Sara Nathan

@joshsimonsmp Given your consistent lack of good judgement (and the impossibility of a decent political career after trying to stitch up @Gabriel_Pogrund ) why would anyone think this move a good (or even generous) one?

For decades, Westminster has overseen the managed decline of towns like mine. We have talked big, then acted small, stuck in a politics of incrementalism that cannot meet the moment. We have lost the trust of those our party was built to serve. It is my unwavering belief that nothing short of urgent, radical, courageous reform will make a difference. That must start with a change in leadership. Today, I am putting the people I represent and the country I love first and will be resigning as MP for Makerfield. I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home, fight to re-enter Parliament, and if elected, drive the change our country is crying out for. This has not been an easy decision. This is my family’s home, where only a few weeks ago, doctors and nurses at Wigan Infirmary saved our newborn son’s life. But we all must make choices and in recent days I found myself with a difficult one: defend the status quo or step forward and act. I have made my choice. I am in politics because politics is how you change lives for the better. My party has one last chance to do that: deliver for the people and places I represent, drive economic growth, secure our borders, reform our state and politics, and change a status quo that is not working. That is the fight. I believe Andy is the one to lead it.

@Jennife10651535 Sorry to hear this. Ice-packs to the cheekbone/eye-socket maybe? Hope tomorrow is better.

Time to Fess up. I had a really bad fall today. My face looks as if I have had a beating, which my poor husband could never have inflicted. Just to let people know if anything comes of it

@mrbro1979 @Enemy_of_islam @BBCLondonNews West end theatre tonight, fringe theatre Tuesday, lunch in town & @Conwayhall yesterday, @tweetWLS tomorrow. Islington park Saturday, Marble Arch with asylum-seekers Sunday - but sure, lurking at home all the time.

@SCNathan @Enemy_of_islam @BBCLondonNews Obviously, you not leave your home, because London is full of thieves, pickpockets, drug-related problems, machete crime, phone snatchers, people behaving aggressively, rubbish, and many other issues.

The capital is ranked above Paris and New York for its large, quality, accessible cultural scene ➡️ bbc.in/4d7AEfy

@Briggsg6Gary @BBCLondonNews @oldlondonnow And you’ll find over 70% of them are perpetrated by men known to the women they attack. Maybe deport men? Of all colours. Especially those called Gary.

@BBCLondonNews @oldlondonnow Yeah right

@Enemy_of_islam @BBCLondonNews You clearly don’t live in (or visit?) London. It’s bursting with English plays, American plays, music from all over; art that is euro-centric; all sorts of cinema - little of it Arabic or African - which you have to work at to find. Nothing is outlawed. Why would it be?

@BBCLondonNews That would depend entirely on your perspective. English culture is outlawed in london, yet it's our capital city. I dont want african culture, or Arabic culture, dominating the ancient centre of ENGLISH culture.

@evilcacauren Does he think a paedophile the same as a pediatrician? Happened a lot at one point…

me in complete silence for a few seconds and then went: “wait… homosexuality isn’t prejudice?” HE THOUGHT homosexuals were homophobic people 😭😭😭 turns out he actually likes gay people just fine

today i asked my little brother what he thought about homosexuality and he immediately said he was against it 😭 i thought he was joking so i kept asking why, and he kept insisting it was wrong. eventually i went “why the hell are you against lgbt people then??” he stared at +

@lewis_goodall It really isn’t. This isn’t the @Conservatives You must know that.

So 100ish vs 80ish, with over 200 MPs as yet undeclared. But the magic number to activate a contest is 80. Whether the 80 would actively pull the trigger at this point now is another question.

@BlokeOnWheels Jolly controversial: NOTHING involving white chocolate is better than anything that doesn’t. It’s not even chocolate. Just sweet muck…

Controversial opinion time! White chocolate fingers are better than milk chocolate ones

@supertanskiii Growingly popular opinion, it seems. @10DowningStreet may not be perfect (who is?) but he is a grown-up and who wants fireworks? Dull and getting on with things (not least on world stage) is fine by me too.

Unpopular opinion? I don’t think Starmer should go. 1. Emulating a revolving door of hapless have a go c*nts set by the Tories will help nobody. 2. The man made hysteria playing out isn’t just undignified but has fuck all to do with politics or what’s right for Britain.

Whatever your political persuasion, do you think we should seek to replace yet another PM at such a difficult time, and so soon? @UKLabour @Conservatives @LibDems @TheGreenParty @reformparty_uk Please vote, comment, and RETWEET.

@ceraliza Why would anyone a sane woman wanted as a husband even contemplate humiliating their new wife with a wedding cake to the face? What type of vile, controlling man would do that to a new wife (or any other woman tbh)

@ibkis30 @RupaHuq @LizaBegum_ @Hitesh_T @RabiaNasimi Do t be so silly (and racist) @RupaHuq was born in Hammersmith and educated at @nhehs and @Cambridge_Uni Ignorance is no excuse…

@RupaHuq @LizaBegum_ @Hitesh_T @RabiaNasimi Well done you can go back to India now lol

I campaigned Londonwide. Of these: Pimlico South remains all Labour with @LizaBegum_ East Acton voted @Hitesh_T @RabiaNasimi & 3rd so 100% Lab but Wandsworth Town now is 2 Lab 1 Con &in my home ward the one Labour seat went LD Zillions splitballots, polling/apps do not "get" it

Is so much rather see the PM stay @10DowningStreet and the @ukhomeoffice go. I quite like having a grown- up at the top, even a charisma-free one.

@ZoeJardiniere Would you PLEASE not say that. Tempting fate a really bad idea. And I cannot bear the family mourning (which will last months) if it doesn’t happen.

I see more Arsenal fans complaining about sore losers who hate to see us winning on here after matches than I see us celebrating🤨 Don’t ask fans of other clubs to be happy for us or fair to us - just enjoy it😎😎😎 We’re gonna do it WE’RE GONA BLOODY DO IT THIS TIME😭😭😭🔴⚪️

@vrw123 @Albrochier My London garden has foxes as well as flowers:

@Albrochier My London garden says hello 👋

Yes. The English famously do not have gardens and have never done gardening.

@archer_rs It’s not unpaid. There are allowances etc. it’s not very much though. Not enough to live on unless you are leader (and maybe not then)

Apparently a newly elected Reform councillor just discovered, live on air, that the position is unpaid. I'm told he said, "Well bugger that for a game of soldiers" and promptly walked out of the interview.

@IanABNE @brjc301 @London_W4 There is none. I’m brutal about getting people to love luggage off seats/blocking seats. But there are no sensible options.

@brjc301 @London_W4 I get that but what's the storage situation on the carriages?

Morning all. On my way into central London on this Sunday morning and I got the Elizabeth Line just after 8am thinking it would be quiet. I was very wrong. I think everyone lands at Heathrow and steps straight on the train. People’s suitcases are about as big as the average London apartment.

@London_W4 @Middlesaxon2 Think on… if you board at #ActonMainline, every single train has come from Heathrow and there is no way of avoiding it - or the inevitable luggage-jam.

Acton Park on a sunny Saturday needs more, bigger bins- @EalingCouncil. It’s clear that @CanLager volunteers, however keen, can’t deal with this level of rubbish. Also @PuttinthePark needs to take responsibility for its pizza boxes: every bin full of them. Deposit system needed?

@CharleyXRP @hr_unhinged 🥟🥪

@hr_unhinged You're an idiot and shouldn't be in a hiring role. Showing up 15 minutes early is not stealing anything. It's being responsible cuz you're the exact type that would have bitched him out if he was 5 minutes late because of something uncontrollable like traffic or an accident

Showing up 15 minutes early for an interview is basically trespassing. Our receptionist notified me that a UX designer was waiting in the lobby at 9:45 a.m. for a 10:00 a.m. slot. I walked out and asked why he was trying to steal company time before he was even on the official payroll. He said he just wanted to account for traffic and make a solid first impression. I told him that aggressive punctuality indicates a fundamental inability to accurately estimate project timelines. He asked if he should go wait in his car until the exact minute. I said no, the damage to his cultural fit score was already permanently done. I made him sit facing the lobby wall until exactly 10:00 a.m. so he could think about his schedule. Then I canceled the interview entirely because his anxious energy was too disruptive.