Retired journalist. Fighting Tories, Trump and corrupt right-wing populism. EU rejoiner. Reclaiming Labour for centre ground. Change has finally arrived.
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25 Mar 2019
As a Labour activist I fought Hezza for years. Challenging 'Tarzan' became an obsession. But on Saturday he almost brought me to tears. One of the most powerful, emotive, pro-Remain speeches I've ever witnessed. A veteran Tory grandee savaging May and the Brexiteers. Devastating!
24 Mar 2019
Michael Helseltine's speech at the #PeoplesVoteMarch shows up Michael Gove & Boris Johnson for the posturing, casually destructive clowns that they are.
God help us if either of them becomes PM.
#Marr #Ridge
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RT @peterjukes: Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms
What about banning foreign nationals buying F…
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Laura Kuenssberg to James Cartlidge:
"You were a defence Minister in the last govt, so you know a lot about these things"
She could have therefore maybe also asked him if he knows how UK defence got into such a parlous state in the first place
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There’s a lot of nastiness thrown at Keir Starmer but he just seems to be a decent prime minister focused on the job. He led Labour from one of its worst defeats in history to a landslide victory. Sad that career politicians are now trying to move against him
UK and Japan set to agree investment deal worth £18billion
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Jun 13
The first thing Nigel Farage will introduce if he is elected is Health Insurance.
The NHS correctly costs £200bn a year.
In the USA Health Insurance is £14,000 a year per person
£14,000 x 50m adults is £700bn a year. £500bn a year profit
If you can't afford that you are dying
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Nigel Farage has turned into Enoch Powell of the social media age.
He’s trying to excuse racist disorder and violence against police officers. He’s pushing the politics of grievance and division that goes totally against our fundamental British values of tolerance and decency.
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Roy Hattersley was a giant of the Labour movement.
Through decades of service, including as deputy leader and a minister, he never lost his belief in a more equal Britain.
My thoughts are with his wife Maggie and his family.
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The difference between Farage and Starmer? One makes headlines, the other makes policy. Labour is delivering real border security, clearing the asylum backlog, and enforcing housing rules within British law. Back practical, legal solutions that fix the country not empty promises.
ALT The data shows Labour delivers real border results, not headlines.
ALT shows secure border enforcement.
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From the party that shrank our armed forces and made some disastrous defence procurement calls. Badenoch is a bad joke.
Our Armed Forces cannot defend Britain on empty promises and delayed plans.
Keir Starmer’s Defence Ministers resigned as his plan falls short. Their warnings are extremely serious.
I’ve written to the PM offering the support of my MPs to vote to cut welfare to fund defence.
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People ask why Farage is popular.
Same reason why Mrs. Brown’s Boys stays on the air and people piss themselves laughing at Jim Davidson.
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This is precisely the problem of the British disease of changing PMs all the time: everyone else changes. No one learns
What organisation could succeed if the boss & every head of dept is routinely purged?
Mahmood is proving the most effective Home Sec for years. Why move her?
Jun 13
🚨EXC: Senior Burnham advisers are lobbying Shabana Mahmood to be his chancellor
– Efforts accelerated in recent days amid concern about Ed Miliband entering No11
– BUT Mahmood has told them them she still doesn't want it – she is determined to remain home secretary and see her immigration reforms through
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Tory hypocrisy - they cut defence spending to 1.8% of GDP in 2018/19 @bbclaurak
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So Kemi Bay-denoch confirms that she wants to make poor people even poorer.
Well, why not?
It's been the priority of the Tory Party since 1834.
@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @MelJStride @Helen_Whately @griffitha @pritipatel @jcartlidgemp @BenObeseJecty
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God Almighty. @AndyBurnhamGM you’re using LABOUR RESOURCES to attack the Labour Party! If there was an honest atom in your body you’d be running as an Independent, using your own damn money. #NeverBurnham
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When are you going to write an essay about the £5m?
Jun 13
The mainstream media constantly distorts what I say. You can no longer rely on them to report the truth.
That’s why I’ve decided to speak to you directly and launch my essays to Britain. ✍️
Read my first post out tomorrow at 8am. Click below or in my bio to subscribe.
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Jun 13
The thing I like about people with right wing views is that they all have this kind of serene beauty and sense of inner peace...
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I see Michael Heseltine is doing the Lord's work and calling out the disgrace of Brexit.
Although I must say Michael Gove, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage have no shame whatsoever.
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Despite Putin’s best efforts to evade sanctions, we will not let him get away with it.
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Mark Carney, "The next world order will likely be built out of Europe, and Canada will be part of that effort"
"Working together, Canada, France and Europe are poised to be a powerful force for good in the century ahead"
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I truly pity the brown people in public life who say stuff like this that they of course - and their families! - know is obviously untrue and ridiculous, but they say it anyways because they feel they have to in order to get ahead in racist rightwing spaces as a brown person.
'We live in a country that if you are non-white, you are treated less harshly by the justice system'
Former Conservative home secretary and now Reform MP, Suella Braverman, explains why her party wants to get rid of the Equality Act.
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Proud of our brave marines who boarded a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Channel.
I hope that any funds raised from the seizure of this cargo will be sent to support Ukraine.
It’s vital the Government works with allies to choke off the oil money funding Russia’s war machine.
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