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Lexie H retweeted
As Sir Jim Ratcliffe awaited Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada's arrival in Monaco, a man across the English Channel stood tall to take charge of the club they're running into the ground.
Michael Carrick deserves more.
For @AttackingFooty #MUFC
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Lexie H retweeted
Completely disagree, Chasing Pochettino while overlooking Carrick shows the hierarchy still doesn't have a clue. Give Carrick the backing he’s earned instead of repeating the same tired cycle. #MUFC
Lexie H retweeted
It is a sad reflection of modern football that the man who cares most about Manchester United, who will loyally, diligently again go into Carrington today to try and tackle the mess, is the one being eased out by those gathering in Monaco and via a link to Florida who don’t truly have United in their heart. Those who are primarily responsible for the mess.
Michael Carrick will leave the club sooner or later but the club will never leave him. United mean too much to him. He gave everything for the team in 464 games. His son plays for their academy. Being United head coach is not simply a job for Carrick, it's an honour he feels deeply proud of.
The manager who last season masterminded home wins over Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool and away triumphs at Arsenal, Chelsea and Brighton has undoubtedly made mistakes this season. Diogo Dalot at left-back, not bringing Shea Lacey on earlier, etc. The poor run, and tumble into the relegation positions, inevitably means his job is on the line.
It is possible to understand why Carrick should lose his job but also why others should be held accountable, too. The decision on Carrick would be more palatable if it weren’t being formulated and then executed by Omar Berrada, Jason Wilcox, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the loathed Glazers. What good have they done to this great club? Debts and decline, holes in the roof and in the squad.
Carrick’s contribution to the history of Manchester United is substantial and his legacy secure – winning five titles and taking responsibility for a penalty in the 2008 shootout that helped win the Champions League.
At the very least, Carrick deserves to be treated with far more respect than is currently being shown to a dignified, hard-working individual as the clock ticks down on his departure. His exit is being handled appallingly by the club. Red man walking. At least United fans are showing all the class their board lacks. The Stretford End sings Carrick’s name because they know he is not the real problem.
It will be no surprise in weeks to come to spot Carrick standing, hood up, with United fans at an away game. They will welcome him warmly. He’s done it before, being a fan again. Carrick loves the club. He has ever since he was an apprentice at West Ham United, charged with keeping the away dressing-room tidy, and admiring how Alex Ferguson and his smartly-dressed collection of winners strode into the Boleyn Ground. They had an aura, and Carrick wanted to be part of that.
Carrick will leave the club physically, dismissed as much for the failings of underperforming players, those incompetents in charge of recruitment and the unpopular owners, as for his own undoubted mistakes. But Carrick will never leave United emotionally. It's sad that someone who cares so much will go, and those who don't care as much remain. #MUFC
Lexie H retweeted
A legend among legends.
Today marks the 40 years since Sir Alex Ferguson began his glorious association with Manchester United ❤️
ALT Image of Sir Alex Ferguson on the 40th anniversary of when he was appointed United boss.
Lexie H retweeted
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a blunt message to Russia:
“You cannot bomb Ukrainian cities and then send your junior players to Alberta to play hockey as if you were civilised people.
No Russian or Belarusian teams at the World Junior Championship. Not under your flags. Not under any other flags. Period.”
Lexie H retweeted
Sonnet 116. Patrick's favourite. Take one minute out of your day to hear the bard's words spoken by someone who lived by them.
Lexie H retweeted
This is economic illiteracy of a high order.
After separation Scotland would still use sterling. So it would have to borrow in £s to cover its massive budget deficit and promise lenders it would pay back in £s (or they won’t lend).
But after an unspecified transition it would move to a Scottish currency. But all the borrowing done during the transition would have to be paid back in sterling.
If the Scottish currency plummeted v sterling (likely given the size of the deficit, lack of credit track record etc) that could become an unmanageable burden given the likely poor exchange rate.
Scotland would have to borrow billions in its own currency just to convert to sterling to pay back lenders. Devaluing the Scottish currency further.
What a shambles that would be.
He has no idea what he’s talking about.
Lexie H retweeted
Just ONE WEEK to go until the petition to protect SEND legal rights closes. If you care about disabled children’s rights please sign and share. Let’s get as many signatures as we possibly can. Children can sign too.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Lexie H retweeted
A moment that captures how we all felt on October 7.
After clearing Kfar Aza of Hamas terrorists, a team of Israeli commandos entered a family’s home and found fresh challah rolls laid out on the table, waiting for Shabbat morning.
One of the soldiers broke down in tears, realizing the family would never gather at the table, join together, and eat them.
Three years of unimaginable loss and pain, but never forget how this war began.
Video: Ziv Koren
Lexie H retweeted
There’s no other explanation for pro-Pals to do a march today. Of all days. They’re telling the world that they support Hamas and relish the murder of Jews. Yet the authorities do nothing. It’s sickening.
🚨"I think they're marching to CELEBRATE what happened on 7th October"
Heidi Bachram, whose family members were murdered by Hamas Islamist terror attacks on 7th October explains the horror she finds at people marching in support of what happened.
@HeidiBachram
Lexie H retweeted
🛑Former Hamas hostage Avinatan Or recounts what one of his Hamas captors told him just before his release:
“Go home. Say hello to your father, to your mother. Meet your friends. Then pack a bag and go to Europe. You know why? Because we’re going to do October 7 again. As long as there is one Jew in the Land of Israel, we will massacre you again and again and again.”
Avinatan looked at him and answered:
“I’m not leaving.”
Three years after October 7, listen carefully to those words. This is what Hamas told an Israeli hostage after more than two years in captivity.
And Avinatan’s answer says everything:
This is our home. We are not leaving
Credit : @Uvda_tweet
Lexie H retweeted
It's VERY IMPORTANT we hide away the disabled man from the awards ceremony regarding the film that goes into excruciating detail about how miserable his life has been due to his disability and how if we were all a bit more accepting and tolerant the world would be a better place.
After "I Swear" scored seven BAFTA Scotland nominations, the British Academy has said Tourette's campaigner John Davidson will watch the ceremony "via video link from a separate relaxed space within the venue."
BAFTA and Davidson were at the center of controversy in February when he involuntarily shouted a racial slur at the Film Awards. variety.com/2026/film/global…
Lexie H retweeted
Green Party deputy leader Mothin Ali: "Andy Burnham’s comments are staggering, just one day after saying people should come before profit, he sides with big money over the integrity of a sport that belongs to the people."
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a…
Lexie H retweeted
SNP bans many food promotions from Thursday.
From meal deals and multi-buys - like ‘3 for £10’ and ‘BOGOF’ offers - to cakes, biscuits, morning goods, ice cream, desserts, chips and pizza. The list is long.
Bang in the middle of a cost of living crisis. What a clown-show 🎪
Lexie H retweeted
People have always stood with the innocent people of Palestine. The issue is that leaders in the region have failed to stand up to Hamas, while speaking as though Israel has acted in a vacuum. You’re doing the same here, and I find it both depressing and deeply dishonest.
“We hear you.” UK Foreign Secretary @Ed_Miliband, speaking at UK Labour party conference this morning.
Thank you to the millions of people in Britain and around the world who stood firmly on the side of justice, on the side of Palestine 🇵🇸✊🏽
Lexie H retweeted
Brenda Power is a rare voice of moral clarity amongst the Irish commentariat on this issue. In under a minute she eviscerates Ireland’s hypocrisy.
‘There wasn’t a single peep of protest to the Irish cricket team voluntarily playing Afghanistan last month, where women are treated worse than battery chickens. It is the most extreme humanitarian crisis in the world right now, as far as I can see, the gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Not a word of protest.’
‘Where was your indignation when we played [Afghanistan]? England wouldn’t play them, South Africa wouldn’t play them, New Zealand wouldn’t play them. The great humanitarians in Ireland had absolutely no difficulty. We’re hypocrites.’
Lexie H retweeted
Glad to meet Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Founder of @Travalyst, in New York.
We share a common ambition: making tourism more sustainable while ensuring destinations and local communities benefit.
As we shape the first European Sustainable Tourism Strategy, partnerships like the one with Travalyst can help turn ambition into action and strengthen cooperation beyond Europe’s borders.
#EUTourism
