#PoliticsLive The BBC fact-checks everything except the amount of millionaires leaving the UK, because they know hardly any are leaving.

#BBCNews The BBC should talk to the CEOs who earn 122 times the average worker in the UK. Ask them what's they're doing for British people, as they blackmail the government with threats to leave and go to Dubai.

John Major, "Populism is no longer a fringe problem of a few outlandish politicians. It is now mainstream and professional" "We should recognise the threat it poses to democracy" "Democracy has a lot to lose" "Established political parties need to defeat populism, not copy it"

Full marks to them for doing the right thing here and extra house points because it also happens to firmly stick two fingers up at Farage at the same time.

BOOM 💥 50k petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Minimum wage is to rise at above inflation rates from next April. The standard rate will rise 4.1%, 8.5% for the 18-20 age group & 6% for 16-17. This is a further step towards equalising the rates. Inflation is currently 3.6% and is expected to fall further in the coming months... 1/2

Don’t forget to include your address & postcode if you write to your MP to let them know you’ve signed.

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass. Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.

Tories: Phase one: appoint stupid Jenrick to stuff hotels with immigrants. Phase two: while in government, not giving a f*ck about it for one single day. Phase three: whining about the problems they created when in opposition.

BBC 6pm News..so contrary. Rail fares to be frozen. Good news? Apparently not as we need ££ for reinvestment. Rachael Reeves to reverse the 2 child benefit cap. Good news? Apparently not, even though Labour were berated for not removing it immediately despite Tory fiscal incompetence. #BBC

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER #theydespisehim 👇

Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."

Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC

23,000 people died because Boris Johnson was too busy walking a dog, riding a motorbike and hosting guests as he took four days off at Chevening, instead of addressing warning signs of the pandemic Why isn't Boris Johnson in jail?

𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘: 𝗔 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻. Since the 2016 EU referendum, evidence has mounted that Russian interference helped secure the narrow ‘Leave’ victory. eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/02/15/h...

The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want. They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us). Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country). Time we woke up to the betrayal. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...

Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.

Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.

To all the haters... ...the PM is a good man trying to sort out the mess the Tories left behind. But he's also gone through the loss of his brother last Christmas. It's quote something to go through that and keep on running the country. www.instagram.com/p/DRWnIEVjyzg/

They weren’t sorry before. Why do we think they would be now? Mealy mouthed words from crooks that sought to profit from death.

Fact: If Johnson had listened to Starmer for a 2 week circuit breaker instead of vilifying him along with the media,tens of thousand of lives would have been saved. That’s the difference in leadership. It’s not difficult to see.

" The value of U.K. cheese exports has shrunk 66 percent since Truss signed the deal" but stop moaning and blame the EU, right? Or maybe it's migrants, benefit claimants and anyone that doesn't vote Reform now. www.politico.eu/article/liz-...

So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh. That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media. Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.

Hypocrisy?👇

Hope you cover the story about Reform UK and Russia next week for the same amount of time you laid into Labour tonight. Also Donald Trump called for the execution of Democrats. Would love to hear what Paul and Ian think about that.

Zoe Lyons, "There's such a massive gap now between the rich and poor in this country that if you are genuinely are on lower wages, and inflation is hitting you, it's really bloody hard to survive" "There are people in this country working full time using food banks, that should never happen"

It never stops. The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies. “In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.” They make damn sure they get what they want. We get screwed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, Mark Kelly was part of the recovery team. He assisted with searching for the remains of his colleagues and bringing them back home. He's spoken about how it affected him. The president blasphemes America and its heroes almost daily.

Cummings, Johnson. Despicable men, full of their own entitlement.

At least Fiona is apologising for interrupting the Labour panellist this week. Tory gets to speak uninterrupted as usual... #bbcqt.

I find it quite depressing that the young man in the cricket sweater thinks Reform is the answer. I wonder if he realises Reforms policies are to cut the minimum wage and row back on renewables? He won't have much of a future if we only have 50 years of fossil fuels left in the UK. #bbqt

One of the lessons to learn is, not vote for someone "because he makes me laugh" We're not laughing now. #bbcqt

Anyone remember where the £37billion (yes billion) for the failed Track & Trace went? #bbcqt

Yes Reform woman on the panel, the solution was to lock down harder. NZ did & in 4 weeks, after hard lockdown business started opening up. Schools were open throughout. Testing for key workers done day from day 1. More importantly people didn't die as a result of an incompetent Gov. #bbcqt

Tory still trumpeting the vaccine on #bbcqt. While that was a good thing we must never forget that as a result of Johnson & his bunch of incompetents 250,000 people died. One of the worst results in the whole world. He could have followed the leadership of the NZ PM who knew what she was doing.

Was visiting family when NZ locked down. Swift decisive leadership from Jacinda Ardern. Every world leader had the same info at the same time from the WHO. Fortunately NZ had a caring competent leader. We had a bunch of incompetents who cared only for their own entitled partying. #bbcqt

Just putting it out there... When is #bbcqt coming from Clacton?

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Man in the audience It's not so much "a failure of successive governments," as one of the many failures of the last Tory Gov who, * gave us Brexit, meaning we couldn't control our borders using The Dublin Agreement * failed to process asylum seekers * underfunded well, everything. #bbcqt

Johnson was one of those two a penny public schoolboys who memorise a bit of Greek and a chunk of Latin and recite it in the pub... sprinkled with some classical references... while everyone stands around and claps. Not an original idea in his bone head. Not even ersatz PG Wodehouse more PG Twits.

Some meaningful consequences for these incompetents would be welcome. After all their actions resulted in 1000’s of deaths.

At the worst time we had the the worst people in charge. That's it in a nutshell.

EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.

Jacinda Ardern in NZ played it right. She locked down quickly, avoided many deaths and was able to partially open up after only 4 weeks to get the economy going. We just had a bunch of incompetents making it up as they went along.

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

And who could blame them for it? apple.news/AMmupL6QuQFW...