Philip Oldknow
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@OldknowPhilip
Teacher. Grandmother was founder member of LP. Carer for grand children. Likes bridge and fast cars.
"Yes I will support him... Labour governments are too rare for committed Labour people to do anything other than to support." Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander commits to supporting Andy Burnham if he is the next prime minister, following Sir Keir Starmer's resignation.
Fitting resignation speech. Voice cracking with emotion at the end as he spoke of his wife Victoria as his rock. You did indeed rid the Labour Party of the poison of antisemitism. So grateful for your willingness and openness to speak with media, including Jewish News. Always found you to be a warm, decent and honest person. You should hold your head up high now.
Dignity, integrity and full of grace. @UKLabour and the country owe a huge debt of gratitude to Keir. He’s a statesman to the last word. Thank you for saving the Labour Party, for making us electable again, for winning the election, and for always putting the country first.
Despite @DerbyshireCCC innings defeat here at Chester-le-Street, @HarryCame4 - leaving the field here at the end of the match - has become the first Derbyshire player to carry his bat through a completed innings in first class cricket against Durham. There have been 40 instances of a Derbyshire player carrying his bat, and Came is the 27th player to do it. @ACScricket
George Finch, the Reform UK leader of Warwickshire County Council, has been accused of bigotry and censorship after suggesting LGBTQ+ books should be removed from local libraries. But where exactly does this end? Libraries hold books on socialism and capitalism, atheism and every religion under the sun, evolution, the monarchy, and countless other contested ideas. That’s the point of a library: a place where people encounter perspectives that challenge, stretch, and broaden the mind. Finch is only 19, and it shows. He may simply not have read enough to grasp how books cultivate critical thinking, empathy, and a more informed, more tolerant society. Who on earth keeps voting for people this determined to stay ignorant? #ReformUK
At PMQs, Green MP Hannah Spencer, draped in exquisite Gucci, accused Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin of being “dirty and grubby.” But Starmer landed the line, calling out Zack Polanski’s absence and asking if he’d swapped his houseboat for a submarine.
