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Frances Smith
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🚨 BREAKING: The Makerfield by-election will take place on Thursday 18 June
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Local boy Peter Barnes has a great discussion on all things Makerfield with Kevin O'Sullivan.
Andy Burnham's chances here are like an ice cube in hell. Reform UK should do very well in this by-election providing they do not parachute someone in. Local candidate needed.
@PCBarnes123 @TVKev @TalkTV
#ReformUK @ZiaYusufUK @Nigel_Farage @drdavidbull
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Pleased to raise my first motion at the Scottish Parliament, seeking to condemn Ed Miliband’s proposal to formalise the ban on new drilling in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Hopefully, the motion can generate some cross party support but unfortunately far too many MSPs back this industry destroying policy.
parliament.scot/chamber-and-co…
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Ezra is a perfect example of why we all should join the Free Speech Union,
Ezra Levant 🍁🚛@ezralevant
I'm a Canadian, and I joined the FSU years ago just because of how important their work is, defending freedoms in the UK. I never imagined that I myself would need to be a client of theirs!
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@ennakbl @lukejcr @joshsimonsmp Andy Burnham is supposed to have a big personal vote, but Reform will fight the by-election and see who wins.
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@francessmith @lukejcr @joshsimonsmp Exactly 😂 If they’d wanted Labour back, they wouldn’t have just wiped them out across the council seats last week.
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First doors knocked in sunny Makerfield with @joshsimonsmp ☀️
Reform won almost all Wigan council seats up for grabs last week.
But the message from voters today was crystal clear.
Andy Burnham changes the equation.
Fact. ✅🌹
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We have taken up the case of @ezralevant, a Gold member of the @SpeechUnion who has been refused entry to the UK to attend the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally tomorrow. After his ESTA was refused, he paid £1,000 to the Home Office to expedite a visa application because his flight is tonight. To date, the Home Office still hasn't responded. We hope our intervention will prompt it to issue a visa in time for him to catch his flight.
Refusing Mr Levant a visa would be a clear breach of his rights. He's not a “far right agitator intent on coming to the UK to spew [his] extremist views”, which is how Sir Keir Starmer's described those who've been blocked from entering the UK for tomorrow’s protest. He is a Canadian commentator and journalist who has no criminal convictions and has never advocated violence, intimidation, discrimination or terrorism and rejects any assertion that he is ‘far-right’ or would make threats or spread hate. In reality, he simply holds views that the Prime Minister disagrees with. Perhaps it’s his outspoken support for Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas that has raised a red flag.
Refusing Mr Levant a visa would be particularly egregious, given that Hasan Piker, the far left American political activist who has incited violence against Jews, has not been blocked from entering the UK. He's due to speak at at @unherd event on 5th June.
Is it one rule for outspoken supporters of Israel, Prime Minister, and another for outspoken supporters of the Palestinian cause? Is that because you care more about not offending Britain's Muslims than you do about not offending British Jews?
We very much hope that the Home Office will issue Mr Levant with a visa immediately and allow him to travel to the UK this evening.
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Thank you, Free Speech Union!
The Free Speech Union@SpeechUnion
We have taken up the case of @ezralevant, a Gold member of the @SpeechUnion who has been refused entry to the UK to attend the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally tomorrow. After his ESTA was refused, he paid £1,000 to the Home Office to expedite a visa application because his flight is tonight. To date, the Home Office still hasn't responded. We hope our intervention will prompt it to issue a visa in time for him to catch his flight. Refusing Mr Levant a visa would be a clear breach of his rights. He's not a “far right agitator intent on coming to the UK to spew [his] extremist views”, which is how Sir Keir Starmer's described those who've been blocked from entering the UK for tomorrow’s protest. He is a Canadian commentator and journalist who has no criminal convictions and has never advocated violence, intimidation, discrimination or terrorism and rejects any assertion that he is ‘far-right’ or would make threats or spread hate. In reality, he simply holds views that the Prime Minister disagrees with. Perhaps it’s his outspoken support for Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas that has raised a red flag. Refusing Mr Levant a visa would be particularly egregious, given that Hasan Piker, the far left American political activist who has incited violence against Jews, has not been blocked from entering the UK. He's due to speak at at @unherd event on 5th June. Is it one rule for outspoken supporters of Israel, Prime Minister, and another for outspoken supporters of the Palestinian cause? Is that because you care more about not offending Britain's Muslims than you do about not offending British Jews? We very much hope that the Home Office will issue Mr Levant with a visa immediately and allow him to travel to the UK this evening.
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Not if Reform chose a Rugby League fan, it isn't.
Aaron Bastani@AaronBastani
Burnham wearing a Hafnia Everton shirt? It’s over for Reform.
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First Burnham bankrupts the Labour party, then he bankrupts the country.
Sienna Rodgers@siennamarla
EXCL: Senior Labour figures are concerned that the party will be dragged towards “bankruptcy” if Andy Burnham successfully stands as its candidate in the Makerfield by-election, triggering a mayoral by-election and possibly a leadership contest Others say a Burnham leadership would attract enough new members to counteract all the costs: politicshome.com/news/article/b…
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Interesting that Kemi backs Starmer banning speakers for Saturday's rally.
Paul 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇱@BasedMillwaII
@GHWTowler @KemiBadenoch just backed him!
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Delighted to have come fifth in the Lords ballot for Private Members Bills with a Bill to replace the Windsor Framework with sensible mutual enforcement arrangements.
Looking forward to introducing it in early June and to highlighting the need for postive change
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Those shorts are worse that Boris's jogging attire. Way too much flesh!
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham goes for a run after announcing his plans to return to Parliament
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@MarkStretford Don't restrict choices for voters, have faith in them! Reform don't need the Tories to stand down, people who want to vote for you will, grumpy old Tories with no one to vote for aren't suddenly going to vote Reform. Let them stand and lose their deposit.
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Kemi refuses to put country before party. Typical Tory.
GB News@GBNEWS
'I am not doing any deal with Nigel Farage or Reform.' Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch looks ahead to the Makerfield by-election and refuses to stand their candidate down to help Reform. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604
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I think Starmer has gone too far. If he'd just banned a couple of people there would have been raised eyebrows, but by banning so many it draws more attention to his action and creates more of a backlash.
Steven Barrett@SBarrettBar
I think that the Prime Minister has gone too far And those involved may want to seek legal advice This is not something he should be doing.
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I think that the Prime Minister has gone too far
And those involved may want to seek legal advice
This is not something he should be doing.
Eva Vlaardingerbroek@EvaVlaar
Wow, @Keir_Starmer just added insult to injury. Now he’s claiming that the people he banned are seeking to stir up “hatred which manifests as violence”. Hence, he’s now officially accusing us of wanting to incite violence. I will not stand for this.
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The government has chosen to go all out against tomorrow's Unite The Kingdom march in London, organised by @TRobinsonNewEra. I'm sad that is the choice they've taken.
I went to last year's event, and was surprised by what I saw. They'd painted it as a far right nazi rally, but it really wasn't.
I spoke at length with Tommy / Stephen about it in an interview shortly after, which has become one of the most popular interviews I have ever done. If you've never heard him speak calmly and at length about his mission, I recommend watching it.
youtu.be/NDtAtovop6Q
You can also read my Spectator column about the rally itself: jonsac.substack.com/p/the-truth-ab…
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The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have banned several “far-right agitators’ from entering the UK and criticised the Unite the Kingdom rally.
Starmer and Mahmood claim their presence is “not conducive to the public good”.
This is the wrong decision.
The Prime Minister should not shy away from defending his Government’s policies in the face of criticism from conservative voices — foreign or domestic — by banning them from the UK.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
I’ll always champion peaceful protest. But the Unite the Kingdom march organisers are peddling hatred and division. We’ve already blocked visas for far-right agitators who want to come here to spew their extremist views. They don't speak for the decent, fair, respectful Britain I know.
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