@tomhfh I think Simons is about to become the youngest lord in Labour history.
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Gregory Lee Mullins
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Gregory Lee Mullins
@Gregory_Mullins
Politics, Museums and newly picking up Photography, Chelsea FC rocks. Give me more QI, Question Time and This week https://t.co/rWge4WxxE3
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Reform have a huge opportunity here if they select local.
Huge risks if they try another candidate with a national profile.
Noa Hoffman@hoffman_noa
EXCL: Reform UK will open its candidate selection for Makerfield TONIGHT and applications will close this SUNDAY. A Reform source said: “We’re not wasting any time.”
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@Iromg Mike, by the summer they rekon!!
I just dont know what illegal substances you'd need to take to make that Olympic final happen!
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@richardpbacon No, I'd say it'll end up being the same junk but now just the extra channel!
Murdoch propaganda + 1 more!
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@richardpbacon @JamieFonzarelli Actually, cerial has no calorific benefits, and no transfats like bacon or other meat based products to help with brain growth.
Soooooo, it wasn't a totally incorrect statement Richard!
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You are horrible. And simple.
Allison Pearson@AllisonPearson
Parents should feed their own children. Like they always used to. Spend the money on education not cereal.
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@elonmusk
While you're busy with the farrage claims, is there any chance you can fix my X account, please?
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@Peston @afneil @wesstreeting
Without Streeting, this will unravel fast!
If the conservatives got into power tomorrow, I'd keep Streeting in as health secretary!
Streeting was the one articulate person on the front bench, lol
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Rayner is not going back into government to fill the Streeting hole. This has just been announced:
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:
· Rt Hon James Murray MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
· Lucy Rigby KC MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Rachel Blake MP as Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) in HM Treasury
Robert Peston@Peston
The prime minister’s survival is probably now in the hands of his former deputy, Angela Rayner. Now that she has been absolved of wrongdoing by HMRC, his get-out-of-jail is to offer her the health job vacated by Streeting or perhaps any job she wants. She is strong enough to dictate terms, because she represents a large part of the parliamentary Labour Party that wants him out. So if she throws him a lifeline, they may too. I am imagining the conversation in which Rayner says to the PM that she fancies being Chancellor of the Exchequer and she is sure Rachel Reeves would excel as health secretary. This is currently all the stuff of fiction, except that whether Rayner agrees to take any job from Starmer is potentially life or death for him
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@Alan851603 @MysticStock @afneil Actually the OPEC oil issues opened up wounds that had been festering in the western world for some time. It's the reason why USA changed the speed limit from 70mph to 55mph. John browns shipyard closed because it was making ships the way they did in 1900. Metaphor for problems.
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@MysticStock @Gregory_Mullins @afneil You have to understand the fallout from the 1973 OPEC oil price rise to understand the 1970s.
Tory mismanagement of that broke Heath’s government in 1974, and Labour had to clear up the mess and deal with inflation > 25%.
It was mostly over when Thatcher came in (& messed it)
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Amazing post. Even Diane isn’t that economically stupid.
paul herriot@TruthSentinel1
@afneil Hold on a minute Andrew, it was your conservative government that put us into the £3T black hole by selling off all of our assets.
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Delusional nonsense. Did you fall out of one of your helicopters and land on your head. Stop paying interest on the bonds and you’ll quickly find out if you borrowed or not.
Malcolm Reavell @auchentrachle.bsky.social@malcolm_reavell
No, Neil, you are the one displaying economic illiteracy of Trussian proportions. The UK govt creates and spends money into existence. It sells bonds to drain excess reserves its prior spending created. Not a penny is “borrowed”. The markets need bonds. Govt doesn’t need markets.
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@strong69379 @WiganEmptySeat @afneil Actually, reasoning requires the use of opinion. I've just given you a historical fact. If we did default on our debt, borrowing would be replaced by our current interest rate payments The USA spends 130% of its GDP & france around 110% who's economy is our borrowing proping up?
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@frankbrunoboxer Stop farting with Fairy in the bath!
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Evening Okay looking for an entertaining caption. 30 years ago there would have been an advert Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet!! If someone can really make me laugh I'll get the office to send you something!!
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@strong69379 @WiganEmptySeat @afneil That's not actually true, there is absolutely no historical evidence that if the Greeks did default on their debt, that they would have to leave the euro. It was only ever threatened! They were allowed to join the euro with a fictional balance sheet (that actually happend!).
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@Gregory_Mullins @WiganEmptySeat @afneil This is hairbrained nonsense I’m afraid.
The Greeks would have been absolutely eviscerated if they’d defaulted.
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@Peston What total nonsense. There is no scenario where there isn't a leadership contest regardless of any one member.
The herd will move as one very soon. Because without the unions money, Labour are F@#£%&
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The prime minister’s survival is probably now in the hands of his former deputy, Angela Rayner.
Now that she has been absolved of wrongdoing by HMRC, his get-out-of-jail is to offer her the health job vacated by Streeting or perhaps any job she wants.
She is strong enough to dictate terms, because she represents a large part of the parliamentary Labour Party that wants him out. So if she throws him a lifeline, they may too.
I am imagining the conversation in which Rayner says to the PM that she fancies being Chancellor of the Exchequer and she is sure Rachel Reeves would excel as health secretary.
This is currently all the stuff of fiction, except that whether Rayner agrees to take any job from Starmer is potentially life or death for him
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@Asht3ch @richardpbacon I was making the point that we don't know and the way the story is presented is pretty litigious.
I'm no fan of Nigel, but this story has deep issues.
You cannot randomly buy a house in cash after having 5m, dumped in your account, fact!
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@Gregory_Mullins @richardpbacon The fuck? You going to claim the house is part of the security?
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He lied and said it was all for security
Sky News@SkyNews
BREAKING: Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash, shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, Sky News learns. Sky's political correspondent @AliFortescue has this exclusive story ⬇️ trib.al/1bMRCCs
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@WiganEmptySeat @strong69379 @afneil That's actually not true. That's what they were told until it was to late. This is well versed historical fact. In fact, the Germans knew all along that the better option for Greece and the Euro would have been to help forgive the debt.
But they chose to overburden instead!
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@strong69379 @Gregory_Mullins @afneil The Greeks can't default because they are in euro. That is why the EU dictated terms when they hit trouble.
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@justdavenow89 @richardpbacon He had just had his house firebombed, what if the move was for a more secure location?
The story dose not make sense with how it's been reported. It's clearly 2 sets of facts merged into one.
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@Gregory_Mullins @richardpbacon you can know your getting a 5 million payment coming shortly
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@DPJHodges So what your saying is we are essentially sat here waiting for the PM's resignation!
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Told Streeting's team have confirmed he has now moved behind a longer timetable. That means all the challengers and a very large proportion of the PLP are now in the same place. I'm told the bulk of the cabinet will now move in behind this position as well. Minister tells me "Game over".
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@WiganEmptySeat @afneil Actually, as a point of historical fact, no there is not. What happened in Greece was they were told they had no choice but to borrow from the German banks and ultimately they would have been better off just defaulting. The German banks made off like bandits on Greece's misery.
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@Gregory_Mullins @afneil It's called a debt default and there are many examples of what happens next.
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@piersmorgan God you fool, you can't just walk into an estate agents and buy a house for £1.5m
Both sets of solicitors need to prove where the money came from.
I'm no fan, but this feels like two different sets of facts merged into one here. SKy might be exposed here!
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Whoa… WHAT?!!
Farage told us it was all for security - where did he suddenly get £1.4m in cash to buy a property if it wasn’t from Harborne’s £5m ‘gift’ ?
This stinks more every day.
Sky News@SkyNews
BREAKING: Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash, shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, Sky News learns. Sky's political correspondent @AliFortescue has this exclusive story ⬇️ trib.al/1bMRCCs
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@BethRigby They know the Unions removing support killed his premiership at that same moment and all contenders are keeping their powder dry!
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Streeting ally: "Wes has numbers but taken decision not to trigger challenge/immediate contest as clear that wouldn’t be right thing for party. Keir needs to set out a timetable and allow widest possible contest. It’s the only way to rebuild from this mess."
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