#nhs #SaveOurNHS #supportthenhs 🇬🇧🚑🇪🇺🤒🇬🇧🏥🇪🇺🤕🇬🇧

People of America - to 51% of you - you absolute f*<kwits. #USElection2024 #trumpisaconvictedfelon

The level of misogyny, racism, privilege, self interest & (let’s be honest) blatant stupidity on display by US voters is just mind blowing. As well as depressing & scary. 😩🤯🤬 #USAElection2024

HOW the f*<k is it close??? Woke up to see 🍊🤡 having more votes & electoral college seats & it’s so depressing that American voters seem to think that’s the better choice after he showed them what he’s like 2016-2020 and every day since…… #USAElection2024 ……WTAF

It is absolutely ridiculous to throw out the slur that Labour want to keep children in poverty simply because they didn't lift the 2-child benefit cap within their first 18 days in office after 5,174 days in opposition. One does not imply the other - that's a lazy, lazy argument. Look at the full context: 1. This was a vote on the Kings Speech, the first and most high profile vote since Labour took office (and for a long time to come). A rebellion was obviously therefore going to be deeply embarrassing - and the rebels were absolutely aware of that. 2. Labour ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility. This was clear as daylight to every Labour candidate. It's not some wild swerve foisted on them after the election was won. 3. Labour are working at speed to produce a full picture of the economic situation the Tories left us in. That should be published before the summer recess. Things may look different within days. (For better or worse? We'll have to await the report.) 4. Labour have said they are reviewing concrete action to alleviate child poverty. Are the rebels claiming they're lying? 5. Senior Labour figures have indicated the 2-child benefit cap is potentially part of the wider review. 6. This was an SNP amendment. Supporting it was pure performative politics. It was never going to pass in a trillion years. 7. To come back to where we started, not voting for the amendment is not the same as seeking to keep children in poverty, wanting to keep children in poverty, planning to keep children in poverty, delighting in keeping children in poverty, or whatever other emotional framing lazy people choose to resort to instead of making a logical analytical argument. A painful related truth: the hard Left of the party has a problem. They need to stay visible to stay relevant. It's like sharks have to keep swimming or they die. (That's a metaphor. It doesn't mean I think they're sharks. Sigh.) They therefore thrive on outrage farming just as much as those on the other extreme of politics, even though their actual political views are poles apart. One way to increase that visibility very quickly is to pick opportunities to have highly visible fights with the core party and the leadership. That's what happened last night. Nothing more. Nothing less. No nefarious plot to keep children in poverty (or "starving" as the even more emotionally manipulative put it). Starmer had two choices: 1) Let the rebellion go 2) Take strict action 1) would have given every group and faction within Labour the green light to start creating their own version of the ERG, Common Sense Group, or whatever they wanted to call themselves. Soon, the party would be as riven as the Tories were. Imagine herding those cats for the next 5 years! Instead, by doing 2), Starmer called the bluff of people who knew exactly what they were doing. Did Starmer's action indicate Labour won't lift the cap? No. It told us nothing of the sort. Did Starmer's action indicate Labour are fine with child poverty? No. It told us nothing of the sort. If in a few months - around the Autumn statement or shortly thereafter - Labour are still grinding their gears on child poverty without any progress, then you have the right to be aggrieved. But 18 days into their term of office, and after all the clear signals they're trying to do the right thing as swiftly as prudence allows? Get over yourself.

Can royals only attend men’s sporting finals @KensingtonRoyal ?? OK to sit out in sun for men’s Wimbledon but not women’s this weekend? Attending Euro ⚽️ final for the Lions……and not for the Lionesses’ Euro or World 🏆finals & *who already* brought it home? Make it make sense

Why is every single thing the Reform lot say newsworthy?! Do we hear every utterance from the @TheGreenParty etc?? No. MSM needs to recognise power that now also sits with @LibDems (w 12x no.of seats as Reform) & Greens. Give them both much more airtime @BBCNews @itvnews @c4news

Love how @wesstreeting clapped back at the BBC commentator being snide about Labour share of vote from exit poll - making point back to them that if Keir Starmer was on way to visit the king pundits would still be saying “disappointing night for Labour”: good for him. #GTTO 🌹

May the warmth of summer days energise & refresh you. #summersolstice #summer2024 #nevervoteTory

🗳️make sure you’re registered by midnight OR 5pm tomorrow for postal vote…….and remember to sort out photo id due to inane law brought in #vote #registertovote #GE24 #generalelection #GTTO **poster by Rebecca Strickson

🚨 There’s only 5 days left to register to vote in the UK general election. Members of Mission 44’s Youth Advisory Board, and @mylifemysay's Squad, want to ensure young people are heard. Here’s all the key info you need to register to vote. Register now: gov.uk/register-to-vote

Met our @UKLabour🌹parliamentary candidate, Dipesh Patel, while out in town yesterday - massively impressed by him & the team around him. 🌹 Come on #Wealden…..let’s have our very own Portillo moment on July 4th! 🗳️🌹 #GE2024 #GTTO #Wealdendeservesbetter

Enjoyed a night out @RiversideLondon to see @eddieizzard perform #Hamlet solo - wow! What a performance - loved the switches between the many characters - each distinguishing feature. Well worth seeing,(even with an extended journey home via 1 train & 2 rail replacement buses!)

Given you said this in 2022/23 @Eurovision - be interested to know why Israel are still on stage in 2024 ?? How does that nation’s actions over #Gaza show the “basic & ultimate values of democracy”??? #GazaCeasefireNow #PalestineLivesMatter #AllEyesOnRafah

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Well clearly whatever degree #charlotteowen did (Politics w International Relations) will now be on @RishiSunak & @CPC_HQ ‘s list of subjects you *can* study as it clearly guarantees a healthy income for life…… #notwhatyouknowbutwhoyouknow #NeverTrustATory #BorisTheLiar

So very true…..sadly 😞 #nevertrustaTory #getthetoriesout

Outrageous: Rishi Sunak is set to approve Boris Johnson's honours list in the next few weeks. If, like me, you agree Boris Johnson's list should be blocked - especially while he's under investigation for his conduct in office - sign the huge petition now: 38d.gs/Boris-Honours-List-TW

Oh joyous day!!!! Well done @LibDems , @TheGreenParty & @UKLabour !! 💛💚♥️ having a mini celebration at home about the routing of @Conservatives on the council (🤭🤭) 🥳🥳🥳🥳 #LocalElection2023 #wealden #NeverTrustATory #NeverVoteTory