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@stephenpollard @owenjonesjourno Fascinating to see the right take on the language of identity politics.

It's so generous spirited of @owenjonesjourno to take on the mantle of determining what Iranians are and are not allowed to think about the war, having already been under the huge burden of determining what Jews are and are not allowed to think about antisemitism. Update: And as one of the replies below says, he also selflessly tells women what rights they are allowed. There really is no end to his generosity.

@RugbyKids_ @harriepw All it takes to abolish labour is for people to stop voting for them. That's the difference with a monarchy.

@harriepw If one bad royal means we can abolish the royals, what about Labour people? Mandelson for example? Abolish Labour?

Can we finally have a grown up conversation about shutting down the firm now? No more taxpayer cash, no more favourable legislation, no more deference - we’re done.

@JanetsEscapades @PlinthBotherer5 Governments have to make difficult decisions, Ombudsmen don't. The generation that owns Britain does not need a handout from current taxpayers.

@PlinthBotherer5 This was a decision by the Parliamentary Ombudsman. What is the point of an Ombudsman if their decisions are not implemented?

The WASPI women are quite instructive in some ways. They observed all of the correct rituals for lobbying and campaigning and turned up on breakfast TV relentlessly without ever EVER HAVING A POINT and while plainly not telling the truth. Stop inviting them on to stuff

@snowleopardess It's not social justice for rich boomers to get handouts from taxpayers.

I think the time of Labour being the party of social justice passed when Starmer became leader.

@jon_trickett I'm 32 and will be retiring at 68 or probably later if the state pension even exists by then. I wholly resent the idea of my taxes going into the pockets of the boomers who own the house I rent. Good decision government. MPs should try representing taxpayer constituents for once

WASPI women aren't asking for favours. They're asking for fairness. The Ombudsman found they were treated unjustly and should be compensated. Refusing to act on that breaks trust and leaves women paying the price for government failure.

@BrianLeishmanMP @WASPI_Campaign I'm 32 and will be retiring at 68 or probably later if the state pension even exists by then. I wholly resent the idea of my taxes going into the pockets of the boomers who own the house I rent. Good decision govt. MPs should stand with their taxpaying constituents for once

The fight for the justice WASPI women deserve will not go away. WASPI women have always had my full support and they always will. I will continue to fight their corner in and outside of Parliament. @WASPI_Campaign

@swanage123 @VexedWoman @SandyofSuffolk @patmcfaddenmp Ombudsman can be ignored, there is no point to them. I'm 32 and will be retiring at 68 or probably later if the state pension even exists by then. I wholly resent the idea of my taxes going into the pockets of the boomers who own the house I rent. Good decision government.

@VexedWoman @SandyofSuffolk @patmcfaddenmp Can you change terms of a contract without notifying all parties in writing? Putting it in the press you don’t read or a news bulletin you never saw was not enough. The ombudsman ruled in WASPI’s favour. Can he just be ignored like this? What’s the point of ombudsmen if they can?

So the reason the government are now giving for not compensating WASPI women is 'If we'd sent letters out to them, they probably wouldn't have read them'. Pat McFadden @patmcfaddenmp you're an utter fool if you think we're falling for that. It's a lazy statement made with no basis in fact. Just an assumption by a lying government who made promises in 2022 and reneged on them once elected.

@WASPI_Campaign There are many injustices in modern Britain - why should this be a priority given the WASPI generation are so wealthy on average.

Yes indeed. financial circumstances are not an excuse and neither should ministers refuse to act because it would be too ‘tricky’ to implement. An injustice is an injustice. #WASPI

@GBanksSmith @BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire This guy is a paediatrician you dullard, ' education doesnt equip them for workplace' presumably you want your kids' doctors to be educated

“I borrowed in total £55,000…” “How much do you owe now?" “£72,000” @vicderbyshire speaks to Dr Arthur Joustra, a trainee paediatrician, about how his student loan debt has risen since he graduated in 2022 - despite making payments. #Newsnight

@JamesDeroest @BombadilJayJay @BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire You don't know how the UK student loan system works - suggest looking it up. It's effectively a graduate tax.

@BombadilJayJay @BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire And he’s a doctor! Life and death decisions, but loan repayment and interest and he draws a blank. ???

@WASPI_Campaign @PHSOmbudsman @DWPgovuk The generation that owns Britain does not need yet another handout.

Government chooses to treat #WASPI women and @PHSOmbudsman with utter contempt, refusing to acknowledge the harm done by @DWPgovuk maladministration. We are considering all options.

@MatthewStadlen @Steven_Swinford @patrickkmaguire Miliband: 'I've had the best inoculation possible against wanting to be labour leader... By formerly being the leader'. This might get clicks from your foaming followers but the man has been pretty clear - he's not interested. Streeting however...

@Steven_Swinford @patrickkmaguire Ed Miliband would be Farage’s dream.

Exclusive from @patrickkmaguire Ed Miliband is likely to be the Labour membership’s preferred choice to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, according to polling that reveals the scale of unhappiness at the party’s grassroots The energy secretary has the highest approval rating of the mooted candidates to replace Starmer as leader, according to a survey conducted on behalf of City advisers last week Wes Streeting, the health secretary, also scored strongly - with members telling YouGov that the ability to beat Nigel Farage was a more important quality in a candidate than sharing their values Keir Starmer's approval rating is **minus 3 per cent**. He had a positive rating of 33% when Labour members were last polled in September Approval rating: Ed Miliband: 55% Wes Streeting: 44% Lucy Powell: 31% Shabana Mahmood: 18% Rachel Reeves: 13% Keir Starmer: -3% thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@DAaronovitch @kateferguson4 Extraordinary how little substance in that story, even for the bin dippers.

@kateferguson4 This is pretty far fetched. On whose part, I don't know

EXCL: Ed Miliband is ‘plotting against Keir Starmer and wants a comeback as Labour leader’, party insiders say. The Labour Party is thick with rumours Red Ed wants another sniff at the top job. Team Ed deny the claim - branding it "nonsense".

@LumoTravel @LNER @LNER but this case LNER are NOT affected, they haven't cancelled any services because the weather tonight is absolutely fine. Surely you could accept 2027 lumo only tickets on the 1900?

@Xavatron @LNER Hi, at present ‘Lumo only’ tickets will NOT be able to be used fee free on any other operator as their services are also likely to be affected UNLESS this is detailed on the day itself. ^SJ

@LumoTravel @LNER I am booked on the 2027 which Lumo have cancelled. I need to travel today. I cannot make the earlier Lumo trains (there are none). Will I be able to travel on LNER with my ticket? Surely?

@LumoTravel @LNER Hi Kim -thats a 0230AM arrival? will my ticket be valid on LNER or not?

@Xavatron @LNER Hello, the 20:27 service is running to Newcastle. From Newcastle, we are running a road replacement service to Edinburgh. Please see station staff for more information. ^Kim

This is kgx to Edinburgh this eve

@GlumBird @michaeljswalker The article you linked is interesting but doesn't talk about possible physical advantages from going through male puberty and then competing against those that didn't - I think that is the tension Walker is referring to.

@michaeljswalker Here's a study which shows TERFs do not "have a point" on sport. You're meant to be a journalist, should probably actually have evidence to back up your knee-jerk hunches bud. cces.ca/transgender-wo…

The reason the “fairness in sports thing” is a successful tactical wedge is because it’s where terfs have a point. Terfs also have a bunch of fringe and unpleasant ideas which should see them isolated, but they get a free pass because anyone sympathetic to trans rights but who thinks there could be some conflict between trans rights and womens rights in certain domains is labelled a revolting terf and never wants to speak on the issue again.

@jackseale @Inseeer @michaeljswalker I've never seen convincing evidence that going through male puberty doesn't confer permanent muscle mas advantages - until that evidence exists there is a tension.

@Inseeer @michaeljswalker I think maybe in the early days, weeks or years of the "debate" that might have been reasonable - or still now if it's someone you know. But at this point the chances of someone coming out with terf talking points who is receptive to facts are so low as to be essentially zero

Just once more because I've seen this so many times... I don't think defund/abolish police is a bad idea because the public don't like it. I think its a bad idea because it would increase crime and crime is bad. I don't think there's a tension between trans inclusion and fairness in sport because the public think that. I genuinely think one exists (how we resolve the tension is a more complex question). The relevance of public opinion relates to how the left deals with people who hold opinions like mine. To me, it seems self-defeating to try and ostracise people who hold opinions which are also held by the vast majority of the public. You won't get change that way, and, I think, it leads to the left having a bunch of very poorly tested ideas. But that's just my opinion. Over and out. ☺️