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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 2d

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 3d

Watching Sinead O’Connor’s brilliant Letterman performance of Mandinka and Coogan’s Paul Calf is on bass.

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Jack Pitt-Brooke @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social · 5d

What are the politics underpinning the Premier League? Is it part of a Thatcherite legacy?

On today's @liberopodcast.bsky.social with @brewin.bsky.social and @rorysmith.bsky.social

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Libero: Libero 060: The Premier League: Thatcher’s Greatest Triumph

Hated, adored, never ignored, Margaret Thatcher is one of the most important figures in the history of the country that is home to the world's wealthiest domestic league – this cannot be a coinci...

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Libero @liberopodcast.bsky.social · 5d

New Libero

Is the Premier League Margaret Thatcher’s greatest legacy?

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@jackpittbrooke.bsky.social

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Libero: Libero 060: The Premier League: Thatcher’s Greatest Triumph

Hated, adored, never ignored, Margaret Thatcher is one of the most important figures in the history of the country that is home to the world's wealthiest domestic league – this cannot be a coinci...

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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 10d

Any questions for the pod?

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 14d

Hegseth is someone else who doesn’t know what “reactionary” means.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 14d

£122m is a lot of knickers and bras.

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UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 16d

‘Who said he’s as honest as the day is long?’

@mrjamesob.bsky.social poses a question about Reform’s ex-leader in Wales, who admitted making pro-Russian statements to the EU Parliament for cash.

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Jack Pitt-Brooke @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social · 15d

Football documentaries on today's @liberopodcast.bsky.social, from Graham Taylor to 'All or Nothing' to Wrexham. With @rorysmith.bsky.social and @brewin.bsky.social

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Libero: Libero 057: All or Nothing... Do We Need More Football Documentaries?

No progressive football club’s project is complete without an authorised streaming documentary series. They’ve become a significant contribution to football’s reinvention as a content provide...

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Libero @liberopodcast.bsky.social · 15d

New Libero

Are football documentaries replacing football?

@rorysmith.bsky.social
@jackpittbrooke.bsky.social
@brewin.bsky.social

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Libero: Libero 057: All or Nothing... Do We Need More Football Documentaries?

No progressive football club’s project is complete without an authorised streaming documentary series. They’ve become a significant contribution to football’s reinvention as a content provide...

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Libero @liberopodcast.bsky.social · 19d

New Libero

The Premier League’s Triangle of Sadness.

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@jameshorncastle.bsky.social

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Libero: Libero 056: The Premier League's Triangle Of Sadness

What does Aston Villa’s sudden fall from grace say about the wisdom of basing a football club around one man in Unai Emery? Rory Smith, James Horncastle and John Brewin consider a club dogged by ...

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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 22d

‘Arsenal have quality within the squad. Why were they playing Tranmere Rovers football for 89 minutes?’

Was this a good point for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal against Manchester City?

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · 23d

I was a huge admirer in the days of Ian Muir right through to Joe Murphy’s younger spell.

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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · 24d

Any questions for the pod?

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@brewin.bsky.social
Dan Bardell

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Libero @liberopodcast.bsky.social · 26d

New Libero

Ballon d’Or! Ballon d’Or! Ballon d’Or!

Why has the award got so big? And what does it tell us about the modern game?

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@migueldelaney.bsky.social
@brewin.bsky.social

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Libero: Libero 054: 'Ballon d'Or!' Rio screams, 13 times

Ruud Gullit has been booked. iShowSpeed is getting his tuxedo ready. Kaka will be around, probably. That’s right: it’s Ballon d’Or time, and on today’s Libero, John Brewin, Miguel Delaney a...

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Max Rushden @maxrushden.bsky.social · 29d

[email protected] live is now ON DEMAND...

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Football Weekly Live

Join Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning and a host of your regular Football Weekly favourites live on stage

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · Sep 12

No further questions

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · Sep 12

Where did I say it was wrong? Why am I centre right? That’s three times now you have just invented stuff.

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · Sep 12

It really isn’t. Thanks for responding and I won’t speak for anyone else but you are way off-beam on me personally. In addition, an American “democratic socialist” is rather different to its European/British equivalent. See Sanders/Corbyn. Be careful throwing around unsupported personifications.

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference

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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social · Sep 12

Good set-up that, mate.

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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · Sep 12

On the latest @liberopodcast.bsky.social, me, @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social and @brewin.bsky.social discuss the Manchester derby and its modern evolution, as well as numerous sliding doors moments and traded places

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Libero: Libero 052: Does The Manchester Derby Still Matter?

Sunday sees the first Meeting of Manchester United and Manchester City of the season at the Etihad. On today’s Libero, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Miguel Delaney and John Brewin look at the fixture and ask...

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The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social · Sep 11

Get your questions in 👇👌

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Sep 11

We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.

Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.

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