Sheila Edwards

@dave43law Extraordinarily chilling!

Reform - the face of the future that some think is the way forward

@lewis_goodall @LeoMontague91 The press largely “manufactured” it. Politicians from other political parties latched on to that criticism and fed exaggerated story lines to those needing someone to blame for misfortune. The MSM see Starmer as an open target whether or not their attacks are justified.

I’ve always been scrupulously fair to Starmer as with any politician. Some parts of the media have been unusually hostile, as I said in the film. But are you honestly claiming that his unpopularity is *entirely* manufactured by the media? If that’s the level of analysis from his supporters no wonder he’s in trouble.

Absolute garbage @lewis_goodall - the press attempted to hound him out, and he (and the Labour Party) rightly refused. Every single ounce of the hate for Starmer, the story line about how unpopular he is, has been manufactured by the press and become self fulfilling. All of it.

@gibbsy66 @Petrie_JohnC @TeresaWeath I agree entirely and could also add a few 4 syllable words but I think I’ll just add “rude” and “bitchy”.

@Petrie_JohnC @TeresaWeath Here you go: Blasé Arrogant Disingenuous Egregious Noxious Opportunistic Charmless Hubristic

I would be interested in others views on Badenoch. When she speaks - and I listened to her on Kuenssberg this morning - I always feel she is aloof and talking down to people, very patronising. Have I got this right?

@Petrie_JohnC Absolutely right. She makes no allowance for dissent from lesser mortals (aka other people).

@kat_n_eugene @Heccles94 Is it a punishment?

On what planet is it acceptable to confiscate 45-60%+ of people's earnings (plus NI, VAT, council tax etc.) while delivering a bloated welfare state, endless NHS waits, and failing services? Taxpayers are done funding this socialist spending spree. No wonder high earners and talent are fleeing to lower-tax countries and paying for proper private care and results. Fix the system, don't punish success.

I think we should change the tax brackets. Up to 15k tax free Basic rate 20% up to 60k 60k - 80k - 30% 80k - 150k 40% 150k - 500k - 50% 500k - 2,000,000 55% Then 60% on the rest over 2,000,000 What do you think?

@i_pinkwolfie @MicloutT @4Viewers @lewis_goodall @Channel4 Depressing to see that Goodall has now joined the ranks of those intent on bringing down Starmer. It was a one-sided attack. Are there any unbiased and untainted journalists left?

@4Viewers @lewis_goodall @Channel4 Sorry Lewis, I’ve been following you for a very long time. You were one of my most reliable sources of unbiased political news. Whatever has happened to you ! Unfollowed.

Lewis Goodall examines how less than two years after the biggest election landslide in UK history the Starmer government became so unpopular so quickly. #KeirStarmer #WhereDidItAllGoWrong? Tonight at 8pm on @Channel4

@LaindonFEMINIST @cristo_burton Couldn’t agree more. In part, Theresa May’s “ hopelessness” was manufactured by Johnson and others. There may be disagreement within the Parliamentary Labour party about Starmer but that is nothing compared to the constant attacks from the media. He is not allowed to succeed.

I didn’t like Theresa May as PM. I thought she was pretty hopeless. But I strongly object to some group of middle aged white men conspiring against her and getting her removed. Now they’ve turned their attention to Keir Starmer. And I’m having none of it. Neither should you

@LucyTCWife How exactly did you calculate that 0.16% risk? It seems extraordinarily precise.

For those of you that don’t know, poor Alex Belfield has been recalled back to prison. He’s now been back in HMP Nottingham for 5 weeks and is awaiting a parole hearing. His crime? There was no crime. He had been recalled for words he MIGHT say and is a 0.16% risk to the public. I have spoken with Alex weekly and he is in good spirits. He has written book no 7 and has made a start on book 8 🤣🤣 He has more rights and less restrictions in prison than he had outside on probation!! Make it make sense!!! If you would like to send Alex your well wishes I’m sure he would love to hear from you. You can email him or write to him at HMP Nottingham. Prison no: A4747EW. 💙💙

@LoftusSteve @MarkNewlands1 @emilyhewertson Boris used his hair “style” in much the same way.

@MarkNewlands1 @emilyhewertson You never see Tory MPs dressed like this. It's always the far left of Labour or Greens.

There are many things I would happily critique Hannah Spencer on, but wearing this to the chamber is not one of them. It’s a perfectly appropriate business attire. It’s just colourful. It might not be to your taste (as it’s not to mine) but not really seeing the problem?

@BethRigby The problem is that Starmer now needs to focus on an unpredictable global emergency needing funding to protect the UK and its citizens. This is the wrong time for Rayner and I’m unconvinced she could take on Starmer’s role.

Some of Rayner’s speech here so you can read for yourself “But enforcing a fair deal is not the same as ripping up a deal halfway through.  “Many people came here to Britain - on the understanding that if they worked in the sectors where we needed them, obeyed the law and paid their taxes, they could stay. “If we suddenly change that, it pulls the rug from under those who have planned their lives and commitments and are contributing to our economy and to our society. “That would be not just bad policy but a breach of trust.  “The people already in the system - who made a huge investment - now fear for their future - they do not have stability and do not know what will happen. “We cannot talk about earning a settlement if we keep moving the goalposts. “Because moving the goalposts undermines our sense of fair play. It’s un-British. “Let us be a country that has sustainable economic migration rules, but one that upholds the British values we want all who live here to respect.  “Not special treatment. But the stability and a fair pathway forward after the sacrifices many have made to build a lawful life in the UK. “l believe in a country where we keep our word and live up to our values. “And I believe the British people agree.  “That is important because we now face political opponents who construct lies, pit people against one another for political gain, and stoke fear through blame.  “Our very flags twisted into symbols of division, not the unity our values embody.  “This rhetoric isn’t just false – it’s deeply dangerous.  “And we know why they want it to be the national conversation.  “Because when it comes to our economy, they have no answers. Promises but no plans. Not for change. Not for fairness.  “They will agree the system is rigged, but they are on the side of those who rigged it.  “It is why when I took on bad bosses, rogue landlords, greedy freeholders - Reform stood with the Tories and vested interests on the other side.  “That is what we must now show the country - that Reform are not on their side.  “But we can only do that, by proving that we are.  “It is down to us to rebuild this nation and this party – the question is are we up for this fight? “I know we in this room are.  “As a party, and as a movement, we cannot hide, we cannot just go through the motions in the face of decline.  “There’s no safe ground and we’re running out of time.  “The change that people wanted so desperately needs to be seen,  it needs to be felt.  “And we have to show that it is a Labour government that will deliver it.

👀 This worth keeping eyes on. Angela Rayner, talked about as a clear front runner in any Labour leadership race,was very forthright at Labour Mainstream event tonight > Speaking after Tony Vaughan, who has been highly critical of Mahmood’s asylum plans & organised the letter from 100+ MPs asking the PM to think again, Rayner also weighs in: Says changes on indefinite leave to remain “pulls the rug from under those who have planned their lives and commitments and are contributing to our economy and to our society” Says it’s ’un-British’ “I believe in a country where we keep our word and live up to our values” > She also appears to rebuke PM, saying the Labour party ‘cannot just go through the motions in the face of decline’ and that the party is ‘running out of time’.  “The change that people wanted so desperately needs to be seen,  it needs to be felt.” > She also says Labour must show the country “Reform is not on their side” by “proving that we are”. She says Labour’s task is to rebuild “this nation and this party - the Q is are we up for this fight?” Quite the rallying cry that plays into many MPs’ unhappiness in Starmer’s leadership…

@KemiBadenoch I wonder if she ever realises she’s indulging in some separatism of her own?

Antisemitism is on the rise. The Al-Quds protests and terror marches are helping fuel it. We need a shared British identity. The Conservatives are going to fight for that. We will root out the separatism tearing Britain apart.

@LBC There are more aspects to Government than in running a business. Why would the opinion of the jeweller to the Royal Family be of any significance?

'If you run a business it's catastrophic.' Jeweler to the Royal Family Kiki McDonough says Keir Starmer's government is 'the worst she's ever seen'.

@georgebills1984 @UK_Needs_Reform Err! George - question required a “Yes” or “No”. I’d be wasting my breath if I said anything else.

@MistlethrushB @UK_Needs_Reform Err! Sheila "No". Any particular reason?

Journalist Camilla Tominey says Britain can’t afford more months of Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Do you agree with her statement? 🤔🇬🇧 Yes or No

@gymslip @JohnSimpsonNews Effectively - in what way?

@JohnSimpsonNews But you know now the technology has improved so there can be targeted attacks of sites? The IRGC are bombing innocent people indiscriminately but effectively

Over the years I’ve been in many towns and cities when they were being bombed — in a few cases (Baghdad, Belgrade etc) by my own country. No matter what the justification, most of the victims have been entirely innocent. I’ve come to loathe the very thought of aerial bombardment.

@womennotwomxn @9f8a02e25f71487 @JChimirie66677 Magistrates undergo a stringent vetting process, are well trained and mentored; they are also advised by a legal expert on more complex issues.

@9f8a02e25f71487 @JChimirie66677 Absolutely. Putting people’s futures into the hands of a barely trained legal ‘magistrate’ in a country where some areas are clearly dominated by cultures and religions could deeply affect outcomes, especially if the accused and magistrate are not ideologically compatible.

Batley Was the Warning. This Is the Response A teacher in Kirklees is still in hiding. It has been five years since he showed an image of the Prophet Mohammed in a religious studies lesson at Batley Grammar School. The protests outside the school gates, the death threats, the forced disappearance of a man who has committed no crime and broken no law, all of it is ongoing. He has not returned to his classroom. He has not returned to his life. The mob that drove him out has faced no meaningful consequence. Now look at what the same local authority has done. Kirklees Council has issued guidance to schools in its area warning that children's drawings could be considered blasphemous under Islamic law, and that teachers must be flexible in catering for religious difference. Dance lessons are flagged as a potential concern over physical contact between males and females. The guidance is framed as sensitivity training. Read it for what it is: the institutionalisation of everything the Batley mob demanded. This is how it works. A community applies pressure through intimidation. The state, rather than defending the teacher, the school and the principle that British law governs British classrooms, retreats. Then it writes the retreat into official guidance so that every teacher in the authority knows, without being told explicitly, exactly where the line is and what happens if they cross it. The man still in hiding is the lesson. The guidance is the curriculum. And it does not stop at Kirklees. The government has this week unveiled a definition of anti-Muslim hostility to be disseminated through every school, council, university, NHS trust and broadcaster in the country. Schools are to monitor and record incidents. A reporting framework will ensure that concerns are accurately identified and addressed. The shadow communities minister has called it a backdoor blasphemy law. Lord Walney, the government's own former anti-extremism tsar, has warned that extremists will use it to deflect scrutiny. Even the Equality and Human Rights Commission says it is unnecessary and risks a chilling effect on free speech. Put these things together and the architecture becomes visible. Batley showed teachers what happens when they don't self-censor. The Kirklees guidance tells them how to avoid the same fate. Across the country, schoolchildren are being marched into mosques, dressed in Islamic garments and taught to write in Arabic, not as part of a balanced study of world religions, but as immersive experiences in one faith alone, in taxpayer-funded schools that in some cases ban Christian symbols and cancel nativity plays as exclusive. The national monitoring framework now ensures that anyone who objects risks having the objection recorded. It is a three-stage system built in plain sight, piece by piece, while the government insists it is protecting cohesion. Meanwhile the teacher remains in hiding. No minister has stood at a despatch box and demanded he be able to return to work safely. No guidance has been issued telling schools that the mob does not get to set the curriculum. No definition has been unveiled to protect the right of a religious studies teacher to teach religious studies. The full weight of the state's institutional apparatus has been deployed in one direction only, and it is not in the direction of the man whose life was destroyed for doing his job. This is not the quiet Islamisation of public life. It is not quiet. It is documented, structured and accelerating. And the test of whether this government is serious about cohesion is simple: bring that teacher home. Until then, everything else is noise. "[The teacher] has not returned to his classroom. He has not returned to his life. The mob that drove him out has faced no meaningful consequence."

@lady_valor_07 You’re wrong.

6 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?

@markofagenius @BotFinderUK Which Britons?

The Telegraph says that Britons support the war against Iran. Weird that, when only 27% of Americans support it.

@KemiBadenoch Badenoch does realise that Charlotte, who embodies the new Conservative party, lost her deposit, - doesn’t she?

A statement on the Gorton and Denton by-election result.

@agw1437 @lawks1 Her attitude is puerile to say the least. As leader of the opposition she should know the difference between questioning policies and sniping at individuals to raise a laugh from her shadow cabinet “supporters” (who probably fear her turning on them)

@MistlethrushB @lawks1 Bully? She’s dealing with the PM.. if he’s being bullied then he shouldn’t be PM!

"Pedo defenders". "Worked in customer services". Badenoch going full twitter troll at the despatch box. Prime ministerial my arse. #PMQs #politicslive