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We have a referee pundit on TV saying the ref gave a foul when he didn’t. What happened to research before going on air. Seems like a desperate scramble to defend the indefensible.
Dermot Gallagher on the Palmer foul:
“The referee gives a foul. That is what he gives. O'Nien completes the action when he is in the box. Once he gives the first foul, that is it. What happens afterwards, he can only take action if he deems there is serious foul play. That is what he fed back. What he has to do is, when he is talking to VAR, he has to say who he thinks is the player.
It is O'Nien's boot in the penalty area. The argument is that if he is on the line, it is a penalty. But it is O'Nien's boot; you can't see the ball.
O'Nien goes second. VAR said Ahoka went first and he is the first offender.
They didn't stop the game. The game went on.” [sky]
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This is absolutely pathetic.,Dermot Gallagher doesn’t even know that the ref didn’t give a foul..
SKYSPORTS Why didn't VAR award Palmer's penalty claim against Sunderland? The Ref Watch team analyse why VAR didn't award Cole Palmer's a penalty after apparent double fouls on him against Sunderland? ift.tt/8TYNEey
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So odd how we're not calling years of below-inflation pay rises "quiet paycutting"
'Quiet quitting' could be hitting the economy - here's why bbc.in/4ijTORZ
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Beyond frustrating that there’s an entire catalogue of this guys bullshit and 95% of refs still fall for it every time.
Gasperini with the worst kind of repeat. Roma have faded tbf, not surprising perhaps given the high energy first half
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For years tax justice campaigners, especially Prem Sikka, one of my advisers when I was Shadow Chancellor, have called for the closing of the tax loophole in which members of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) classify themselves as partners and not employees, with the result they pay less tax. At last it’s reported that HMRC is cracking down on this large scale tax avoidance scheme. Hopefully it’s a start to tackling the tax gap of avoided tax that HMRC conservatively puts at £60 billion.
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And around £1bn of the £1.7bn spent on PPE from VIP suppliers was wasted on supplies later deemed unfit to use.
This is a huge scandal.
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: After *five-year* legal battle, Democracy for Sale has forced the government to reveal who referred firms to lucrative Covid PPE ‘VIP lane’ for 'politically connected'
30+ senior Tories are named, plus ex Duchess of York, and many more 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.co…
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🚨❌ Serious VAR mistake yesterday in the Chelsea vs. Manchester United match.
📸 Estêvão was NOT offside in the build-up to the hosts' second disallowed goal.
