Mark Houlbrook

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Mark Houlbrook

@mark4thorne

Doncaster Armed Forces Champion, Town Councillor, Deputy Mayor. Former Mayor, Ward Councillor, & Cabinet Member for City of Doncaster Council

Doncaster, United Kingdom Inscrit le Şubat 2014
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Mark Houlbrook
Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
I am very pleased and humbled to announce that I have been appointed by @MayorRos as the Armed Forces Champion for Doncaster. The role is NON POLITICAL and will help provide strategic support to the Armed Forces Covenant Board, Armed Forces Co- ordinator Teresa Hodgson
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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@LukePollard Luke, with respect, despite investment in building warships for Norway, which is commended, we should not be building their flotilla with advanced warships before ours. @AlistairCarns Valour programme will fail. These are some of the reasons why we are a laughing stock.
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Luke Pollard MP
Luke Pollard MP@LukePollard·
This week: Plymouth to London. London to Bristol. Bristol to London. London to Belfast. Belfast to London. London to Plymouth.
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Mark Houlbrook
Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@AlistairCarns A top down model that does not take into consideration the good work that is already being done with Veterans in successful areas such as Doncaster. An examplar of good practice. This is a successful model that has been ignored. You enjoy that evening Al.
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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@AlistairCarns Whilst the introduction of Valour has good intentions, the hub model will fail. It is the wrong model. It is not sustainable, no funding after 3 years incompatible with data sharing, more centralised bureacracy and more importantly no system to identify where our veterans are.
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Al Carns
Al Carns@AlistairCarns·
Have a great evening everybody!
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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@MatthewTorbitt Personally, I have had enough of Blairites like McFadden, Milburn, Streeting and others who are clearly still having influence over the party. Starmar needs to sack them. As Cabinet Offive Minister he needs to sort out the failing Civil Service Pensions debacle.
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Matthew@MatthewTorbitt·
When the media turns on you and treats you like this, it’s because they think you’re in your dying days. Pat McFadden’s face and demeanour knows this. The Labour Party will have one chance after the May elections to get this right. Don’t fuck it up.
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Mark Houlbrook
Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@FDAGenSec @mohammedahmed85 @StigAbell Tell me Dave, how did Antonia Romeo pass vetting. Was she checked, given her reported history? Was she appointed or selected? Why are you not ensuring or challenging the Cabinet on the crisis in Civil Service pensions.
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Dave Penman
Dave Penman@FDAGenSec·
As I told @StigAbell, there is no one now in the leadership of the civil service who doesn't think, "if it's politically expedient, I will be thrown under the bus."
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Matt Zarb-Cousin
Matt Zarb-Cousin@mattzarb·
It’s no surprise to me John, this is how they’ve run the Labour Party for years — who you know and jobs for their clique. They probably thought they could run the British State the same way
John McDonnell@johnmcdonnellMP

Possibly the most bizarre intervention from anyone over madcap period of last 48 hours was Margaret Hodge on Newsnight depicting the attempt by Keir Starmer’s office to secure an ambassadorship for Matthew Doyle as some sort of redeployment scheme for unemployed No 10 staff.

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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@FDAGenSec You are so off the mark. We have senior Civil Servants not working Civil Servants and Ministers.....not Ministers & the Prime Minister not working with Mandarins Look at Civil Service Pensions and HR. Get them to do their job instead of the rhetoric you are peddling in the media
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Dave Penman
Dave Penman@FDAGenSec·
Can we just nip this ‘officials have started to slow down’ nonsense in the bud. They are, & always will be, working their socks off for the country and this govt, despite the way they are being treated at the moment. As they did for previous govts who treated them equally badly.
The Telegraph@Telegraph

🔴 There were plenty of high-drama moments, described by one senior Government source as “bombshells”. But the disappointed tone of Sir Olly Robbins’s evidence gave away an even more concerning fact: Whitehall is turning against Sir Keir Starmer. Read @Tony_Diver's full analysis ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

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Mark Houlbrook
Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
A very valid and authentic issue raised. The system of electing constituency MPs needs to change. It is outdated and outmoded Every 5 years there is a requirement for panels, shortlisting and selections to be reinstated within policy not just nodded through on a wink or a nudge
John McDonnell@johnmcdonnellMP

Widespread concerns expressed in a number of constituency Labour Parties about potential vote rigging & interference in selections linked to the toxic culture of factionalism that has taken hold over the last few years. This warrants an independent inquiry bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
Beautiful setting for the Doncaster Armed Forces Covenant Workshop Conference at the Eco Power Stadium. A great evaluation of the fantastic support networks available for Doncaster Veterans and their families. Showcasing why we are an examplar @MayorRos @DoncasterDamian @
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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@zarahsultana So unprofessional and immature. The wording could have been more constructure but firm. Platforming and pure opportunism. The speakers behaviour was also degrading amd unprofessional. Nothong wrong in speaking your mind. This individual is clearly out of her depth.
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Zarah Sultana MP
Zarah Sultana MP@zarahsultana·
Keir Starmer is a barefaced liar and if he had any decency, he would resign.
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Mark Houlbrook
Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
Please sign the petition for an investigation into the failures of the administration into Civil Service Pensions. I urge everyone and their famlies to sign this petition Please reshare if you wish to do so petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7605…
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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
Questions would have to asked of anyone who thinks these two could run our country, economy, security, healthcare, energy, foreign policy or local government. Just look at the state of this. National politics is in a right state
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The Fraud
The Fraud@StarmertheFraud·
Isn't this strange... Labour Together deleted this post from X showing an LT event at 2023 Labour conference, addressed by Peter Mandelson, @jreynoldsMP and hosted by Josh Simons. This screengrab was taken two weeks ago, so only deleted since then. Would be a shame if it was shared, widely, so it never disappears.
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Karl Turner MP
Karl Turner MP@KarlTurnerMP·
I’d like to see what they had on me, @johnmcdonnellMP. I tried my hardest to pretend I don’t believe in anything. I was rumbled now and then though. So I think they probably had the intel on me. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️
John McDonnell@johnmcdonnellMP

“Naive” - Incredible Simons has deployed the Mandelson excuse strategy. We now know in addition to commissioning an agency that investigated journalists & reported smears against them, it also collected information on MPs. We need an independent inquiry. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Craig Evans
Craig Evans@NirvanaCraig·
@KarlTurnerMP @johnmcdonnellMP This just the tip of the Labour Together iceberg. McSweeney, Steve Reed and others used undisclosed funding to sabotage their own party while Corbyn was leader.
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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
Totally agree. Any Labour MP who tolerate this type of behaviour and are turning a blind eye to it, need to also consider their position. He needs to consider standing down as a MP, if guilty, with immediate effect. The trust in this individual and Labour Together is broken.
Richard Burgon MP@RichardBurgon

This simply won't wash. It wasn’t just journalists who were targeted by Labour Together's private investigators. It appears Labour MPs were targeted too. Their investigators have delayed sending their material to me because of the "large volume" they hold on me. We need an independent inquiry into Labour Together.

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Mark Houlbrook@mark4thorne·
@KarlTurnerMP He needs to stand down as MP. He is unfit to hold this position No we don't leave it Karl. Are you condoning or condemning.
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Karl Turner MP
Karl Turner MP@KarlTurnerMP·
I mean honestly let’s just move along. Nothing to see here. The man has had to resign as a Minister of the Crown. Can we just leave this now, the bloke said he’s sorry for crying out loud! We are trying to restore integrity, honesty and respect. All this is making that hard, Ian?
lan Byrne MP@IanByrneMP

I’m one of many worried Labour MPs who’ve now submitted Subject Access Requests to both Labour Together and the US firm it hired. Because the evidence is mounting this went beyond journalists and it points to something deeply troubling for a democratic society. If MPs & journalists were being monitored which the evidence points to, that’s not just wrong , it’s a fundamental breach of trust and democracy. So let’s be clear “naive” doesn’t come close to describing the actions of Labour Together. MPs have written to the PM & the General Secretary of the Labour Party for a full and independent investigation into Labour Together and everyone connected to it. No more dodging. No more silence.

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lan Byrne MP
lan Byrne MP@IanByrneMP·
I’m one of many worried Labour MPs who’ve now submitted Subject Access Requests to both Labour Together and the US firm it hired. Because the evidence is mounting this went beyond journalists and it points to something deeply troubling for a democratic society. If MPs & journalists were being monitored which the evidence points to, that’s not just wrong , it’s a fundamental breach of trust and democracy. So let’s be clear “naive” doesn’t come close to describing the actions of Labour Together. MPs have written to the PM & the General Secretary of the Labour Party for a full and independent investigation into Labour Together and everyone connected to it. No more dodging. No more silence.
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