Middlesbrough and Cardiff have agreed a price they will charge away fans for each team this season. Adult - £22 Over 65 - £17 Under 18 - £12 Absolutely fantastic to see. Other clubs need to take note!! 👏

🚨 THE MANCHESTER–UAE–LABOUR NETWORK We traced the political structure around Manchester’s relationship with Sheikh Mansour’s investment network. The result reaches well beyond football. 🏗️ MANCHESTER LIFE Companies House records Sheikh Mansour as a person with significant control of Manchester Life Development Company, while Manchester City Council is also recorded as a significant shareholder. Manchester Life sits at the centre of the council-development relationship. 🏛️ SIR RICHARD LEESE Leese led Manchester City Council for 25 years and became a Manchester Life director. When Andy Burnham became Mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017, Burnham appointed Leese as Deputy Mayor with responsibility for business and the economy. Leese therefore sat across Manchester City Council, Manchester Life and Burnham’s regional economic leadership. He was later appointed Honorary President of Manchester City. 🏗️ BEV CRAIG Craig succeeded Leese as Manchester council leader and also succeeded him inside Manchester Life. She subsequently became a senior Greater Manchester figure on economy and business under Burnham. So the political succession is remarkably neat: Leese → Craig Both occupied senior Labour roles in Manchester while also holding positions inside Manchester Life. 👔 ANDY BURNHAM Burnham was not a Manchester Life director. His importance is political. He placed Leese, already embedded in Manchester Life, at the centre of Greater Manchester economic policy. Craig later became another central economic figure in his administration while also sitting inside Manchester Life. That makes Burnham the political bridge between the local development structure and the wider Greater Manchester economic model. 🎟️ JEFF SMITH MP Jeff Smith has declared football hospitality involving Manchester City fixtures. His current register includes £900 of EFL hospitality for Manchester City v Arsenal at Wembley in March 2026. 🎟️ LUCY POWELL MP Lucy Powell has also declared hospitality involving Manchester City fixtures. Her current register includes: • £900 of EFL hospitality for Manchester City v Arsenal • £580 of FA hospitality for Manchester City v Chelsea. Again, these are declared interests, not evidence of improper conduct. ✈️ DAN CARDEN MP Carden declared a £9,364 visit to the UAE, funded by the UAE Embassy between 27 January and 1 February 2026. That covered flights, accommodation, food and in-country transport. 🇦🇪 RUSHANARA ALI MP Ali is a current Labour Vice-Chair of the UAE All-Party Parliamentary Group, Westminster’s formal cross-party group for strengthening UK-UAE relations. 🇦🇪 LORD BLUNKETT Former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett is also a current Vice-Chair of the UAE APPG. 🇦🇪 SAMANTHA NIBLETT MP Niblett also served as a Vice-Chair of the UAE APPG before leaving that role. 🇦🇪 YVONNE FOVARGUE Former Labour MP Yvonne Fovargue repeatedly served as a Vice-Chair of the UAE APPG across previous parliamentary registers. 🇦🇪 JOHN SPELLAR Former Labour MP John Spellar also served as a Vice-Chair of the UAE APPG. 🇦🇪 KHALID MAHMOOD Former Labour MP Khalid Mahmood likewise served as a Vice-Chair of the UAE APPG. 🇦🇪 STEVE McCABE Former Labour MP Steve McCabe also appears in previous parliamentary registers as a Vice-Chair of the UAE APPG. 💷 THE UAE APPG ITSELF The group has declared UAE Embassy-funded benefits, including travel to Abu Dhabi and parliamentary events. As of June 2026, its officers included Rushanara Ali and Lord Blunkett, and the register recorded: • £6,001–£7,500 for the chair’s Abu Dhabi travel • £1,501–£3,000 for a UAE National Day parliamentary reception • £22,501–£24,000 for an Abu Dhabi visit by the chair and another MP. 🔍 THE NETWORK The documented Labour names are therefore: Andy Burnham Sir Richard Leese Bev Craig Jeff Smith MP Lucy Powell MP Dan Carden MP Rushanara Ali MP Lord Blunkett Samantha Niblett MP Yvonne Fovargue John Spellar Khalid Mahmood Steve McCabe

Andy Burnham has been hit with a community note! He promised first time buyers they could get a new-build home with a deposit of just 2.5%. He omitted that the government would cover 20% of the price through an equity loan. Buyers would take on a mortgage and a separate government loan, which starts charging interest after 5 years. So two loans with two different interest rates. Duplicitous Burnham sold it as helping young people who struggle to save a deposit! Liebour strikes again…

@BladeoftheS Maximum monthly State Pension. Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997 Guess which is unaffordable?

🚨🇬🇧 NEW: An investigation has found that Manchester City has failed to pay around £12 million in tax [@DanNeidle]

I am often asked what my priority would be if I was the prime minister. 1. Build 5 large modern day prisons. 2. While the prisons are under construction I would recruit 10,000 police and place them through a detailed training program to make their jobs recognised professionals. 3. While the prisons are being built.Recruit prison officers and make and pay them into respected professionals. 4. I would find the money by cutting back on military expenditure. In fact I would offer soldiers to apply for police or prison officer jobs. 5. My understanding of asylum seekers is that if they are trying to leave an oppressed county where they are in danger, they are supposed to go to nearest safe county. The people arriving on the shores of the UK have passed through plenty of safe countries. I would ask the Royal Navy to stop them arriving. Comments please . No jokers thanks Lord Sugar