Samuel Smith

The idea of nursing staff wanting better pay conditions is to make the profession financially appealing & safer. Staff retention is a biggy and by offering what is basically a crap bung to keep us quiet is a shambles. It’s a can kicked down the road. @theRCN it isn’t good enough.

@PolitiCommsGal @BasilTheGreat Didn’t bother him when making the initial decision? Seems to love election meddling Ban social media for u16s yet allow 8 year olds to ‘change gender at school’ Allow 16 year olds to vote 3 years to make sure he drills into the kids how bad each party is other than Labour. GG

@BasilTheGreat A U-turn to comply with the law? It sounds like Starmer chose to respect the courts. I see that as responsiveness, not a broken promise. Here's another way to look at it, and why truth helps everyone.

🚨BREAKING: Keir Starmer has U-turned only TWO HOURS after promising there would be no more U-Turning He promised this morning on BBC Radio 2 there would be no more u-turns and then did so over local elections Typical Starmer Complete loser

@Russell61595121 @reformexposed @DanThomas72574 Don’t hit them with facts. They crumble.

@reformexposed @DanThomas72574 Someone ought to remind you he lives in Blackwood . He’s successful man , he has a second home in Bath . I bet you don’t

Someone might want to remind Reform UK’s Leader in Wales @DanThomas72574 that because he lives in Bath, he’s not eligible to run for Senedd.

@KingBobIIV Brilliant!

It may actually be happening.

@GBNEWS This government is anti-working and pro-benefits. They lie to raise taxes. The lie about financial ‘black holes’. They put party before country by blocking @AndyBurnhamGM running. They are horrifically anti-democratic. This government isn’t fit to govern.

Rachel Reeves's stealth tax raid set to hammer middle earners on £48,000 the hardest gbnews.com/money/rachel-r…

Congratulations, you taxed the rich. Now half a million people have to pay more so you can feel good.

@Starcourse @ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK 🤣

@ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK Trend still down with C on track to overtake Ref in 3/6m

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 32% (+1) CON: 18% (+1) GRN: 17% (=) LAB: 15% (=) LDM: 12% (=) SNP: 3% (=) Via @FindoutnowUK, 7-8 Jan. Changes w/ 31 Dec.

@BernardBacon66 @YouGov We can thank a god awful government that likes to implement things never mentioned in their manifesto and their open door policy whilst hiking taxation 👍🏻

@YouGov We can thank the far right media for that, putting all sorts in people’s heads

Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 3-5 January 2026 Approve: 11% (-1 from 27-29 Dec 2025) Disapprove: 70% (+2) Net: -59 (-3)

@mancityfever2 Lots of moaning here. Do you all not remember where Sunderland are in the league? Unbeaten at home etc. We played well, just wouldn’t drop but it could have been worse too. Relax 🧘‍♂️

City's winning run comes to an end. What went wrong today, Blues? 😕

@RigbyConno52167 @mancityfever2 Ah the modern day City fan. Bless your socks 🤣

@mancityfever2 IT LOOKS LIKE ARSENAL HAVE WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE THEN

@AlaricGoldkuhl @EddyGray19 @mancityfever2 Was hoping he’d ran it off as per @SkySports 🤣

@EddyGray19 @mancityfever2 Banger season by you lot! The atmosphere at that ground is sensational! The supporters need to take a bow. I'm gutted that we dropped the points, but it doesn't feel so bad doing it there. The season depends on the Gonzalez injury. If he's out too long we're doomed.😭

@mancityfever2 We don’t score? Just a guess.

Loving the typo @SkySportsNews 🤣🤣🤣 #CityvSun

@simonhaytack @ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK No one’s concerned at all to be honest. It’s a long way away a general election so these made up polls are meaningless.

@SamuelSmith87 @ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK Not with this polling company. Irrespective of that a 12 point lead is no-where near enough to expect to replace a government at this point in the cycle. Especially when the average across all is far lower. There’s a good reason why no-one is concerned about Reform/NF.

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 30% (-3) CON: 18% (=) GRN: 17% (=) LAB: 14% (=) LDM: 12% (+1) SNP: 3% (=) Via @FindoutnowUK, 24 Dec. Changes w/ 17 Dec.

@Russell61595121 @ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK It’s all bull crap to keep the herd happy until an election happens.

@ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK Reform went down to 30 % 2 weeks ago with this company then up 3 the week after . These are not poll changes , they are sample fluctuations

@Gray_Mackenzie *Give #taxpayers

While welcoming Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Halifax, Mark Carney announces that Canada will give $2.5B worth of economic assistance to Ukraine, which Carney says will unlock additional financing from the IMF and World Bank to help with rebuilding Ukraine. #cdnpoli

@PolitlcsUK @Telegraph Work 4 days and work 40 hours vs working 5 days and working ….. 40 hours. What’s the difference? It’ll actually help with the BS stealth zero emission stuff the government are milking by having less traffic on the road for a day but then they’d lose on fuel tax wouldn’t they 🧐

🚨 NEW: The Government has ordered all Councils in England not to adopt a four-day working week [@Telegraph]

@Steven_Swinford You can’t cancel elections, period.

BREAKING The electoral commission warns that delaying local elections for 9million+ people until 2027 risks undermining 'the legitimacy of local decision making and damaging public confidence' It says that the 'capacity constraints' caused by reform of local government are not a 'legitimate reason for delaying long planned elections' It says that scheduled elections should go ahead as planned Follows @MaxKendix on delays 'Voters must have a say on those that represent them at local government. We will work with the UK Government on these plans so that we can support voters, campaigners, parties and administrators who have been preparing for these elections'

@labourpress You forget about the skilled workers. Nurses for example. NMW is nearly touching the starting wage for a university qualified nurse! Experienced nurses are seeing no improvement advancement in wage. There’s zero financial incentive to be a ‘skilled’ practitioner.

The Tories don't want low earning workers to be paid more. They're not on your side. They haven't changed. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…