Steven Brett

@andy4wm It’s a repressive religion. No women in sight — telling. And its creep into our culture is a downward spiral

Iftars across the West Midlands brought people together across faiths and communities. Open, shared, and rooted in common values - that is the kind of country we should champion.

@DPJHodges @MatthewStadlen It’s a repressive religion. No women in sight — telling. And its creep into our culture is a downward spiral.

If you want to argue public spaces should not be used for worship - because that’s exclusionary - fine. But condemning just one religious group, in this case Muslims, is bigotry. I’m not sure what the debate is.

@MatthewStadlen @jonsac @NJ_Timothy It’s a repressive religion. No women in sight — telling. And its creep into our culture is a downward spiral.

@jonsac @NJ_Timothy I gave you my reasoning. “Rubbish. It’s bigotry plain and simple.” Insulting my intellect only reflects poorly on you, Jonathan.

An important conversation has been started by @NJ_Timothy. Let's not shy away from it. Behind this debate lies the idea that Islam is a religion of dominance, which seeks to confer the rest of us into adherents. It’s a proselytising religion. The Islamic concept of Dawah, coupled with the regular manifestations of violent Jihad the UK and the West have had to become accustomed to over recent decades, is one reason why many people feel a genuine and legitimate sense of unease when they hear the same words terrorists shout as they slaughter us, echoing across our nation’s primary public square. It is unsettling. My article in the @spectator spectator.com/article/feelin…

@bmay He’ll be gone by the summer!

Starmer will win the next election. Not because he’s loved. Not because he’s a visionary. Not because he’s Labour. But because he is, in the end, a calm head, whose two main challengers are patently unserious ideologues, who show themselves daily to be unsuitable for the role.

@PRAVIN0070 @TheBarmyArmy Tradition is the wrong word! It's without question The ‘Pinnacle’ of cricket

@TheBarmyArmy Simple rule Test for traditionn ODI for balance T20 for chaos on X

A straight up question for a Tuesday morning. What is best - T20, ODI or Test?

@TheBarmyArmy Test!!

@JasonKingHQ Richard Ayoade would be excellent! Good hair profile/silhouette too!!

If Richard Osman really is stepping down and being replaced on House of Games then not only will they have to take his name off the programme title, they'll have to take his silhouetted image off the suitcase, the dartboard, the fondue set...the everything!! This is madness

@GuyLambertUK @NewStatesman @DMiliband As a % of GDP it may look similar, but the actual bill keeps rising and the fastest growth is in health and disability benefits. The welfare bill is heading towards £400bn this decade. Until politicians are willing to tackle that, the sums simply don’t work.

@StevenRJBrett @NewStatesman @DMiliband It’s not even much different to what it’s been for ages. Look it up. The % is pretty much identical

THE CHOICE BEFORE THE LABOUR PARTY by David Miliband @DMiliband In Britain we cannot afford the luxury of another failed government.  The last party leader to win  a majority and last a full term was Tony Blair in 2001.  That was a quarter of a century ago. The message since then from the electorate could not be clearer: get your act together.  A failure to do so is all that Reform have. A great aspiration weakly implemented – like a strong opinion weakly held - will get nowhere.  Ten year plans without the funds and reforms to implement them will not register. Now is the time for our leaders to lead. One great benefit of being in government is that the hard truths are staring you in the face. For example, the British economy needs booster rockets if it is to get from 1 per cent growth to 2 or anything like 3 per cent. Another hard truth is that we cannot afford to have the public services we want, the defence investment we need (and have promised), plus the commitments to pensioner and welfare benefits and the promise of a functioning social care system, on the current tax base. The biggest hard truth is that the world has changed in such a way that a manifesto written in 2024 constrains more than it enables. The Government’s approach to this has been contradictory. What we promised not to do has taken precedence over what we said we would do. On the one hand, the Government has held tight to the manifesto, for example on tax and on Europe, in ways that have been challenged by changed reality. On the other hand, the government has jettisoned the five “missions” that were the strategic political backbone of its promise to the electorate. The right thing to do is to start from the condition of the country and ambitions for the country, and have the policies that emerge in service of our values define the political identity, rather than vice versa. That is how successful governments have broken new ground, and created a new and distinctive politics. Labour won the last election with the dividing line of change versus no change.  That is always an attractive formula.  It will be the foundation of Reform’s effort next time.  For Labour, as the incumbent party, the dividing line needs to be good change versus bad change. That is in our power to establish. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

@JohnRentoul The elephant in the room is the welfare bill. Until that’s tackled, none of this adds up. You can’t promise better public services, more defence spending &. economic renewal while welfare keeps ballooning. But Labour will never touch it… terrified of the political fallout.

David Miliband calls for higher taxes

@JeremyVineOn5 Anyone voting Green in a general election needs to be clear about what they’re endorsing. Their policies would cripple key sectors of the economy and leave the country on its knees, not stronger. God help us if they ever get anywhere near real power.

Would you trust the Green Party to run the country? The Greens have overtaken Labour in a YouGov poll and are now the most popular party for voters under 50. They currently have five MPs. Would you like to see them in No.10?

@SamCoatesSky Anyone voting Green in a general election needs to be clear about what they’re endorsing. Their policies would cripple key sectors of the economy and leave the country on its knees, not stronger. God help us if they ever get anywhere near real power

YouGov / Sky News / Times voting intention *Greens leapfrog Labour into second place* RefUK 23% (-1) GRN 21% (+4) LAB 16%(-2) CON 16%(-2) LDEM 14%(nc), Pollster note: This is the highest we've had the Greens, the first time we've had them in second. It is also the lowest we have had Labour. In terms of how meaningful this is, it is obviously likely driven to a significant extent by the publicity from the Denton & Gorton by-election, as well as any impact it has from the Greens appearing a more viable option and less of a wasted vote. It remains to be seen to what extent it sticks, or whether it fades again as the immediate publicity boost recedes. Sunday/Monday

@Bantu_75 @MrSammyJames but it would feel more like pre-VAR football where marginal calls favoured the attacker.

@StevenRJBrett @MrSammyJames There will be less through balls. Teams will definitely adjust to the new rule. Defences will play closer to their goal and there will be massive spaces in the middle of the pitch. Set pieces will feel like penalties.

I actually cannot fathom that this is being considered

@c0ckcr0w @narindertweets Because that’s ridiculous

@narindertweets I’m UK citizen with a green card from American marriage, they still expect me and my wife pay US tax even though we living working in Britain past 20 years, why can’t we copy their system.

WATCH: Ed Davey says British tax exiles in Dubai should now be made to pay tax in the UK Go on Ed!!

@maxrushden Wrong! No more goals ruled out for a toe or sleeve. Attackers can gamble. Defences have to drop. More through balls, more one-on-ones, more goals. Less pixel-line VAR. More real football.

This is why daylight offsise is BAD! Also in open play, defences will just have to defend really deep. i can't believe Arsene Wenger can't see it. well I can believe it.

@maxrushden Great idea in theory! And favours attacking football

this is such a terrible idea.

@HarryBrent @TouchlineX It's creates more attacking football

I’ve said this before but I don’t see how this fixes anything, other than making things *much* harder (unnecessarily harder) for defenders. All this does is *move* the point of contention, not erase it. We’ll still get toenail and armpit offside, they’ll just be called heel offsides now.

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Arsene's Wenger new offside rule has been APPROVED and will be used in the Canadian Premier League! A player will ONLY be offside if he has FULLY passed the last defender, so it won't be decided based on a body part anymore. If succesful, the offside rule could change across the entire world from the 2027/28 season on.

@EmilyThornberry Wrong! Wars aren’t “only resolved through negotiation.” Many end through force, surrender or collapse. Power decides.. paperwork follows.

@narindertweets @JeremyVineOn5 It must be exhausting taking everything so seriously. Make in England great again, on a rugby podcast… get it?!

@JeremyVineOn5 It is NOT harmless fun

Was Mike Tindall right to wear a Trump-inspired 'Make England Great Again' hat? It was a tongue-in-cheek joke about England's Six Nations defeat, but critics say it's not a good look for a member of the Royal Family. Do you agree, or is it just harmless fun?