Infestations Of Flies, Wasps, Ants And Bed Bugs Have Forced Britons To Flee Their Homes

Britons are being forced to flee their homes due to a serial insect infestation fuelled by the humid weather.

Experts have warned that this year has been especially bad as the wet warm weather has become a fertile breeding ground for insects, including wasps, ladybirds, bed bugs and many more.

Bin strikes across many counties in the United Kingdom have created perfect conditions for an outbreak of flies, as they feed on food waste and are drawn to the smell of decaying food.

The crafty nuisances are also being imported from other countries, such as in plants to garden centres, while deadly Asian hornets are being increasingly sighted in the south of England for the first time.

Meanwhile, Britain’s wasp population is set to have skyrocketed by 150 per cent this summer to reach 235 billion.

As there are about 67 million people living in the United Kingdom, it means wasps could end up outnumbering humans by 3,500 to one.

As a result, Britons are dealing with a wave of annoying critters in their homes, and are increasingly struggling to get rid of them.

Alarming photographs show an out-of-control ant infestation covering the whole ground floor of a home in south London.

Elsewhere properties have seen sprawling numbers of bed bugs in just a few examples of the bug-steria sweeping the United Kingdom.

In one image, a mattress had turned black with the sheer number of disgusting bed bugs. 

Penelope Banton, 26, had just moved into her first flat on her own when she became the target of a horrible insect infestation.

The PR lead was renting a flat in Didsbury, Manchester after a dream move for her new position.

But after only three weeks she was forced to vacate her new home when she discovered an army of bed bugs and fleas. 

She was forced to move in with a friend back home in Leeds for three weeks while the flat was heat-treated and fumigated. 

Penelope told a newspaper outlet that there were these three big shaggy rugs and when she put them in the bath to shampoo them, out came fleas, carpet beetles and loads of flying things that she couldn’t identify.

She said that they were all crawling out of the bath and that it was just horrific and she was getting covered in bites.

Wasps aren’t pests, neither are ladybirds, they’re simply insects – bed bugs however could be defined as pests, and bin collections in the United Kingdom are abysmal, and alternate weeks for domestic and recycling just isn’t good enough and encourages not only more insects but rats as well – this is 2023, not 1823 folks!

Rats can literally chew through anything, and day-to-day collections should be made because it’s not rocket science. As a first-world country, we should be more sanitary than this, and it’s definitely not GREEN if our rubbish collection is not collected enough.

Some places still have weekly bin collections, but recycling is usually fortnightly. In the summer months when it’s hot and humid, they should be collected every day.

Some areas only have recycling every two weeks, and refuse every three, it’s a complete disgrace.

It’s just not good enough, but the council won’t increase collections as then the council tax would have to rise also. I mean, what do they do with all the money they’re raking in from us?

The problem is that Brexit has given tremendous power to private companies and councils. That means they don’t have to follow any health or safety regulations and yet they still charge the taxpayers, and we now live in a broken Brexit Britain.

After His Surrender, Donald Trump’s First Mugshot Has Been Released

A historic first has ensued as ex-President Donald Trump surrenders at a Georgia jail on election fraud charges, and he was expected to have his mugshot taken.

The former president headed down to Atlanta, Georgia, from his Bedminster, New Jersey residence. He was officially booked and fingerprinted at the Fulton County jail.

He was then expected to have a mugshot taken as authorities in Fulton County said he could expect no special treatment.

The FAA issued a temporary flight restriction for the airspace around the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta due to a ‘VIP moment’ from 6.45 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. ET.

According to CNN, the ex-president is shaking up the legal team handling his defence in the Georgia case.

He replaced attorney Drew Findling with Steven Sadow only hours before he headed down to Georgia to surrender. The remainder of his team including Jennifer Little and Marissa Goldberg were expected to remain.

A flurry of nine of Donald Trump allies who turned themselves into the Georgia jail so far and their mugshots have been released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis gave Donald Trump and his co-defendants until noon on Friday, August 25, to voluntarily turn themselves over for booking and arraignment. 

They’re accused of ‘knowingly and willfully joined in a conspiracy to unlawfully alter the outcome of the election in favour of Donald Trump.

The 41-count charge against Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants marks the fourth and latest indictment against the ex-President. Donald Trump hasn’t had to take a mugshot for his last three charges.

Donald Trump was charged with RICO, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations, a count which is often used to try mafia figures, cartel bosses and gangland leaders.

He’s also charged with solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, perjury, and a host of other counts.

If sentenced on all charges, he faces 71 years in prison, and state charges, unlike federal, cannot be pardoned by a president.

‘America’s Mayor’ Rudy Giuliani faced the embarrassment of having his mugshot taken after getting booked at an Atlanta jail on Wednesday.

In the pictures released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s office, Rudy Giuliani can be seen looking directly ahead, showing a slight frown with industrial lighting shining on his forehead and a sheriff’s badge on his right.

Donald Trump’s mugshot will boost his poll numbers and in the end, we will see him in a Kangaroo court.

However, he did break the law, and now he has no option but to obey the law when it comes to charges against him, and now, he’s going on trial because he violated the law.

Donald Trump has never sacrificed anything for anyone. He cares for no one but himself. However, he is a genius at getting simpletons to pay him to tell them what they want to hear.

So, Donald Trump’s prison cell might await him, on the other hand, it might not, and I love that everyone thinks that somehow this mugshot is going to be something special, but it’s not, it’s just a mugshot, period, but even so, people will capitalise on it and keep this memorabilia to recall this time in history.

This has been years of political intrigue led by democrats and billions of tax dollars squandered to destroy just one man, Donald Trump, and the US is no longer a normal nation.

As GCSE Marks Fall by 4.3 Per Cent, Passes Return To Pre-Covid Levels

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has dropped from last year but is higher than before the pandemic, while students in England were left worse off than those in Wales and Northern Ireland where grade inflation was retained.

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers received their GCSE results today in a year when steps have been made in England to return grading to pre-pandemic levels.

More than a fifth (22.0 per cent) of UK GCSE entries were awarded the top grades, at least a 7 or an A grade, this year, down by 4.3 percentage points on last year when 26.3 per cent of entries achieved the top grades. However, this remains higher than the equivalent figure for 2019, before the pandemic, of 20.8 per cent.

According to figures published by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, overall, there were 203,000 fewer top grades (7/A) compared to last year, but there were 142,000 more top grades this year than in 2019.

The proportion of entries getting at least a 4 or a C, considered a ‘standard pass’, has fallen from 73.2 per cent in 2022 to 68.2 per cent this year. This is a drop of five percentage points, but higher than 67.3 per cent in 2019. The overall rate for 1/G or above is 98 per cent, down from 98.4 per cent in 2022 and 98.3 per cent in 2019.

In England, exams regulator Ofqual said this year’s results would be lower than last year and they would be similar to those in 2019. But Ofqual has built protection into the grading process which should allow a pupil to get the grade they would have received before the pandemic even if their quality of work is slightly weaker this year.

In England, the percentage of GCSE entries awarded 7/A or above was 21.6 per cent this year, down 4.4 percentage points from last year. In Wales, it was 21.7 per cent, down 3.4 points. And in Northern Ireland, it was 34.5 per cent, down 2.5 points.

In Northern Ireland and Wales, exam regulators say they don’t expect to return to pre-pandemic levels until next year. In Wales, results were midway between those awarded in 2022, the first-year students sat exams following COVID-19 and 2019.

It comes after the pandemic led to an increase in top grades in 2020 and 2021, with results based on teacher assessments instead of exams.

Many years ago when a student was granted an A grade, that was something truly special. Now, it’s basically the norm with the education system being dumbed down.

Back then, when you took your exams, you stood or fell on what you’d been taught and could remember. No marks for class work, and all you took into the exam room were a pen, pencils, ruler, rubber and your brain.

The fact is, you either have it or you don’t, and most university places are for those who want to study medicine, law or economics, but there are a lot of people who never went to university or didn’t do as well at school as they should but have gone on to do extremely well for themselves because common sense can’t be taught.

And those who did get degrees just ended up in a call centre or a completely unrelated occupation, but don’t worry kids, there are plenty of jobs in the Amazon Warehouses, even the jobs the robots feel are beneath them that need to be done.

Are You Spraying Animal Urine On Your Neck?

An undercover investigator has revealed that fake perfume bottles that claim to be made by many of the world’s top luxury labels can often be loaded with animal urine.

Detective and business investigator Tamer Bakiner claims that people across the world are endangering their own health by buying counterfeit goods, as most, if not all, are made with little to no concern for safety or health.

He said that people should quit buying them because they’re dangerous for your health, among other things they mix urine in perfumes to get the yellow colour, and that it’s disgusting.

Secondly, he said it supports a really lousy, inhumane business.

Bakiner wasn’t the only person who has warned that counterfeits could harm a person’s health.

Leo Longauer, the 54-year-old director of brand protection at luxury goods conglomerate LVHM, which operates brands including Dior, Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, and Dom Pérignon, said that fake products can be quite dangerous for your health.

He said that (sun)glasses that are sold have no UV protection even though the label says that they do, and the (perfume) mixtures are loaded with animal urine, that’s why they’re so cheap to buy.

He warned that counterfeits are treated with chemicals that can cause allergies and skin irritation or rashes, and this is not to be taken lightly.

He said that people may actually be buying counterfeit products unknowingly as they’re virtually indistinguishable from genuine products, and he said that many counterfeits can hardly be distinguished from the original.

But the intellectual property enforcer warned that customers who buy counterfeit goods, knowingly or otherwise, are endangering their own health and criminals are being supported and their own economy is being disadvantaged.

He said that the working conditions of local people, for example in Turkey, China, Vietnam or India, are inhumane and don’t meet the standards in Europe and that children are also being used to work. People are being exploited, combined with human trafficking and money laundering.

The worldwide counterfeit industry is vast and profitable, and criminal networks that sell counterfeit goods usually span the world.

Counterfeit goods are frequently manufactured in more impoverished countries with substandard labour and safety laws before they’re marketed in more affluent countries with staggering markups.

Europol estimates that as much as 2.5 per cent of all global trade involves the production and sales of fake or substandard goods.

Many people don’t even care about slave or child labour being used, and if companies didn’t charge such outrageous prices in the first place, then there wouldn’t be a market for counterfeits that are almost indistinguishable.

The only difference between the kosher stuff and the counterfeit is that a top fragrance such as Burberry lasts all day, but of course, you get what you pay for – daylight robbery!

Cows urine is used in the manufacturing of leather, and Ambergris is made with whale vomit, but that’s just fine and dandy, and any secretions that come from the sex glands of an animal to give that musky scent, and the article is probably endorsed and funded by some perfume manufacturer, but to be honest, some pricey designer perfume smells like animal urine anyhow.

Coco Chanel used a secret ingredient to make Chanel №5, one of all-time most popular scents, it’s secret ingredient is cat pee, now a typical additive in numerous fragrances.

Perfume has always been considered an indulgence product, but what makes it so very expensive?

It costs millions to launch a product and create awareness around it, and they come in unique, highly sophisticated bottles, but it’s all about marketing. Someone could create the most intoxicating fragrance in the world, but if no one knows about it, nobody’s going to be buying it.

A Third Killer Heatwave Is Threatening Italy

Italian authorities have triggered yet another red alert for 17 cities with the third punishing heatwave in just two months set to blast the country.

A dozen cities, Bologna, Bolzano, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Palermo, Perugia, Rieti, Rome, Turin and Verona, were already hit with a red alert from yesterday.

Genoa, Milan, Naples, Trieste and Venice will be bumped into the red on Wednesday, meaning that residents are believed to be at maximum heat risk.

Temperatures in several of Italy’s biggest cities including Rome and Florence are already sitting at 38 degrees Celsius, with the mercury set to tip 40 degrees on Thursday.

A red alert means even the young, healthy and fit are warned to stay out of the sun from 10 am to 6 pm, such is the heat of the baking summer sun.

Storm warnings are also in effect in the southern regions of Calabria, Basilicata and Sicily.

Last month, several cities were forced to compete with widespread power cuts as temperatures reached a whopping 48 degrees Celsius in southern Italy.

Some half a million people were affected in and around the city of Catania, thanks to heat damage to underground cables.

The cuts meant that between 200,000 and 300,000 people were not only without power but also a supply of running water.

Separately, flights were grounded following a fire at the city’s main airport on July 16 that needed terminal-wide repairs.

The high temperatures in Italy come as Greece and one of Spain’s Canary Islands fight fierce wildfires.

Hot, dry and windy conditions are hindering the efforts of hundreds of firefighters fighting the fires, two of which have been burning for several days.

Europen Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in Europe, noting that 2022 was the second worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017.

Authorities said the body of a man was recovered from a sheep pen in the area under evacuation, with local media saying the man apparently died of smoke inhalation while trying to save his livestock.

In the northeast of the country near the border with Turkey, powerful winds revived flames on several fronts in a major wildfire burning for a third day across forests and farmland near the town of Alexandroupolis.

Deputy Fire Chief Ionnis Arttopios said that several homes were destroyed over the weekend. Thirteen villages were evacuated, while more than 200 firefighters, assisted by 17 water-dropping aircraft, volunteers and the armed forces were battling the fire.

However, it’s always extremely hot in these countries around this time of the year, so this is nothing new.

I looked at my weather app this morning and in Turin, Italy this morning it was 30.5 Celsius going up to 35 Celsius by 4 pm, with sunny and light winds. It’s called summer and there’s nothing new about this.

So, do we really trust anything that the media tell us?

People must have friends from Italy that will probably tell you that it’s not as hot as the media tell us, but they will still spout their red and yellow warnings. Then we’re warned about heat waves – it’s a bit like the boy that cried wolf, and then we fall for the climate change propaganda hook, line and sinker.

It appears that this Climate Change is a con inflicted on us all by the elites and their lame selfish brains, and climate change is the latest pandemic that they can come up with, and if I went to Italy at this time of the year and it wasn’t hot I would feel that I’d been ripped off.

Parents Should Ask Babies For Permission Before Changing Nappies

A sexuality expert has said that parents should ask their babies for consent before changing their nappies in order to set up a culture of permission from birth.

Deanne Carson, who described herself on Twitter as a sexuality educator, speaker and author, made the assertion while talking on ABC. She said she works with children from three years old on issues surrounding consent, but added that parents are advised to introduce ideas much earlier.

Deanne acknowledged that babies are unable to give an answer, but said it’s important to use eye contact to teach them their response matters, and on a segment aired on consent law, she said that they work with children from three years old and that they work with parents from birth.

The reporter appeared bewildered and asked ‘From birth?’. The reply was yes and that it was just about how to set up a culture of consent in their homes and that a parent would say that they were going to change their nappy now and was it okay.

Deanne replied that of course, a baby wasn’t going to reply, but that if you left it a while, and waited for their body language and waited for the baby to make eye contact, then the parent was letting the child know that their response matters.

Numerous viewers seemed baffled by her suggestion with Twitter users saying that surely they weren’t hearing this right and that they were shocked, and one wrote: “If this doesn’t qualify for Lefty Lunacy…”

Deanne claims that when they make eye contact then you were letting your child know that it’s their response that matters. How on earth would a baby of that age understand that its response matters?

And what if the baby can’t give eye contact, for instance, if they’re Autistic or have some other condition, is one supposed to just leave their baby in a soiled nappy?

Honestly, the world has gone completely bonkers.

Clearly, this person has never had to change a toddler who’s running away, screaming no because they don’t want their playtime interrupted for such an insignificant thing as a nappy change.

Consent doesn’t come into it when it’s for the health and well-being of that child, and presenting a choice by asking a question that has a predetermined outcome could do more damage to that child’s understanding of consent when growing up.

Things could also lead to a more serious problem if a child responds wrong, or it could be that the child will learn to respond how they believe you want them to answer, which could lead to murky waters around sexual consent as teenagers or adults.

The baby has pooped for goodness sake, it stinks, it’s uncomfortable and the baby is screaming its head off. Well, the parent has a choice, either remove the nappy and put on a clean one or just leave the poor child there screaming its head off, while in the meantime the baby’s skin is becoming sore. It’s screaming because it’s uncomfortable. It actually doesn’t care whether it gives you permission or not – let’s hope this woman doesn’t go into schools, I’d dread to think what she’d be telling those poor children, and this woman should really be leaving those mushrooms alone, either that or she needs serious medical help.

What Is The State’s Attitude Toward Us? Are We Its Enemies?

The Government, in their mindset, seem to believe that they’re fighting the enemy, the enemy being the people who live in that nation, but the real enemy is our exploitive Government which sucks all the wealth out of the economy.

Politics on both sides of the Atlantic has been characterised by populist catchphrases, such as ‘Take back control’, and ‘Make your country great’, but this is a wilful and systematic disregard for telling the people the truth because we are considered the ‘Enemy of the State’.

Both the Tories here in the United Kingdom and the Republicans in the US have created a division by harnessing public fear, and now we have shady, unelected and unaccountable bodies who are allegedly responsible for our economic and societal adversities, and who pledge to combat on our behalf.

Governments are believed to be squeaky clean, but if you believe that, then you will believe anything. No one is infallible and behind the scenes, there are good people and then there are corrupt people.

There are people that will conspire and cover-up, and if that cover-up gets into the wrong hands they will do whatever they need to do and by whatever means is available, and it could happen to any unsuspecting person, walking about, minding their own business.

Nobody is safe, and Governments have control over everything that we do, and in our lives. Intercept our phone calls, freeze our bank accounts, they could even frame you for murder. They have the technology!

Edward Snowden revealed that one, but most people would have forgotten who Edward Snowden even was. He was the guy that told us that Government can hack into your smartphone and see everything.

He said that the Government could take control of your smartphone to look at your browser history, see emails and texts and listen to your conversations, and this man would know all about it because he was the former US security man that said the UK Government had invested heavily in technology to hack mobiles.

He revealed that Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham uses a secret programme codenamed ‘Smurfs’ to monitor its citizens.

He said that ‘Dreamy Smurf’ is a power management tool which means turning your phone on and off without you knowing, and that ‘Nosey Smurf’ is the ‘hot mic’ tool, so for example, if it’s in your pocket they can turn the microphone on and listen to everything that’s going on around you.

And even if your phone is switched off, they have got other means for turning it on.

Snowden, who worked in America’s National Security Agency (NSA), disclosed there was also a tool to track phones through geolocation, allowing spies to find where you are to pinpoint accuracy.

So, in fact, they want to own your phone instead of you, and once your phone is under GCHQ control, operatives can see who you call, what you’ve texted, the things you’ve browsed, the inventory of your contacts, the places you’ve been, and the wireless networks that your phone is associated with, and they can do much more. They can photograph you.

Snowden also said there was another software, called ‘Paranoid Smurf’, which seeks to prevent technicians from finding out that Government workers have control over the smartphone if you become concerned.

Snowden said, as well as those suspected of planning terror attacks, agencies target people it believes are carrying out serious crimes such as paedophilia, but he said they gather mass data to find out who those targets may be.

The whistleblower, who now lives in Moscow because he’s under fear of detention by the US for leaking top secrets, said GCHQ collects bulk data under another system. This permits them to take control of the server and this tactic is used aggressively.

He said that Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) was essentially digital espionage.

What they try to do is take control of things they don’t own. What the Intelligence Agencies like to do is hack those network service providers and discreetly take ownership of the devices that are affecting traffic without the service providers ever knowing about it.

Snowden said he knows the tactics used by the UK spy agencies as he had privileged access to all files in his role, including British government documents, and that, in effect, GCHQ acted as a subsidiary of America’s NSA.

He said that when he was sitting at his desk working with tools of mass surveillance every day, he saw that all of their communications were being intercepted all of the time in the absence of any suspicion of wrongdoing, and this was something that was occurring without our knowledge, without our consent.

He said GCHQ is for almost intents and purposes a subsidiary of the NSA, they provide technology, they provide tasking and direction as to what they should go after, and in exchange, GCHQ provides access to communications that are collected in the United Kingdom.

Snowden said he was acting in the public’s interest releasing the information and added, that they have particular targets, but to find out who those targets are they’ve got to collect mass data.

US government officials brought charges against Snowden under the Espionage Act, but he said that the claims of stealing information were unfair and he fears that if he were to return to the US he would be given a life sentence.

He said that the Espionage Act finds anyone guilty who provides any information to the public regardless of whether it’s right or wrong and that you’re not even permitted to explain to a Jury what your reasons were for revealing that information, and that it was just a question of, did you disclose information. If yes, then you go to jail for the rest of your life.

But he did admit he has been offered a plea bargain with the government and would be prepared to go to prison, but he said the only assurance that he got from the US was that he wouldn’t be tortured.

In a statement about the allegations of spying on smartphones, a GCHQ spokesman said that it was a longstanding policy and that they don’t comment on intelligence matters.

The spokesman said that all of GCHQ’s work was carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework, which ensured that their actions were authorised, necessary and proportionate and that there was strict oversight, including from the Secretary of State, the Interception and Intelligence Services Commissioners and the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee.

They also said that their operational processes rigorously supported their position and that the UK’s interception regime was completely compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

Heartbreaking Study Finds Children In Destitution Miss Out On Education

A heartbreaking study has discovered that the number of children living in poverty has soared in the past year, with education now a luxury that numerous families can no longer afford.

A new State of Child Poverty report, produced by charity Buttle UK, found 122,000 children are living in poverty, accounting for 60 per cent of the young people frontline workers support. This is up from 45 per cent in just 12 months, with ministers facing calls to ditch the two-child Universal Credit limit and introduce an Essential Guarantee.

Researchers talked to more than 1,200 workers who support children in poverty, with one saying that the families they support were now having to make choices about whether they can eat or stay warm, with families not being able to enjoy both and that this had a significant impact within the families they support, and that a parent had to choose whether to keep the child off school so that they could get milk and bread with the money that would have been spent on bus fares.

Six in 10 of supported children are slipping behind at school, with the charity warning that education is becoming a luxury that some families can no longer prioritise because it’s no longer a given that families can sustain basic needs, such as a warm roof over their heads or regular food to eat.

Destitution refers to those enduring the lowest standards of living in the United Kingdom, and in order to be classed as destitute, a family must meet two of five criteria in the previous month. Sleep rough for at least one night, have had fewer than two meals for more than two days. Have not been able to heat and light a home for more than five days, not had the right clothing for the weather conditions or been unable to afford essential toiletries like soap or toothpaste.

Labour MP Catherine McKinnell, who chairs the Common Petitions Committee, said that as a society, we’re failing our children and harming their futures, and that was always going to be the poorest families that were most vulnerable to soaring food, rent and fuel prices since so much more of their household income is spent on the basics.

She said that it’s still shocking to see the scale of the suffering caused by the cost of living crisis laid out in Buttle UK’s annual report. The report found that crippling fuel costs are driving cycles of deprivation with families unable to afford essentials, while 70 per cent of young people in poverty experience mental health problems.

Joseph Howes, chief executive of Buttle UK, said their report demonstrated the catastrophic impact of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, which has meant that more and more children are having to go without food and that the situations those challenges are creating are preventing them from having any chance to reach their potential at school, and that the increase in children and young people living in destitution is stark and worrying.

Now, millions of children under the age of four are growing up in poverty, and education is a luxury for many, as well as the lack of support services in local communities which were having a negative effect on families.

Children need a healthy balanced diet and a wide range of nutrients to help them stay healthy. Rickets was an ailment that was a thing of the past, but soon, if things carry on the way they are, these childhood diseases that were a thing of the past will soon be back.

And very soon Christmas will be a thing of the past because it will be something that people only dream about because they just won’t be able to afford it.

Of course, the wealthy will be able to afford everything that they want. It’s always been that way, but now it’s even more alarming.

Eventually, the rich will be allowed what they like, but the impoverished and disadvantaged they won’t even be allowed to own property or any possessions.

Everything that our Government tell us is a wealthy delusion. Well, to the unassuming it is.

Wealth has always been tied to Governments and of course, the Bank of England. It was how they controlled us and how they still control us.

Women’s World Cup Final Row Deepens Over Prince William’s Absence

The row over Prince William’s absence from this weekend’s Women’s World Cup final deepened as a former sports minister said the royal should be there.

Kensington Palace confirmed earlier this week that the Prince of Wales who’s president of the Football Association and thus responsible for facilitating the game nationally and internationally, would not be making the trip Down Under.

He will instead be roaring on the Lionesses, who are representing England in their first World Cup final since 1966, from home, as will Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who will also not be in attendance for Sunday’s clash with Spain.

Gerry Sutcliffe, who acted as sports minister under Gordon Brown between 2007 and 2010, told a newspaper outlet that he thought that the Prince of Wales should be there.

He said that he knew it was a long way and he was sure he had had family commitments but this was a unique moment and it was the World Cup final.

Kate Osborne, the Labour MP, told Times Radio that we all know that if this was the men’s final, Rishi Sunak, and the FA president, Prince William, would have been in attendance no matter how long the flight to Australia was.

Neither Prince William nor Rishi Sunak attended any of the England men’s World Cup games in Qatar last winter.

However, the row was intensified when the Royal Spanish Football Federation confirmed that Queen Letizia and her 16-year-old daughter, Infanta Sofia, would be in Sydney, to show, once again, that the royal household’s support for national football.

The pair will sit in the presidential box at the Accor Stadium, but won’t be joined by King Felipe, who’s occupied with other official responsibilities.

Letizia visited the Spanish team in Madrid before they travelled to the game, watching them train and being presented with a personalised jersey.

The federation said she finished the visit with a motivational speech that resonated greatly with the players and coaching entourage.

FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said that bosses had always known Prince William wouldn’t be attending, but that he’d been a brilliant supporter of the team throughout.

The heir to the throne led tributes to the Lionesses following their historic 3-1 semi-final win over Australia on Wednesday, describing it as a phenomenal performance.

He added: ‘Commiserations to @TheMatildas, you’ve played brilliantly and been fantastic co-hosts of this World Cup.’

But really, should Prince William have travelled all the way to Australia to watch the match, which would have generated uproar and an unnecessary carbon footprint – poor man can’t do right for doing wrong.

However, the Royal Family and MPs alike are consummate hypocrites who use private aircraft like they’re taxis, and not always for official business, but this trip is part of Prince William’s role and part of his role as a football patron.

Getting to the final of the world cup is a monumental event and supporting that is surely what he gets remunerated for, and it’s his job to support the achievements of the nation, after all, he travels all over the world frequently when it suits him to shake hands and wave, why not now?

I’m not really into the carbon footprint/global warming malarky, but those that do spout off about it should practice what they preach.

And it’s only a row because the media want to make it so. In the great scheme of things does it actually matter?

The Queen was away from her children for months at a time to go overseas and do her duty. Did she worry about her children, no of course not – there were nursemaids to muster around and help out. The King was also not a hands-on parent, due to the demands of the job.

I understand that Prince William is more of a hands-on parent and that we live in a more modern society now, but he will one day be the representative of this country, but if it turns out that he’s not going to be, what is he being paid for and do we actually need a Royal Family? 

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