FIFA’s new ‘Mistaken Identity’ law — at the World Cup

• Post author:Jamal Awar
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

The new ‘Mistaken Identity’ rule, introduced by FIFA for the 2026 World Cup, has now been put into practice. Swiss forward Breel Embolo became the first player to be sent off as a direct result of this refereeing amendment, marking a potential turning point in how VAR technology is utilized. During the quarter-final match between Switzerland and Argentina, Portuguese referee João Pinheiro initially issued a yellow card to Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes, believing he had committed a foul against Embolo. However, a VAR review revealed that the situation was the opposite: the Swiss forward had actually attempted to deceive the referee…

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WATCH: Israel again mocks concept of ‘ceasefire’ with 4 strikes on Gaza

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

Israel has again shown its contempt for the very idea of a ceasefire, with at least four murderous airstrikes on Gaza City today. Last week, the occupation murdered the director of Egypt’s aid mission to Gaza, in evident retaliation for the Egyptian football team manager’s show of solidarity with Palestine. On Sunday 12 July 2026, Israel hit a home in a densely-populated civilian area of Gaza City with at least four missiles in quick succession: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hamdan Dahdouh (@hamdaneldahdouh) Israel — One street, three bombings And in a further horrifying display of the…

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Green Party now leads with voters under 50

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

Polling from YouGov has shown that the Green Party has a decent lead with voters under 50: POLL | Greens lead amongst under 50s { 18-49 }Grn: 25% ( +14 )Lab: 20% ( -23 )Ref: 16% ( +5 )Con: 15% ( +2 )Lib: 14% ( – ) { 50+ }Ref: 32% ( +14 )Con: 23% ( -11 )Lab: 16% ( -11 )Lib: 12% ( +1 )Grn: 8% ( +4 ) Via YouGov, 22 June (+/- vs '24) pic.twitter.com/O6lFoxTnvR — Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) July 9, 2026 It’s a further sign that people in Britain are chiefly divided by the ‘have mortgages’…

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Messi turned walking into the deadliest weapon in modern football

• Post author:Alaa Shamali
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

A viewer watching Lionel Messi for the first time might think the Argentine captain has drifted out of the match. He avoids constant pressing and chasing. Instead, he spends long periods walking or standing to watch his surroundings. This approach defies the high-tempo, continuous pressure demands of modern football. But behind this image that suggests calmness lies one of the most complex tactical ideas in the game. Walking is no longer just about conserving energy. It is now part of his philosophy for managing the game. He reads the play carefully before deciding when to act. This economy of movement allows…

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Fraudster made undeclared donations to Reform UK

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

Mainstream outlets have been shining a light on Reform UK and Nigel Farage’s finances over the past month. Last week, this saw the Times covering the criminal aristocrat ‘Posh George’ Cottrell, who was providing Farage with various benefits in the runup to the 2024 election. Now, the Times are reporting Cottrell may also have made undisclosed donations to Reform UK: EXCL by @ManuMidolo ft me @venetiamenzies @GeorgeGreenwood The criminal who funded Nigel Farage made undisclosed donations to Reform in apparent breach of electoral law George Cottrell lawyers at Carter Ruck refuse to say when he became permissible donor https://t.co/yFEalCjDdr — Gabriel Pogrund…

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Deranged Israel-first senator Graham dies after visit to Ukraine arms factory

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:12 July 2026

Rabidly Israel-first US senator Lindsey Graham has died aged 71. His office described his death as coming after a “brief and sudden” illness. Graham was one of the more unhinged US politicians, even among Trump supporters. Irredeemably Israel-first, he even threatened a US invasion of the International Criminal Court over its arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu. Lindsey Graham — Shameless genocider Graham was a shameless supporter of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, though he would never have admitted it is a genocide. His comments make clear he had no concern whatsoever for Israel’s hundreds of thousands of Palestinian victims: “I am with…

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Farage speculates Ann Widdecombe death was ‘premeditated murder’

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

Nigel Farage has speculated that Ann Widdecombe was the victim of “premeditated murder”. He’s attracting controversy for the statement; especially because he also said ‘it doesn’t pay to speculate’ at this time: Devon and Cornwall Police: “We would ask people not to speculate about what might have happened, particularly on social media.” Nigel Farage: “From what I can see of it, from what I can make out, this was premeditated murder.” — Ben Kentish (@BenKentish) July 11, 2026 Speculation On 10 July, Joe Glenton reported the following of Widdecombe: A 26-year-old white male suspect has been arrested after former Tory minister and Reform UK politician…

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Irish government steps up its funding of genocide-backing Palantir

• Post author:Robert Freeman
• Post published:12 July 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

Micheál Martin’s toxic government has doubled down on backing one of the world’s most nakedly criminal corporations, by allowing the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) to increase its shares in the murderous Palantir. The Ditch reports the following: The Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) held 22,073 shares in Palantir valued at €3.34 million at the end of 2025, according to the National Treasury Management Agency’s (NTMA) annual report published yesterday. ISIF’s annual report for the previous year showed a lower holding of 13,060 shares, for a total of just under €1 million euros. So as Palantir’s appalling activities have become increasingly…

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Can you beat the passive income of the rich?

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:19 June 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

I always say we need to tax wealth not work. Someone made this game showing why: Click the image to play the game ^ Usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets. See if you can beat the rich. Source link

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Why The Economist hates wealth taxes

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:14 June 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: Why The Economist Hates Wealth Taxes Wealth taxes are on the cover of The Economist this week. Zack Polanski and Zohran Mamdani are pictured. The magazine is against them. We’ve read it so you don’t have to. What The Economist Says The Economist runs two articles on wealth taxes and barely bothers to argue against them. The substantive objections amount to two sentences: wealth taxes would be “confiscatory,” and “seizing the assets of society’s most productive people is a road to economic ruin.” Gary takes each apart in turn. Every…

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Could we be about to get wealth taxes in the UK?

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:7 June 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: The UK is closer to wealth taxes than ever before The UK is currently closer to introducing wealth taxes than at any point in the last 40 years. In this episode Gary unpacks the current political situation in the UK, and a potential route to getting wealth taxes from it. The Political Context The Labour government in freefall. Keir Starmer, who won an electoral landslide just two years ago, is now among the most unpopular prime ministers in modern British history. Labour were routed in local elections. Living standards have…

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Why Jeff Bezos wants to cut your taxes

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:31 May 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: Why Jeff Bezos wants to cut your taxes Jeff Bezos, the world’s fourth richest man with a personal wealth of approximately $280 billion, gave an interview on CNBC this week arguing, seemingly on behalf of ordinary working people, that a nurse in Queens earning $75,000 a year should not be paying over $1,000 a month in taxes. Gary’s response is to take the argument apart carefully. The Setup: A False Choice The context matters. A ballot on adopting a wealth tax is coming in California in November, and newly elected…

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The economist billionaires fear: this is how we get a wealth tax

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:24 May 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: The economist billionaires fear: this is how we get a wealth tax In his previous video on Rory Stewart, Gary promised that the response to accusations of fringe economics would not just be rhetoric, it would be evidence. He said he was reaching out to the most reputable economists in the world who share his analysis, and that the first to appear on the channel would be Gabriel Zucman. Who Is Gabriel Zucman? Gary opens by contextualising his guest. Zucman is a professor at the Paris School of Economics and…

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Why are the far right doing so well? And can they be stopped?

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:17 May 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: Why are the far right doing so well? And can it be stopped? Across the UK and Europe, far-right parties are surging. Reform are ahead in UK national polls. The AfD doubled its vote share in Germany. The mainstream response has oscillated between dismissal, alarm, and increasingly desperate attempts at imitation. Gary’s argument is that all of these responses share the same flaw. They are focused on the wrong question. The question is not how to discredit the far right. The question is why they are winning — and that…

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Why do asset prices keep going up?

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:10 May 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

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Will AI destroy the economy?

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:26 April 2026
• Post last modified:14 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: Will AI destroy the economy? Gary opens the video with a question that has been circling in public debate for the past two years: will artificial intelligence make ordinary people richer and more productive, or will it steal their jobs and leave them worse off? His answer, characteristically, is that neither of the dominant narratives is quite right — and that the past has already given us the evidence we need to work out what is actually going to happen. The guide he reaches for is the Industrial Revolution. Two…

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Have I been wrong on the economy this whole time?

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:19 April 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: Have I been wrong on the economy this whole time? Gary returned from six months of filming a Channel 4 documentary to find that the biggest piece of gossip in his absence had been generated by Rory Stewart, former Conservative MP and co-host of The Rest is Politics — the UK’s most-listened-to politics podcast. In a November interview with Green Party leader Zack Polanski, Stewart had questioned Gary’s credibility as an economist, implying he lacked serious qualifications for the role. Gary came back and watched it. He found it interesting…

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The Iran economic shock is coming. How to protect yourself

• Post author:oscar
• Post published:5 April 2026
• Post last modified:13 July 2026

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: The Iran economic shock is coming. How to protect yourself The US and Israel have effectively invaded Iran. Iran’s response has been to block the Strait of Hormuz – the narrow body of water through which an enormous share of the world’s oil and gas passes. Nobody knows how long it will stay blocked. What we do know is that this will cause a large increase in the price of energy, and knock-on increases in the price of food and pretty much everything else. There is also something not being…

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