A short thread of my favourite placards from Newcastle’s anti-racist protests.

🖤🤍🖤 “Nazis, haddaway and sh*te”

Everyone’s favourite Geordie phrase..

Armed with billions of 💰💷💶 of public money🤑, pharma companies had the opportunity - and responsibility - to help vaccinate the world. But today's @Amnesty report shows that they have failed to meet their human rights responsibilities, often scandalously so.

A thread... First, the boring (but important) bit. Every company has responsibilities to meet international human rights standards. For pharma companies selling vaccines in a global pandemic, they must make sure everyone, everywhere has a fair opportunity to be protected. Obvious, right?

As a lifelong #NUFC fan whose job at @amnesty includes the link between sport and #humanrights, I thought I’d share a few thoughts about the impending Saudi takeover of my club. Mixing the personal and professional rarely works, but here goes… #NUFCTakeover First, any fan can tell you that a large part of their soul aches for change at #NUFC. I first went to St James’ Pk when I was 7, grew up going to matches in the Keegan era, & revelled in Sir Bobby. I desperately miss Asprilla v Barcelona, Albert v Man U or Griffin v Juve.