@ThatTimWalker The right wing loonies are gathering around Reform and their populist politics and the left wing loonies are gathering around The Green Party and their populist politics - both as dangerous and unwelcome as each other.
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Dave Ellis
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In the past, when the country lost faith in Labour, they’d vote Tory. Now the country has simultaneously lost faith in the Tories so it’s anyone’s guess what happens next.
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Tomorrow will I predict mark the beginning of the end of the old two-party political system and in future we’ll see a succession of chaotic coalition governments. Another of the unintended consequences of Brexit.
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@Telegraph @Hepworthclare Will the Telegraph focus on the far right cranks attracted to Reform or the £5m "gift" to Farage? Thought not...
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After decades of service, activists warn the populist leader’s ‘bonkers’ identity politics are betraying the party’s environmental roots
Read about the ex-Greens who believe that Zack Polanski has attracted ‘far-Left cranks’ 🔗
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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@trussliz @russellquirk The Liz Truss Show.......a person without personality and a track record of absolute failure had a "Show" .....
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Russell Quirk warns The Liz Truss Show that the UK economy is heading for a shock and the government is losing control. Is the country on autopilot to destruction? @russellquirk
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@implausibleblog @mtpennycook This is not one of your better responses..
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@mtpennycook Keir Starmer appointed Mandelson despite knowing of his shady past
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Polanski’s cuddly Green Party latest.
Choose hope, not hate.
Vote Labour on Thursday 7 May.
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@JohnWight1 He has stabbed 3 men, still got a knife in his hands, may have other weapons or even a bomb - and your take is they were too violent. Get your head sorted man..
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Two police officers taking turns to use an incapacitated suspect's head for a football, as he lies flat on the ground, is not policing.
It is attempted murder.
Metropolitan Police@metpoliceuk
“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.” Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.
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@PeterMcCormack So what you are saying is that the business model for small coffee shops doesn't work so you expect the state, via UC and other benefits, to subsidies your staff wages. Maybe just end this type of business or find a way to make it work.
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A minimum wage of £15 would end my coffee shop, it would have to close, as would many other businesses.
I’ll explain for the economically illiterate.
Staff costs are currently half our costs, a £15 minimum wage is actually more than £15 an hour for the company, because you have to add:
- 12.07% holiday
- Sick pay
- Maternity pay if and when required
- National insurance
- Pension contributions
These costs would mean the shop loses money because remember, energy costs are up, rates are up, regulations are up.
Now you can pass these costs onto the consumer - that would mean charging a lot more for coffee, people won’t pay it. The likes of Starbucks and Costa can, because they have economies of scale. The independent doesn’t.
Now the little socialist will say well this is your fault, if you can’t run a business that can afford to pay its staff properly, but the little socialist has never run a business and does not understand the dynamics.
Now I could pay some staff off and fill those hours myself or reduce us to one staff member during certain periods - but this proves the point that a minimum wage costs jobs.
There was a time when these jobs were done by kids, perhaps on the weekend, paid a lower wage, no holiday and no silly employment rights. Perhaps they were even paid cash. The dynamic worked and small businesses like this could operate. It was also a great first job. Sadly now it isn’t worth employing entitlement youngsters at this level of pay.
So alas, I don’t need the stress, the business would close, a number of jobs would be lost.
Economics is about understanding these dynamics, no vibes.
The cost of living is not solved through passing on inflation to the business, it is solved by ending high inflation and creating prosperity. This is what socialists don’t understand, they can’t create prosperity, they can only destroy it.
Harry Eccles@Heccles94
The Greens will raise the minimum wage to £15 for all workers 💪
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@WillKingston Why do people associated with GBNews have such irrational trains of thought and come out with nonsense like this. They cling to a synthetic version of ye olde England, but it's very selective.
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Reform, Restore and the Conservatives should all commit to immediately restoring hereditary peers if they win government.
Visegrád 24@visegrad24
Keir Starmer completed the process of removing all hereditary peers from the House of Lords yesterday It was the end of the 700-year-old tradition It was initially thought the office of the Lord Great Chamberlain would be spared as it dates back to 1138, but it also disappeared
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@railnigel Here's my favourite of his ballads...rocks up a bit on other songs youtu.be/wSrS1Y7kVTQ?si…
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@Steveandsueat22 @JonathanPieNews @CorkyMrC Why do such inept, ridiculous people come on Twitter and give their view as strongly as this when it's obvious they have no understanding of the situation, the dangers involved and the risk to the police. They live amongst us.
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@JonathanPieNews @CorkyMrC It seems to me that those officers were a dangerous threat to life. Yes, he did a terrible thing. They tasered him, he was on the floor. Kicking him in the head, more than once, is unacceptable. And, no, I’m not a trained police officer…I’m not sure they were properly trained.
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Zack Polanski getting told off by a policeman.
(This is first class)
Metropolitan Police@metpoliceuk
“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.” Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.
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@railnigel @gceccles John Isley is one of my favourite solo artists, he has had a good career since Dire Straits, some lovely songs, more than just a bass player
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Wow! Knopfler is, as usual, effortlessly mesmerising , but y’know what? So were the other three - check out that powerhouse drumming! I NEVER tire of this incredible song. @gceccles
Dire Straits 🎸@DireStraits77
Hello dear fans :) Today is my birthday, so I’d like to gift this incredible song to all of you and to myself. 🎸🎁
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@ZiaYusufUK How does this unelected person get to be on BBCQT so often spouting his obscene language and diatribe.
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@DPJHodges Threat level should have been anticipated, after years of Israeli forces killing 10s of thousands of Palestinians, including children, there was bound to be a reaction against Israel and the mis-direction of this anger against the Jewish people is wrong but predictable.
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This is staggering. How can whoever draws up these assessments have been unaware of the increased threat of terrorist attacks given Iran and her proxies have been saying for over a month the UK is now a legitimate target.
Ben Bloch@realBenBloch
🚨 BREAKING: The UK terror threat level has been increased from substantial to severe. It follows the Golders Green attack and means a terror attack is "highly likely". Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, said: "As the threat level rises, I urge everyone to be vigilant, as they go about their daily lives, and report any concerns they have to the police. “And I can assure everyone that our world-class security services and the police are working, day and night, to keep our country safe.”
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@candyspets2 @implausibleblog He just tried to kill 2 people, he still had the knife in his hand, he wouldn't release it, did the police know he was mentally ill? Let's see what you would do to halt him and prevent more stabbings - how would you react under pressure?
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@implausibleblog The guy was released from a mental health facility recently. Streeting is breaking our NHS. Rowley condones police kicking a mentally ill person in the head. Kicks to the head can be fatal!!
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Left: Fiona Bruce asks the Green's Rachel Millward about the head of the Met police criticising Zack Polanski for criticising the way the police apprehended the criminal in Golders Green #BBCQT
Right: Criminal on the ground, tasered, and both policemen are kicking him in the head
All of us are disgusted at the attack by the criminal, but is this really what we expect of our police, kicking a tasered man on the ground in the head repeatedly?
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@timespolitics So the chancellor spends money to improve her Downing Street flat, well within the allowance allowed and all open and receipted - What's the story here? We know what The Times agenda is, not hiding it anymore.
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Rachel Reeves spends £20,000 of public funds on Downing Street flat #Echobox=1777580077" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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@BrianJRajala @3YearLetterman Vanity and self reflection - you could do with some
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@3YearLetterman I can’t think of one thing Great Britain does, period!
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I literally cannot name one thing that Great Britain does better than America
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@KhouryHowell @Chen @boneGPT There are other versions available - a lyric video, a "video" of just the song title as the song plays, so you have a choice. Like many I prefer this video with the dance and the song - whilst you try to impress with faux knowledge that makes you look rather foolish.
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This is a perfect example of trying to be “creative” but using washed out themes…. You execute very well on the concept, but you become the least remembered part of the production.
The choreography took away from the song and the artist because it was creative… but the setting and “bad boy” theme completely depleted the star power of the watch.
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@janekin24 @NadineDorries They parked their bus in the loading bay and wouldn't move it and they became abusive to pub staff - facts matter - they stop you looking like a stupid prat - remember that next time.
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@NadineDorries The law decides it's unlawful discrimination against a protected characteristic. Gross Misconduct. Sack him.
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@NadineDorries Facts matter - they parked their bus in the loading bay and wouldn't move it, they became abusive - That's why they were refused service. Shows that they are as pig ignorant as you are.
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@DavidPoulden They parked their bus in the delivery bay and wouldn't move it. They became abusive - That's why they were refused service at the Wetherspoons pub. Facts matter - they stop you being an idiot
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This is blatant political discrimination. Refusing service simply for supporting Reform UK. Wetherspoon must sack this manager immediately. Pubs are for paying customers, not political gatekeepers.
#FarLeftExtremist
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@LBC What about in link between the 10s of thousands of people being killed in Gaza and now in Lebanon. Most people will see the link but not Braverman
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