Simon Thorp

@NotFarLeftAtAll A good man

Describe Ed Miliband in three words or less

🚨Reform leader @Nigel_Farage believes two thirds of Brits would back joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the European Convention on Human Rights. If you think he’s talking boll**** RT this to let him know

@campbellclaret I would see this as essential if we’re ever going to achieve real democracy in this country. The Right and its media and ‘think tank’ pals have damaged this country almost beyond repair.

If the Tories get punished on July 4, you won’t just be weakening a party’s grip on power you will be weakening the lying right wing press and the dark money funded libertarian think tanks whose ideas have done so much damage to the people and institutions of the country they claim to love. Let them all go down together! It will be nothing more than they and the country deserve

@SebPBerry @BBCNews @BBC @campbellclaret Quite unbelievable - the very opposite of balance. Two lengthy Tory propaganda pieces with no counter questions or interventions from Johnny - and then no opportunity for a Labour spokesman to counter. Terribly disappointing!

@LiamThorpECHO Lovely story Liam and a great reminder of a superb trip which made your Mum very happy. Well done to you all for organising and especially Tom for the secret special research he conducted ahead of the adventure. Happy St Pat’s to you, the whole family and all proud Irish folk⭐️

It’s St Patrick’s Day and I am nap-trapped by a snoozing baby so I’ll use this opportunity to tell a story about a trip to Ireland that turned into an unforgettable family reunion 🇮🇪 🧵

@TrussellTrust The Government should hang its head in shame. Over the past 14 years, the government of this wealthy country has increasingly turned its back on the poor and vulnerable and made us a laughing stock around the world. Tory politicians have failed and shamed us for too long.

🧵 Millions of people across the UK, like Amanda, Kevin and Matt, are facing hunger. Despite living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, 1 in 7 people in the UK face hunger due to a lack of money. But it doesn’t have to be this way for anyone.

Grim. The responsibility for any violence today lies solely with the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister who is too weak to deal with her dangerous chaos

Politicians and the media whipped up a firestorm of lies against those of us who opposed the massacre of Palestinian civilians. In doing so, they whipped up a far right mob. And look at that mob at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day. You fucking clowns.

Today, I am thinking of human beings in Gaza buried under the rubble. I am thinking of their joys, dreams, hopes & fears. I wonder, if the dust ever settles, whether opponents of a ceasefire will look back and reflect on the cost of their inhumanity. We need a ceasefire, now.

The Daily Mail had half a mid-paper page on the Covid Inquiry today. No mention of Johnson’s desire to let old people die. Tomorrow will be interesting. They ran, I think, 13 front page splashes about Keir Starmer eating a curry in complete accordance with all the relevant rules.

Can we now finally put the notion - which was aided and abetted by many in the press - that Dominic Cummings is some big-brained visionary, to bed, he’s just a deeply unpleasant, arrogant and chaotic individual who would do literally anything to further his own malevolent ends

The Home Secretary used a British newspaper to promote fabricated racial slurs against British Pakistanis which her officials knew to be false. Sunak’s Downing Street knew and approved. My column for Middle East Eye: middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-bra…

There’s a crisis of honesty in our national life. I documented Boris Johnson’s lies. Tragically Keir Starmer is turning out to be little better. Political lying depends on media complicity, that’s why Starmer continues to get away with it

The best way to stop judges preventing you from breaking the law is to stop trying to break the law.

Why on earth is Shaun Bailey’s peerage going ahead?

Sunak is hiding behind ‘precedent’ to allow the Johnson and Truss resignation honours lists to proceed. But precedent is just a practice you choose to continue until you decide to stop. He should have stopped them both. One is disgraced, the other crashed the economy.

@mrjamesob What about those prominent media figures who roundly vilified Corbyn? The only feasible alternative to Johnson in the 2019 election. They may not be as culpable as the tories but they still have questions to answer nonetheless.

I’m not sure how obvious this is but as long as Tories who facilitated & championed Johnson continue to be treated like valid contributors to public discourse, our democracy cannot begin to heal. If they must be ‘booked’, they should be bombarded with evidence of their perfidy.

MPs must get the chance to discuss the policing of the Coronation when Parliament returns on Tuesday. The arrest of an accredited journalist, women's safety volunteers and peaceful protestors on reportedly spurious grounds is something Parliament must take very seriously.