I know I’m probably reading too much into this but asking for help from foreign workers to come and save your Christmas and telling them you can only stay till Christmas Eve and be gone by Christmas is … well… appalling.
None of this would be happening if
@GaryLineker
had expressed support for “Stop The Boats” … which would have also broken impartiality rules … just let that sink in.
Just prepping for my show and reading this on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph has just stopped me in my tracks … I’m … I … speechless … which is not great when you have to talk for three hours …
We are getting nowhere.
#PMQs
is broken. There is no shame in politics anymore. You can stand there, make gags, avoid questions and repeat populist slogans without any duty to address questions with detail and fact.
The longer this continues the more more normal it becomes.
God knows I’ve resisted this tweet for so long but I’ve just cracked ...
Joggers - it’s your flipping responsibility to go round people who can’t see you coming!! FFS.
Here’s an idea.
Pre record the debates and have them fact checked by independent fact checkers.
Then broadcast them.
They will still have the ‘live’ element of leaders having to think on their feet and at the same time insure the viewers are informed when people are lying.
I have watched this clip a few times now. The anger has passed and sadness has remained.
Sadness that a PM has to resort to populism of the worst kind to distract from his abject failure.
“Get rid of the f***ing tariffs and Brexit works”
Martin’s inability to understand Brexit after all this time would be amusing if it wasn’t so damaging to the rest of us.
"Would you like to apologise for misleading your Twitter followers?"
@AlexisConran
gave
@DKShrewsbury
the chance to clarify his tweet saying there was 'no Marshall Plan for us.'
He decided to hang up.
Mordaunt "...we, on this side of the House, have never asked that the procedures of this House be upturned to mitigate against such pressures, even when we have faced extreme abuse."
... Apart from when parliament was prorogued ...of course ...
After many years of campaigning, I am delighted the Immigration Bill which will end free movement on 31st December has today passed through Parliament.
We are delivering on the will of the British people.
When reading the headline I must confess I wasn’t shocked.
However, watch the film and then listen to Bank’s reply .... then tell me if this man and his cronies(Farage, Wigmore et all) should be allowed anywhere near politics.
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how Arron Banks' pro-Brexit group Leave EU faked a migrant-crossing video and appeared to have staged photos of migrants attacking women in London.
Watch the full report at 7pm on Channel 4.
So John, just so I've understood correctly, you think the people in those constituencies should have another vote because the facts have changed?
It's ok ... I'll wait... 🙄
"The honourable thing for them to do now is to stand down and fight by-elections back in their constituencies."
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says seven MPs who resigned from the Labour party should seek re-election.
We mute journalists now ... and follow up questions are given out of the kindness and generosity of the PM and at his discretion ... and you though 2019 was a crazy year ...
Desperate stuff now from Johnson playing to the gallery describing Brussels as unelected and unaccountable... we really have not moved on from the rubbish of 2016.
It’s fine not to want to be in the EU but making up crap is just poor politics.
What a great reminder 👇👏
Gove bordering on criminal ignorance and guilty of total misleading of what a Leave vote entailed... this is what 17,4 million people where sold...
I handy clip to have when he's running for leadership of the Conservative party...
Michael Gove gave speeches in which he said we wouldn't need to use Article 50 and could just repeal the European Communities Act without it affecting our trade. (2/x)
Why the hell is
@DavidLammy
not leading the
@UKLabour
?
Why is he not even on the front bench?
The passion, engagement and arguments he exhibits is infectious and what we are in desperate need of right now.
#BBCqt
#Questiontime
The glee with which people are attacking teachers is astounding.
And yet they have nothing to say about the fact that 10 months on and many kids still have no laptops or online access... had all that been in place we wouldn't be having this discussion.
For the love of Christ!!!!
Daniel Kawczynski has a track record of being wrong (I'm being polite) or using misleading "facts"(again I'm being very kind).
WHY IS HE BEING INVITED ONTO PLATFORMS TO EXPRESS HIS VEWS???
Producers, bookers and interviewers - please stop it!
Daniel Kawczynski, a Conservative MP, told this morning's
@VictoriaLIVE
programme that we are now running a balanced budget. That's not true at the moment and the Institute for Fiscal Studies says it's not likely to be true for several years, even with a smooth Brexit process.
Watch this. And then you’ll understand why people are fed up with politicians.
Excruciating and demeaning to the public.
Excellent work by
@SophyRidgeSky
A reminder again, Helath Secretary Sajid Javid said easing the rules will help cut the huge NHS backlog...
Monday will see us drop all restrictions which will add more cases. Is there a logic to this that I am missing?
One of the largest hospitals in the country has cancelled all planned operations for two days as a rise in Covid-19 infections puts a strain on the NHS
Johnson really has no answers for Starmer.
All he has is why don’t you support us? Stop talking the country down. You have more briefs than Calvin Clein ....
Oh dear ...
Barely a year since the EU-U.K. Trade and Cooperation agreement has been in place (with the tricky parts still to be enforced) and we have appointed a minister to ‘save Christmas’
Let that sink in …
I have met Oli Khan, he is a decent man who was scammed by Priti Patel and Boris Johnson.
I admire and thank him for coming forward not many would admit falling for a scam. He did and now he's doing something about it.
@BCA1960
"Why won't you say?" asks Sky's
@BethRigby
Conservative James Daly MP refuses to answer multiple times when asked what he thinks Angela Rayner has done wrong, despite being the person who contacted the police about her.
📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
Perplexed but not surprised by Matt Hancock’s insistence that there was never a ‘national shortage’ of PPE.
Does he think people have forgotten these images?
We crunched the latest
@YouGov
MRP raw data. It presents a moving picture and it's moving in the right direction. Our poll showed we needed to flip 36 SEATS away from Tories. On the latest YouGov data that number is down to 30 SEATS.
20,653 tactical votes is all that takes. ~AA
@davidallengreen
@mrjamesob
I had Daniel on my show his morning on
@talkRADIO
... I challenged him on this tweet...it didn't go well. After giving him the opportunity to correct his statement ...He hung up on me.
Not true from the PM - 20 European countries have not agreed with his Rwanda scheme. They are looking at processing asylum seekers in a third country not sending them permanently to a third country.
Rather than an audience, how about we have fact checkers doing some live fact
@IanDunt
2/ 'People don't come here for the weather or for the welcome that they will get from the tabloid press. They come here because of work, make something better for themselves, start a good life and make some money.'
@IanDunt
#skypapers
Keir Starmer: "Think very carefully about what Suella Braverman is committing your government to do... because without a serious Home Secretary, there can be no serious government, & he cannot be a serious Prime Minister..."
#KingsSpeech
Predictable and embarrassing that the only answer to the
#RussiaReport
is that there is no 'smoking gun' and it's the work of Reamainers trying reverse Brexit.
Some might say this view is putting country in danger.
I just cannot see how people will stand for this scandal.
Politicians and civil servants leaving office, joining private companies and using their network to play the system ... it may be legal but is it the kind of system we want to live in?
EXCLUSIVE: David Cameron took Lex Greensill to a "private drink" with Matt Hancock
Together they lobbied the health secretary to introduce a payment scheme which later rolled out within the NHS
Greensill also met Dido Harding and Simon Stevens
It’s the handshake at the end. Two sad pathetic morons have found themselves. Probably the only true friend they’ll every have ...
well done
@Femi_Sorry
for keeping your dignity. 👏🏻
I don't mind Right-Wing thugs chucking their drinks on me.
I don't mind them poking me in the face with a flagpole.
I do mind that Nigel Farage is set to WIN the European Elections on Thursday, by calling anyone who opposes a form of Brexit he said would never happen, "traitors".
One of the most deceitful arguments some Remain advocates use is that the car industry depends on the EU for its success and would be adversely affected if we leave. They need to explain the damage membership of the EEC/EU did to it.
NEW
@theSNP
has reported Rishi Sunak over a potential breach of the ministerial code by accepting a £1,000 bet that the first plane to
#Rwanda
will leave before the next election.
None who sold Brexit spent a second contemplating stories like this. One of many.
Two in my family have had to apply for permission to remain in their homes with their families. They pay tax and don't get a in GEs or in the 2016 ref.
via
@mrjamesob
Russia has secretly funneled at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 in an attempt to shape political events beyond its borders, according to a new U.S. intelligence review.
Just so much in this tweet.
1. We’ve been told that Johnson delivered Brexit.
2. 13 years in charge means you are the establishment.
3. Johnson was removed by his own ministers.
4. Voters - they are the only ones who can remove an MP.
Johnson decided to avoid them.
When you hear from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and their spokespeople … do remember:
“Presenter cleared over objections to on air claims the thinktank is politically motivated and funded by ‘dark money’”
It's depressing that literally nothing has changed on Brexit. After 4 years the same MPs exhibiting the some spectacular ignorance as they did in 2016.
Some still looking to the Germany car industry, others still talking about negotiating individual deals with EU nations. 😫
Got to do something to take the heat off
#PartyGatePhotos
... so let's go for a rushed set of packages to help those struggling...
We deserve better than this.
There are rumours in Westminster of the Govt bringing forward its cost of living package later this week. Treasury sources saying package hasn't yet been agreed so that sounds like tight timetable. But still time for PM and CX to meet and agree one.
Ok … so, Greece is republic.
Has been since the 70s.
These people continue to use titles that don’t exist and have no validity at all.
Quite bizarre that several news outlets have fallen for this …
This from
@sturdyAlex
nails it
"There's now a stable Remain majority in the country; voters just need a way to express it. Tragic if they're not given it."
Leave have managed to put parties aside for what they believe in. Can Remain do the same?
I hope and trust that as days pass, Labour will begin to see all that may be gained from a pact and reassess. Also that LibDems will soften their stance. There's now a stable Remain majority in the country; voters just need a way to express it. Tragic if they're not given it. ~AA
Here is an example of the contact tracing number being spoofed with a commercially available app.
Please be careful.
Just because you see the number it does not mean the call is guaranteed to be genuine.
@mrjamesob
Let's clear this up. Leavers... Remainers don't think you're stupid, they think you were conned. Huge difference. Clever people get conned every day. It comes down to the skill of the con artists.
Mark Francois to Britain's top general: "Cummings is gonna come down and sort you out his own way and you won't like it"
Confirming the country is under the control of an unelected dictator.
What the hell was the point of that fancy media room in No10 ???
He could have stayed dry and avoided Things Can Only Get Better throughout his statement??
Bonkers decision to shove him out the door in the pouring rain.
This should concern both sides of the argument. We talk about a People’s Vote or a General Election ... unless we address dark money ads and non disclosure of funding we may as well not bother with either. ⚠️👇
Health Minister, Edward Argar, was very insistent with
@JustinOnWeb
- reason gov’t didn’t lock down care homes before 13/3 is that scientific advice “remained that community transmission was not happening at the time”.
@CMO_England
toured studios NINE DAYS BEFORE saying this:
I cannot stop watching this ... look at his anger... again... this man is in charge of the US.
I’m curious if you are a Trump fan - which bit exactly are you a fan of?!
This is quite something … not only have MPs been ambushed into an election by their own leader but now they’re being blamed for how badly it’s going.
You couldn’t make this up …
Excl: Conservative ministers and MPs have failed to “get behind” campaigning and have refused to knock on doors, a leaked memo from Tory headquarters sent days into the general election campaign has revealed.
@SebDance
@mrjamesob
@IanDunt
@PES_PSE
Seb, you’re my MEP and I’m a huge fan for all you’ve done. But we all know that every Labour vote will be taken to mean support for a Brexit Labour policy, which brings the end of freedom of movement and a Brexit that is deemed acceptable by Corbyn and Milne....
It should be pointed out how well
@TheGreenParty
has done.
With just one MP and no multi million pound TV channel featuring their leader and honorary president they’ve were just 70 vote shy of coming 3rd in the mayoral election.
If the government cared about what the UK thinks right now, the PM would be doing the 'briefing' this afternoon and explaining why he is standing by his man ... not transport secretary Grant Shapps.
My TEDx talk - I speak about how conmen still manage to scam us, magic tricks gone wrong and why we lie to ourselves on a daily basis... Brexit may come into it...
If you like it, please share it.
@TEDxBerlin1
As Mayor of London you claimed legacy projects from your predecessor as your own, you squandered millions of pounds on a Garden Bridge that was never built, millions on a cable car that was hardly used and bought a water cannon that couldn’t be used.
🚨🚨🇪🇺🇬🇧🎓🎓🎓🇪🇺🇬🇧🚨🚨Important story: poll shows public support for allowing EU school kids to use ID cards to visit U.K. on school trips — they were banned after
#Brexit
which has been disastrous for the industry — my latest via
@FT
. Stay with me/1
Just a reminder - along with Mark Francois at 23k, Christopher Chope enjoys a healthy majority of 25k in his constituency of Christchurch.
So he's not going anywhere ... a plank of wood with a blue rosette would win that seat.
Tell me our system is not broken FFS.