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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
"As a mum", did you ever consider collecting the phone before bedtime?
Extremely pleased and relieved that this Labour Gov is banning social media for under-16s. As a mum of a pre-teen, it’s the thing that keeps me up at night. I know many of my constituents feel the same. That’s why I called for a ban, and I am delighted we’re implementing one.
Community note
Tools for blocking social media on a child’s device already exist, and government intervention was not necessary to alleviate Ellie’s nighttime stress. support.apple.com/en-us/105121 families.google/familylink/ familycenter.meta.com
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
Whatever is going on in the world, Thomas Sowell always got there first and summed it up perfectly.
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Don't worry. They'll be banning central heating next. Because none of this has anything to do with the environment. Net zero is the new religion of the Left and freezing at home is the new self-flagellation.
I love electric towel rails. Can anyone explain to me how it is “better” to turn on central heating because the bathroom is cold, or the towels damp, rather than flick on (and then off) one electric towel rail?
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
This is excellent. From @RafHM Rafe. He is always good. But he is at his best, here. Well worth the 7 mins.
What is playing out now with the Belfast attack, with Henry Nowak, is a grand symphony of gaslighting & dishonesty that is almost too stomach-churning to watch We witnessed the same after Southport, with the rape gangs....and on & on They KNOW their mass migration ideology caused these atrocities. So they choose to deflect on to right-wing politicians, GB News and what they call the "far right". The public need to understand exactly how their game is played and the poisonous ideology that underpins it. The cycle is always the same: Fury erupts across Britain, driven not by public figures (as they claim), but by the atrocity itself. You know, the mad asylum seeker wielding a bloodied knife... Footage is shared on social media, watched with our own eyes. The pure unvarnished truth that the legacy media can't spin. Figures on the right respond with natural fury - indeed, rage - that the elite's callous disregard for reality and their fellow citizens has yet again unleashed carnage. But the media and the political class can't talk about that reality. They can't talk about the incident itself. Because they would have to admit it is thanks to them that such people - such murderers - have entered the country. The BBC, The Guardian, Sky News, Labour, the Greens, the Lib Dems & many Tories, too -- What THEY CHOOSE to talk about, what they WANT YOU TO THINK the real story is about, is the anger and the choice of words of those of us who are utterly appalled and outraged by the latest atrocity -- an atrocity THEY enabled. This is gaslighting propaganda of the most repellent and unforgivable kind. With Southport, the real story was apparently not the son of a Rwandan refugee committing one of the most heinous crimes in British history. No, the real story was Nigel Farage's reaction to that orgy of slaughter against little girls. When locals rioted, James O'Brien and others labelled it the 'Farage Riots'. The small number of rioters suddenly became the story, used to dismiss the concerns of ALL protestors. "Far-right thuggery", was how Keir Starmer referred to law-abiding mothers and pensioners. Anything to avoid talking about the crime itself and the ideology that brought its perpetrator into our country. And now we see the same playing out with the Belfast attack and the murder of Henry Nowak. Newsnight misleadingly quoted Nigel Farage as saying "white rage," a revealing and vile smear for which they have had to apologise yet again. In lockstep, the media and political class rapidly converged on their narrative: this was to be a story about Nigel Farage's naughty words. THIS is what has dominated their coverage. This is what they want to talk about in Parliament, in the TV studios, and in the press. Farage's naughty words. "Just how naughty were they? Should such bad words be tolerated? Should he be arrested?" "Do we need to apply yet more censorship to protect the public against his mean, hurty words?" These people are so far beneath contempt it is difficult to find words that do them justice. This is a story not about Nigel Farage or the right, but the deeply ingrained anti-British and anti-white ideology that is destroying this nation. This is an institutionally treasonous state, and Henry Novak and Stephen Ogilvie are its latest victims. That is the real story our political and media class are attempting to bury under a mountain of pearl-clutching theatrics, lies, and misdirection. They have blood on their hands. It's about time we said it. Clip from my monologue. 👇 Full monologue linked in the second post. 1/2
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Nameless, WFH, mid-level bureaucrats are about to run Britain's industry. We've tried that before. It ended in decline, dependency and bankruptcy. Read our latest article by @CharlesHThyme: 👇 Back to the Future IV: Return of British Leyland counterweightsentinel.com/ar…
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
Everything wrong with the modern, Left-dominated education system in a single tweet. It's all about race and the children who don't want to learn; all about the children who disrupt, misbehave and perform badly. Never about the well-behaved child who wants to learn and do well
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The only thing that is up is class sizes. The largest in Europe. There are fewer teachers in the system, fact.
🚨 NEW: Latest stats show we’re over 70% of the way to our target to recruit 6,500 teachers in the places they’re needed most. We have 4,654 more teachers in those schools and colleges compared to 2024.
Community note
The latest government data shows that there are now 1,900 fewer teachers than when Labour came into office. This includes a decrease in nursery, primary and seconday school teachers. …e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistic…
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In 2006, polling showed that 68% of Muslims in Britain think it should be a criminal offence to insult Islam. So far, Britain has chosen a path of appeasement and capitulation to Islamic blasphemy laws. Since Starmer came to power, cases received by the Free Speech Union of people being penalised for criticising Islam or Muslim cultural practices have increased by a multiple of 4. This was before the 'anti Muslim hostility definition' was introduced by Labour. All 5 members, hand picked by Labour, of the working group that came up with the definition have links to Islamist organisations.
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
New, by me, on the disastrous impact the imposition of VAT on school fees has had - on both sectors. substack.com/home/post/p-200…
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Replying to @CWSentinel
I have said this over and over and over. This is the issue. 38 state grammars in Kent, 19 in the m25, 20 in the south west, 0 in Nottinghamshire, 0 in South Yorkshire, 0 in hull, 0 in the the north east. The affluent parents in the south where the majority of high earners live have the best choice. The northern shire have cheaper housing and some can just about send their children to the local independent schools, which are not as good as the southern state grammars for results in many cases but Labour won’t recognise this or acknowledge what it is doing to education in the elite state deserts of northern England. They are not fit to govern
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
Something anyone who regards themselves as an educational professional, teacher or credible researcher should read. @NFERClassroom
"The tragedy of the educational VAT debate is that it distracts from the real educational scandal: the huge gap between the best and worst state schools" Julian March's latest article👇 counterweightsentinel.com/ar…
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This is exactly what we've been saying. Education excellence and ambition is fundamentally of parents not schools. I went further with @GBTT and said, per Amartya Sen, there is a positive feedback loop from school choice to family identity and behaviour.
"The tragedy of the educational VAT debate is that it distracts from the real educational scandal: the huge gap between the best and worst state schools" Julian March's latest article👇 counterweightsentinel.com/ar…
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"OK, so I want you to act like a total psychopath and tell an absurd lie in the least convincing way possible. Ready? And action!"
📰 Did you see the news? We’ve got over 4,600 new teachers in the places they’re needed most, supporting every child to achieve and thrive.
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Total state-funded school teachers fell by 1,900 FTE to 466,372 in 2025/26, with declines in primary and secondary. The 4,600 figure excludes primary schools and includes further education against a 2023 baseline. …e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistic… gov.uk/government/pub…
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Yeah, that's a wrap
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
The real inequality in the education system is not between state schools and independent schools, but between the best and worst state schools. The best tenth of state schools achieve a 90.4% pass rate; the worst tenth achieve just 8.1%. [Source: explore-education-statistics…]
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5,000 furious comments on my @Telegraph piece about how Henry Nowak’s death shows how brainwashed Britain’s police are👇 It’s a cult. Chief constables, College of Policing will close ranks to protect their DEI grift. Sack them. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
Surely, being exposed as a liar on social media in this way should be a resigning matter. I know this is Labour, but still...
🚨 NEW: Latest stats show we’re over 70% of the way to our target to recruit 6,500 teachers in the places they’re needed most. We have 4,654 more teachers in those schools and colleges compared to 2024.
Community note
The latest government data shows that there are now 1,900 fewer teachers than when Labour came into office. This includes a decrease in nursery, primary and seconday school teachers. …e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistic…
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Counterweight Sentinel retweeted
Maeve Halligan is my new favourite person.
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