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Alex

@themralex6

2 years

Sounds like my sort of chap.

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2 years

About as accurate as it’s possible for AI to be tbh

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Alex

@themralex6

5 months

The UK is on the cusp of electing its most left wing government since the 1970s. So it comes as no surprise that the faux socialists who make their living peddling outrage are starting to panic.

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@themralex6

10 months

This is a fundamental reason why Labour will never be the natural party of government. Labour has all but won already. Naz has a chance to make a very real and tangible difference to people’s lives but will throw it away for a piece of student politics which changes nothing.

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@PolitlcsUK

10 months

🚨 BREAKING: Shadow minister Naz Shah says she will DEFY Keir Starmer and vote for a Gaza ceasefire tonight "Despite all the risks to our personal positions, we must do what is right" She will be sacked if she does

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@themralex6

2 years

Very high praise of @Keir_Starmer from someone who would, but for Boris Johnson, be his political opponent. He has a lot of work to do but he should take confidence in the fact that he is starting to win over the centre ground.

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@themralex6

3 years

@Keir_Starmer You can wish someone and their family health and happiness whilst still thinking they’re unfit for public office. I’m convinced a huge chunk of people on here are 12 years old.

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@themralex6

4 years

@PoliticsJOE_UK That’s excellent. Remind me why no one wanted this guy in 2015?

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@themralex6

4 years

@DPJHodges Do you acknowledge any equivalence - moral or practical - between Trump and Boris Johnson? Both have cynically benefitted from divisions they caused, both attempted to subvert democratic processes. Whilst the PM is smarter about it, there’s a reason Trump called him Britain-Trump

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@themralex6

4 years

@Aten_Ra_33_9 @Jeremy_Hunt You can say IT’S THE FLU all you like (you can even say it in caps if it makes you feel important). But it isn’t the flu. You know it isn’t the flu. Your wishing doesn’t change the facts. No one wants to lock the country down but we must all make sacrifices to protect each other

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@themralex6

2 years

I feel sorry for the genuine economic left wingers who aren’t obsessed with Israel, who don’t have a fetish for weird foreign policy positions and who have had their entire movement held hostage to the cult of one man who threatens to pull them into oblivion.

teresa smith

@treesey

2 years

Well explained here by @rafaelbehr :

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@themralex6

1 year

There was a 93 year old lady at the polling station. Registered blind. In a very loud voice she said “How do I vote against Sue Gray?” Everyone cheered.

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@themralex6

1 year

My sources tell me the Tories are preparing to meet Labour’s latest challenge by taking the gloves off and going in hard and dirty with the full force of their campaign machine. The rumour is Greg Hands is preparing to tweet *that* letter 4 times per day, instead of the usual 2.

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@themralex6

3 years

@DPJHodges “I have been to Peppa Pig World, of course I have. It’s dreadful. Peppa Pig is hugely successful. Our daughter was absolutely in love with Peppa Pig for a very long time. I’ve seen no end of Peppa Pig programmes” It’s a lighthearted answer to a question. What’s the problem?

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@themralex6

2 years

@davidyelland It’s funny that they spent weeks piling on political pressure for the police to reopen their already closed investigation, and now the police have concluded there is ‘no case to answer’ they’re accusing the police of caving to political pressure.

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@themralex6

2 years

So in summary it sounds like Conservative commentators and Corbynites will be spinning these elections as an absolute disaster for Keir Starmer, whereas his supporters will claim he’s smashing it. The truth is that he’s making steady progress but still has a lot of work to do.

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@themralex6

3 years

@piersmorgan I see that smirk and I think of this

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@themralex6

2 years

Tony Blair is the best Prime Minister of my lifetime. He understood the pragmatism needed to win & get things done. His legacy, from economic (min wage) to social (gay rights) to security (Good Friday Agreement) reshaped the political landscape for a generation. #ThingsGotBetter

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@themralex6

3 years

He understands. Twitter doesn’t.

The Fabian Society

@thefabians

3 years

The Fabian Society is delighted to publish Keir Starmer’s new pamphlet The Road Ahead

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@themralex6

3 years

@DPJHodges You’re blaming remainers for the deal Boris Johnson claimed was a great deal and which you praised him over.

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@themralex6

1 year

@fesshole So you pretend to be a scam caller and reject people who get angry at a scammer calling them 20 mins before a job interview. Sounds legit.

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@themralex6

1 year

This is genuinely dangerous rhetoric from a sitting Prime Minister. I don’t even think Boris Johnson would have stooped to this. A sign of his weakness and desperation yes, but also a sign that he lacks the basic maturity and dignity for public office.

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

1 year

This is what we’re up against. The Labour Party, a subset of lawyers, criminal gangs - they're all on the same side, propping up a system of exploitation that profits from getting people to the UK illegally. I have a plan to stop it. Here’s how 🧵

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@themralex6

2 years

One part of Blair’s statement today that really hit me: “we cared enough to be disciplined enough to win” This is *the most important* lesson Labour members can learn. You don’t improve any lives by losing. You need to care enough to make the hard choices & compromises to win.

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@themralex6

2 years

@jessphillips Agreed with all of that. And apparently we men (including us happily married ones) are unable to see a woman cross her legs without falling over ourselves. I thought we were long past shit like this.

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@themralex6

11 months

@calliebh @schadenfreudem1 @danwootton @AvaSantina So why didn’t he have the backbone to shut Fox down? He has never been shy before.

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@themralex6

3 years

@LBC @IainDale @Jacob_Rees_Mogg Not a great look to belittle the Scottish Conservatives.

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@themralex6

2 years

@DPJHodges The problem with this article is that, unlike the Mail, the British public don’t fear a Starmer-led government in the same way they did fear his predecessors. They may not like him but they don’t *fear* him. So an article like this looks like a desperate howl from the losing side

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@themralex6

3 years

People are making a thing out of the timing of Starmer’s smirk. Obviously the usual bad faith actors are pretending he’s belittling Coventry but it seems pretty clear that he’s smirking at the absurd suggestion that a single trade dispute should influence Labour’s union relations

Ava-Santina

@AvaSantina

3 years

that laugh on “Coventry” might not be great optics

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@themralex6

1 year

@fesshole What are the odds this was sent by a man who hasn’t got over their now married ex?

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@themralex6

2 years

I know I’m no fan of Boris Johnson, but I’m not instinctively against the Conservative party - having voted for them in the past. But nothing makes me more likely to become a member of the Labour Party than seeing disingenuous smears being peddled by the press against the leader

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@themralex6

4 years

@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @grantshapps So Grant Shapps actually presented a good argument in favour of remote working - he was able to conduct an interview from Cardiff and then Hertfordshire. Remind me, why do they want me getting on a train for 2 hours and sitting in a stuffy office all day?

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@themralex6

4 years

@YouGov Has anyone thought this through? We’d have to build the processing centre, pay to transport people every day to the island 5000 miles away, then pay to transport them all back again (which we’d have to do even if we reject their asylum application). Who has the magic money tree?

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@themralex6

2 years

Not sure if anyone agrees, but Wes has a Blair-like quality to him. He’s fairly young and has seemly come out of nowhere. He’s charismatic, bold and doesn’t come across like he’s hiding something. He is also one of the only Labour MPs who can cut through the culture war bullshit.

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@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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@themralex6

2 years

@DavidEvennettMP @Keir_Starmer Either the Telegraph is lying, whoever briefed the Telegraph is lying, or Starmer is correct. Which is it?

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@themralex6

10 months

Jess has done some really important work on women’s safety and there is so much more to do. She choses not to be part of that for the sake of a vote for something that won’t make one bit of difference to the life of a single person, whether a constituent or a Palestinian. Not one

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@themralex6

3 years

@Leachimblue @PoliticsForAlI @guardiannews No one ‘wants’ restrictions to continue. But no one wants them to be dripped recklessly such that we end up back in lockdown over the winter. You’re either pretending not to understand that or you’re just really short-sighted.

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@themralex6

11 months

@BritainElects A bit strange to defect from a party whose primary function is the breakup of the U.K. to a party with ‘Unionist’ in its name.

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@themralex6

2 years

Does ‘bosses’ include line managers who are staring down the barrel of skyrocketing inflation and bills? Or the small business owner who risks losing their entire livelihood? This divisive and populist ‘us versus them’ rhetoric has dragged our politics down for far too long.

Aditya Chakrabortty

@chakrabortty

2 years

“People in my party need to learn this: it’s workers versus bosses. Pick your side.”

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@themralex6

3 years

@JoePorterUK @BorisJohnson If running a country is too much pressure for him, perhaps he should stand aside.

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@themralex6

1 year

@implausibleblog @GaryLineker @campbellclaret I think @campbellclaret cares far more about the BBC’s impartiality, and it’s survival, than the journalists who constantly go on about it.

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@themralex6

3 years

PM sent police questionnaire in lockdown party probe

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@themralex6

2 years

So CCHQ’s latest masterstroke, designed to cripple Labour once and for all is: 1) Keir had a beer that one time and didn’t break any rules but we need to talk about it for some reason; and 2) Angela is too sexy and she puts poor Boris off. That’s some big brain strategy there.

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@themralex6

3 years

@MatthewCarter97 @Liam3617 Who is the arbiter over what an acceptable joke is? Or does society just cherry pick jokes which it considers to be beyond the pale? I’m not defending Jimmy Carr specifically, but unless we ban *all* offensive jokes, surely we need to accept that some jokes will offend people

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@themralex6

4 years

@Keir_Starmer In all this madness I had forgotten that we haven’t seen or heard from Johnson at all. He’s not in my fridge, is he in yours?

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@themralex6

2 years

In all seriousness @AngelaRayner has really exceeded expectations over the last 2 years and has developed into a formidable Labour deputy leader, with Starmer’s style and hers complementing each other well. This nonsense attack by the Mail shows some people find that intimidating

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@themralex6

2 years

@DPJHodges I wonder what the response would’ve been if a Labour MP did the same.

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@themralex6

8 months

The consistency of these polls supports my theory that there have been numerous Christmas dinner conversations about the state of the country

Savanta UK

@Savanta_UK

8 months

🚨FIRST Westminster Voting Intention of 2024 📈19pt Labour lead - largest since Oct '23. 🌹Lab 45 (+2) 🌳Con 26 (-1) 🔶LD 10 (=) ➡️Reform 8 (-1) 🌍Green 5 (+2) 🎗️SNP 3 (=) ⬜️Other 4 (-1) 2,268 UK adults, 5-7 January (chg 15-17 December)

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@themralex6

4 years

@Daily_Express Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t LEAVERS have a government with a 79 seat majority?

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@themralex6

3 years

As I said earlier, it’s all faux outrage and it insults the people of Liverpool that someone would use the Hillsborough disaster as a ploy in order to launch a factional political attack.

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@themralex6

9 months

Firstly, expressing admiration for an opponent as a person and a politician is grown up politics. Secondly, Thatcher was a very successful politician and you’d be a fool to not respect her for that. I’d also expect Tories to respect Blair for the same reason.

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@SkyNews

9 months

Sir Keir Starmer wrote in a column that Margaret Thatcher brought "meaningful change" in the UK. Labour MP @patmcfaddenmp says: "It's not an endorsement of her policies," after @KayBurley asks if it could cost Labour votes. 📺 Sky 501 / YouTube

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@themralex6

3 years

HM Leader of the Opposition gets invited to and attends major sporting event in the same way every HM Leader of the Opposition does. Scandalous.

Keir Starmer blags Euros final tickets despite Labour warning about crowds

SIR Keir Starmer has blagged two free tickets to the Euros final – despite his party warning about the dangers of crowds going to Wembley. The Labour leader was branded a “hypocrite” last nig…

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@themralex6

6 months

@DPJHodges Getting a bit weird now mate.

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@themralex6

3 years

@JillGore8 When I see people supporting Galloway - who has admitted that he is only running to split the vote so the Tories win - I realise what an absolute disgrace they are. They want the Tories to win but they want to pretend to be ‘socialists’. It’s pathetic.

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@themralex6

3 years

Boris Johnson would’ve moved on quickly at that point. Starmer stood there politely and professionally and listened to this man’s nonsense and then, even better, stood up to him. Good on Keir Starmer.

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Eventful trip to the Raven in Bath for Labour leader Keir Starmer. Warning - bad language from landlord Rod Humphreys

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@themralex6

3 years

@shane_gladstone @Keir_Starmer The trolls would look for any excuse. Football is clearly a topic he cares a lot about. Fine by me.

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@themralex6

2 years

@DPJHodges I can’t keep up with the number of times you’ve completely changed your position or your opinion on what ‘the issue’ is.

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@themralex6

3 years

@mrjamesob @PaulGoldsmith73 It’s the double standards that annoy me. The free speech brigade come running when, say, Piers Morgan leaves GMB following his latest outburst, but claim it shows balance and impartiality when the Mash Report gets cancelled for being too “woke” and critical of the government.

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@themralex6

2 years

@ringwodian I actually think articles like this have the opposite effect. It looks so petty and desperate that people just switch off.

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@themralex6

6 months

They should just call a simultaneous set of 650 by-elections at this point.

John Stevens

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BREAKING: Rishi Sunak faces another nightmare by-election as Scott Benton loses suspension appeal

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@themralex6

2 years

@Keir_Starmer If you ignore the half-baked Twitter reactions, it’s clear that Labour has finally stopped the rot and is making real progress.

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@themralex6

3 years

@BBCPolitics I still remember when lying to parliament meant instant resignation. Won’t hold my breath.

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@themralex6

3 years

@MrHarryCole I always thought you were supposed to wait until after polls closed?

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@themralex6

3 years

@ShowtimerHD @RockstarGames People are more than happy waiting for GTA6. They’re not happy about R* releasing yet another port of GTA5 with only marginal improvements.

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@themralex6

4 years

@LBC @NickFerrariLBC It’s a conversation worth having. But referring to them as “hard left” is unnecessary and inflammatory.

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@themralex6

2 years

Mick Lynch is an impressive speaker but he’s lost it in the same way many left wing darlings do - by conflating public support for a core issue with support for an unrelated wider ideology (which often has anti-West undertones). Pursuit of the latter often undermines the former.

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@lukeakehurst

2 years

There's been a lot of calling out of Mick Lynch over his bizarre remarks about Ukraine, not enough about his reprehensible comments about the genocide and gulag system being perpetrated by China against the Muslim Uyghurs, which he randomly compares to Leicester...

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@AaronBastani I’m with Aaron on this one. Ditching someone because they didn’t think adding cheese to their burger, and then boasting about it on Tik Tok, is something I will never understand.

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@themralex6

3 years

@Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy David Lammy shouldn’t have to deal with that level of nonsense. It’s a disgrace, no excuses. However he really rose above the blatant racism and handled it with such class. I agree with Keir Starmer - huge admiration.

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@themralex6

3 years

@DPJHodges Disagree. He always worked to give all MPs a voice. Before 2016 he ensured Brexiters were heard. After 2016 he ensured remainers were heard. He stood against governments holding parliament in contempt. He was a true parliamentarian and believer in British democracy.

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@themralex6

2 years

How many people can you possibly help by standing on a picket line? How many people can you possibly help by being in government? Time to grow up.

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@themralex6

3 years

@PippaCrerar It’s almost as if the faux confusion has been generated by Conservative journalists working in tandem with left wing cranks.

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@themralex6

4 years

@RussInCheshire It’s a good tactical gamble from Starmer - showing the public that he’s not trying to block Brexit and looking reasonable in saying he’ll support it if the law-breaking is removed. He knows the PM probably won’t be able to do this and so he’ll never have to support the bill.

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@themralex6

4 years

@ArtyMarb @DeborahMeaden I’m afraid you’ll be hearing about Brexit for a very long time to come. It would be naive to think otherwise.

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@themralex6

3 years

@Liam3617 He’s a comedian known for telling offensive jokes, who told an offensive joke. It’s disingenuous to cherry pick jokes to be outraged over. Unless we ban any joke which may be deemed offensive, we need to accept some comedians tell offensive jokes & we aren’t forced to watch them.

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@themralex6

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@campbellclaret @NigelDoddsDUP @Channel4News @BorisJohnson I have no idea what the DUP expected when they backed Brexit (despite having no mandate for it in NI). They didn’t want the backstop, they didn’t want a border in Ireland, they didn’t want a border in the Irish Sea and they didn’t want a CU. So what on earth did they want?

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@themralex6

3 years

Good stuff. This whole interview was excellent. Keir Starmer has grown so much in confidence lately and needs to keep this up.

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@Haggis_UK

3 years

Keir Starmer on Boris Johnson & keeping his promises. Boris Johnson "makes promises he can't keep... so if you're not going to keep your promises, don't bullshit."

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@socialistcam Either you think it’s wrong that Labour Against The Witch-hunt was proscribed (in which case every MP must justify that stance immediately), or you think Ken Loach should be made exempt from the rules (in which case you’re no different from the government). Which is it?

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2 years

@lewis_goodall I’m not sure why people are still peddling the narrative that the Tories didn’t do too bad.

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@themralex6

9 months

I get Keir Starmer isn’t particularly popular in himself, but everyone underestimates his role in turning Labour into a serious party again.

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4 months

There was a 93 year old lady at the polling station. Registered blind. In a very loud voice she said “How do I vote against Angela Rayner’s house?” Everyone cheered. The guide dog barked enthusiastically.

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2 years

Boris Johnson had it all: huge majority, support from party & country, a lot of goodwill re Brexit & Covid. He could’ve made something of it. But true to form he was sacked from yet another job for lying & will be consigned to a footnote in history. I’ve no time for his self pity

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@themralex6

2 years

@Chrisro30414285 I’m not sure if you misunderstood the tweet or if you’re acting in bad faith, but the purpose of the tweet was to illustrate how ridiculous and offensive some of the arguments against trans rights are. It was never intended to be taken at face value.

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@themralex6

3 years

No. Labour lost Hartlepool in 2019. They held onto it because the Brexit Party split the vote. They’re not going to split the vote now, so the seat is up for grabs by both main parties.

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@LeftieStats

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Corbyn won Hartlepool twice

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@DPJHodges I’ve got a better idea. It’s really quite effective and I don’t want anyone else taking credit for this original thought of mine so pay attention. If you’re not a fan of JK Rowling or her book... wait for it... don’t buy the bloody book!

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4 years

@BarristerSecret Just picked this up. I trust it pre-emptively debunks nonsense like that.

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1 year

Fascinating that on the day Keir Starmer makes perhaps the best speech of his time in opposition and one which finally sets out a genuine and achievable vision for the future, the Boris fan-club gets together to show that they’re stuck in the past. What a contrast.

Sky News

@SkyNews

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'We have seen the ousting of our most electorally successful prime minister since Margaret Thatcher' Priti Patel says the Conservative party "haven't covered themselves in glory' over the last 12 months 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

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@DavidHa60356018 @MimiJ9 We’re not.

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@DPJHodges It’s possible to acknowledge both 1) the letter was clearly written and then published on Twitter with either the intention or the foreseeable outcome of stirring tensions, and 2) the French overreacted by cancelling a meeting over a letter, particularly when people are drowning.

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@NadiaWhittomeMP You didn’t “wait until after an investigation into why public order broke down” the Clapham protest., before condemning the police (whom I agree completely mishandled the situation). When you’re inconsistent in your condemnation of violence you look disingenuous.

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@themralex6

4 years

@piersmorgan I disagree with Piers Morgan around half the time but I hope he never stops holding ministers to account (regardless of party). Sadly he is one of the few mainstream presenters/interviewers we can rely on for this.

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@themralex6

3 years

Oh look - an alternative strategy from the person who apparently never has an alternative strategy.

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

3 years

Government is letting the vaccine "security wall" crumble, says Keir Starmer The Labour leader says the booster vaccine programme has slowed down so much, that at this rate it won't be complete until spring 2022

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@petersturdgess If she was there, and complicit in a lockdown breach which she failed to report on, then her position would surely become untenable. So I doubt any such statement is coming.

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@IainDale I voted remain in 2016 & haven’t seen anything to change my mind. But we need to accept: 1) reasonable folk can disagree over Brexit 2) we’ve left & need to make the best of it 3) insults entrench people in their views & make any closer future relationship with the EU less likely

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1 year

This is why all the people who cried ‘racism’ lack any credibility. Clearly this was always part of a campaign around law & order. Pearl clutchers making a fuss over nothing. As usual.

The Labour Party

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13 years of Tory failure has left our streets unsafe. Labour will bring back neighbourhood policing.

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2 years

@andrewseagleeye @DeborahMeaden For the sake of balance, I love Dragons Den and, if I had a business worth investing in, @DeborahMeaden would be my choice every time.

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@themralex6

6 months

How many hours have been wasted by politicians (Con, Lab and SNP) trying to make political gains by exploiting a symbolic vote over a war in the Middle East that the UK has no influence or control over? Both they and the media need to grow up.

Robert Peston

@Peston

6 months

UPDATE 2 just to clarify, it looks as though Starmer will whip his MPs to abstain on the SNP’s motion (as happened in the last comparable vote). But a sizeable number of Labour MPs would want to vote for the SNP motion, so there would still be a significant rebellion

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@themralex6

3 years

@johnmcdonnellMP Did I dream this or did Blair win 3 general elections in a row?

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@themralex6

2 years

@Trump_ton @RicHolden @Mike_Fabricant @BorisJohnson @Keir_Starmer @metpoliceuk @DurhamPolice It was investigated. And the rules, as they were at the time, were not broken. Case closed.

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@themralex6

5 months

@DPJHodges So when Rayner is cleared by the police, will you stop going on about it?

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@themralex6

1 year

Despite the howls from the left, this is a very good response and Labour should be using the Tories’ “there is no money left” line against them.

ITV News Politics

@ITVNewsPolitics

1 year

'There just, frankly, is no money left' Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell says the Labour Party can't make promises it 'can't afford to keep' as she defends Keir Starmer's plan to keep the two-child benefit cap in place

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@themralex6

3 years

@JohnCleese I’d rather have dinner with Marcus Rashford’s press officer than with Paul Embury.

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@themralex6

1 year

I see everyone has been told to repeat the ‘Sir Softie’ line. It really does feel like we’re being led by the lightweight brigade. Nothing of any substance at all so they collectively wet themselves over a playground insult that doesn’t mean anything and won’t get any traction.

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@themralex6

10 months

@surbiton19 @SpaJw Great. I’m sure the NHS waiting lists will be cut with principle. Hungry people will be fed and homeless people will be housed with principle. Vulnerable people, businesses and workers, minorities will all be protected by the principle of MPs who put posturing over governing.

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4 months

@sjsuth … and still moan about it relentlessly. This is the issue I have. The next government is likely to be the most left wing government in over 50 years but the ‘left’ seem so unhappy about it.

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