
Johnny Halliday
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Johnny Halliday
@Jonny_Hallidaye
Not the real Johnny Halliday. RIP Johnny! Europhile, trans ally. Tofu eating wokerati. eclectic musical taste, from Mozart, to Motorhead via all stops!






#5debutalbums8589 is going to be very interesting, because I don't think I have any locked in at first glance. Some here I've not listened to for years either, so the next few weeks will be a lot of fun!


















Bridget Phillipson - Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010. Bridget is the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Equalities. Today, 31st August 2025, Bridget appeared on national news programmes to defend her colleague Angela Rayner. Bridget was adamant that Angela has followed all the ‘rules and requirements’. Bridget has received the following donations and perks - all within the rules and requirements of course: £80,000 from Labour donor and Chairman of Israeli firm Hetz Ventures - Stuart Roden. £25,000 from Labour donor Sir Trevor Chinn. £15,000 from Jim Murphy and @ArdenStrategies £20,000+ from Michael Foster and Fostermco Ltd. £2,950 from Rachel Wolf and Public First. £20,000 from Labour donor Paul Callaghan. £10,000 from Labour donor Tom Hay. £14,000 from Lord Waheed Alli to fund her 40th birthday party. 🎂 🥳 🎈 £1,140 in tickets and hospitality from the @the_LTA for @Wimbledon 🎾 £406.00 in tickets and hospitality from the @NTLive 🎭 £1,060 in Royal Box tickets and hospitality from @Wimbledon. 🎾 3,000 from Director Joan Ryan and @elnet_global for a trip to Israel. 🇮🇱 ✈️ £575 in tickets and hospitality from @englandcricket 🏏 £8,152.62 from Australian Labour International for a trip down under. 🇦🇺 ✈️ £500 in tickets and hospitality from Sir David Rowntree for a Blur concert. 🎸 £586 in tickets, hospitality and participation from @NOEAnews for the Great North Run. 🏃♀️ £522.54 in tickets and hospitality from the @FootballAssoc for a Taylor Swift concert. 🎶 £1,195.50 in tickets and hospitality from the Midlands Aerospace Alliance for a function. With her approx. £180,000 salary, expenses (£47,712+ claimed since 1/4/24), generous donations, media appearance fees, allowances and perks, Bridget is doing very well within the rules and requirements (and within the spirit of equalities) at Westminster. ‘51% of children in Sunderland are in low-income families, compared to 49% in the North East and 42% across England according to the Sunderland City Council.’ On 9th July 2025, Bridget voted for the Universal Credit/PIP cuts that will result in further hardship down the line for people who are disabled and vulnerable. Bridget also voted to scrap the #WinterFuelPayment to pensioners 🥶 and voted to retain the two child benefit cap which, ‘significantly contributes to child poverty’ in the UK. @UKLabour @bphillipsonMP @BBCNews @BBCBreakfast @SkyNews @itvnews @Channel4News @SunderlandLab

Well done to everyone who campaigned to ensure age verification for pornography was in the Online Safety Act! Today it comes into force and while no doubt there will be some who get around it, it means young kids in particular won’t be stumbling on violent and harmful porn.



@GordonBrown 😂😂😂 the two worst chancellors of all of UK history congratulating each other, one question Gordon, where is the gold?









