Darren Webb

Proposed Vaping Tax, 01-Oct-26: It is said a heavy vaper uses 5ml of 18mg/ml eliquid a day (5x18=90mg nicotine) 30ml of 3mg/ml eliquid is 90mg nicotine. The bottle on the right represents four days of such low nicotine cloud vaping. Close to the price of three bottles of scotch

@PWildebest @NPC14 @JAHeale One unnamed minister in Laura Spirit's [pre 3 line whip] Times article suggested that 1,500 would panic the cabinet. Anything less than 2,200 loses and team Starmer are just going to shrug.

@Rat_1960 @NPC14 @JAHeale Well labour ministers have said over 1500 losses would trigger a meltdown

Lord Hayward, pollster and Tory peer, has done his forecasts for next week’s council elections: 🩵Reform - gain 1550 🔶Lib Dems - gain 150 🌴Tories - lose 600 🌹Labour - lose 1850

@ExchangeTape @JAHeale I wrote *meltdown*. Would still be the biggest local council Party. lose 75% of 2,500 [2026] lose 75% of 2,500 [....] lose 75% of 2,500 [....] Then you have meltdown. Nothing seems to stick when criticising Keir.

@Rat_1960 @JAHeale Losing 75% of the contested seats on top of the seats they lost last year isn't a catastrophe? Zippy is pretty responsible I'd say and as he keeps saying, 'the buck stops with him'. Surely his position is very precarious..

@bigun1414 @JAHeale I get the total numbers and when the councillors are up for election. On that prediction Labour would still have more councillors than any other Party. Labour would have to take that hit in 2026, 2028 and 2030 to reach what I see as meltdown.

@Rat_1960 @JAHeale Not very bright are you?🤣🤣🤣

@NPC14 @JAHeale No where near enough to make Sir Starmer consider his position.

@Rat_1960 @JAHeale It is.

@RHPalmerston3 @JAHeale No I just know how many Labour and Tory councillors exist along with how many are up for reelection between now and 2030. (assuming no council reorganisations) The projected hit would still mean Labour has more councillors than any other party.

@Rat_1960 @JAHeale Are you stupid?

@NotAScoobie @JAHeale Assume this election cycle Labour drop 70% Then the next cycle in 2028 70% of that Finally in 2030 70% of the final tranche. It takes three big bites to get a meltdown. Folks just don't know councillor totals. There are currently about 4,000 Tories.

@Rat_1960 @JAHeale

@HarryClap52652 @JAHeale Well yes that would be if it happened. That is for three election cycles on the trot Labour dropped 70% of seats. Takes until 2030 assuming no council re-organisation.

@Rat_1960 @JAHeale Extrapolating the figures for this election to ‘total’ councillors, would mean a drop from 5850 to just 1580! What exactly do I consider a ‘meltdown’? 😂

@chesscom I would notice instantly. Does it make a difference? 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 ...

You wake up in an alternate reality where everything is exactly the same, except they set up the chess board like this. How long would it take you to notice? 🧐

@LeoKearse Drop the knife. Drop the %^&*ing knife. He did not. Like it not a kick follows a kick until the knife is dropped.

What's racist today? Today, kicking an armed Jihadi terrorist who's been directed by the Iranian state to kill Jews (and has a knife in his hand) is racist

@DavidVance Maybe Tainted Love: Soft Cell / Gloria Jones. I like both though.

I’ll go first. “Good Year for the Roses” by Elvis Costello beats the George Jones original.

@Steven_Swinford @Annaisaac *before* ??

Nigel Farage has been referred to the Standards Commissioner after @Annaisaac revealed that he received a £5million gift from cypto billionaire Christopher Harborne before he was elected in 2024 Farage said that he used the money to fund his private security. But the Commons rules state that new members are required to register any benefits - including gifts - that they received in the 12 months prior to their election The Tories have now referred Farage to the Standards Commissioner, saying that Farage must 'come clean'

@DannyBeales below any acceptable standard for public office says the man who voted against a referral to the privilege committee.

I have written formally to Reform UK to address racism and hate from their Ickenham and South Harefield candidate, Howard Dini. The posts include explicit endorsements of violence and fall far below any acceptable standard for public office.

@darrenpjones Gordon Brown raided the "unearned" dividends on my pension fund. As a paid up fund come the annuity as an income it was below the Personal Allowance, which of course had also been frozen. I paid tax for twenty years and did not see any benefit. Your Party steals from pensions.

What is it that the Conservatives and Reform don’t like about a Labour government standing against unearned wealth? What is it they don't like about raising money for our state schools, our hospitals, our police, and to lift children out of poverty?

@TorstenBell @KemiBadenoch Sourceless chart with some strange % axis (?) I do not believe you.

Post-truth nonsense from @KemiBadenoch at PMQs. Some facts: - employment is up over 800k since the election - employment rate is near the highest on record (look at this chart) - inactivity rates are lower than all but one year under the Tories

@petemorristwit The one grip my autistic grandson has on the neuro-typical world is the iphone.

Should the ban on 16 year olds be enforced. Do you think it will make a blind bit of difference? How many people have asked their younger kids to sort out their phone, laptop or computer? They will find a workaround. Meanwhile, they plan to give them the vote?

@TheLaurenChen *Private* vote and *survive* mean what exactly.

Reading people's justifications for pushing the blue button is actually spiking my cortisol levels If everybody pushes red - nothing happens! So why on earth would anyone press blue? It's a needless gamble, but it's being painted as the altruistic decision for some reason

@JoeSmith817638 @Essex_Patriot Does a charity *really* have to take a call to rescue at sea. You sure?

@Essex_Patriot Maybe if you spent less time posting shit and googled it you'de know. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW is a legally binding law to rescue anyone in danger at sea.

If lorry drivers get fined £1,000 for every illegal immigrant found hidden in their lorries why don't the RNLI have to pay £1,000 for everyone they land in the uk 🇬🇧

@Adam66569381 @ChessNetwork Well ... Qf2 ; Na4 Bd1 and white draws. No chance wouId I find that line which Jerry shares as I just don't go back let alone back to back move back.

@ChessNetwork Nxc3 wins a pawn and activates the knight, doesn't it? He can't take back without your queen grabbing his rook.

What's a strong move for black in this endgame? Hint: I may be setting you up to make a mistake! 🤓 Matthias Bluebaum vs Faustino Oro, 2026

@Arka30405089 @ChessNetwork What's a strong move for black in this endgame? Hint: I may be setting you up to make a mistake! Take the hint!!.

@Rat_1960 @ChessNetwork I just found a more negative player than myself