Nick McGeehan

Infantino is a symptom of the problem. 👇 FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. FIFA is unfit to govern world football. fairsq.org/substitute-r...

The UN Security Council, led by the US and with no opposition from the UK, is trying to make UAE Diplomat Lana Nusseibeh the next UN Secretary General. The UAE is a violent rogue state with contempt for international law. Write to your MP and urge their opposition una.org.uk/un-secretary...

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

Read @karimzidan.com on how "the FBI appears to be in the process of awarding the UFC an exclusive contract to train agents in mixed martial arts, further cementing the relationship between the fighting organization & the Trump administration." www.sportspolitika.news/p/ufc-fbi-ag...

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

“Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” 💯

FIFA pays the people who vote for its president. Here's how. All 211 member countries receive the same funding under FIFA's Forward programme, whatever its size, income or need. That means England and Montserrat get the same. FIFA don't even enforce the rules. #football #sport

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

Not only a vital defeat of the far right, but also a win of inestimable value for the planet.

Obrigado, povo brasileiro! 📸 Ricardo Stuckert

Just catching up with this story. Turning Point UK came to my neighbourhood to “protect our kids” from drag queen storytellers at the Honor Oak pub. I don’t think people appreciate how much the English far right is tied up with Ulster Loyalism, and how dangerous this is in a time of polarisation.

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

You have to laugh at the sheer insanity of Turning Point UK being found to be organising literal contract killings and paid agitation at protests up and down the country and it barely even raises a flicker across the press. If that isn't 'terrorism' on some level I don't really know what is

Muslims and immigrants, despite all the lies we're told about them, have never presented a systemic threat to Western security, let alone to "Western civilisation". Instead, the threats come from our governments, especially in the US, and their grim alliances with capital and overseas dictators.

Just putting finishing production touches to a *banging* Palantir scoop for tomorrow’s Democracy for Sale email Goes out straight to inbox in the morning (it’s free - but paid subs are ❤️’ed) 😊 democracyforsale.substack.com

Arsenal's UAE connections often go under the radar. Will a UAE-funded genocide in Sudan and an Arsenal super-fan in NYC bring these connections to the fore? Great piece from @thesentryorg.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Less than a month after arresting the entire Matsadaash newsroom, the Egyptian govt has now filed baseless charges against the editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, continuing their largest crackdown in years.   This assault on the free press must end NOW. Journalism is not a crime.

Newcastle United's and Manchester City's owners sought to corrupt the US political process, providing a multi-billion dollar slush fund for the US president's son-in-law. Meanwhile, United are in midtable and City await their punishment for egregious cheating. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Thanks to @billlaw49.bsky.social for having me on to talk about the connections between Manchester City's owners and the far-right and how and why Andy Burnham needs to stand up to the UAE's bullying and general thuggery open.spotify.com/episode/1elj...

You can always trust Sheikh Salman to do the right thing. www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

Quite the U-turn as AFC President Sheikh Salman says they will support Gianni Infantino's bid ​to be re-elected FIFA ​President. "We reaffirm our full commitment, of course, to supporting you and your leadership as you seek a new mandate as a FIFA President."

Lana Nusseibeh is a candidate for UN General Secretary. Here she is on an email chain where the UAE is trying to figure out how to escape accountability for violating a UN arms embargo in Libya.

This must be sternly resisted. The UAE is a rogue state fueling an ongoing genocide, and its contempt for the international legal order has been on brazen display for a very long time. www.reuters.com/world/senior...

Enoch Powell level bile and lies from the Times www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...

On the Arab Digest podcast with @billlaw49.bsky.social one of the things we discussed was the plight of the Emirati rights activist Ahmed Mansoor. It's Ahmed's birthday today and his tenth year in a UAE jail. An unassuming titan whose courage is hard to quantify, and who is sorely missed.

FIFA's Forward scheme arrived with Gianni Infantino and has doled billions out to member nations, with more to come. Yet a wide-ranging investigation from @theathleticfc.bsky.social found a majority of members do not meet basic transparency requirements Read here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...

As the Premier League deliberates on Manchester City's punishment, the UK’s close relations with the UAE poses a dilemma for Andy Burnham – especially due to the close relationship the UAE is forging with Nigel Farage’s Reform Party. arabdigest.org/sample-newsl...

Thanks to all who have bought my book via @wsc.co.uk - sold out but with more stock on the way...

A reminder that the owners of Manchester City are assisting the rise of the far-right in the UK and Europe. For the irrefutable evidence that has actually been published, see @alexcarlen.bsky.social's "Petropulism" report fairsq.org/petropopulis...

Cordial reminder that PSQ - your European champions - are like Manchester City. See @tariqpanja.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/s...

A president saying clearly and with his full chest “I am directing the Department of Justice” to do … anything, would have been a five-alarm scandal in previous years. Now? It’s just a Tuesday.

This is a bigger issue than 115 charges.

When did the BBC description of Tommy Robinson change from ‘far right activist’ to ‘political activist’? Because that’s how he’s described on Radio 4 now

‘Islamists’?? Seriously? More I think about it, the more this piece has less value as analysis of France and more value as a window into the worldview in a decent chunk of British media

Earlier in the year, @josimarfootball.bsky.social ran a detailed investigation into ADI Predictstreet, which appeared from nowhere only weeks before it signed a $150m deal with Fifa. Sixth months on, per the WSJ, it seems almost no real betting takes place on the site. www.wsj.com/finance/near...

Over the last month, Egypt has: 🗞️ Arrested the entire newsroom of @matsadaash.bsky.social and tortured journalists for their exercise of free expression 🗞️ Interrogated journalist Rasha Azab for a tweet and made her pay LE 10k bail 🗞️ Summoned MadaMasr's Lina Attalah for questioning.

Not content with committing genocide in Gaza, Netanyahu is now openly admitting that Israel considers the Rapid Support Forces committing genocide in Sudan to be "friendly" to its interests.

Votes, votes, votes.

The Dept for Health and Social Care told us to take down our spoof video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract. We checked with our lawyers, and we’ve not done anything wrong. So we’re reposting it, in case you missed it 👀

There are actually 2 separate media scandals: 1. Soft-pedaling the MAGA march toward a fascist dictatorship 2. Generally ignoring or downplaying Trump's obvious mental unfitness for office

If you're still on X ... now my friends is the time to pull that plug. This very dangerous man needs to be stopped, not enabled www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Following the Josh Wander news, we have lifted the paywall on some of our 777 Partners stories for you to enjoy. Kudos to @pbsportswriter.bsky.social and @philippeauclair.bsky.social for reporting this story out. First up. josimarfootball.com/2023/07/03/t...

More bad news for the UAE as the UK govt publishes Ofcom's report on proposed UAE-backed bid for The Telegraph group. It doesn't mince its words. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ad0f1...

INFANTINO IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RUN AGAIN FOR THE FIFA PRESIDENCY WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP BANGING ON ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO UNSEAT HIM AND THE FACT NOBODY AT UEFA IS MAKING THIS ARGUMENT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEM fairsq.org/fairsquare-c...

Debbie Hewitt affirms to @danroan.bsky.social after yesterday's FIFA Council meeting that the English FA do not support Infantino and want him to stand down. Begs the question why Hewitt and others aren't pointing out that Infantino is ineligible to run again. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...