Jesus 112.9 Diego Costa 113.2 Drogba 114.1 Klinsmann

Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Sir Conor Burns: "If the charge is loyalty to my Prime Minister - I. Plead. Guilty." Jesus christ this isn't A Few Good Men #PoliticsLive

Have finally worked out which company it is - bob mortimer, our friends at Uber Eats UK are ripping off Train Guy in their podcast ads

The GAB calls for dating apps to raise awareness of monkeypox. “We should avoid stigmatizing language – monkeypox is not a “gay disease” but can be transmitted through close physical contact in any sexual relationship.” Full statement from Antón Castellanos Usigli here: #sexualhealth

We are thrilled to announce two new joiners leading the APCO London public affairs team. James Nason (James Nason) joins as Head of UK Public Affairs, and Jo Tanner (Jo Tanner) joins as a Senior Director. A massive welcome from the APCO family! Read more here:

📺Watch APCO Senior Director Jo Tanner on yesterday's BBC Politics Live, discussing the surging UK mortgage rates, political implications of this, and need for greater financial literacy for citizens across the country. Watch below👇#PoliticsLive

📺Discussing the other big news of the day, see APCO Senior Director Jo Tanner speaking on BBC Newsnight about the Privileges Committee report outcomes - looking ahead to the ongoing political fallout expected to dominate the headlines next week. Watch below 👇

The APCO London Public Affairs team was pleased to attend Tony Blair Institute for Global Change’s #FutureOfBritain conference earlier this week, for a day full of conversations on the future of tech, net zero, security and public services

It was a fantastic day at the #FutureofBritain conference hearing from an incredible lineup what innovations can help the UK out of its current malaise. Even better for lunch with Jo Tanner! Thanks Tony Blair Institute for Global Change for an inspiring day representing APCO.

Panicking powerbrokers now realise the scale of their error. Unless these cuckoo owners are expelled from the nest, English football’s whole ecosystem faces collapse | ✍️ Matthew Syed