Tom Allen

I ask the question in light of the @UKLabour leader's speech this week that included echoes of Enoch Powell and The Brexit Leave Campaign. And how much media is pressuring Labour to pander further right. The data says the threat to Labour comes from supporters defecting left.

So fundamentally can the country afford this preference against foreign-born people that a few people hold? And if we frame the question in that far more honest way, is that really what any majority want? Spoiler alert: every poll I've seen says not. So why keep up the pretence?

@tweeter_anita #Immigration has been manufactured into a convenient boogeyman, by conflating everything from skilled migrants legally (and desperately needed) immigrating as Surgical Consultants, through to the small numbers of people coming here illegally by boat from France.

@BBCAnyQuestions Why will no one mention the elephant in the room that huge corporate supermarkets are killing farming industry, just as they are fishing, and other sectors. Tax big companies that are making a killing #bbcaq

I followed Nigel Farage on and off for 10 years. When all's said and done about his standing in Clacton, milkshake incident etc, he remains at the end of the day one of the most repugnant shameless liars in UK history. Some of his standout lesser-known lies I've compiled FTR 🧵

Some disasters don't make the news, because they happen every single day. We've become accustomed to these catastrophes, even though they're often (much) worse than even the worst news on the front pages. Case in point: the tobacco industry. /1

For anyone who has been interested in my lawsuit against the Sun, the news is that  I’ve had to settle my claim out of court before it gets to trial. A 🧵…

This is such an important point, because words mean things! They didn't 'lose their house', the bank took it when they missed a payment. Let's say what we mean: "Mass biodiversity destruction, causing many permanent extinctions, for short term corporate profit"

Someone was telling me about this good samaritan geezer, out of that Bible. Talk about virtue signalling #wokerati! I hear even the Pope wears a dress now (or 'robe' he calls it). Bloody lefties... Wait till I tell the @DailyMailUK

@kevinjgsmith I heard Millbank has become less aggro, but look out for Matthew Parker St. Only Reform would be worse!

London "no go" areas: - M&M World - Angus Steak House - Madame Tussauds .... any more?

Incompetence is rife in this government. No wonder they still see Liz Truss as 'popular'

Zinger from Private Eye

The footage of Israeli soldiers torturing and humiliating detained Palestinian men in Gaza is horrific. We’ve seen terrible images like this from genocides throughout history. We know what this leads to. Never again means never again for anyone.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS FROM #COP28! 🚨 #Colombia just became the tenth country to join the call for a #FossilFuelTreaty! 🇨🇴 "I have no doubt which position to take: between fossil capital and life, we choose the side of life." 🔥 - @petrogustavo fossilfueltreaty.org/colombia🧵

A new plot to mine the unexplored deep ocean seabed is currently being foiled by some amazing activists in the Pacific. Huge respect to them. Hopefully we'll be able to study and learn about these ecosystems, rather than destroy them. abcnews.go.com/Business/wireS… #stopdeepseamining