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A | The UK government has rolled out the Energy Bills Support Scheme, under which British households will start receiving £400 ($488) off their energy bills from October, with the discount made in six instalments to help families throughout the winter period.,However, the measure does not seem to be enough to save the day, given that Brits have found themselves caught between nearly two-digit inflation and soaring mortgage payments, according to Rodney Atkinson, an academic and political and economic commentator.,"Once the government lost control of monetary policy (or indeed deliberately printed money during COVID in order to debase its own debt) then there are no easy ways out," Atkinson said. "The British government has offered all households energy subsidies and those on support programs more. But now interest rates are rising and although this raises the value of the pound and reduces import and energy costs, the overall effect is more suffering. Mortgage costs and business debt costs have been rising for months.",Increasing energy bills all across Europe are whipping inflation up even further. On July 27, the Guardian made an attempt to blame reduced gas flows through Russia's Nord Stream 1 for the soaring energy prices, while shying away from shedding light on the energy embargo introduced by the US, the UK and the EU against Russia's hydrocarbons. The US and the UK have been in the vanguard of anti-Russia sanctions since Moscow launched its special military operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine on February 24, 2022.,"Because much of the rise in costs is due to the political anti-Russia sanctions; changes in monetary policy will have little effect and are not quick enough," emphasized Atkinson. "Only a retreat on oil sanctions by the EU will drive down oil prices (which is already happening). Biden and the EU’s attempts to persuade the Middle East producers of oil and gas to increase production were a failure.",Sunak Vows ‘Radical’ Income Tax Cut as Truss Team Accuses Ex-Chancellor of ‘Another U-Turn’1 August, 08:12 GMT,New British Cabinet Will Have a Lot on Its Plate,While the British government has pledged to slash at least part of Brit’s energy expenditures, the question arises as to where No. 10 will find this money, given that both Tory candidates for prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, have vowed to cut taxes considerably.,"In an election, the promises are all about cutting taxes and increasing expenditure - a very dangerous combination which is unsustainable," warned Atkinson. "There are many state subsidies and expenditures which could be cut (to justify the tax cuts) but no one likes to mention them. And Truss seems to be piling up ever more spending promises.",Still, it is clear that the new British cabinet will have to exert much effort to prevent people from taking to the streets. The British economist presumes that No. 10 "will have to offer greater subsidies to those caught by the high winter fuel prices.",Nonetheless, "the continuing high profitability of energy producers and energy utilities will further increase the public’s anger at big business and multi nationals who are also seen as not paying their fair share of tax," Atkinson projected.,"Voters are becoming more and more cynical but there are no politicians in any party capable of understanding the fundamental problem of state and corporate profit combined with voter weakness and consumer poverty," he underscored.。

直播吧07月15日讯针对克罗地亚1-2不敌葡萄牙的比赛，克罗地亚足协已正式致函国际足联抗议，克罗地亚媒体《晨报》今日获得了克罗地亚足协信函的完整内容。克罗地亚足协致函国际足联信件全文↓本届世界杯再次展现了足球的全球影响力和普及度，正因如此，我们更有必要坚守这项运动的基本价值观：公平公正、体育精神以及平等适用于所有参赛队伍的足球比赛规则。正是由于几起引发全球强烈反响的争议性事件，涉及裁判、媒体代表、足球专家和广大公众，我们认为有必要致函贵方，以澄清2026年7月2日在多伦多举行的克罗地亚对阵葡萄牙的世界杯1/16决赛中，足球比赛规则和国际足联协议在裁判决策过程中的适用情况。在那场比赛的下半场，克罗地亚有三个进球被取消，均是在越位判定延迟后作出的。此外，经VAR介入后，葡萄牙获得了一个点球并扳平比分，尽管主裁判当时就在球员附近，亲眼看到了争议对抗，并且认为那不足以构成点球。因此，这一情况并不属于“严重漏判”。考虑到这种对抗在禁区内几乎每场比赛都会常规出现，我们同样确信这也不能合理地被视为主裁判的“清晰且明显的错误”。换言之，VAR审查的两项基本标准均未满足，根据VAR规程，VAR既无权也无义务召唤主裁判到场边进行回放审查。尤其具有争议的是裁判埃斯科斯在第103分钟取消格瓦迪奥尔进球的决定，理由是马里奥·帕沙利奇越位。国际足联的官方声明称：“比赛用球内置的技术记录了马塔诺维奇的触球，这使得裁判能够正确判定越位并取消格瓦迪奥尔的进球。”与此同时，国际足联官网关于越位规则的官方解释中指出：“头发只有在影响球的运动或轨迹时才被视为身体的一部分。这可能只在大量头发接触的情况下才成立，例如头顶的发髻。”因此，目前尚不清楚裁判取消克罗地亚进球的依据，究竟是仅仅因为马塔诺维奇可能用一根发丝碰到了球，还是因为他认定这样的触碰影响了球的运动或轨迹，而这从公开可得的录像中无论如何也无法得出结论。此外，所有可获得的录像均清楚显示，球在经过马塔诺维奇头部旁边后，方向、轨迹、速度或旋转均未发生任何变化。换句话说，他并未触球，因此根本谈不上越位。

B | 我们认为，传感器记录到的几乎不可察觉的振动竟然能决定如此重要比赛的胜负，这在根本上是错误的。我们不相信足球、球迷、球员、裁判、我们的运动精神乃至国际足联本身，能从相信技术胜过肉眼可见的事实中获益。正如世界各地人们的反应所示，不仅仅是克罗地亚球迷，几乎没有人相信马塔诺维奇碰到了球。当技术试图让公众相信相反的情况时，许多人将这样的判罚称为“公然抢劫”或声称“技术正在毁掉足球”，这是完全可以理解的。这些广泛的负面反应无益于国际足联的声誉，也无助于增强公众对技术创新的信任。这一点尤其成问题，因为我们坚信技术在足球中扮演着重要且受欢迎的角色，但不是以这种方式。整个情况因以下问题而变得更加复杂：如果传感器数据毫无疑问地确认了触球，而VAR团队也无可争议地确定了越位，那么为什么裁判还要被叫到场边查看监视器？在这种情况下，这纯粹是一个事实性决定，VAR有权独立作出裁决。反之，如果裁判确实被叫去查看，他到底查看了什么？哪些具体的画面让他得出马塔诺维奇触球或影响了球运动的结论？此外，可获得的电视画面清楚地显示，通过屏幕底部的数据显示，标记所谓触球的“波峰”出现在球到达据称触球的克罗地亚进攻球员之前很久。这样的画面根本不能被视为做出如此重要决定的足够可靠证据。因此，我们请求国际足联向克罗地亚足协提供相应的VAR室录像，以便我们能够确定为何那个“波峰”出现在球甚至还未接近马塔诺维奇的时候。我们完全清楚，对这些事件的任何事后解释都无法改变对阵葡萄牙队的比赛结果。

C | 我们尊重葡萄牙队，并祝贺他们晋级十六强。然而，鉴于足球比赛，尤其是世界杯，受到全球数十亿人充满激情与情感的关注，我们认为有必要进一步加强人们对裁判工作的信任，特别是在现代技术的应用标准和方法方面，以防止技术被错误应用或违背其初衷。本场比赛中发生的一切，尤其是最终的越位判罚，引起了全世界球迷的极大不满，这损害了本届历史性世界杯期间的足球运动。因此，我们认为国际足联应当对本场比赛的所有争议情况进行彻底分析，并对直接影响这场结果的裁判判罚提供完整解释。虽然这样的解释无法让克罗地亚国家队在莫德里奇非凡的国家队生涯中再有一次机会在世界最大舞台上争取伟大成就，但我们真诚希望，通过更清晰的规程和改进的程序，未来能够防止类似的不公正且本质上非足球化的判罚，在这种判罚中，传感器变得比肉眼可见的事实更重要。遗憾的是，此类判罚在球迷中引发了巨大失望，从球场上的克罗地亚球迷到全世界的足球爱好者、媒体代表、评论员和广大公众。我们坚信这类情况在未来是可以避免的，正是基于此，我们决定以此方式致信贵方，尽管我们完全清楚，任何解释都无法减轻我们球员和球迷的泪水、悲伤与失望。鉴于上述所有情况，我们恭敬地请求贵方认真考虑我们所提出的问题和建议。