Peter Lumsden

@PeteSamuelLegon @BBCr4today Who are the 'benefit-dependent' migrants Peter? btw I agree that benefit-dependency is a systemic problem

@PLumsden @BBCr4today Logical fallacy. Immigrants overall is a false dichotomy. I said benefit dependent migrants. Not importing benefit dependent migrants does not mean we don't have the beneficial ones. Migration is an optimisation problem, not a binary problem. We don't need millions more people.

"We've gone from being a relatively equitable country to being the most unequal in all of Europe." The University of Oxford's Professor Danny Dorling explains the UK's regional inequality problem.

@ReformSecYork the 'policy' is lack of investment regionally; focus on immigration is YOUR (cynical) policy, which diverts attention away from the long term, systemic issues around how to generate growth in 'left-behind' towns / regions. Same play book as Brexit and blaming the EU for our ills!

Prof Danny Dorling on Radio 4 is correct about the growth of inequality in Britain. This is the result of policy. However his analysis fails when it comes to causes, a key underlying reason is mass inward migration, which put downward pressure on wages and upward pressure on housing costs. People sense this and that is why they are turning to political movements he pejoratively labels as ‘far right’. People want politics centred on their needs not the failed ideology of the Established Parties. We can see that in Britain, America and across Europe too.

@PeteSamuelLegon @BBCr4today That's incorrect Peter. Immigrants overall are net contributors through payment of taxes, and being healthier are less dependent on the health service. Blaming them, like blaming the EU / Brexit just avoids facing the systemic problem - lack of investment regionally

@BBCr4today Shipping in benefit dependent migrants whilst trying to fix inequality, is like try to fill a bucket with a hole. It is by and larger natives having their wealth redistributed for this insane neo-colonialism.

@christopherhope @GBNEWS @beverleyturner How low have you fallen Chris?? Craven.....

NEW President Donald Trump praises @GBNEWS @beverleyturner as a "fantastic reporter". 💪

@GallusCol @allenanalysis @ChrisMasonBBC please can you back OUR prime minister, and not be so beholden to the idiot in the White House

@allenanalysis Good on him - Chris Mason: Why Starmer thinks he's called it right on war despite Trump barbs bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just told Trump no. “We are not going to be drawn into a wider war. My priority is British interests. I want this war to end.” Britain. America’s closest ally. The Special Relationship. Five Eyes intelligence partner. The country that stood with America on every major military engagement for a century. No. France: no. Germany: no. Norway: no. Canada: never. Japan: officially no. Australia: officially no. UK: no. Switzerland: airspace closed. Spain: reconsidering US air bases. Italy: refusing support. Trump threatened NATO with a “very bad future.” NATO’s founding members are lining up to say no one by one. The Special Relationship just told Trump his war is not Britain’s war. America gets less than 1% of its oil through the Strait. Britain just said that’s not enough reason to send their sons and daughters. $21 billion spent. 14 Americans dead. Oil at $102. Zero allied warships. Taiwan surrounded. Baghdad evacuated. The world has decided. Never stop connecting the dots.

@Gej6855 @Keir_Starmer and you identify as Christian Glenn?? If an ally is making a mistake, surely you correct them rather than collude in their wrong doing? Trump has disparaged UK troops, threatened a NATO ally (G'land), helped Putin - in fact, he no longer feels like our ally

Yet again, you just don’t get it. I don’t know why. You’re the Prime Minister of Americas greatest ally, but you don’t help when asked. Who does that? Hiding behind legality is a poor excuse. Helping an ally is not just legal, it’s the right thing to do. You’ve missed your window and will likely now decline. Sad really.

I know many people across our country are worried about the impact of the Middle East conflict on the cost of living. My Labour government is on your side, focused on protecting your families and acting in the national interest. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

@Gej6855 @Keir_Starmer and you identify as Christian Glenn?? If an ally is making a mistake, surely you correct them rather than collude in their wrong doing?

@haydonperryman @afneil one drone on one base, in Cyprus? Hardly life threatening.

@afneil US bombers are now set to strike Iran from RAF bases. British bases have been attacked. HMS Dragon is weeks away from Cyprus. And MPs are doing Strictly routines in the Commons. The French aristocracy at least had the excuse of not knowing what was coming. #AdvanceUK

The sheer stupidity of the British ruling class at a time of crisis. They make the French aristocracy in 1789 look responsible!!

@puppet_head @christopherhope @GBNEWS Yet this Christopher and @ChrisMasonBBC present this as 'Trump good Starmer bad'. Our media journos seem to just be sensationalist seekers. Where's the sober analysis of the situation? The holding of Trump to account for so much wrong he has done?

NOW on @GBNEWS 'This isn't Churchill we're dealing with!' Donald Trump lashes out at Keir Starmer over Iran war as he cuts trade with Spain gbnews.com/politics/us/do…

@nigelmp @MrHarryCole @extoryphysicist nice to see you online Nigel. Sad to see you still posting childish, sniping tweets. As for Trump - Iran. Another war?? Any legal basis for it? Or are we now to be led by the whims of a would-be dictator??

@MrHarryCole @extoryphysicist It’s not the UK- only 20% of the electorate voted for him. “Cometh the hour, cometh the man” it was said. Clearly they had not met free gear , two tier, never here Sir Keir Starmer.

EXCLUSIVE: President Trump slams Starmer suggesting he’s pandering to Muslim voters and warns Special Relationship in dire straights as he praises Europe” “He has not been helpful. I never thought I'd see that. I never thought I'd see that from the UK.” thesun.co.uk/news/38389538/…

Good example of strong partnership working in Coventry. tbh churches not always v good at being a network. @gather_movement can help! #movementforrecovery If you are in Lancashire, let's connect; please make contact @dr_sakthi @BpBlackburn @LivDiocese @MethodistGB @LancashireCC

@cfpeace wow thank the Lord for you guys. Shalom!!

The Palestinian and Israeli members of Combatants for Peace are united in our profound alarm at the current military escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran.

How ironic to acknowledge Abram, who WENT from one place to another, ie he was an 'immigrant', yet today, 'immigrants' are routinely scapegoated by the right. So much for 'Judaeo- Christian heritage' @ZiaYusufUK @GoodwinMJ @Nigel_Farage @MethRecorder @MethodistGB @the_team71236

@JoshuaTCharles @jordanbpeterson @colmflynnire yes, 'follow me' said Jesus. Do as I do....so its about living a Christ-like life, which is often in direct opposition to 'the world'. Kingdom of God/ Caesar. Christ as 'the way', not a doctrinal formula; transformation, not transaction; ongoing growth, not 'statement of belief'.

JORDAN PETERSON: THERE’S A CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAUSE IT PREFERS “RELEVANCE” TO THE CROSS This brief clip is one of the most prophetic and perceptive diagnoses of the crisis in the Church today. Right to the gut. From @jordanbpeterson’s interview with @colmflynnire.

@spectator @michaelgove some truth here - yes, police etc are painfully ignorant of Muslim credos and lifestyle; they probably also avoid what might be labelled 'racist' #bettertraining But on Brexit? Come on. NOT the way to address decline, immigration or identity. dereg? no use if trade is damaged!

Michael Gove and political adviser Munira Mirza discuss the growing influence of Islamism in Britain, particularly among younger generations of Muslims, and how it is increasingly vying against moderate forms of Islam. @michaelgove #quiteright

@NewsK365 @spectator @michaelgove 'them'? Who are 'them'??

@nigelmp Brexit, Nigel. Another of the consequences....and where are the upsides? Meanwhile, your mate Trump....

So a foreign country, Spain, gets to decide who can and who cannot come into Gibraltar- a British Overseas Territory. What looney tune of a British politician thinks this is a good deal? Oh yes, Send for Starmer. With him getting only 33.7% of the vote at the last General Election and just 20% of the electorate voting Labour Starmer really is the Sellout Supremo. We don’t need a new Prime Minister in a few weeks time- as gone he will surely be- we need a new General Election!

@havingagiraf @LizWebsterSBF We should be wary of equating 'supporting Christianity' with nationalism. 'Christian' means 'little Christ' - being a follower of Jesus & trying to be like him. Compassion for the needy and vulnerable. Challenging the rich and exploitation of the poor. Doesn't sound like Reform!

@LizWebsterSBF If we fix the radical Islam problem then we are making a good start. Supporting Christianity is an important part of that.

🚨 Reform’s Zia Yusuf says he’ll “restore Britain’s Christian heritage” Proposals include: – A patriotic curriculum centred on Christianity – Blocking churches being converted into mosques – Mandatory home searches after Prevent referrals – Net-negative migration + expat return drive When politics moves from border control to defining national identity by religion, that’s a fundamental shift. Britain is a plural democracy, not a confessional state.

@havingagiraf @mikebirdy @LizWebsterSBF Islam in the UK doesn't have an organisational structure through which to 'exert' itself. It does though seem ironic for Yusuf to be supporting an agenda that would impose new discriminations. 'Christian heritage' is NOT the same as 'being a Christian - a follower of Jesus'

@mikebirdy @LizWebsterSBF The fact remains, Christian’s, Jews, Hindus, Mormons, Buddhists all happily co-exist and have for decades. But suddenly we have religious tensions as Islam is desperately trying to exert itself and make the Uk a Muslim country.

@LuddySteve @spectator Surely both are guilty - one of deliberate provocation, the other responding with violence. Neither is interested in dialogue Sad times

@spectator The man who attacked Coskun could have come out and tried engaging in dialogue to defuse the situation. Instead, he chose an act of violence that could have resulted in a fatal stabbing, and his actions have been rewarded by him not being sent to prison. Dark times if CPS win.

My name is Hamit Coskun and last year I was convicted in a British court of religiously aggravated public order offense. My “crime”? Burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London. Moments later, I was attacked in full view of the street by a man. I was hospitalized. Then I was arrested and convicted in Westminster Magistrates Court. I managed to get that conviction overturned, with the help of the Free Speech Union and the National Secular Society, but now the Crown Prosecution Service is appealing my acquittal, with the case being heard tomorrow in the High Court. Now I am in discussions with the White House about claiming asylum in America in case the decision goes against me. ✍️ Hamit Coskun Article | spectator.com/article/i-burn…