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Now Russell Brand's been convicted of rape, we need to talk about Sylvie Berki. Because she can't speak for herself.
In 2014, Ms Berki said she'd been assaulted by Russell Brand.
But if she talks about it, even now, she risks jail.
Losing to Barca is easy to accept. Seeing an English team out muscled by a Spanish team less so. ☔️ UTV
Mixed bag scrappy infront of both goals. Pau should have took one of his chances as to McGinn with penalty, Mbaye final ball was poor. Zion kept us in the game but then had a howler on Halloween. Felt like the players were saving themselves for Tuesday 😐 UTV!
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Jamie Carragher has now apologised to Aston Villa for comments this week which were disrespectful but hardly actionable. He was wrong about a proud, historic club. Villa said last night they would “initiate legal action” against Carragher for what they described as his “unacceptable insults about the Club and its fans” on his Stick To Football podcast. Carragher claimed Unai Emery would “fancy” joining Manchester United. This fed Villa’s belief/fear of institutional impediments embedded in the Premier League inhibiting their ambitions.
We live in a media age where views are news. Carragher is a pundit, paid to give opinions shaped by his many experiences as a player. It’s why he’s also employed by Sky Sports, which bankrolls much of football. You may not agree with some of his views expressed in the more informal, pub-vibe podland, but he’s allowed to say them, and discourse is at the heart of being a fan. That said, Carragher certainly shouldn’t be telling Villa fans objecting to his comments to “shut the f**k up” even “in jest”, a strange way of expanding an audience.
“My language this week was clumsy & wrong,” Carragher has now posted on X in his apology to Villa, the owners and fans. “I can assure Villa fans it was tongue in cheek but I can understand it’s not come across that way, so apologies. Good luck today UTV!” Whether this is from pure contrition or a reaction to the threat of legal action remains to be seen.
Carragher’s view on Emery deserved challenging but by Villa’s fans not by the club, which should have risen above it, and certainly not by lawyers. You don’t need to be a diehard Holte Ender to question why on earth Emery would leave Villa for United. Emery runs the football operations at Villa, organising and inspiring the squad and team, and overseeing the successful recruitment model. United are a managerial churn machine, a dysfunctional family, with tensions between fans and board, and a squad that needs a long-overdue overhaul.
Carragher also needed challenging - in a debate, not a court - about his view on a famous club who have contributed so much to the history of the game. Near the players’ entrance is the statue of William McGregor, founder of the Football League. Villa were founder members of the Premier League. Champions of England, champions of Europe, producer of talent like Brian Little, Gabby Agbonlahor, Gary Cahill and Jack Grealish, and a couple more in the pipeline. The Holte End is one of the great stands of football. Villa deserve more respect from Carragher which he now shows belatedly in today’s post.
But Carragher’s suggestion that there is a food chain in football is hardly a radical thought. It’s a view, the game is full of them, and if lawyers are scrambled, and views are censored, then the whole game is the poorer.
Great to see an English player winning the #BallonDor , always been a huge fan of Kane.
However my vote would have gone to Kvaratskhelia, he’s ripped the Champions League up for two year running, always impacted the big games too. God knows how he finished 6th on the list.
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Barack Obama decided to hit Pete Hegseth with the elbow from the top rope. Absolutely brutal takedown.
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“Let ’em play other sports, they gonna come back fresher” 💯
Iconic boxing coach Virgil Hunter on why it’s vital to have kids involved in various sports for the sake of their development.
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How times have changed! 😂
Back in 1993, City fans travelled to Villa Park with a banner wishing Aston Villa good luck in their title race.
Fast forward to today, and apparently Villa fans have been busy writing messages in chalk on the pavements around Villa Park to welcome City tomorrow!
One set of fans brought a banner and a bit of class… the other brought a box of crayons in the rain 🖍️😂
Never change Villa! 😉
Come on City!
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"I am only trying to get better"
Unai Emery at today press conference explaining that he rarely celebrates. He is so focused on improvement and work he doesn't take time to celebrate. He even spent his birthday preparing a match when he first joined. 24 hours!
That man is obsessed. And his dedication commands respect. What a manager!
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Jamie Carragher on Bruno being positionally ill disciplined:
“I commentate on games watching Man Utd & he runs all over the place like a kid in the school yard for the supporters. They all think he’s working hard, he’s not. He’s killing the rest of the team doing it.”
Yeah 👇🏽
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Huge 3 points for us!
ATROCIOUS refereeing performance! How Newcastle finished with 11 is beyond me, 2 atrocious tackles that should’ve seen Botman &Linton sent packing. Ref was a total disaster & Attwell (VAR) needs his fitness & credentials questioned! 😤 @UTV
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“Hello and welcome to Newsnight. Tonight, we’re joined by Faiza Shaheen, director of Tax Justice UK. Faiza is an economist and a Visiting Professor of Practice at the London School of Economics. Faiza’s previous roles include Program Head for the Inequality and Exclusion Grand Challenge of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, Head of Inequality and Sustainable Development at Save the Children, and Senior Researcher at the New Economics Foundation. Faiza holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Manchester and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St John’s College, Oxford University.
She is the author of a range of materials and publications covering the most salient social and economic debates of our times, including inequality, austerity, immigration, and social mobility. Faiza has over 15 years of experience researching the trends and consequences of inequality, as well as designing policies and campaigns to address the causes of inequality and exclusion. Her book, ‘Know your place: How society sets us up to fail and what we can do about it’ was published in July 2023 by Simon & Schuster.
To speak over her, we’ve invited Winston Marshall, a podcaster and former member of Mumford and Sons.
We hope you enjoy the programme.”
"If you want to lift up the poor, you have to create wealth."
"How's that going?"
Podcaster and former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall discusses taxes with economist and Green Party supporter Faiza Shaheen.
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