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Ian Challis retweeted
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£40k spent on theme park tickets I simply have no idea why a local council is sending people to theme parks….
Due to increased scrutiny at Buckinghamshire council, we've uploaded all of their spending over 500, including their government procurement card spend. See 941,371 payments totalling over £5bn here ukgovscan.com/councils/E0600…
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Ian Challis retweeted
Replying to @UKDecline
FYI @RupertLowe10 @RestoreBritain @AllisonPearson This is fraud on an industrial scale. @ allison See what I mean? Self First. Then Clan. Then Islam. None of them should be here. Total remigration required.
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Ian Challis retweeted
I’ve been placing council transport spend, register-of-interest entries and Companies House filings next to each other. This is not an allegation. It is official records: registered interest → supplier/contract link → money in published spend. 🧵👇
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Ian Challis retweeted
Did you know you can view Buckinghamshire councillors’ declared registered interests? Several list connections to taxi companies or driving services. It’s all on the official council website.
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Ian Challis retweeted
Due to increased scrutiny at Buckinghamshire council, we've uploaded all of their spending over 500, including their government procurement card spend. See 941,371 payments totalling over £5bn here ukgovscan.com/councils/E0600…
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Fraud!
According to its published payments, Buckinghamshire Council spent £39.9m on ‘Transport’ in 2025. The top paid supplier was ‘Neale’s Taxis Ltd’, who received £5.78million over 3,215 transactions.
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Ian Challis retweeted
Buckinghamshire council spent £819 million over a five year contract period on taxis. £163 million a year on average. This is insane. The council could run an equivalent transport service for a fraction of this cost
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Ian Challis retweeted
Surely Canada barring an actual player from Ghana will spark the same amount of outrage from sports media that the US denying entry to the Somalian referee did, right?
Thomas Partey will play no part in Ghana’s first World Cup game in Toronto as he has been denied entry to Canada, sources have told The Athletic. Ghana are set to open their tournament at Toronto’s BMO Field against Panama on Wednesday, June 17 but sources familiar with the process, who are not authorised to discuss it publicly, have told The Athletic that Partey cannot travel to Canada and therefore will not be able to feature. The Canadian government website outlines that, “if you have committed or been convicted of a crime, you may not be allowed into Canada.” Partey has been charged, but is awaiting trial and has not been convicted. He denies the charges. More from @Dan_Sheldon_ 🔗 nyti.ms/49Vx4TE
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Ian Challis retweeted
Hahaha this is absolutely brilliant. 🤣 “What do you guys call him? A fucking wanker right?” 😬 I can’t believe he actually said this live on air… 😭

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Lalas said “full kit wanker,” British soccer slang for an adult fan wearing a complete replica kit, not “fucking wanker.” awfulannouncing.com/soccer/alexi-l… brobible.com/sports/article…
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Ian Challis retweeted
I remember before the USA World Cup in 1994 there was talk that they wanted to split the game into quarters for Ad breaks. It was laughed off by the footballing world. Well they’ve done it in 2026 covertly with the introduction of the water break in each half. Tricked us all.
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Ian Challis retweeted
David Lammy’s proposals to restrict the right to jury trial have been examined by the Justice Committee of the House of Commons. And. Well. Um. It’s *quite* the report. I think it’s actually worse than politely scathing. It’s embarrassing 👇🏼🪡🧵
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Ian Challis retweeted
Remarkable story in Telegraph revealing just how useless recent Tory governments were: A secret Whitehall report found that more than £28bn in foreign aid and Covid-19 loans was handed to terrorists, hostile states and gangsters! The misappropriation of taxpayer funds from 2015 to 2021, includes millions sent to the Islamic State and Russia. Those responsible remain unpunished and the dossier was buried to spare official embarrassment.
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Ian Challis retweeted
D-Day: Invasion of Normandy [Real Footage in Colour]
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Ian Challis retweeted
90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18. Never forget that they paid the ultimate price for our freedom. We live our lives the way we do because of them.
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Ian Challis retweeted
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Reason 6,000,124 why we all hate Arsenal:
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The man in the video is Olympique de Marseille supporter Mohamed Henni, who attends matches of PSG's opponents including Arsenal to see PSG lose, not an Arsenal fan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_H… instagram.com/reel/DZBeHpJI9…
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Ian Challis retweeted
I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management. Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ... The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too. That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site. Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices. Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.
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Ian Challis retweeted
Bloody hell Gabriel mate

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Ian Challis retweeted
Madueke was fighting Palmer for penalty against Everton at 4-0 but didn’t step up before Gabriel in a Champions League Final HMMMMMMMMM.
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Ian Challis retweeted
Arsenal have set the record for the lowest possession percentage for a team playing in a Champions League final (since records began in 2003-04). The previous lowest record was also Arsenal, set in the 2006 Champions League final, which they played 72 minutes with 10 men.
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