I like left wing policies, but I also like getting stuff done and not wasting energy constantly protesting the good-enough

Thick as mince www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Pedestrianisation is demonstrably great for business. There's no debate any more

Nobody ever lies about doing things they're proud of

Just got a letter from Reform Looks like I'll be using a combination of GDPR laws and their freepost address to make contacting me not worth their while

I have put together a little video guide to Nigel Farage's umm... evolving views on hecklers. They seem to be quite dependent on whether the heckler disagrees with him (bad, boring, frightening, dangerous), or shouts abuse at a woman in the street (buy him a pint/give him a peerage).

Migration slashed, boat crossings down 40% yr on yr, 70,000 people deported, asylum hotel usage halved yet most people don’t know or believe it because the likes of Reform and Farage never discuss anything else! Nothing will ever appease them.

If anything, it's slightly lower than we'd want it right now! Probably needs to be about double to keep our workforce at a decent level

This is a damning indictment of the abject failure of UK media. Damning report says most voters don't know truth about Nigel Farage's claims www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Remember - it's two more clicks after the point at which you think you've signed! It'll pass 2,000 today no problem though. You're signing it to build momentum to the next milestone Nothing changes without momentum, even when MPs want it to

Inflation down more than expected. Growth up last week. Borrowing down last year. Investment up. Waiting lists falling. Migration down from record highs. Much more to do, and the conflict in Iran to weather, but real concrete progress is underway www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...

I'm sick of reading about councils trying to stop clean energy projects using planning law. The government regularly has to step in. To be clear - power in general needs to be devolved, including budgetary powers, but cheap energy is of national interest

"June Too Late for Freeze to Tax Planned for September" - Mel Stride, Tory Shadow Chancellor revealing he doesn't understand the arrow of time

BBC: News is Good, But Could Get Worse

Councillor Howard Rimmer, Roman Ridge has been elected the Reform UK Leader in Doncaster. Reform UK, you've not only elected a racist who is "against Islam", he's ableist and a misogynist, and you've allowed him to be leader of a council. Let's look at his posts.

Met Police will ask the CPS to consider charging up to 57 people & 20 companies over the Grenfell Tower fire Alleged offences include corporate & gross negligence manslaughter, misconduct in public office & fraud 72 people were killed in the disaster

The triple lock is the wrong mechanism doing the right thing Pension is way too small innthe UK. A system that makes it catch up to that of our European neighbours is fine... for now

...or how well they can spot the irony of posting this with the comments turned off‽

"Brexit has failed" - Farage, 2023

8 down, 6 to go...

If you think Britain is broken, why would you vote for the person who broke it?

This is who's dealing with the charter renewal!

Leeds has always been for Europe, and history's proving them right The M62 corridor needs the EU more than it needs London. We're the direct route from Dublin to Amsterdam

This is the UK's "release the Epstein files" Never let it go forgotten. Always retweet

Renumeration for having done something, is payment

If there was any doubt there were Tories pushing for Reform to do well... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... ...this is what happens what a Tory shows diplomatic pragmatism towards keeping them out of power

This is how the left will get us a Reform government, then say they were no part of that The Green Party used to he able to negotiate. You can't rule by protest

You know what's more expensive than letting people from neighbouring cities or counties using your tips? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Checking where they're from!

This sort of behaviour needs to be part of the national conversation right now When does nationalism ever turn out to be just a preference for tradition!?

Strong "bye then" energy www.gov.uk/government/n...

Streeting's peaked

Reform's financial affairs must never be allowed to be ignored Never don't repost. This is UK's "release the Epstein files"

Anything you’d like to say, Richard?

Might be looking for a new Health Secretary next week‽

Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bid

That's A LOT! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... And this government have a decent track record so far for getting legislation through You can't be progressive and have extreme views. It requires pragmatism to not let perfection get in the way of good enough

Incredibly myopic decision www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Trains to the middle of nowhere are exactly what we need right now - hubs in which we can build 15 minute towns round a train station

I'm sure many of you will want to sign this petition to back the PM! holdtheline.org.uk/petition

I was not prepared for what we just heard in parts of Naz Shah MP's speech as she launched the debate today. Absolutely fantastic!

Just because the press don't like touching this, doesn't mean it's going away

Starmer Prepares for [insert your own news story] as he faces Leadership Crisis Bradford to play Bolton at home?

They were projecting themselves onto people with darker skin all along. Who knew‽

Timescales for today and links to the streams to watch: State Open of Parliament stream stats at 10:35am parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... House of Lords stream starts at 10:35am parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... House of Commons stream starts at 11:20am www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... 1/2

We only need a fraction of a percent of our land for solar, but apparently red meat can have all this!? youtube.com/shorts/CgeTv...

If you look closely enough and long enough, you can find something on anyone. They don't even have to look for what Farage is up to, it smacks them in the face every single day, and still they keep on digging on the left.

The left say the right thing, and do nothing. The right say the wrong thing, and do nothing There's no point doing nothing

Imagine if Labour implemented the exact same legislation as that have done, but people on social media talked about that instead of... what‽ What's actually the problem here? That it's more important what the government says than what it does?

Cameron, May, Johnson, 🥬, then Sunak... and people are risking letting in Reform because somehow Starmer is a problem‽

Fraction of Labour MPs expecting Starmer to remain as PM

“Maybe we should call it two-tier journalism. The harshest scrutiny for people we don’t approve of. A blind eye for the ones we don’t mind”, writes Alan Rusbridger