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@splootman

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We have a Labour govt and Keir Starmer is Prime Minister so it's time to take a break and recharge the batteries 🙂

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@splootman
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6 months
Sunaks 5 new priorities: 1. Punish the sick 2. Punish the homeless 3. Prevent people voting 4. Break UK and international law. 5. Syphon off as much taxpayers cash to his friends and family as possible.
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To those whining that nothing has really changed under Labour: You cant build a prison in 53 days. You can't rebuild the NHS in 53 days You can't solve immigration in 53 days. You can't put right 14 years of Tory neglect and corruption in 53 days. So STFU and give them time ffs
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4 months
You cannot make this shit up! Who the hell is running Sunaks comms team?
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Rishi Sunak - standing in front of the exit (sign)
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2 years
So, let me get this right. Under Pritti Le Pens scheme we send,at taxpayers expense, vulnerable refugees to Rwanda because it's safe but then,again at taxpayers expense, we fly more Rwandan refugees back because it's not safe for them ? Can anyone explain this insanity?
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2 years
Tories have lost 341 seats in England, 77 in Wales and 63 in Scotland. That's 481 in total yet the media is talking about Labour having a mixed night ffs
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3 months
The Tories are going to spend the next 37 hours telling people that the election result is a foregone conclusion so there is no point in voting. They have lied for 14 years and they are lying now! Don't fall for their last big lie. Get out and vote!
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4 years
Nearly 700 deaths in a single day and Johnson wants to let everyone mingle for five days! ABSOLUTE INSANITY!!😡
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16 days
I am beginning to wonder if our political 'journalists ' are starting to regret going all in on the Sue Gray hatchet story. All it's managed to do is highlight to the public their own humongous salaries. I for one am enjoying their discomfort 🙂
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2 years
My comment about Starmer being the Labour leader and not having to explain anything to little Ollie has really annoyed the Tory trolls, good 😂😂
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10 days
If you want to know how terrified the Tories, and their shills, are of Starmer just look at the concerted campaign to attack him personally rather than the Labour govt as a whole.They know they have to try and get him out early before we see the benefits of his long term strategy
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3 years
@joymorrissey So many MPS saying exactly the same thing, it's almost like you are following orders 😂😂
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9 months
The Panorama programme is yet another example of why people are going to have to be patient with Labour if they win the election.They are going to have to rebuild our country,pretty much,from the ground up, literally in some cases,so don't expect miracles or even a quick fix.
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4 months
This is how a real leader runs an election campaign. Starmer happy to answer real questions from real people.
@BethRigby
Beth Rigby
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Starmer taking various questions from workers at a building depot in marginal seat in NW, covering off pensions, potholes, defence spending, leaseholders, NHS. In GE campaigns, public interactions often very controlled but this was unfiltered
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1 year
Starmer and the Labour Party are going to face a gigantic task if they win the next election. Our country is almost broken beyond repair,pretty much everything needs sorting out.I certainly don't envy them and I hope people show some patience and support.This will be no quick fix
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8 months
This man is either an idiot, a liar, or a lying idiot.
@ITVNewsPolitics
ITV News Politics
8 months
'I really believe the economy has turned a corner', the PM said when asked about whether taxes will be affected in the next Budget amid forecasts the UK will be in a technical recession by the end of the week
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3 years
Todays speech by Keir Starmer should put to bed all this silly nonsense about a leadership challenge. His statesmanlike presentation today shows our party is in safe hands and that he would be a superb Prime Minister so let's get behind him and GTTO.
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4 years
Just to make it clear, Jeremy Corbyn didn't serve the working class or any other class because he LOST. He has achieved absolutely NOTHING in 40 years.
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4 months
It looks like Sunak has been canvassing in his own constituency. That tells you just how dire the situation is for him, personally, and his party.
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8 months
If the exit poll, on election night, predicts a Labour landslide I will definitely watch the BBC coverage just to watch Laura Kuenssberg suffer as each result is announced 😂
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8 months
Labour have played a blinder here, both the Tories and the SNP throwing a tantrum and storming out of the room, like spoilt children . Meanwhile Labour are the grownups in the room.
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4 years
Is everyone ready to see the Corbynistas heap praise on Keir Starmer for our remarkable turnaround in the polls on socialist Sunday?😂😂
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1 year
I have come up with an idea on how to save, probably,billions on the asylum issue. Now this might sound a bit crazy but why don't we speed up the processing so successful applicants can leave taxpayer funded accommodation and get a job so they can support themselves and pay taxes
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4 years
Apparently, because my opinion is that masks should be mandatory in public I am a Guardian reading rich pensioner that's paid off my mortgage and my kids are fine due to having had private education 😂
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7 months
What sort of sick people see a message of love and respect from Keir Starmer to his mum on Mothers Day and decide it's the perfect opportunity to attack him? Seriously, you people have serious issues, fecking grow up!
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4 months
"Mr Starmer, lay out your plans for the future in just 45 seconds while I allow Mr Sunak to talk over you". Just about sums up the debate.
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3 years
Can we stop doubting Keir Starmer now? 😂
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3 years
@mrsorokaa @GFFurness Classic Soviet Union era behaviour that only those that lived through that era will believe.
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12 days
My word there are some incredibly stupid people on here. Only a complete fool would believe the Starmer war on pubs BS . Sometimes I wonder how you idiots manage to dress yourselves without help.
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9 months
@forster_k @christopherhope @GBNEWS So a man that quit 'on a matter of principle ' suddenly abandoned those principles because the bigger boys sniggered at him in the playground. That's definitely what I would expect from 30p Lee 😂
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2 years
#Panorama the security guard warned them it was wrong and they laughed at him! This shows that the staff knew they were breaking the rules but didn't care because Johnson often joined them.
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2 years
@johnestevens He won't win,he tried before in 1686 and again in 1847.
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5 months
According to a Times Radio journalist, that was at the Starmer speech, the teleprompter he used only had bullet points and the rest was off the cuff. That makes the speech even more impressive imo.
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2 years
@OliverDowden Starmer is the leader of the Labour Party, he is free to do what he believes is in the best interests of his party. He certainly doesn't have to explain anything to you.
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3 months
@SophyRidgeSky @MaddisonJanet The Rwanda deal is simply another way of funneling taxpayers money into the pockets of Tory donors. A few people have got very rich off the backs of inflicting terrible suffering on the most vulnerable people.
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2 years
@J_____S_____ @AnushkaAsthana Johnson won't answer ya know, he will say he can't comment due to the police investigation, the Sue Gray report, the parliamentary Committee investigation, because it's Friday or any other shit excuse he can think of 😂😂
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7 months
You have to admit Starmer is a hell of a good speaker since he grew in confidence.
@BestForBritain
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💥Starmer: "Tories think working people don't need culture... That's why the Tory 'culture wars' always end up as a war on culture. The arts shouldn't tell working class kids to know their place. They should help them find their place in the world, find truth and meaning." ~AA
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@Megatron_ron @PeterGrayArts If only the Palestinian people had the freedom to do the same with Hamas. Get rid of both and there might even be a chance for peace.
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9 months
Cracking deal, for Rwanda. We pay them £400 million and grant six Rwandans asylum.
@theipaper
The i paper
9 months
Six people from Rwanda have been granted asylum in Britain since the Government signed its deportation deal with the country in 2022, @theipaper can reveal 🔎 @poppyeh , @mollyblackall and @singharj report
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2 years
The Tories already kicking off, I love it! They are so pissed off that Keir Starmer is not just like their own party leader 😂😂😂😂
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4 months
Another poll, another healthy Labour lead. Enjoy for a moment then forget it. The only poll that matters is July 4th so let's keep chasing every vote!🙂
@OprosUK
Opros Politics 🇺🇦
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Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 46% (+4) CON: 19% (-3) REF: 12% (+2) LDM: 10% (-1) Seat Projection (MRP): LAB: 493 (+41) CON: 72 (-8) LDM: 39 (-14) SNP: 22 (-18) Labour majority of 336 (+82). via @FindoutnowUK / @ElectCalculus , 20-27 May (Changes with 12 Feb)
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Is this clear enough for the cranks out there? Labour will scrap the Rwanda scheme.
@SkyNews
Sky News
5 months
"We will cancel the scheme, we don't think the policy is going to work and we think it costs a fortune" Labour's Sir Keir Starmer calls the Rwanda scheme a "gimmick" 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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3 years
@BorisJohnson Allow refugees from Ukraine to enter the UK,we can worry about the paperwork in due course.
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1 year
This is how a REAL leader sounds. Starmer nailing Sunak in a very serious and well thought out speech at the depatch box while asking very important questions about Britain's role in the world. The sooner he is Prime Minister the better.
@Haggis_UK
Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
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Keir Starmer - "Something was missing, where was Britain.... a new agreement has been reached .... to deliver economic security & Britain is not involved... the PM owes the House an explanation... "
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4 months
@sammwittings They talked about fining parents in the past. Though how you can penalise one adult because another adult refuses to 'volunteer' is beyond me lol
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3 years
@Shayan86 @Zokko18 He means he was naive in getting caught selling out his 'principles ' for 10 grand of monopoly money and not even asking for a get out of jail free card 😂
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@Haggis_UK @paulio80410204 It's about time people started saying it like it is instead of trying to ignore the elephant in the room. Good on Simon Calder for speaking the truth.
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4 months
I have never seen anything like this. Tory MPs attacking their own party leader during a General Election campaign shows that party discipline has collapsed and Sunak has zero authority left.
@DaveBurke12
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EXCLUSIVE: Furious Tories say Rishi Sunak 'must be stopped' over National Service
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3 years
In 2007 Labour had 3 times election winner Tony Blair as leader and the fantastic Gordon Brown as chancellor. By 2015 we had Jeremy Corbyn as party leader and John McDonnell as shadow chancellor. Just one question, WTF were we thinking?😡😡
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8 months
Apparently the SNP are now 'comfortable ' with supporting the Labour amendment. Game, set, and match Starmer.
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1 year
@DominicRaab @Telegraph Bullies should never prosper and definitely shouldn't be writing columns in national newspapers. Clearly you have no shame but we already knew that.
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8 months
My bet is this story will be dropped by tomorrow because it's a Tory.
@BBCNews
BBC News (UK)
8 months
Tory mayor Atiqul Hoque sacked for antisemitic comments
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8 months
@AdamBienkov Pure, unadulterated racism and hate speech designed to stir up anger and resentment by Lee Anderson. The question is what will Sunak do about it. Anderson should lose the whip but, probably, won't.
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6 months
@BethRigby @tshep42 It's not Wragg Number 10 has been defending. It's the others involved in the scandal.
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@BethRigby I remember the good old days when political journalists reported on the politics. Now you lot are nothing more than gossip columnists, what happened Beth? Who got to you?
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3 years
@GarySambrook89 @BorisJohnson Maybe overstepped the line between supportive and creepy there mate 😂😂
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1 month
Wow! Just this one tweet and I suddenly realise just how many bigots, racists, bots, and just plain fucking stupid people have appeared on here since I decided to reduce my time on this site after the election. At least it confirms I was right to stay away, lesson learned. 😂
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3 years
@PippaCrerar Has he discussed this plan with the virus and has it agreed to take a little break until we are ready?
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8 months
No dodging, no waffle. Just telling it like it is, superb.
@johnestevens
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Wes delivers the text book answer on how to deal with Qs about the £28bn
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Starmer giving the Tories both barrels. Absolutely barnstorming speech 🔥🔥
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4 months
@stuzi_pants Bloody hell, the Tory election campaign must be going even worse than we thought 😂
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4 months
@jeremycorbyn @clairebubblepop Antisemitism is on the rise all across Europe. When do you intend standing up to that?
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4 years
@RLong_Bailey You called her 'an absolute diamond '. Do the decent thing and step down.
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4 years
Is it just me that finds it utterly bizarre that people are leaving the Labour party because we are becoming more popular with the electorate?😂
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@labourloyalist Another 'look at me, I am special' label. Tbh it's all starting to bore the tits off me.
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4 years
Did anyone see the massive turnout for the support Jeremy Corbyn protest in Liverpool yesterday? Organisers put the number of supporters at almost 20 but official police numbers say approximately 14 as four people were just walking past on their way to Greggs 😂
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9 months
Spot on from Starmer. We cannot afford to be complacent, we work even harder until the polling stations close on election night.
@Channel4News
Channel 4 News
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"We should always fight like we’re 5 per cent behind.” Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer tells MPs to “ignore" a YouGov poll predicting a 1997-style landslide Labour victory at the next general election.
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3 years
Today really is the beginning of the end for Jeremy Corbyn. His time as an MP is coming to an end, last nights result shows there is no desire amongst the electorate for a socialist party and Corbyn definitely won't be standing as a Labour candidate.
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@JasonGroves1 It's not just about the cost to the taxpayer It's, as always, who is benefitting from all these 'contracts'.
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1 year
@petesaull @lukeakehurst Horrendous figures but not the whole story, how many more were turned away before even getting in the polling station? It's pretty clear that the Tories were banking on voter suppression to try and limit their losses and they may have succeeded,we will never know.
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Beth Rigby tried, and failed, to try and claim Starmer had backtracked on his 5 pledges. Clearly he was expecting such a question and had prepped himself to deal with it. Superb reply too, pointing out todays speech is to announce and publicise the first steps towards that goal
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4 years
@LeftWingSociety He is terrible, speaking common sense, being patriotic, becoming increasingly popular with the voters, narrowing the polls between us and the Tories. Fgs bring back Jezza 😂
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2 years
@DXWQC Thankyou for showing that there are still some in the Conservative Party that have principles.
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2 years
@SkyNews Is that Therese Coffey, the Deputy Prime Minister who would have to stand in if Liz Truss was unavailable? How comforting that she basically knows nothing about anything 😂
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7 months
£500 million for 150 people and we have already taken 21 from Rwanda. Is it just me that thinks this deal smells fishier than a really fishy fish?
@YvetteCooperMP
Yvette Cooper
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Unbelievable. Govt finally admitting here that Tories’ flagship £500m Rwanda scheme will only cover around 150 people Probable cost of this failing gimmick to British taxpayer is near £2m per person Labour will put that money into border security instead
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8 months
This graphically shows the difference between the two leaders . Sunak makes tasteless jokes in front of the mother of a murder victim. Starmer goes to offer support to a Tory MP after hearing about his mental health difficulties.
@BestForBritain
Best for Britain
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Tory MP @ElliotColburn spoke movingly of his own mental health difficulties and attempted suicide. What was the first thing Starmer did at the end of #PMQs ? Crossed the aisle to offer a gesture of praise and support. Bravo to both. We must be human beings above all else. ~AA
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@peterwalker99 @Joanne69359508 Would it be churlish to ask why the person responsible for making the false accusations isn't having to pay the cost of making them?
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3 years
Wtf is this govt doing?!!😡😡
@WildlifeTrusts
The Wildlife Trusts
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The Government have gone against their own advisors and approved the use of bee-killing pesticides in England. This decision is catastrophic for our pollinators and will ultimately lead to the harm of wildlife ❌ 🐝 🚩
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@jeremycorbyn And you were two years too slow in resigning 😡
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7 months
Another Tory poll figure in the teens and only 5 points ahead of Reform. The chicken is going to be deep fried if he hangs on much longer.
@PollingReportUK
UK Polling Report
7 months
NEW POLL - Westminster voting intention: LAB: 46% CON: 18% REFORM: 13% LIB: 10% GREEN: 7% SNP: 4% OTHER: 2% via @PeoplePolling , 07 Mar
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According to Times Radio there are loads of rumours that Sunak will call the election for July. Apparently most Tory MPs don't see the point in hanging on any longer because things will likely only get worse.
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2 years
@PippaCrerar Good, Corbyn is finished in the Labour Party, better late than never. Keir Starmer is our leader and will be the next Labour Prime Minister.
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8 months
I said this had legs. Badenoch is in serious trouble here and Sunak has to act quickly or everyone will see how weak he is, again.
@libdemdaisy
Daisy Cooper MP 🔶
8 months
The latest Post Office row raises new questions. If Kemi Badenoch misled Parliament then she breached the Ministerial Code, so @LibDems are calling for the Ethics Advisor to investigate. Subpostmasters deserve justice, financial redress and the truth.
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Today has been yet another terrible day for the Tories. Rayner cleared, Anderson defects, and their biggest donor exposed for making racist comments. How much longer is Sunak going to let this circus continue? He must know the game is up so he should call the bloody election !
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4 years
OMG a key organiser of the Capitol protest has named three Republican members of Congress he was working with!
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2 years
@sharrond62 Without fairness in sport for young girls there will be no elite female athletes because they will have already quit at a much younger age.
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3 years
My comment about today being the beginning of the end for Corbyn seems to have really upset some people, oh well 😂😂
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3 years
@PippaCrerar Why is this govt always, planning, considering or thinking of doing something instead of actually DOING something 😡😡
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6 months
@clairebubblepop When a political party works this hard to deflect from a story it's usually because there is far more to it than we are being told.
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5 months
I wonder how many more letters have arrived on Bradys desk after that Starmer masterclass. Tory MPs must be in a state of utter despair comparing the Sunak speech to what they saw today.
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@PolitlcsUK @thetimes The Tory party collapsed a while ago, all that's left is an ungovernable rabble jostling for position for the post election leadership contest. The fact Sunak can't see this shows just how out of his depth he is as party leader and Prime Minister.
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If the Tories think the drama about the Post Office scandal was damaging they ain't seen nothing yet. #BREATHTAKING should destroy any faint chance they had of winning the election. A Labour govt must get the police involved in any investigation.
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With Tom Tugenhadt, the so called centrist option for Tory leader, now saying we should leave the ECHR I believe we are witnessing the death throes of the Conservative Party in this country.
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3 years
Good to see Tony Blair get a knighthood, fully deserved as the most successful Labour leader ever.🙂
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5 months
The Labour plan to deal with the small boats issue is both simple and sensible: 1.Use all means at our disposal to go after the traffickers. 2.Employ 100s more processors to clear the backlog 3.Negotiate returns deals with other countries 4.Set up safe routes for genuine cases
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3 months
@PippaCrerar I don't think most people will be angry about a dad wanting to spend a little time with his kids .
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5 months
Natalie Elphicke defecting will have ramped up the mistrust and paranoia massively in the Tory party. Backbenchers will be looking at each other wondering who could be next. This is an absolute nightmare for party whips and Sunak himself.
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6 months
@BenChu_ They don't say they have depression or anxiety. They have seen a doctor and it has been diagnosed. That's very different to the flippant remark from Sunak.
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@SJL2729 @keithmc101 It's pretty clear with these two appointments, and the Timpson one, that Starmer has been doing the groundwork on his Cabinet for quite a while. Something that will come as a surprise to nobody.
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Braverman is not only vile but useless too. Cooper lays out Labours plan for dealing with asylum seekers and Braverman responds with "Why doesn't Labour say what they would do?". She is beyond stupid 😂
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Staunton isn't backing down and Badenoch is getting in deep water. How much longer can Sunak allow this to drag on?
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