Scott Smith
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#Whitworth councillor and @Conservatives leader of the opposition on @RossendaleBC. Views my own. 🇬🇧🏴🏳️🌈✝️
"We've got to stop equating the government's finances with a household." Zack Polanski speaking about government finances, austerity, and the problems with the UK's fiscal framework at our event this week
Andrew £181,650 being invested in Lytham Rd Under your previous Tory administration the road repair budget for 26/27 was £43M we have increased it to £71m You Tories were in charge for 8 years and the maintenance backlog in Lancashire is estimated to be over £650M Once again Reform are clearing up Tory failure
These MPs are walking talking adverts for Reform UK Roll on May 🇬🇧
This is un-British nonsense. Churches should not enjoy special privileges to hold mass prayer in public spaces while other faiths are restricted. The British instinct is straightforward: either everyone is allowed, or no one is. In truth, I suspect most of the public would prefer the latter. In the UK, faith has traditionally been treated as a private matter. Overt public displays of religion tend to sit uneasily with that cultural norm. I say this as a practising Christian. Few things irritate me more than street preachers with loudspeakers turning public spaces into platforms for performance rather than reflection. My church, the Church of England, should stay out of it.
'I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn't allowed' 'On day lets do one of these events not livestreamed. We'll do all the naughty stuff' Sarah Pochin says she wants to wear a tartan burka at Reform's Scottish Election launch
“It is basic Keynes — we need to look at the long-term impact of investment, how it brings money back into the economy and builds purchasing power for ordinary people.” @ZackPolanski answering a question on borrowing and our long-term economic strategy at his speech at the New Economics Foundation.
A Conservative peer has branded West Midlands Police "corrupt" after going undercover to find out how the force increased its income from HS2 deliveries 70x over just five years. Earl Attlee posed as "John the driving assessor" in the cab of lorries carrying abnormal loads.
National price cap on petrol now! Why not?
Farage regrets move to run 'bankrupt' council bbc.in/46SsMeo
Pleased to welcome @AndyBurnhamGM, Mayor of Greater Manchester, as Guest Speaker to this year’s Alliance Party conference! We look forward to hearing from him on several key issues, including his views on challenging the rise of populism in the modern world. #APNI26 #HopeNotFear
While first responders deal with a medical emergency in the crowd, Trump asks his staffers to put on Ave Maria
