Ann Widdecombe on the abject barbarism of blood sports and why they don’t belong in modern Britain. I’d forgotten this. Superb.
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Exciting for Clacton voters that they're going to get to see their MP again for the first time since they last elected him.
England 🏴 fans arriving at work from the pub on Monday morning.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but Britain isn’t a suburb of Manchester.
Can’t think of a message less likely to excite glorious, diverse, dynamic and cynical Londoners. ‘Hope in Every Heart’ sounds like some bin fire Cilla Black would sing on a chat show.
Nigel Goldfinger here, enjoying his poverty-stricken life of public service again.
Are people still active on here? I haven’t been. Is it a better source of news and comment than it was a few months back?
Deeply jealous of the Artemis crew, who are currently further away from Nigel Farage, Andrew Tate, Lucy Connolly, Lee Anderson and Ann Widdecombe than any human has ever been.
Over on the other side, Twitter is 20 years old and they’re asking for favourite tweets of all time. This is mine.
Quite the move isn’t it, migrating to a war zone to avoid paying VAT on school fees and then letting a severely disabled teacher in a wheelchair cross a city under fire over the weekend to pay him what to her will be loose change. Who makes these people?
“I’m not leaving this house without Peter, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail.”
I would happily pay more council tax if my council replied to imbeciles in this way.
Snapped this statue of President FDR in The Bahamas 🇧🇸 yesterday. He visited regularly. You won’t find a single monument to Edward VIII, who was dispatched there as Governor to keep him miles away from Europe during WWII. His tenure is, unsurprisingly, not remembered fondly.
I can’t think of a better symbol of Reform’s ambitions for Britain than a sideways flag hanging forlornly over a blocked drain. From the people who brought you ‘sunlit uplands’. No thanks.
Sunday #Beethoven I am just rediscovering him after a 35 year absence. Apologies for musical typos, I haven’t learnt a score from music for decades. I absolutely love his nobility. #musicislife #piano #sundayvibes
This is superb from Keir Starmer. As a Dad of boys, it spoke to me. As a Prime Minister, he towers above all other options.
The sick irony of pasting their logo over a symbol of remembrance for people who fought and died to prevent the very kind of divisive, hate-driven intolerance they promote.
The teddy bears thing has actually killed me I am beside myself.
Why can’t Sarah Ferguson live in Farage’s house in Clacton as he’s never there.
The Reeves story, whether you like her policies or not, is a nothing burger. A zip, nada, nope, move on. Like not knowing you had to fill in a garden waste bin collection form or something. Those who see this as Watergate showing themselves up to be the toddlers they are.
Every time Reform claims to be neither racist or fascist one of its ambassadors says something racist or fascist. It's a matter of time before this risible Alf Garnett tribute act is rumbled and consigned to the dustbin of political history like its hard right forebears.
Sarah Ferguson deserves a royal house in the way that Liz Truss deserves a lifelong financial allowance.
Next general election is relatively simple: If you oppose racism and the deepening of divisions in our society because they make Britain weaker not stronger, vote tactically for whichever candidate can block Reform. All other considerations come behind this need. 🗳️
That Welsh by-election is the first election Putin has lost in over 20 years.
All the people who voted in Reform because they wanted big government efficiencies, and more money to be spent on pot holes and improving local services will no doubt be thrilled that their new council is spending £75,000 on, er, flags instead. Absolute clown show. 🤡
Thoughts with the people at the BBC who regard this worthy of an ‘in depth’ piece of analysis on their ‘news’ homepage. The BBC has been completely ruined.
