How many OAPs like me are feeling physically sick this morning? Weโve already cut everything we can - no holidays, no eating out, no inessential purchases. We werenโt expecting retirement to be a bed of roses but at a time when oneโs health is failing the anxiety is off the scale
@SirRogerGale
Sir Roger, you seem to have a heart. Could you please assemble some like-minded MPs and demand the resignation of
@PritiPatel
. She was sacked before for holding illegal meetings, this is so, so much worse.
I think the removal of the whip from Tobias Elwood might cause the Conservative Party more harm than they imagine. In the mind of the general public, Tobias surely was always one of the good guys!
Fiona Bruce tells us that the majority of the audience on BBCQT voted for Brexit because they are very โselectiveโ in choosing who attends and she seems astounded that they no longer seem so supportive of the government! ๐คฃ๐
@NadineDorries
Your assumption is as flawed as that of Liz Truss, Dominic Raab & all the other Ministers & Backbenchers who are rushing to defend the PM by telling us what we, the public, want. You can't gaslight us on this one ... we are the public, we are not turning that page!
#JohnsonOut
My son has just telephoned from California to tell me that he saw the
#RejoinMarch
yesterday on American TV. He couldnโt believe that neither
@SkyNews
nor
@BBCNews
chose to cover it! He asked the question weโve all been asking โฌ๏ธ
This alone should be enough to call for the resignation of both
@BorisJohnson
and
@DominicRaab
- no empathy, no regret, no remorse. They could be visiting a jumble sale!
Johnson: Are you the guys inundated with all the emails from everywhere in the world saying, please help my son, mother in Afghanistan? I've had a few of those
Raab: It was extraordinary that they all stayed after the
#KabulAiport
attack
Johnson: Amazing, amazing
#Newsnight
Boris Johnson has just stated in Parliament that "he thinks we have taken more vulnerable people since 2015 fleeing theatres of conflict than any other country in Europe". Can this be true or is it just another instance of his vivid imagination causing him to misspeak?
@NadineDorries
But why were there any boos at all, Nadine, if the PM is as universally admired as you seem to believe? Your defence also is only drawing yet more attention to the affair .. saying nothing at all might have been a safer option!๐
Oh no, look what has happened to me! Iโve been blocked by my local MP who obviously doesnโt like being criticised for voting to allow sewage to flow into the rivers of Buckingham or my suggesting that the
@bucks_herald
might wish to ask their readers for their views.
@lucyallan
@BorisJohnson
You are certainly not reading the room, let alone the continent. His speech has brought wide-spread condemnation. No amount of anxious tweets from Conservative MPs, rallying to the Chief Whip's orders, can alter this.
@JAHeale
Of course he does: somebody who has no morals, no conscience, no sense of duty nor loyalty is hardly going to approve of somebody showing all the qualities he lacks! And as for "privileged, metropolitan ... elite" - oh please, just look at Sir Keir's childhood home!
Dominic Grieve is currently on ๐ฅ on
@BBCNews
describing Johnson as a charlatan to the chagrin of the newscaster. Iโm loving every minute. How we miss him in Parliament, especially when you think of his sycophantic replacement,
@joymorrissey
!
@tomhunt1988
Perhaps you haven't really got a good grasp of what Easter Sunday is about then, Tom? If Archbishops are not allowed to preach from the heart on this very holy day, without fear of censure by MPs, what sort of country have we become?
Scandalous! I have just seen Mr Sunak at the G7 on
@SkyNews
saying that Sir Keir Starmer will not match his own pledge to raise defence spending so he doesnโt know how a Labour Government will keep the UK safe! Surely this should not be discussed on an international stage!
@wesstreeting
Wes, I think you are misreading the feelings of millions, who are not breathing a sigh of relief but are angry that the government is NOT following the advice of its medical advisors and is thereby putting the NHS under enormous strain and further endangering the lives of many.
@alongnumber
@NickBoles
I agree: if we want "entertaining", we can turn to tv, film and media celebrities. We have no need for them to be in politics, when what we need is โฌ๏ธ
Could it be that the coverage of yesterday's "powerful" and "important" speech of
@RishiSunak
has successfully removed all media interest in Thursday's publication of 13 Home Office reports?๐คฌ
At 4pm yesterday, the Home Office cynically dumped 13 reports they'd been holding onto for months or years.
They come to a total of 874 pages.
As you can imagine, that's a huge deterrent to the media finding all the really horrible stuff buried in them.
Anybody else feeling deeply jealous watching Joe Bidenโs first Cabinet Selections introducing themselves? They are all experts in their fields, whereas we have a Cabinet composed of ministers were appointed solely on the grounds of their Brexit fanaticism!
@michaelgove
Come on, don't be shy? Why don't YOU tell us? We've already seen your fantastic efforts in levelling up by filling bags of litter so I'm sure you can put us all in our place with a deft definition.
@NadineDorries
Oh dear, so reminiscent of Donald Trump! Are you truly suggesting that the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges is corrupt & should therefore not be trusted to act in an impartial manner? That Parliament itself therefore is untrustworthy and corrupt?
@SkyNews
Come on, Beth! Dignified? No way - not a hint of remorse or regret for any mistakes ... no actual resignation either! He was also not asked to be caretaker, he is promoting himself into the role, when many others could do it better. He needs to leave NOW!
@Weanie4
I am a pensioner too but it doesn't occur to me to resent the doctors for receiving a much deserved pay rise. They have studied for years, accumulating massive debts in the process, and have been treated with contempt by the last Government. Hurrah for them, I say!
That dreaded car insurance renewal has arrived! I was expecting a rise but from ยฃ278.08 to ยฃ637.35 really is more than I expected or can afford! So,
@coopukinsurance
, I shall now be spending the weekend seeking a cheaper alternative!๐ฑ
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
Perhaps this means that there is more illegal Russian money here in the UK than anywhere else in the world. Is this truly something that you feel we should boast about?
@sajidjavid
A Government Minister who supports the policy of removing refugees to a country without their consent should not engage in any religious messaging.
@bbclaurak
So predictable. Laura! Instead of running with a non story, why not focus on Mr Sunak doing NOTHING about Liz Truss & her appearance on that far right podcast, or Jonathan Gillis keeping stumm about the JCB job losses or James Daly wasting police time over Angela Rayner?
Who else has had enough of this nonsense?
@BBCNews
have stated yet again that the French have said that the UK must be โpunished for Brexitโ!
@ChrisMasonBBC
you know this isnโt true - you have taken the words out of context whilst Twitter is chockablock with clarifications!
What will the world think of us now? A country with no heart that is prepared to use people to alleviate a โshort-termโ problem and then throw them away on Christmas Eve! Has the Governmentโs PR Department truly not got a clue on how this looks?
Can there be anybody anywhere who doesnโt find this Conservative โbrandingโ of the Crucifixion deeply offensive? Even as an Agnostic, I am shocked so what do those with religious beliefs think of such propaganda?
@tompeck
As a baby boomer who bought a house in Harrow in 1970 for ยฃ7,400, I am so angry with those of my generation who fail to appreciate their good fortune. Self regret at being old should not lead to such a misjudgement of the young.
@ukhomeoffice
The colour of oneโs lunch box might matter when one is in nursery school. The colour of oneโs passport as an adult is completely irrelevant when we are being deprived of OUR freedom of movement to live, work, love & retire in 27 other countries. Shame on you!
@George_Osborne
@BorisJohnson
@trussliz
@EveningStandard
Sorry? I thought it was more a case of their agreeing at last to pay what they owed. If they had decided to pay years ago and not wait until they needed oil from Iran, Nazanin might have been released years ago.
Permission has been given that we might share this photo.
I never marched in my teens, nor my twenties, but, now in my seventies, I have marched 3 times to
#StopBrexit
. How dare anybody deprive our children & grandchildren of their rights as EU citizens.
@TomSwarbrick1
Because it is another example of Sir Keir allowing his opponent to dig a large hole for themselves uninterrupted, just as he did in Parliament with Boris Johnson: get a lie on record & return to it later! They knew they had the evidence to expose Rishi Sunak as a liar. Job done!
@GregHands
The polls show that Labour have more support from the "British people" than the Tories but still you insist that your Government somehow has its finger on the pulse & knows what the electorate are thinking! If you're so sure, why not prove it by calling a
#GeneralElectionNow
?
@HarryYorke1
@Peston
We have had years of his repeatedly telling us that certain accusations are incorrect. It means absolutely zilch as, when it is confirmed that the accusations were indeed correct, he will still refuse to change his story. The PM simply does not have a truth mode.
@JamesCleverly
Oh dear, James, there isn't a wrong take that you don't decide to run with! We are talking about the Chancellor, not any Tom, Dick or Harry - one who is responsible for the public's finances, one who needs to be open to scrutiny and beyond reproach.
@KayBurley
@LukePollard
Is such aggressive questioning really the way to go, Kay? Why demand Ministers supply you with exact dates? If Mr Pollard had replied March 2025, for example, you would probably have then asked him how could he be so specific! To say he hadnโt done his homework was also rude!
@Peston
Perhaps one could bear in mind how comparatively low the state pension often is? I receive just over ยฃ8,000 but thankfully also receive a small additional work pension. 8.5% of not very much is not a cause, surely, to launch into intergenerational unfairness?
@ZacGoldsmith
Are you really suggesting we should believe that you are impartial? Somebody who was granted a peerage by Mr Johnson after losing his elected seat in the House of Commons, somebody in whose home the PM has spent his holidays?
@BorisJohnson
@AlboMP
I think it is more a case of Australia reaping the rewards whilst UK farming communities rue the day that you became Prime Minister.
#GTTO
@grantshapps
Oh now you are being ridiculous. Spending a Friday evening with oneโs family does NOT equate with being incommunicado should emergencies arise! Nobody thinks that apart from a bunch of desperate Tory Ministers, clutching at those proverbial straws!๐
@ThatAlexWoman
Oh, a dilemma: should one listen to
@carolecadwalla
or to you, somebody who is so full of hate for young Europeans that you turned your back when a youth orchestra were playing Ode to Joy? No contest really. - Carol wins every time!
Since Ms Trott doesn't seem to be on X, perhaps
@hmtreasury
might tell her how very rude we found that remark and ask whether she intended to insult the millions of UK citizens who are now experiencing the drawbacks of Brexit by calling us "Brexit Zombies"?
Drew Hendry(SNP MP): Prices for car insurance have more than doubled in the UK compared to an 18% rise across the EU... what is the reason? Is it brexit, shameless profiteering or has Westminster just given up..?
Laura Trott: I think we've heard enough from the brexit zombies
A giant banner displaying the words 'We still love EU' has been unveiled on the White Cliffs of
#Dover
.
@AntonyHookMEP
crowdfunded for the 150 square metre banner in less than 24 hours.
More:
@BorisJohnson
@EmmanuelMacron
Unfortunately, your desire for Brexit did nothing to cement the relationship between our two countries but still you turn out these platitudes in the hope that some might have forgotten the damage you have done - I doubt though that President Macron will ever forget .. or forgive
@grantshapps
Slight problem with this, Grant - there is a severe labour shortage crisis so where precisely are these agency staff going to come from? Changing laws on the hoof is also quite frighening & an indication that the Government is in panic mode.
@LeeAndersonMP_
@GNev2
The fact that Mr Neville has over FIVE MILLION followers on Twitter would suggest that more people would be interested in what he has to say than they would be in you - still you are your own biggest fan so Iโm sure you donโt care! ๐
@mjhall0854
I am a pensioner. I have never used a foodbank. Do I therefore feel entitled to pontificate on why some nurses, perhaps with high rents and children to support, do? No, but then I'm not a "brexiteer"!
@trussliz
It is not normal to attach a photograph of oneself to every single tweet, let alone at such a perilous time. Please at least try to reign in your amazing belief in yourself and show some decorum.
Why on earth didnโt
@CommonsSpeaker
bring up the need for a more temperate use of language when Mr Johnson was hurling abuse across the Chamber at Sir Keir instead of rebuking the Labour Leader for nothing untoward?
@JamesCleverly
@DrSJaishankar
What about young professionals who might prefer to pop across the English Channel to work in TWENTY-SEVEN different countries? Anything doing on that front, James?
@scribblercat
What more could illustrate the danger of
@BorisJohnson
deciding to select his ministers from a very small pool of sycophantic MPs who would support his Brexit deal, instead of appointing experienced, balanced parliamentarians?
@Ilexargentia
@Iloveautumn2
@PickardJE
I agree. There have been other appointments that have enraged me, Clare Fox and Kate Hoey to name but two, but rewarding Gavin Williamson for being the most hopeless Education Secretary of all time is unfathomable, unless it has been designed purely to enrage us 'Woke' folk.
How is it possible that we have a Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport who seems to base her policy decisions on research undertaken by the Daily Mail?๐ฑ
We cannot allow technology to distort democracy and compromise our free and fair society.
โฆ
@DailyMailUK
โฉ
has undertaken its own research and the results are disturbing.
@BorisJohnson
We were strong and united with Europe. You chose to destroy that unity. Why? The reasons you gave at the time have proved to be lies so what was the real reason? Was it perhaps that Russia wanted a disunited Europe to facilitate its eastward expansion?
#JohnsonTheRussianStooge
@BorisJohnson
What have you showed the world? That itโs possible to become a Prime Minister even if you have cheated on your wife & lied constantly to Parliament & to the country? I canโt imagine why it was thought appropriate that a disgraced PM who was forced to resign should speak at all!
@Conservatives
I think we now have a nation shaking its collective head in embarrassment at such tweets by our Government. Please put yourselves and us out of misery by calling a
#GeneralElectionNow
!
Is there anyone anywhere who thinks
@michaelgove
is an honest & trustworthy MP? I am watching him now feeling both physically sick and full of disbelief that he would get a single vote from anyone capable of rational thought.
@JamesCleverly
I looked it up to make sure that I did understand and look what I found:
โa person who pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not actually have โ
Now who does that remind us of?
@chrischirp
Not only am I and my daughter furious but we are being treated by friends & family as though we are scaremongering neurotics, whilst they are simply following Mr Javidโs instructions & learning to live with the virus!๐คฌ
@SimonClarkeMP
@Telegraph
Why arenโt other European countries feeling the need to leave the ECHR? Why are they happy to respect human rights laws and we are not? Have you ever thought that perhaps it is this current Tory government that is out of sync with its need to destroy protective conventions?
@KathrynDW59
@ChrisE1805
Is anybody keeping a tally of these tweets from outraged citizens? They all follow such a similar format that Iโm starting to think they could be all part of a GB/Piers Morgan,/Andrew Pearce anti-Megan campaign!
@BorisJohnson
@ZelenskyyUa
If we are to believe you, you need to do one thing today: sack Priti Patel. If you do not, we will know you are more frightened of alienating your UKIP supporters than you are eager to help President Zelensky by offering immediate refuge, visa free, to his people. Which is it?
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says he's 'incredibly sorry' to students. He says it 'became clearer to me over the weekend that students were getting grades they shouldn't have been.'
Read more:
@Charlie070809
My grandsonโs secondary school have today sent out an email saying that, should any student wish to continue wearing a mask, they will receive tutorial support in order to deal with their anxiety! Why not just let them wear a mask?
@LeeAndersonMP_
Are you really suggesting that this policy would mean parents being forced to leave their children in these nurseries, not that it would be an option for those who need to return to work in order to cope with the high costs of living caused by 14 years of Tory Government?
#GTTO
Wow
@MrHarryCole
is speedy! I just tweeted a reply to his criticism of Sir Keir for causing division by mentioning
@DominicRaab
who had this morning called Sir Keir 'Captain Hindsight' and my tweet was blocked within seconds! I feel quite chuffed - power to all us grandmas!
In heaven's name, why have
@SkyNews
got somebody reporting on refugees arriving in Dungeness as though they are exhibits from a zoo. Please STOP this. These are people who are traumatised - they don't deserve cameramen & reporters treating them as a spectacle. ๐ก๐ก
@pritipatel
@England
Just a small question: where exactly were the police yesterday when the football hooligans were creating havoc in London? Were you backing them to hold back? We know for sure, if it had been an Extinction Rebellion or an Art Installation, they would have been busy coming forward!
@lucyallan
@JustinWelby
Fancy thinking that you are qualified to lecture the Archbishop of Canterbury on matters relating to the country's morality. Our reputation as a caring nation is being trashed by the Government's inhumane treatment of refugees & yet you dare to berate the Archbishop!
@DPJHodges
A mask of civility perhaps, a posh accent definitely, but his political conduct demonstrated an arrogant air of superiority which will not be missed.
@eunos9
@RNiallDMartin
@InlimboV
@SophieCLeighton
Exactly how I feel too. I think this is why it is so impossible for us ever to accept Brexit - it is senselessly robbing us of our loves & memories & leaving us with nothing in return. There is no upside, no benefit, no advantage ... just destruction.
@CliveMyrieBBC
If only the UK had a Home Secretary like you - one with heart and compassion, two qualities missing from the present incumbent.๐ข๐๐ข
@itvpeston
@BorisJohnson
No, I'm not happy - there has been no thought for the clinically vulnerable. I doubt now whether I or my OH who has COPD will be safe to leave home as people who are highly infectious will no longer be required to self-isolate.
My 12 year old granddaughter, who has had her one jab, has tested positive this evening, neither my daughter nor son-in-law have yet had their boosters, and my 17 year old grandson has only had one jab! Well done you freedom lovers! ๐คฌ
@PeterStefanovi2
So many of us, Peter, raging in the silence at home. I have reached peak saturation point of listening to Government Ministers. I can no longer listen to the whole interview - the avoidance of answering the question or trotting out lies in reply are now too much to bear. Enough!
@BorisJohnson
Oh please ... enough. We are living a nightmare of "Britain's got talent", endless headlines and photo-ops. We've had Mr Sunak on his sofa with his dog & now this. It is a tragedy that Sir David died but we don't need any more circuses ... have some respect, please.
@BorisJohnson
Imagine if you had been in charge during the last week!๐ฒ You would probably have hot-footed it out of town, whereas our new Labour Prime Minister proved to all how a cool-headed, focused, professional ex Director of Public Prosecutions was the perfect choice for our country.
@WestminsterWAG
Well done in proving how very nasty you are in one little tweet. Nearly everybody has had personal experiences with doctors who have shown them kindness & cared for them & therefore your attempt at the Government's bidding to blacken their name will not succeed.
I do wish
@LindsayHoyle_MP
would stop treating the PM as an unruly toddler during PMQs & exert some control over his completely unsatisfactory responses to Her Majesty's Leader of the Opposition. Smiling benignly whilst moving on to the next question is really not hacking it.