So: a further utterly NONSENSICAL aspect of the ruling against Everton by the independent commission is that they openly admit to relying heavily on evidence from David Baldwin to establish the link between £19.5m overspend and the 4 points extra Everton gained ahead of Burnley. 1. David Baldwin, and by the IC's OWN ADMISSION, had spent 6 years being associated with Burnley. 2. His testimony was treated as that of an 'expert' despite him admitting he was using his "lived experience". Seriously? 3. The gist of Baldwin's argument was that Everton's £19.5m overspend - which was cumulative over 3 years - could you be used entirely to support the extra 4 points Everton gained over and above Burnley in the one season, 21/22. This was without him using any mathematical, statistical or probabilistic modelling - just 'lived experience' 4. Remember, we already established that the IC thinks a PSR breach can occur at anytime, 365 days a year, during a 3 year cycle - and not at the point they are actually tested. This is 'dangerous & unworkable' as Everton put it in their statement & also highly likely why they were so angry. There is no way the rules were drafted to intend this. It also means if you were already in breach of PSR but sold hotels or your women's team to cure it, you are still in breach. Clearly a nonsense, because in several instances these "cures" have been allowed - *as long as it was done by the financial year end, when PSR was being tested*. This is a key pillar of Everton's defence - Burnley were relegated before Everton's year-end and so a PSR breach had not yet occured. 5. Baldwin's testimony is used to rebuff that; he infers that sporting advantage was gained already at the start of the season because Everton did not reduce their squad/sell players/adjust their PSR position. Not true. Everton submitted an initial PSR position showing compliance - they did not set out to breach.

They are racist riots and pogroms. Not fucking protests.

This just so happens to be on TV tonight.

We know the decision by St Helens Council to defund Pride is appalling and the comments by the council leader are even worse. But we shouldn’t be at all surprised. This is what Reform do. A Reform government would be a catastrophe for LGBTQ equality.

Today marks the centenary of the start of the General Strike – a momentous event in British industrial and political history. A century on, what are its lessons for today’s movement? tuc.org.uk/blogs/reflections…

Everton official socials marketing a friendly in Edinburgh like it’s a cup final. 🥴#EFC

Henry Nowak's mother has said: "We are a family who have friends across faith and race, and so did Henry. We want his memory to help bring our society together." And there you have it.

You really fear that this country is going to have to go through an awful lot of pain before people see through Farage. Just like Trump, in the end he’ll hurt his ‘base’ but what damage will be done between now and then?

This is the lying propaganda of race war. It's quite clear now that, under pressure from Lowe and Musk, Farage has decided to abandon his old red lines and move to the far right.

This is what this scumbag said when Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a WHITE police officer. Today, for the killing of Henry Novak by a Brown Sikh man, he calls the British public to "rage".

Number of people asking me to comment on the Henry Nowak case. His father said "We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension". If you can't respect his wishes, you're scum. That's what I think.

This is the #EFC legacy that Kenwright junked. And then decided to suffocate the club in a blanket of misty eyed, backward looking complacency.

This is a good read #EFC

A massive and positive step forward for the whole culture around #EFC would be for club and fans alike to stop eulogising about the Leitch patterns from the Bullens Road stand. 🥴

In microcosm - why LFC have won more league titles (20) than #EFC have had seasons in our history (just 14) where we’ve won a trophy. One club ruthlessly focussed on winning cups v the other ruthlessly focussed on…well it’s NOT winning cups.

This is fantastic news. Everyday, in workplaces across the country, unions demonstrate their importance and relevance. Making life in and outside work better or at least more bearable. Some say we’re a relic. They couldn’t be more wrong.

BREAKING 🚨| The number of people in a union in the UK has GROWN by 192,000 - to 6.6 million. There has never been a more important time to be a member of a union. When unions do well, working people do well. It pays to be in a union.

Having failed with “academic” Matt Godwin in Gorton & Denton Reform went for a “folksy” candidate. A plumber no less. But they forgot the bit about not picking an apparent anti vax, misogynist and homophobe.

I was there. Genuinely

The football world isn’t waiting round for #EFC to feel stable enough to start thinking about pushing on. The disastrous last 7 games has potential to be a serious set back.