@DrGABaines @NDIronsMP Remind us what inflation is, please. And then, tell us what grades you got in math and economics.
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RCourtney
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RCourtney
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Travel extensively. Interested in politics but not shouty opinions or extremists of any persuasion.
North Norfolk Katılım Mayıs 2014
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@NDIronsMP 1% growth a year, would still mean GDP per capita is declining (which means living standards are getting worse), you utter incompetent
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Oh no! Quick lads, change the subject before someone realises
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: The IMF has upgraded the UK’s growth forecast from 0.8% to 1% in 2026
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@catkinson80 If you knew anything, then you’d know full well that the government does not cut (or increase) interest rates. The lies and deception you peddle are gross.
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With this Labour Government, Britain has seen inflation come down, six interest rate cuts and borrowing fall.
The PM’s steady leadership means we are better able to protect families, support businesses, work with allies and face global challenges.
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If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.
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@DeborahMeaden @MatthewStadlen You supported this parade of clowns so you don’t get to try and stop the inevitable now. Own this mess. You promoted them.
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Quite… I will put it another way… to change leaders now is utter madness…
Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist
All Labour MPs should be looking at this very carefully. Potential leadership contenders who reckon that more borrowing and/or (even more) growth unfriendly policies on tax, spend and regulation are the way forward should reflect on it even more carefully.
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Yesterday I was, again, ridiculed for saying that Starmer wasn’t going anywhere. This evening it looks like I was right. Again. Not easy to dislodge a Labour Prime Minister. And right now it would have likely been a disastrous thing to have done.
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I have never been a fan of Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Top politicians need to realise it’s not just the message, but how you sell it that cuts through to the public psyche. His policies may well have been among the best for the country and some undoubtedly were but Sir Keir never seemed able to land them with the public. Voters rarely reward policies they don’t emotionally connect with. Yesterday’s reset speech didn’t help. What exactly was he trying to tell us.
Now, in what could be the death throes of his tenancy in No 10 after less than two years at the top, I do find myself feeling for him. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps and reached not one but two of the highest offices in the land.
So, as the wannabes circle the Cabinet table this morning, positioning for what may come next, spare a thought for a man who genuinely wanted to make a difference, but never quite mastered the art of making his case.
Fair?
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Not everyone who votes Green is a radical Islamist. But every radical Islamist will vote Green (unless independent Muslims are on the ballot). To ignore that fundamental truth serves no one, least of all gays, women, jews and white children. @SangitaMyska
Sangita Myska@SangitaMyska
Matthew, not everyone who votes Reform is a racist, but every racist will vote Reform (unless Restore is on the ballot). To ignore that fundamental truth serves no one; least of all people of colour.
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@MatthewStadlen I think Starmer himself is doing the heaviest lifting.
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I see the Mail on Sunday’s Dan Hodges’ campaign to bring down Starmer is still in full swing. Is anyone counting the tweets?
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@MartinDochert12 @Paul_Bambury Try facts rather than just countering with “rubbish”.
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Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling's solution to the global financial crisis saved the world from an absolute catastrophe you utter fuckwit.
Zia Yusuf@ZiaYusufUK
Gordon Brown sold 395 tonnes of our gold reserves at the bottom of the market, and - stupidly - told the market in advance. Gold has since risen 1500% and the gold he sold would be worth £40 billion more today. Now Starmer brings him back as his Finance Envoy. A sick joke
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@TrisOsborneMP @selhurstpaw1 Wow! You typed that without mentioning Medway wasn’t up for election last week. You are one sleazy operator.
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@selhurstpaw1 Medway - which covers a sizeable chunk of my constituency - is Labour led.
Appreciate your kind sentiment however. 👍
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Labour remains the largest force in English local government, controlling roughly one-third of all councils.
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Reminder: the loss on the oil rights Thatcher sold was around £500bn
Conservatives@Conservatives
Reminder: the £2 billion of gold Gordon Brown sold when he was Chancellor would be worth £44 billion today.
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Would love to be a fly on the wall when the people elected to FREE PALESTINE get their first phone call about fly tipping.
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@MatthewStadlen When badly aging tweets are counted, this might be up there, if only you were famous.
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Stood almost alone amongst the commentariat for weeks in saying that Starmer wouldn’t go anywhere after the May elections. And guess what? He isn’t going anywhere.
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@owenjonesjourno You changed the wording in your quote. That’s pretty shoddy journalism, Owen. Even for your standards, that’s bad.
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This is what the editor of Jewish News wrote in October 2023.
"This is plain and simple historic Islamic bloodlust, passed down through the generations from birth."
This sums it all up.
These are the people accusing us of racism because we object to Palestinians being killed.
Richard Ferrer@richferrer
Dear @owenjonesjourno. As editor of Jewish News, I was appalled by the language my deputy used towards you. There is no excuse for the unnecessary use of a full stop before a coordinating conjunction. The sentence should, of course, have read: “I am Deputy Editor of Jewish News and I’m respectfully asking you to fuck right off.”
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@BBCPolitics You’ve already, and deliberately, plunged the country into chaos.
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"I'm not going to walk away and plunge this country into chaos," PM Keir Starmer says after Labour suffers early losses in English council elections
Follow live results and analysis: bbc.in/3PtfEGT
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How does it feel to have far-right racist thug Tommy Robinson amplifying your attack on me, @jk_rowling?
What is it about a brown Muslim socialist woman that you have an issue with?
It’s been nearly a week and you still haven’t answered: why have you not once spoken about the genocide of Palestinians in over two years?
We’re still waiting, Joanne.
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Statements that have now come to light from a handful of @TheGreenParty candidates are totally unacceptable & require immediate action. There’s no place for anti-semitism or any hate speech in the party. This is a society-wide problem & needs to be rooted out wherever it’s found
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Do they have even the slightest idea of what would happen to them if the boat were boarded by Hamas?
Heidi Bachram@HeidiBachram
Flotilla members are dancing like sexy terrorists and making the Hamas triangle symbol to try and free their leaders. I don’t think this is helping.
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