Nicholas McGeehan

@NcGeehan

Researcher, occasional writer. Gulf, migrant workers' rights, petroball.

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Joined July 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    17 Dec 2017

    The Men Behind . If you thought was a problem, wait till you get a load of . My piece in

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    7 hours ago

    As with Van Gaal, footballers and managers are going to be asked about Qatar a lot this week. They can affect real change: - call for investigations into deaths - demand compensation for families

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    11 hours ago

    Stop doing whatever you are doing and read this. Now.

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    17 hours ago

    Two things about this. 1) as noted by , no indication is given of who financed this research. 2) If, as I read, 'the views expressed are those of the author and not those of the Institute (which has no corporate view)', how does this constitute 'new IEA research'?

    🚨 New IEA research 🚨 ⚽️ Calls for an Independent Regulator for Football, proposed in the Fan Led Review, are gathering steam. IEA research warns the move could undermine England’s position as home to the world’s most vibrant and competitive leagues. Read here 👇
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  5. 16 hours ago

    Southgate speaking intelligently about human rights in Qatar and rightly pointing out the broad range and complexity of the issues, noting that the English FA can't hope to address them all.

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    “It’s not a good situation we’ve got certain [fans] who might feel uncomfortable travelling to the World Cup…there are ongoing concerns about workers’ rights” Gareth Southgate on human rights issues over Qatar22. Will talk to players about it this week
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  6. 16 hours ago

    In 2020 found that one of the IEA’s own advisors had accused it of being “a provocative attention seeker” masquerading as a charity to act as a lobbying outfit. Whose interests are they pursuing here?

    🚨 Football regulator could reduce competition and damage smaller clubs, says IEA research 👇 ⚽️ Regulator could undermine England’s position as home to the world’s most vibrant & competitive leagues 💷 State regulation could discourage investment & innovation Read here 👇
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  7. 17 hours ago

    This is a really eye-opening thread on how Qatar World Cup organisers' plans to sue German broadcasters foundered.

    The SC started an investigation into the allegations. It gets to the point were they cannot refute our eyewitnesses. 6/10
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  8. 21 hours ago

    The story of Qatar's World Cup can be told through the story of Abdullah Ibhais, the jailed whistleblower at the heart of Qatar's public relations machine. My piece for on what he revealed, and why it matters now more than ever

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    22 hours ago

    I’ve written before about how a company with connections to Number 10, Priti Patel, and Matt Hancock came to win a £100m facemask contract at superhigh prices – but we’ve had a further disturbing leak. 🧵

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    Mar 19

    Our last issue contained the brilliant “A Night on the Toon” by the legendary , a feature which, if anything, has only got more relevant. Eddie Howe might prefer to stick to football, but we don’t!

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    Mar 19

    There is no cancel culture. None. And no first amendment problem. Some people in power are being criticized, not canceled, and because of the internet's broad reach, they feel it, and they don't like it. There *is* internet harm, and it aims to silence those *not* in power.

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    Mar 19

    'It has been suggested to The Athletic that the Saudi government has encouraged SMG to bid because it would help demonstrate that there are plenty of wealthy Saudis in the kingdom who are not linked to the state''

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    Mar 19

    Excellent rundown on the runners and riders looking to buy Chelsea.

    Who will buy ? assesses the early fallers, rank outsiders, value bets and the favourites in the race to replace Roman Abramovich
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    Mar 19

    Want to know more about the UAE owners of Manchester City? Sure you do.

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    Mar 19

    Time for daily dose of mental gymnastics. Abramovich no longer fit to own Chelsea because of close relationship with Putin. Meanwhile, current Man City owner took tea yesterday with brutal Syrian dictator, who aided by Putin, is responsible for thousands of civilians deaths.

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    Mar 18

    Timely analysis from ⁦⁩ published hours before the news broke of Bashar Al-Assad’s visit to the UAE

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    Mar 18

    “President Bashar Al-Assad arrived in the country earlier today, where he was received at the Dubai International Airport by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.” Sheikh Mansour was part of the meetings both in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

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    Mar 18

    Just the owner of Manchester City (bottom right pic) forming part of a welcoming party for despot Al-Assad, a major Putin ally, and helping to normalise the Syrian president’s return to diplomatic life.

    . receives Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in .
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    Mar 18

    On Sunday, 20 March is the 5th anniversary of arrest. Please be his voice! Join us and show that we have not forgotten Ahmed’s unjust imprisonment. He is still in solitary confinement and needs our support

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    Mar 17

    You have to wonder why these were not part of the mass execution of 81 people on Saturday and whether the Saudi authorities sought to make a point by carrying out these additional executions for the day of Johnson's visit.

    Saudi Arabia executes three men on day of Boris Johnson visit All of Johnson’s team are complicit in this.
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  21. Mar 18

    "Some of the employers are just the biggest bastards in the world." Find out who said this and more, in Abdullah and The Spin Machine, a piece on what a whistleblower told us about Qatar 2022's PR operation

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