Maybe more will appreciate now why there were #mufc fans who campaigned so vocally against the Glazers’ takeover in 2005. And those now in a flap who allowed it to happen - well, you reap what you sow. Greed, exploitation & the death of ambition, that’s the Glazers’ legacy at OT

Kids grow up dreaming to win the World Cup and the Champions League - not any Super League. The enjoyment of big games is that they only happen once or twice a year, not every week. Really hard to understand for all football fans out there...⚽💔

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Ed Woodward has resigned #MUFC @TheAthleticUK theathletic.com/news/ed-woodwa…

Ed Woodward to resign as Manchester United exec vice-chairman

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The spark for the protest by Manchester United fans at Old Trafford might have been the deeply unpopular Super League, but it also highlighted an underlying unhappiness with the club’s owners, so I thought it might be interesting to look at the finances under the Glazers #MUFC

You’re struggling to understand why some people are vaccine hesitant. The “let me help you” megathread: Imagine you’re a normal person. The year is 2016. Rightly or wrongly, you believe most of what you see in the media.

Don't say he didn't warn you. Dr Jordan B Peterson in conversation with Joe Rogan. I regret ever going along with and supporting lockdowns and other restrictions. It seemed necessary at the time but the price we're going to pay for it was NOT worth it.

"[T]here is a universal principle that all should recognise – and that is accountability." Accountability to what? The Church of England? The monarchy? The Tory Party? The Labour party? Socialism? Traditional gender roles? Critical Social Justice? 1/2

I've got a new essay on the phenomenon of "wokeness" in this month's The Atlantic. It has been revelatory for me to see the ways U.S. culture and institutions changed after the summer of 2020, and how that transformation has reverberated internationally. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Last Sept, a student-run WeChat channel shared holiday messages from Chinese railway workers around the world. In the thread was a forgettable photo of a meeting in #Myanmar posted by one official. But the attached message revealed something interesting. 🧵1/11

Our APAC team has been decimated amid widespread layoffs today at VICE World News. A sad day for us all, but that means some of these fantastic reporters & editors in Hong Kong, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia & Japan are available. Hire them!

Over the last 5 years, Myanmar has become a dumping ground for the rich world’s trash. Despite intl & domestic laws banning waste exports, companies continue to quietly evade regulations & exploit loopholes. Frontier spent 6 months investigating this–here is what we found 🧵

This should not result in 5 armed police officers meeting you off a plane. British policing and the legal system have been weaponised and it can't continue. Sharing this to assert our right as Britons to critique, oppose, even mock ideas, institutions, and individuals.