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Scott Funke

2 years

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp criticises Emily Maitlis for ‘liberal bias’. Sharp donated £400,000 to the Conservative Party.

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4 years

@THR They should have cast Matt Lucas

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2 years

Active or historic donors to political parties should have no place at the BBC.

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3 years

I’m so fired up from @RachelReevesMP ’s speech, I just might rejoin Labour for the first time since I left in 2016

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Membership renewed. I feel so hopeful about the future of this country

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3 years

I’m so fired up from @RachelReevesMP ’s speech, I just might rejoin Labour for the first time since I left in 2016

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3 years

Ideological purity has never lifted a single person from poverty. Repeat.

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4 years

@danbloom1 Can’t wait for Boris to get the Biden cold shoulder

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11 months

Owen Jones apologising for and justifying virulent homophobia is exactly why he and his brand of politics should consigned to the dustbins of history

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5 years

@InstituteGC This country has been in a state of perpetual decline since TB left office. His resolute judgment is welcome, especially as we are surrounded by pound shop politicians on both sides

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2 years

@RishiSunak Commiserations on a well fought campaign, the country would be better off had you succeeded.

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3 years

Reminder that neither Corbyn nor Miliband ever came out ahead in this question

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3 years

Which of the following do you think would make the best Prime Minister? (1-2 Dec) Keir Starmer: 31% (+3 from 24-25 Nov) Boris Johnson: 27% (n/c) Not sure: 38%

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Yvette Cooper - 35% Lisa Nandy - 13% Angela Rayner - 12% Rebecca Long Bailey - 11% Richard Burgon - 6% Maybe there’s hope for Labour after all

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3 years

Another interesting feature of the Sky YouGov Labour members poll is that amongst MPs who can stand in a leadership contest, Yvette Cooper is the most popular replacement

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2 years

@YesScot @NicolaSturgeon There will be an *illegal referendum, you mean

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4 years

@BBCPolitics Low income white people have been left behind but they haven’t been held back as a result of their race.

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3 years

Almost certain that this man will be PM one day

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3 years

"I don't know why it has to be explained again and again, that the objective here is to protect the NHS and stop it from toppling over at a critical time" Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting responds to MPs opposing the government's new Covid measures

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3 years

As Parliament gets recalled this is a moment for Lisa Nandy to make her mark as Hilary Benn did during the Syria crisis

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2 years

I genuinely don’t understand how some on here can be so against a gay working class man becoming Labour leader and PM

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1 year

@campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics One of the most surprising and rewarding Leading interviews yet. I was on the verge of tears in one instance and laughing out loud in the next, Mary McAleese was simply mesmerising.

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6 years

@campbellclaret Because John Major is someone who cares more about his country than the advancement of his own ideology

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2 years

Reminder that Labour would have won comfortable majorities in 1997, 2001 and 2005 without Scotland

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2 years

I refer you to my Republican point re London. And the Tories can win without Scotland. As they have. Labour can’t.

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7 years

Being gay is illegal in 74 countries.

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7 years

Quote of the day on @BBCr4today - "It's harder to come out as being a Conservative than being gay" (from Tory student)

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The public can picture Starmer as prime minister, the same could not be said of Miliband or Kinnock

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2 years

To those saying "Ed Miliband had a 15-point lead too": Miliband's personal ratings were apocalyptic (Starmer's are merely mediocre); even when they had large poll leads, Ed's Labour was way behind on the economy and other key areas. Labour now ahead of the Tories on this stuff.

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3 years

Sir Tony Blair omg what a new year’s gift 🥰

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2 years

Populism as an ideology seeks to whip up division among groups in society. It isn’t a wave Labour should ride, it is a wildfire that Labour should extinguish.

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3 years

I feel a lot less insecure about turning 25 than I did yesterday ☺️

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8 months

@paulwaugh How is laughing in someone’s face not the definition of rudeness?

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4 years

@gordonrayner @SamCoatesSky The only stupider idea which failed to judge the mood of a nation was when celebrities sang Imagine

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Repeat after me: Abolishing university tuition fees benefits only the rich and middle classes whilst actively reducing the number places for low income students

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@IainDale It’s supposed to be an independent group

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@PickardJE What a terrible father

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One of the best communicators in the country - he makes politics look effortless

Sky News

@SkyNews

2 years

"We've made huge strides" Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting praises Labour's "remarkable" results in the #localelections2022 but warns against "complacency" as "more work is needed to win the next general election". Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233

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3 years

The world would be a better place if more boys did this

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3 years

To think Burgon could have become the Justice Secretary 😭

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'Do you believe they've committed genocide?' This is Tory MP @timloughton 's fiery clash with Labour MP @RichardBurgon over China. @IainDale | #CrossQuestion

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Excruciating. Kwarteng’s sacking is inevitable

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2 years

Liz Truss refuses to tell Sam Coates that she trusts her Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng. Things not looking good at the top of government if she can't answer this simple question.

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@ldinsdale98 @BBCPolitics White people aren’t being held back by their race. White people aren’t being held back by their race. White people aren’t being held back by their race.

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3 years

That was Starmer’s best PMQs, punchy, professional and holding nothing back

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3 years

Rest in peace my sweet boy ❤️

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1 year

Genuinely what is Rory Stewart doing? Antisemitism under labour relegated to a measly five minute chat on the podcast. Starmer branded ‘disgusting’ and compared to Johnson for removing the whip while Corbyn has only ‘questions to answer’?

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@keiranpedley @IpsosUK Genuinely hilarious that Sunak is more unpopular than Corbyn

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2 years

It’s funny because the SNP ushered in Thatcher in 1979 and the first Salmond government relied on Tory votes to get their programme passed

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Anas Sarwar asked a reasonable question as to how the working poor can complete their shifts and get home as all late trains are cancelled. A fair question, but this is Swinney’s response👇 This is the pitiful standard of debate in this shambles of a pretend parliament.

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3 years

Be bold Keir. Promote Streeting to Education and Cooper to Shadow Home Sec 🙏

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2 years

The Mail is the biggest false information generator in the UK

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The picture on the left is in a Daily Mail article about Keir Starmer breaking lockdown rules. The picture on the right depicts Keir Starmer sitting next to Frank Dobson who died in 2019.

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@sunny_hundal Does Clearcast also want to ban every David Attenborough documentary as ‘too political’ - absolutely ridiculous

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@broseph_stalin Wealthy Marxist wants the Conservatives to win - quelle surprise

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@ShehabKhan Stop lying

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3 years

I’ve been accepted to study a Masters in Writing at Warwick 🥳🥳🥳🥳

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4 years

Missing the bf ❤️

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3 years

It’s about time, Blair’s successes should be shouted from the rooftops

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4 years

@axios Russia is a rogue state and should be treated accordingly

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3 years

Another member of SCG on Politics Live today. Labour needs to sort out its press office, these MPs do not represent the party

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4 years

@ldinsdale98 @BBCPolitics I’m mixed race. My dad is white. My boyfriend is white. 85% of Britain is white. Pray tell what racism do white people experience? Are they told to go back to their countries? Are they written off of job application because of their name?

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Dunkirk wasn’t a fucking airlift

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3 years

Err … Dunkirk

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Bella got a new collar!

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It’s been tweeted a dozen times by others but this is the most credible Labour front bench we’ve had in a 11 years. Fantastic stuff

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3 years

I beg Ed to stop undermining policy - the public don’t care about nationalisation 😭

LabourList

@LabourList

3 years

NEW: "I see a role for public ownership" in the energy system, Miliband says:

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Lisa Nandy delivers a thundering speech on Afghanistan, full of real passion and depth. Then the actual Foreign Secretary makes the speech of a tepid car salesman. Incompetent and clueless.

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3 years

Felt so emotional by the end of the New Labour Revolution doc, an end to an era. Never again should its significance or its successes be forgotten.

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Times radio red wall focus group on Starmer: “comes across well, looks and sounds the part, brexit and culture wars not an issue, Twitter not reality”

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2 years

Brigitte Philipson is rather good isn’t she? #bbcqt

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4 years

Felt cute (and cold) ☺️

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3 years

Normalise seeing a film on your own

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Except the bit where you weren’t allowed to have any fucking parties

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"All the guidelines were observed" Boris Johnson says he is satisfied no rules were broken during a party for staff in Downing Street last December

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2 years

Some were convinced that a 2019 general election was impossible because there was no way Labour MPs would vote to lose their own seats.

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2 years

There won't be a General Election under another PM Unless 1) new PM believes its in their best interests 2) 35 Conservative defections - to Labour/LibDems - to independents who want to bring govt down & retire. I can't see any other route to a GE (before late 2024/Jan25)

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4 years

@CNNPolitics Vermont and Massachusetts both have Republican governors who would pick their replacements so this makes a lot of sense

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1 year

@carlrmorrell I suspect International Development will return as a government department in the not too distant future

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3 years

I can’t get my head around people saying Labour should vote against the advice of sage, the chief medical office and public health experts in order to inflict a blow on the PM. That would literally be playing party politics

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4 years

Compare and contrast the treatment of Meghan Markle by the British press

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It is beyond parody that Kate Middleton managing to take a selfie and ‘speak without notes’ has almost a whole page in a Sunday paper. Does anyone really buy into this drivel?

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@PeteRIGBY @RachelReevesMP Thank you, I have rejoined ☺️☺️

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1 year

Unpopular opinion but the fact that Nandy’s team are already briefing against her demotion probably suggests she isn’t the most trustworthy character in the shadow cabinet

Sam Coates Sky

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1 year

Hearing the Lisa Nandy demotion was pretty brutal. Initially he just said he wanted her to do this role and bigged it up. She then said it sounds like you don't really want me and he effectively admitted that But she’s put out a statement saying she’s a team player and accepted

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3 years

All this lot wants is for Labour to have fewer seats

Laura Pidcock

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3 years

. @UKLabour MPs cheering for a Conservative Party member crossing the floor to @UKLabour as if their voting record meant nothing. A voting record which has punished our communities in the cruellest of ways. What a deep insult to all of those fighting this disgraceful government.

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3 years

Got blocked by a mutual, gonna chalk it up to intolerance. I shouldn’t care, Twitter is not real life etc, but I do. My whole life I’ve made so many mistakes in wasted attempts to be liked by everyone

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Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄

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3 years

Daisy Cooper clearly future Lib Dem leadership material based on that question time performance

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Johnson’s apologised more times in two months than he has in his entire life

William James

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NEW: Johnson backs down on his Starmer Savile comments: "I'm talking not about the leader of the opposition's personal record when he was when he was DPP and I totally understand that he had nothing to do personally with those decisions."

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This boy got a haircut

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If Nancy Pelosi at the age of 80 can deliver the articles of impeachment while wearing a mask, you can do the same going to the shops for ten minutes. #ImpeachmentDay

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3 years

Night and day with British Green parties..

Kareem Rifai 🌐

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NEW: Annalena Baerbock, leader of the German Green Party, will become Germany's foreign minister. Baerbock has advocated for a harder-line stance against Russia and China and acknowledged that military intervention is sometimes necessary to end conflict and save lives.

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@BBCPolitics No one has lost more political credibility without even running for leader than Johnny Mercer

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2 years

Labour have taken back control of Crawley county council!

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1 year

The Twitter brigade have been crying for Labour to show some mettle for years and when they finally do, everyone jumps aboard the pearl clutching brigade

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13 years of Tory failure has broken our justice system. Victims wait months if not years for justice, while dangerous criminals avoid prison. Labour will prevent crime, punish criminals, and protect communities.

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@papasombra Stop bullying teenagers.

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Peter Mandelson is the real gay icon. Arguably the most successful openly gay politicians this country has ever produced. The man was essentially deputy PM and held four separate titles at the same time and yet never gets the credit he deserves.

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Did the New Labour documentary really skip over Kosovo?? It’s one of Blair’s greatest achievements and a perfect example of meaningful and successful western intervention

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Bella found herself

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@SimonClarkeMP @Sandbach Maybe ‘they’re unpopular too’ isn’t the best response to ‘your government is unpopular’

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@AaronBastani @willglloyd Why are you bullying 15 year olds Aaron?

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Warning: terminal cuteness

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“Corbyn was radical but not sensible,” Blair writes, while “Keir seems sensible but not radical. Starmer’s core economic message, says Blair, is threadbare: “‘Spend more’ is a weak slogan when the Tory Government is already spending around record levels.”

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Times headlines: “Election in balance, after narrow Macron win” - a 4-5 point lead, outperforming expectations and his 2017 results is ‘narrow’?!

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@bbclaurak Would be very sad to see the most likeable, decent and honest Conservative politician resign. Speak volumes of the sinking ship that the party has become

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@lewis_goodall @LenMcCluskey McCluskey’s literally presided over four consecutive defeats.

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3 years

Reeves delivered a master class today. Passion and expertise are a ferocious combination

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. @RachelReevesMP giving what we used to call 'a barnstorming' performance in the Commons, attacking govt tax rise plan. Punchy, unafraid of Tory interventions, in fact seems to welcome them

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