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It’s amazing how long Luca Modric has been around for - hopefully no last hurrah against England tomorrow
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A bad idea full of unintended consequences
'This is a big step. Real change for our children, and our future.'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a 'full ban' on social media for under-16s.
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(Perhaps a ban on “unsafe” social media with a pathway to accreditation would mitigate the negative impact)
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Lots of unintended consequences
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The Royal Society for Blind Children and the National Deaf Children's Society have both come out against the Starmer social media ban.
"Internet bad" is a trendy, upper-middle-class opinion for people with extracurricular budgets that ignores legions of people who rely on it.
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I paid 156.9p per litre for petrol yesterday in Milton Keynes at Wolverton Tesco. Manchester right opposite the Etihad stadium today petrol is 146.7p per litre 🙄
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Again demonstrating that she is not a fit and proper person to run a school
This is excellent.
From @RafHM Rafe. He is always good. But he is at his best, here.
Well worth the 7 mins.
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Excellent goal from Morocco - what a counter, what a pass, what a finish
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Pretty impressive against a team that beat Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay in qualifying
USA's home World Cup is off to a flyer! 👏🇺🇸
It's the first time they've ever scored four goals in a game in the competition 4️⃣
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Always liked Alexi Lalas…
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This sets a bad precedent
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his nation's first World Cup game in Toronto against Panama, after being denied entry to Canada.
Read more: bbc.in/3QzF8D4
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I think Sithole might become the new Jeremy Hunt for South Africa #mexrsa
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Apparently it’s Si-Toe-Lay which maybe reduces the risk
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GDP grew 0.7% in the three months to April 2026.
Services grew 0.8%, production fell 0.1% and construction grew 1.6%.
Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdome…
ALT GDP grew 0.7% in the three months to April 2026. Services grew 0.8% production fell 0.1% construction grew 1.6% Publication: GDP monthly estimate, UK: April 2026
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Imagine any political leader refusing to condemn this
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Why is it so hard for Nigel Farage to condemn this?
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Getting excited for the World Cup in USA. Hopefully someone will sign this pundit up…
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Undoubtedly true. The vibe shift is unbelievable.
Jun 9
Interesting line by Farage in the BBC Brexit programme on the "Breaking Point" poster: "It's a very powerful image. It's an image, by the way, that if you used it today, you'd probably get very little criticism."
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As South Africa, we hosted the World Cup in 2010.
Upon the insistence of FIFA & in accordance with the Host Country & Host City Agreements, we had to waiver laws, by-laws, policies, regulations, processes & the like, to ensure that South Africa became the ultimate hosts of the world during the period.
We passed special legislation specifically to meet FIFA's hosting requirements for the 2010 World Cup. The most important were the '2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Special Measures Act, 2006 (Act 11 of 2006)' and the 'Second 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Special Measures Act, 2006 (Act 12 of 2006)'. These laws were enacted to give legal effect to the guarantees we had made to FIFA during the bidding process.
The special laws effected temporary special provisions & exceptions in certain areas, including: Special visa, work permit, & accreditation arrangements for players, officials, media & visitors.
These requirements were not exclusive to South Africa, as Korea & Japan (2002), Germany (2006), Brazil (2014), Russia (2018), Qatar (2022), had to enact the same.
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