Category: Football

So Bezos decided to use some of his £197bn , not for a legacy project to help the less fortunate, not to contribute to research for a cure for illness, but to buy a 30% share in Liverpool FC for £1.35billion. Fucking appalling. maybe he could have contributed to funds for repair in Venezuela and Colombia to help them recover from horrendous earthquakes.

Another rich twat – Trump has waded into the Infantino affair stating that it would be a big mistake to get rid of the guy? When he gets upset Trump normally find a war to start, football maybe a more elusive target?

How to make a quarter of a £million? Get a large inflatable and load it to capacity with ‘refugees’ at £1000 a go and transport across the English Channel, and then presumably follow up with demands for more money from their families or by some other extortion? I have every sympathy for the genuine refugees, even the economic ones, but surely a scheduled flight for £100 would enable them to be processed properly (preferably before departure), and then provided with barrack accomodation whilst they look for jobs and their own accommodation. Those who get in illegally can be returned to their country of origin. I am sure there are many problems with this, but the government must be seen to be doing something, rather than let the right wing wank all over the front pages of the press!

Solar eclipse – it could be about 90+% here between 19.00 and 19.30 tomorrow. But note that normal sunglasses are NOT ok, But why look at the sun anyway, just enjoy the dusk and quiet , wildlife seems to recognise the danger of a different situation and shut up!

Meanwhile Thames Water have paid executives £4.5 million in bonus’s – are they thick, nasty or just very stupid? Time to nationalise – without compensation, and with punitive measures to reclaim bonus payments where basic levels of pollution have been exceeded.

Then darling Kemi as she is referred to in the gutter press, has appointed a convicted racist neo-nazi to a senior advisory role in the greedy party, I am all for rehabilitation, but not for dressing wolves in sheeps clothing!

Police tow away, and confinscate £8million worth of cars in Mayfair for having no insurance, tax or the drivers lack of a valid driving licence! One Walworth £3.5 million (a limited edition Ferrari Monza SP2 – for the geeks amongst you!).

So FIFA want to make more money “to distribute to poorer nations’ – an honourable objective until it becomes apparant that FIFA is sitting on $4 billion at present. It is also offering a $20 million bribe for countries to agree (how is that legal). Further doubt on the ethicacy of the proposal is the insolvent of Trump and his money grabbing family. Football is a game of the people, unlike many others and UEFA have stated that all member nations in Europe will boycott the scheme unless it is withdrawn. The scheme would expand the size and number of FIFA tournaments with no oncern for players, who, whilst well rewarded, can have their careers ended in moments, who already play 70+ intensity matches per year. Do they get a say? And does the UEFA edict also include clubs and their players – if so, the idea is worthless to potential investors, 74% of the World Cup squads play in Europe (the % beccomes much higher if it includes top players). On the players fatigue element, Chelsea won the FIFA “World Club Champions” farce in America – and then ran out of steam in the League, finishing 10th. There was also no mention in the proposal for women’s football at all. So Infantino maybe able to enthuse ‘daddy Trump”, bribe poorer countries (many of whom’s FA’s are riddled with corruption), but without UEFA backing his plans are collapsing like castles in the sand as the tide comes in! (Poetic moi!).

Meanwhile back in the real world the papers – even The Guardian- made a headline of the wild fire in Suffolk being near (12 miles) to a nuclear power plant (Sizewell), no matter that there was no danger to Sizewell itself and the area between the heath that was burning was farmland (probably cereal crops that could be harvested early if necessary), just lazy journalism playing on peoples fears. Apparently disposable bbq manufacturers have got by the ban on disposable, by making them reusable, although very little difference! Maybe a registration system for buying should be introduced – it would not be perfect but could narrow down the culprits whose stupid causes the fire and sometimes deaths. Online purchases would be passed tonthe police too. Why is it that Public Schools and Dulwich College can water their fields of pitches, whilst community gardens can not! Britains class structure persists.

Eco-regions! I read a proposal in France to create eco regions. That makes a lot of sense – until one looks at the complicated geology of Britain, would the South and Noth Down regions combine – and the Weald between? Norfolk and Lincolnshire combine, maybe Essex and Suffolk, the middle of the country I have no idea about – but worth a discussion!. In economic terms most counties are economically eco friendly. County town and surrounding hinterland.

Meanwhile – Internationally Saudi Arabia have said they will strike against Houthi targets in an attempt to make the export of their oil safe. More posturing, it is unlikely that bombing would do more than several years worth would do? Houthis have to only hit 1/20 tankers to make oil prices rise! Oil taken from the ground has a given cost/profit/price – do Iran and the USA have an agreement to take it in turns to elevate the price of oil, and thus oil companies profits.

The Daily Fail has come up with a new term, Ann Widdecombe’s murderer MAY have been a “left wing terrorist”. Of course they have no knowledge of this – he was not known to the police or anti-terror organisations. So this is to whip up a bit of hatred against people like me and my family. Reform personalities, especially Farage and Jenprick, are trying to make it all about them – Farage turned down government funded protection saying it was inadequate ‘is that compared to the £5million you said was donated for your security, Nigel?’. Other MP’s have shown concern but not panic despite regular death threats and a desire not to be blase, she once received 600 rape threats in one evening! So back to the top – is there a left-wing terrorist threat in the UK? I am sure there are a few friendless losers who are on their own, compared to right-wing terrorism which is organised and supported by right wing parties and the press.

The village hall is showing the football tonight, I was told there will be a fantastic atmosphere! From geriatric people who hate football and are closet racists, No thanks. Spain was a revalation last night, beating the favorites France – Trump will possibly have to watch the game with 2 PM’s, one of whom is defiantly anti-American/Israel war on Iran. Starmer can be seen as right of centre but still not a fan of his. I am sure the POTUS will be supporting Argentina, and watch out for dirty tricks!

11 million people live in areas where less than 10% land gets shade from trees. A report on BBC website todays suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC – a vast, north-south system of currents that carries warm surface water towards the Arctic and returns colder water thousands of miles south through the deep ocean (known to my generation as the North Atlantic Drift!), is breaking down. Temperatures in the south especially have markedly risen, rainfall data in the paper was selective, but it is likely that we will see more extremes and floods (unless the beavers get to work! Also a question – are grouse moors more vulnerable to wildfires, we already know that they are exascerbating flooding near them. Time to ban shooting wildlife for pleasure and the male ego! This could open up a huge swaithe of land for the public wind turbines or solar, or even more H.E.P.?

1st tomato from greenhouse today! And drying lots of herbs! More on the way!