Cllr Nadim Muslim

TFW Ed Miliband is running the government.

The Prime Minister is telling porkies🐷 The reason Keir Starmer didn’t answer the question is because it would have proved he didn’t tell the truth.

Those living in Bolton deserve to feel safe in our community. Under Labour, police numbers have fallen, knife crime remains at alarming levels, and too many people are witnessing anti-social behaviour on our streets. Enough is enough. theboltonnews.co.uk/news/25922578.…

I hope all councillors support our request for the Leader to apologise this evening for wasting nearly £1,000,000 of your money on a project that council officers knew would fail.

During PMQs today, Starmer built an exceptionally weak straw-man regarding the "mother of all U-turns". Why? Because the Conservative position on Britain's involvement in the conflict has been consistent from the start, stated clearly and repeatedly by the party leader @KemiBadenoch, the Shadow Defence Secretary @jcartlidgemp, and the Shadow Foreign Secretary @pritipatel. And it's easy to check - all we need to do is look back at the statements from Kemi and the Conservative shadow cabinet, follow the timeline, and verify what was actually said. So here goes - a list of direct quotes, listed by speaker and theme. (Spoiler alert - nobody ever suggested the UK should be flying missions to bomb IRGC bases, nuclear bunkers, military buildings, etc - which is what "joining the war" in this context means) Kemi Badenoch On base access: "We have made America wait to use our air bases while Iran was hurling drones at our allies." Conservative Spring Conference, Harrogate, March 2026 On striking launch sites: "What else are our jets doing, just hanging around there? They need to be able to see who is attacking us and stop them from firing at British soldiers or even British people in hotels." BBC Breakfast interview, March 2026 (reported by LBC) "They're not doing enough. What they're doing is catching arrows. It's not working. We need to actually make sure our bases aren't being hit." LBC interview, March 2026 "RAF jets striking Iranian missile launch sites would be the right thing to do. Otherwise, we are allowing our service personnel to be put in danger." LBC interview, March 2026 "If this was a nuclear attack, God forbid, it would be too late. You can't always wait for people to attack you. Sometimes you have to make sure that you get there first to stop their ability to hurt your citizens." LBC interview, March 2026 On not joining the war: "I said that we support their actions. I never said we should join. I did say that where British bases are being attacked, we should do more than catch the arrows." BBC interview, March 2026 (reported by inkl/Guardian - this is what Starmer referred to as a U-turn) "Everyone remembers the mistakes of the Iraq War. Nobody sensible is suggesting that we should drop bombs without a second thought." Conservative Spring Conference, Harrogate, March 2026 On stating whose side Britain is on: "Canada and Australia had the moral clarity to do so immediately and unequivocally. And even now, our Prime Minister is sitting on the fence." Conservative Spring Conference, Harrogate, March 2026 "We are in this war whether Keir Starmer likes it or not." Conservative Spring Conference, Harrogate, March 2026 On deterrence: "If we put ourselves out there as a country that won't do anything to take out missile launchers when we're attacked, we are sending a signal to places like Russia and elsewhere that we won't do anything until it's too late." The Yorkshire Post, March 2026 James Cartlidge On base access: "We should have provided the use of American bases as part of the mission to attack Iran from the outset, not least because the nuclear programme in Iran is a threat to us. That is still the most important point in the debate about the current action." Hansard / East Anglian Daily Times, March 2026 When asked whether the Conservative Party backs the American-led strikes: "Yes." GB News interview, March 2026 On the government's fence-sitting: "This is extraordinary to hear the same thing again - unable to say where they stand, sitting very awkwardly on the fence." GB News interview, March 2026 "The Prime Minister is now effectively U-turning to grant permission in slightly different circumstances." GB News interview, March 2026 Priti Patel On the US strikes: "The US attacks on Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan were absolutely essential. Iran coming to the negotiating table was not happening in any constructive way." Sky News, Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, March 2026 (reported by The Jewish Chronicle) On deploying British military assets: "Do I think we should be deploying British military assets? I personally think we do, on the basis that it'll be protecting our allies and it'll be protecting British nationals in the region." LBC, Sunday with Lewis Goodall, March 2026 On supporting allied action: "She absolutely supported the actions of President Trump, saying Iran is a threat to us as a country and a threat to our allies." LBC, Sunday with Lewis Goodall, March 2026 (reported by LBC) "If the government judges that such action is necessary to avoid that then we would absolutely support the government if it deemed it necessary to ensure that we can defend our country, our citizens and effectively a lot of our strategic equities in the Middle East region." Good Morning Britain interview, March 2026 On the government's failure to act: "I'm afraid when our country is under threat from Iran, we just can't continue to sit this out anymore. Keir Starmer constantly chooses to opt out from taking any action, which I think is just unbelievable and a dereliction of his duty." GB News interview, March 2026 On closing the Ayatollah's London office: "It should be shut down. And the representatives there should be expelled from our country." GB News interview, March 2026 (reported by GB News)

@KemiBadenoch A credible plan for a credible defence. Despite Labour being bounced into higher defence spending targets by Kemi and Trump, they have no plan. Only the Conservatives have a costed way to bring down benefits and fund our troops. This is the priority for our national renewal.

My plan to use welfare savings to boost the number of troops👇

A credible plan for a credible defence. Despite Labour being bounced into higher defence spending targets by Kemi and Trump, they have no plan. Only the Conservatives have a costed way to bring down benefits and fund our troops. This is the priority for our national renewal.

I met with Shadow Transport Secretary @RicHolden about the poor service we’ve been seeing at Bromley Cross station from Northern. He agreed a train operator run by the Department for Transport should do better and will raise it with the minister, pushing for improvements sooner.

As significant today as it was then. From the fields of England, across the seas, to the Commonwealth, we’re bound by a simple principle. Liberty and law is equal to all.

Rachel Reeves is in a parallel universe 🧑‍🚀    She needs to get out and talk to people in the real world to see the harm she is doing.    The @Conservatives are the only Party with a plan to get Britain working again.

This is a Spring Statement written by Chat-GPT…

An exciting update on our ‘Welcome to Bromley Cross/Egerton’ signs!

I entered politics to improve services, yes, but more importantly, to trust you, the people of Bolton, to spend your own money better than the council. Ask yourself: will they spend it better than you? theboltonnews.co.uk/news/25889151.…

Today is an opportunity to vote for experience and a stronger economy. @Charlotty’s 30 year service in policing sets her apart from other candidates in Gorton & Denton. She is the only one standing up for what residents want, not simply trying to make a name for herself.

A good evening out in Gorton & Denton, supporting our brilliant candidate, @Charlotty. Voters are clearly sick of how Labour are damaging our country. The difference they’re seeing with the @Conservatives under @KemiBadenoch is huge. Credible plans with the backbone to deliver.

Martin - you say that @KemiBadenoch's proposal to cut Plan 2 student loan interest is "too late for most" - that because most graduates never clear their loans, reducing the interest rate won't change what they actually repay. I think you're right on the maths. But I think your alternative - raising the repayment threshold to £40,000 - solves the wrong problem. The graduates who never clear their loans are not the victims of this system. They're its beneficiaries. A low earner who borrows £53,000 and repays £25,000 over 30 years before the rest is written off has, effectively, received a £28,000 education grant from the taxpayer. That's not an injustice. That's literally a subsidy. You seem to want to give these graduates even more relief by raising the threshold, which amounts to a targeted tax cut for people who are already net recipients of public money. While it is a progressive cost-of-living relief measure, it has nothing to do with actually fixing student loans. The actual injustice sits with middle earners. A graduate on £45,000 who ends up repaying £132,000 on a £53,000 loan - that's where compound interest does real damage. These are teachers, engineers, mid-career NHS staff. Not rich. Just earning enough for the interest to snowball, but not enough to escape quickly. They repay two and a half times what they borrowed. That is the scam. Kemi's proposal targets exactly this group. Capping interest at RPI means these graduates clear their loans years earlier and save £40,000-£50,000 in lifetime repayments. On the other hand, your threshold increase proposal would redirect the same budget toward people who were never going to repay in full anyway. Basically, the choice is between fixing a genuine structural penalty on aspirational, middle-earning graduates, or handing a broader but shallower subsidy to people the system already treats generously. I think @KemiBadenoch has the better instinct here. The loans that "feel like a scam" are the ones where you pay back far more than you borrowed - not the ones where the taxpayer quietly absorbs the loss for you.

@GMB Kudos to @KemiBadenoch for handling this as she did. No serious politician has been talking about helping students on Plan 2 - something instigated before her time in parliament. Ambushing politicians doesn't help: conversation does. That's only happening now because of Kemi.

Martin Lewis is calling on the Chancellor to change a key decision on student loans she made in the last budget, calling it a breach of the contract graduates originally signed. Martin Lewis questions Kemi Badenoch about the Conservatives' proposals.

Kudos to @KemiBadenoch for handling this as she did. No serious politician has been talking about helping students on Plan 2 - something instigated before her time in parliament. Ambushing politicians doesn't help: conversation does. That's only happening now because of Kemi.

What we propose this evening is not radical. It is common sense. It is a compromise. We accept that we cannot do everything. But we can choose to do the right thing. We can spend less on ourselves and let the people keep more of their own money.

@jakewg_ @elliehodges62 Yes

@elliehodges62 Is he just copying Kemi’s speech?

Jenrick pledges to end what he describes as “abuse” of the Motability scheme. Says working people shouldn’t be funding “expensive cars” for minor conditions.