GARY WILLIAMS

@mbroschools @BBCNewsnight Like BORIS ‘pile the bodies high’ JOHNSON ? - responsible for over 170,000 deaths during Covid ! Many of them needless due to gross incompetence and negligence.

@BBCNewsnight Like charisma is an essential quality to be effective PM. 🙄

"He has a very poor reputation... he hasn't got charisma" Phil Riley, outgoing leader of Blackburn with Darwen council, recounts what he's been hearing about the Prime Minister on the doorstep while canvassing, adding that Keir Starmer's communication style "bores people". #Newsnight

@Wozzo22 @mbroschools @BBCNewsnight Like Boris ‘pile the bodies high’ Johnson, responsible for over 170,000 deaths during Covid ? - many of them needless due to gross incompetence. No thanks !

@mbroschools @BBCNewsnight Leaders do usually have it, yes.

The self righteous, wealthy, EGOTIST Piers Morgan cunningly attempts to reverse the argument of the Tories disastrous & incompetent 14 years in Government by putting the onus on Labour ? So the Tories appalling financial inheritance and the destruction of the welfare state should be fixed by Labour in 20 months ?! Morgan would cut the support to the poor and needy further in order to lower taxes for the Uber Wealthy like him . Total hypocrisy ! Kier’s staying for the full term.

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@BBCNewsnight Like JohnMajor, Matthew Syed is spot on - Kier Starmer must be allowed a full term Th whole of journalism including Newsnight has been on Kier Starmer’s back from th beginning ! The MAIL, SUN influential rags have been appalling, at Kier Starmer’s throat in the most appalling way

“The country is becoming ungovernable...” The Times's Matthew Syed says constant leadership speculation is making it harder for Prime Ministers to make tough choices. #Newsnight

@WafflePolitical @implausibleblog How can a man lacking in human empathy, dubious morals and dodgy foreign connections become the UKs PM ?! Also, previously Russian funding, purportedly

@implausibleblog Laughable. No rules shave been broken. But, its going to be ok. Repeat after me, Nigel Farage will be my next Prime Minister...Nigel Farage will be....breathe deeply each time and relax, relax. Resistance if futile. It is inevitable.

Victoria Derbyshire spend 8 minutes taking apart Nigel Farage's £5,000,000 gift "As you'd expect we asked Reform UK for an interview tonight. One Reform UK press officer asked: with who and to discuss what" "We said we'd like to talk about the local elections, the detention centres in Green areas, and £5m gift from Christopher Harborne" "We didn't receive another reply"

If this had been Kier Starmer - BBC NEWSNIGHT’s investigation would be relentless and endless, as would the MAIL, SUN, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, GUARDIAN, etc. BUT in FARAGE’s case, he’ll employ deviation and sophistry, walking away without any consequences. Appalling DOUBLE STANDARDS !

@BBCNewsnight Like JohnMajor, Matthew Syed is spot on - Kier Starmer must be allowed a full term Th whole of journalism including Newsnight has been on Kier Starmer’s back from th beginning ! The MAIL, SUN influential rags have been appalling, at Kier Starmer’s throat in the most crude way

"It's chaos. It's mess everywhere." Polly Mackenzie analyses the spread of parties following the local council elections. #Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight Like JohnMajor, Matthew Syed is spot on - Kier Starmer must be allowed a full term Th whole of journalism including Newsnight has been on Kier Starmer’s back from th beginning ! The MAIL, SUN influential rags have been appalling, at Kier Starmer’s throat in the most appalling way

"I think he has to go." Phil Riley, who lost the leadership of Blackburn with Darwen council, says Keir Starmer should step down as Prime Minister. #Newsnight

@wmarybeard @holland_tom I recently saw on your book shelf ‘The Young Stalin’ It would be fascinating to know if there was an interesting comparison to be made with any of Rome Emperors. Paranoid, psychopathic and mad 🤔

Slipped a bit! But chuffed that Talking Classics is still in best sellers. A bit of vanity, yes. But more important: it’s a sign that the subject still matters when people want to read about it, debate it & pay good money for it! (As with ⁦@holland_tom⁩ recent Suetonius. )

@MichaelRosenYes Blummin heck, I see your point 😖 Would rain be worse though 🤔

This is the Brighton Festival Parade yesterday. Slightly concerned for a split second that I was depicted as having a hitlerian moustache but that's the shadow of my nose. Thanks for the greetings!

@claireclayforth @Conservatives As clear as light to you and me but why do the Tories not see this OR, do they not care as long as it sounds (superficially) good ?!

@Conservatives Trouble is, you'll take disability benefits away from everyone, or the vast majority. This won't get the disabled into work, but force their carers. That in turn will force care to social services.

Welfare should be for the most vulnerable. Conservatives believe everyone who can work should work.

@goodison2 @BBCNewsnight WHO’s that bloke sounding off again - the bloke that voted for and rejoices in Brexit ! Crikey, not Townsend as well into popularism, from his ivory tower !! Roger you are a great soulful singer - stick to that . Pete: cracking dynamic guitar - same as above.

@BBCNewsnight They said no to higher taxes for the rich👍 To say we can't afford to pay for pensions is a lie.

“Governments have lost the capacity, it seems, to say no...” Former Prime Minister Sir John Major argues that “part of the job of politics is to say no,” adding: “Too many people… parody the focus groups in their policies, which naturally means more expenditure.” #Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight John Major is right on so many matters Kier Starmer should stay for his 5 year term & deliver his manifesto & be judged on this Hopefully Trumps war is over, Kier & Government Yr4 can be bolder Anyone taking over is going t b slatted by the Right W Media in one way or another

“The first role of any Government… is to leave something better for the next generation than your generation inherited - this is not done now” Ex-PM Sir John Major says young people are inheriting a “more difficult” and “less favourable world”. #Newsnight

@globalhlthtwit @theAliceRoberts I mean, the dress seems to symbolise an imperialist anachronism BUT, I suppose Trump, the ‘would be’ imperialist, would love this pomp.

@globalhlthtwit @theAliceRoberts Badges, medals and a big blue band 🙄

UK billionaire (slaves, colonies, duchys) congratulates US billionaire (crypto scams, bribes, insider deals) on a 250 year relationship no longer special.

@theAliceRoberts Crikey, you’ll land up in the tower Alice 😖

I’m not sure why we still have a monarch. It seems like a medieval anachronism to me; a demonstration of inherited status and the the pinnacle of an entrenched aristocracy. And I’m really not sure why our monarch has gone to the US to stand next to another man with too much power, land and money.

@spectator Alcohol is Ok in moderation, like most things in life. I’m not a Green Party member nor voter. Mr LIDDLE should try kale, it might deactivate some of his sexist brain cells !

@spectator ROD LIDDLE: “digested kale which emanates from the woman” He’s such an obnoxious bigot ! I’m sure alcohol accounts for much of the Tory Boy YAHOOING & even those falling asleep on the benches It’s not about Alcohol per se, however Parliament is supposedly a place of work

I’m sorry Hannah Spencer doesn’t like the smell. I suspect her fellow MPs aren’t too keen on the stench of semi-digested kale which emanates from the woman, either, but we have to put these minor inconveniences aside. She represents a party which sees no harm in legalising Class A drugs, but cavils at alcohol. And she does so because alcohol is enjoyed largely by people who don’t like the Greens. It is alcohol as a signifier which annoys her, not the state of being incapacitated by it. ✍️ Rod Liddle Article | spectator.com/article/why-ha…

@PaulTonkinson @Stevecathutch @donmcgowan @tryingattimes The Right Wing Media would b straight on their back, whether its Angela, Wes or Andy Since 1900 when the Labour was formed it has only been in office 6 times - the Establishment do all in its power to unseat Labour t prevent Labour legislation on workers rights & Green Energy

@Stevecathutch @donmcgowan @tryingattimes Not tribal. There’s other Labour figures who’d be better. I think he’s uniquely bad and not that interested in politics.

Our media fixation with Keir Starmer is becoming a literal drag on the country now. As I write this, I can already see the replies forming below, accusing me of being a Labour shill etc. but, believe it or not, I am not. Maybe it's worth setting this out — I have no party affiliation. None. I'm not 'on the right' … but that's as far as it goes. There are policies and people that I admire across the Lib Dems, Greens and Labour. Conversely, there are policies and people I am vehemently against within each of those parties as well. There are some decent Conservatives left but fewer and fewer in frontline politics and I can have excellent discussions with those moderate Tories that remain. Where my line in the sand is drawn though, as I'm sure you're all aware, is the far-right. Reform UK and Restore Britain. I have no common ground with their populism — I see through the propaganda. This doesn't mean that I think every member of Reform UK is a bad person, far from it, but I cannot rationalise their top-line bravado into credible politics. So, with all that being said, I think the witch-hunt of Keir Starmer is distracting the public from some far more serious crises. Since the very day Starmer took office, there has been an onslaught from the media; desperation to try and topple him and his principal team. This played out successfully with Angela Rayner, and they have been vicious and relentless pursuing Rachel Reeves. I listened to Paul Brand on LBC at the weekend continuously comparing Starmer to Boris Johnson in terms of sleaze. Have we collectively lost our minds? There is no other Prime Minister in history that compares to Johnson for scandal. The elephant in the room — Peter Mandelson. But is it really an elephant still? Clearly, Starmer should never have brought the Prince of Darkness into his team, that was a madness and severe failing of judgement. One for which he has accepted responsibility and apologised on multiple occasions. The vetting process appears to be, pretty much, a non-story, despite what Dan Hodges and GB News are shovelling out. So … we should be moving on. Shouldn't we? Kemi Badenoch and her famously robust judgement felt not yesterday, and spent more of her diminishing political currency by pushing Starmer with six questions at PMQs on the subject. She was met with a well briefed lawyer, that, in all honesty, made her look a bit silly for continuing her defeated line of questioning. While this continues to dominate the headlines, other far more crucial issues are being missed — we're going to run low on fuel soon, the cost of living is about to skyrocket, holidays will be cancelled imminently. But mainly ... the cost of living is about to skyrocket. We saw in yesterday's inflation rise that food is already moving upward, if Trump's ludicrous war in Iran continues, then we're all going to suffer the consequences. Surely, this is a far more pressing matter? One in which the government should be fully engaged in order to help protect the public — it's number one duty. It is very telling that Reform UK are spending very little time on the Starmer issue. They sent Lee Anderson out to raise this issue, for goodness’ sake. LEE ANDERSON. Farage is hyper focused on the local elections, safe in the knowledge that the media is obsessing over Keir Starmer, once again. He's making hay while the S*n shines on Labour. Jeez! This went on a bit, sorry, but it feels critical to me. We are being led around by the nose by the legacy media outlets. They smell blood in the water, but I really don't think the story is there. Not yet. And while the sharks circle, Reform UK are flying under the radar, ready to swoop on the local elections [sorry for the weird mixed metaphors — it's early!]. Have a lovely sunny day. 🌞

@PaulTonkinson @donmcgowan @tryingattimes Johnson COVID: “Let the bodies pile high” Over 170,000 deaths - many thousands needlessly, particularly the elderly and poor. Could not be bothered to attend the first 5 Covid Meetings !

@donmcgowan @tryingattimes Never seen a PM less fit to govern. Only there till Labour opposition organises itself. Probably post local elections.