Alan Rhodes
@CllrAlanRhodes
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Labour Councillor for Worksop NE. Cabinet Member for Corporate & Financial Services. Bassetlaw CLP Chair. LGA Peer member. Chair LGA Commercial Advisory Board.
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This is what a Prime Minister looks like.
Sir Keir Starmer calls for a three-week "circuit break in England” with non-essential offices and all pubs, bars and restaurants closed
The Labour leader says it would require “significant sacrifices across the country”
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The Tory MPs are just wasting parliamentary time now. A General Election is long overdue.
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Friends, just a short word to say that unfortunately I lost my Worksop North seat on Nottinghamshire County Council today.
Thank you to friends, colleagues and officers of the Council for a very enjoyable 17 years.
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@implausibleblog
Baroness Warsi is brave and principled for speaking out about Anderson’s racism and Sunaks failure to call it out for what it is. She shows more integrity than most of the Parliamentary Conservative Party put together….bravo!
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@BBCBreakfast
Carers are the unsung and seldom recognised heroes in our communities. They save the NHS and Local Authorities millions every year and yet they tell me that every day is a struggle and they have to fight the authorities for everything the people they care for get.
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Excellent from our
@UKLabour
Deputy Leader
@AngelaRayner
in the election debate last night. She was calm in the face of opposition from a rude and hectoring Tory, trying desperately to justify 14 years of failure and representatives of parties who will never govern Britain.
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@Simon__Greaves
Shameful queue jumping by the Bassetlaw Conservative MP, putting himself before his elderly and vulnerable constituents.
This is something that
#Bassetlaw
voters should not forget or forgive.
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This is the Leadership that we all have been waiting for. Holding a liar of a PM to account, exposing him for what he is and forensically taking him apart. Starmer has had to tolerate the negativity of people who couldn’t hold a light to him. They should shut up and get in line!
Crime is going up, NHS waiting lists are at record levels and millions are worried about their jobs.
And the Prime Minister is spending all his time covering up sleaze.
The British people deserve better.
#PMQs
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@campbellclaret
When
@NadineDorries
is all you have left in your armoury, it’s all over and you are finished.
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This is how
@UKLabour
should be defending the legacy of our three consecutive terms in office rather than foolishly apologising for what we did, or worse still trashing our record.
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As the new PM is announced, this:
Westminster Voting Intention (Party Leaders Named)
Starmer's LAB: 46%
Truss' CON: 29%
Davey's LDM: 11%
Sturgeon's SNP: 4%
Denyer + Ramsey's GRN: 3%
Tice's RFM: 1%
Via
@Survation
, 31 Aug.
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I predicted when I first met
@Keir_Starmer
4 years ago that he would one day be Prime Minister. I continue to believe that and I was delighted to back his
@UKLabour
leadership campaign....the journey begins.
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Over the last 24hrs I have been contacted by many local members who are desperate for Bassetlaw voters to be given a local Labour choice. I have therefore agreed to submit my name to be the next MP for Bassetlaw in order that we can unite and secure a Labour victory.
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@NadiaWhittomeMP
This a brave and considered statement
@NadiaWhittomeMP
worthy of the position you hold as a parliamentarian. Well said and well done for defying the bullies.
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Delighted to have been re-elected as Leader of the
@UKLabour
Group on
@EMCouncils
. Many thanks to colleagues for their ongoing support.
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@implausibleblog
Thank you
@GordonBrown
for speaking up for the poor and the destitute, the most vulnerable in our communities and for exposing the shameful circumstances that so many families are enduring in Britain today.
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@Anna_Soubry
@HeyesMilepost
@LeeAndersonMP_
@Simon__Greaves
Heard this being said….nobody seems to remember him there.
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People of
#Bassetlaw
, this buffoon is your MP….but for how long?
Victoria Derbyshire destroying
@Bren4Bassetlaw
on
#Newsnight
was tremendous 👋
#r4today
#PoliticsLive
#PrivilegesCommittee
#bbcqt
#BorisTheLiar
#BorisJohnson
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@SimonTa95239529
Brilliant work Dr Simon Taylor. But where is our normally outspoken MP? Why is he hiding away? What is he afraid of?
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So the
@NottsCC
Unitary bid is dead having been rejected by government and it’s architect Cllr Kay Cutts has announced her intention not to seek re-election next May.
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How is it right that an experienced retired nurse, who is no longer registered cannot have a refresher course and be allowed to administer the
#Covid
vaccine without running into a wall of pointless bureaucracy?
More people administering the vaccine means more lives saved
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@Peston
Where was the leadership? What was the section 151 officers view? Where was the member lead scrutiny of the accounts? Lots of unanswered questions here but someone has to be held accountable.
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@Conservatives
@BBradley_Mans
Actually,
@UKLabour
just voted to uphold the law. It is shameful that this is what has become of the
@Conservatives
We are out of the EU and won’t be going back in, that argument is over so stop your silly scaremongering.
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@RobertJenrick
You seek to centralise the planning system, make it easier for developers to get applications approved, take away local decision making and the right of residents to object against applications that will ruin their area and their lives.
Your spin is nonsense and manifestly untrue
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I was delighted to welcome
@AngelaRayner
to Hucknall today to show off one of the new schools built by
@NottsLabour
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Today's a good day for a clear out and I found this lot and more from back in the day, shoved away in an old briefcase.
Needless to say, they are going nowhere
#NewLabour
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During the cost of living crisis when people are genuinely struggling to feed themselves, heat their homes and pay their bills, the Chancellor of the Exchequer appears in the Sunday Times Rich List of Britain’s wealthiest people. Think about that for a moment.
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@christiancalgie
I feel ashamed for everyone in Bassetlaw that the soon to be outgoing MP for Bassetlaw had a racist and a conspiracy theorist who crashed our economy, as his special guests last night.
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Just a bit of personal news. Today I have been formally offered and have accepted the role of Community Development Lead with
@_HWNN
I am delighted to be appointed to this role and look forward to working with the Healthwatch team on behalf of patients and social care users.
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Banksy brilliantly captures the state to which this Conservative government has brought our NHS.
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@Bren4Bassetlaw
This is just daft! Whether it not you agree with the gesture, there is no comparison between players wanting to make a statement about racism in the game and in our society and the evil of nazi Germany.
For pity’s sake act your age!
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@AuschwitzMuseum
I visited
@AuschwitzMuseum
one of the the locations of the state organised murder of so many people and the actual site of this atrocity, a few years ago. It had a marked effect on me and made me pledge that they should never be forgotten
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I can’t recall any occasion when I have praised
@ABridgen
but well done for having the courage to call out
@BorisJohnson
and for questioning his moral authority to lead.
I look forward to the MP for Bassetlaw showing the same level of integrity.
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@implausibleblog
Here is a lie told by the Prime Minister in Parliament being exposed and a Tory Government Minister brushing it of as if it were the norm. Standards in public life matter and under this government they’ve declined dramatically.
#GeneralElectionN0W
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@Anna_Soubry
@trwoolley001
Thank you
@Keir_Starmer
for speaking up for decent, law abiding people everywhere, throughout the length and breadth of Britain. It’s time for Johnson to do the decent thing for once in his life
#ResignBorisJohnson
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I was delighted to endorse my very good friend
@CllrJoWhite
to be our Labour Parliamentary candidate and I will be campaigning hard to get her elected as our Labour MP for Bassetlaw.
Vote for Jo on 4th July to make Bassetlaw a better place to grow up in, work in and live in.
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@TVNaga01
@MattHancock
I would like him to say “I am incompetent, got it all wrong, I have a tendency to blame other people for my mistakes, I accept responsibility and I resign”.
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The
@Conservatives
at
@NottsCC
would rather pontificate about ‘relative poverty’ and ‘absolute poverty’ and suggest a ‘feasibility study to look at poverty’ than support a
@UKLabour
motion committing the council to provide free school meals throughout all school holidays
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Showing empathy and solidarity with a wonderful city and its people. A place where I have so many friends and spent so many joyful hours. Stay strong
#Nottingham
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@PippaCrerar
Gove was completely unconvincing going through his usual routine of denial and mock outrage.
Easily the most disingenuous man in politics and in a very busy field at the moment.
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@BBCNews
So why not wear one today if you aren’t doing so already?
Protect yourself and protect others…you know it makes sense!
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Great to be out with another fine Bassetlaw
@UKLabour
team this morning campaigning for
@CllrJoWhite
to be our next
#Bassetlaw
MP.
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Had surgery to correct Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in my wrists and hands this morning at Bassetlaw Hospital. The treatment and care that I experienced was excellent.
Sincere thanks to Sister Helen and Nurse Julie on ward B6 and Mr Simpson-White and his amazing operating theatre team.
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I have now reached the unshakable conclusion, having listened carefully to him week in and week out, observed his actions and their consequences and raged at his incompetence; that
@BorisJohnson
is utterly unsuited to hold public office at any level.
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Our post lady just knocked on our door, handed over our mail and told me that she has voted for me with her postal vote....what a great start to the day!
#Thankyou
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@Bren4Bassetlaw
Don’t try to redeem yourself today following your dreadful remarks yesterday. You didn’t just turn your back on the children of struggling families in
#Bassetlaw
you disrespected and insulted those families as well. We will not them forget your callous comments.
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#Bassetlaw
is on the way to having our first ever woman MP. Let’s make sure that our first woman MP is
@UKLabour
and that it’s the brilliant
@SallyGimson
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We live in extraordinary times. But one thing will never change and that is the sight of well fed
@Conservatives
telling the poor that they don’t deserve help
#sendthemtotheworkhouse
“Free school meals… was never intended to be the state assuming responsibility for feeding kids all year round.”
Tory MP David Simmons says the benefit system should support families in financial difficulty and we need a comprehensive strategy to tackle this issue
#Newsnight
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@GwynneMP
Shameful indeed Andrew. No amount of hand wringing and sympathy from various Tories will disguise the fact that they are looking after their own and letting our communities down.
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@BBCNews
On the long list of stupid, half baked decisions by
@BorisJohnson
and his government during the
#COVID19
crisis, opening the pubs all day on a Saturday in the middle of summer from 6am was always going to be right up there.
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@SkyNews
I think that the people who Johnson betrayed through his disgraceful behaviour should be the ones who determine when it’s time to move on, not his slavish supporters.
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@Bren4Bassetlaw
You personally backed Johnson, a liar who betrayed the British people and constantly lied about parties in number 10 during lockdown and Truss who in her short term as PM crashed the economy and plunged people into poverty…..you’re better off keeping quiet IMO.
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1. The proposals to create a Unitary Council in Notts were ill considered, divisive plans to create one council in Nottinghamshire. It was a self serving project that created the wrong debate at the wrong time.
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@Bren4Bassetlaw
@UKLabour
None of them were Prime Minister and none of them lied to Parliament about not committing their offence before they were fined…just saying.
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@HarrietHarman
One of the most outstanding women in politics for the past 40 years. Thank you Harriet for your leadership, your integrity and your passion for serving the people of our nation.
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I am one of the thousands of
@UKLabour
Councillors to have signed the
#BreakingPoint
petition because I sincerely believe that austerity has to end now and that our public services should be properly funded.
Enough is enough.
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@BestForBritain
So, Sunak is taking lessons from Trump and Johnson; both proven liars? The game is clearly up for him and his sorry excuse for a government and it’s time for a
#GeneralElectionNow
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@AuschwitzMuseum
@Twitter
You are one of the most important and informative accounts on Twitter. I urge all of my followers to follow
@AuschwitzMuseum
#NeverForget
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Delighted to have been appointed Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services & Finance at
@BassetlawDC
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We rightly thanked
#NHS
workers for all that they are doing during this awful time. Let’s also thank care workers, social workers, delivery drivers, volunteers, supermarket staff, refuse collection workers and everyone else working on the front line to serve our communities.
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@Bren4Bassetlaw
@CapX
I know that you are on your way out Brendan and that you won’t be one for much longer, but that is not appropriate language for a Member of Parliament
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@Bren4Bassetlaw
Whatever your political viewpoint and I am very much opposed to
@Bren4Bassetlaw
, his Tory government and their political agenda, this is utterly unacceptable.
As Chair of
@BassetlawCLP
I say the ballot box is how we express our desire for political change, not mindless vandalism
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Shirley and I are grateful for the love and support of our family and friends everywhere and send our sincere good wishes for a happy and healthy 2022.
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@Bren4Bassetlaw
You openly support a man who until September last year was Prime Minister, now exposed and shamed as a serial liar who partied during
#Covid
lock down and you expect to be taken seriously in calling others ‘con artists’?
Neither he or you can ever be taken seriously again!
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@HughCasswell
@PaddyTipping
has been a superb servant of Nottinghamshire as a Social Worker, County Councillor, MP and Police & Crime Commissioner. His integrity and passion for policing and keeping our communities safe will not be matched or bettered.
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Looking forward to launching our
@NottsLabour
campaign for the
@NottsCC
elections today with
@AngelaRayner
@CatSmithMP
@NadiaWhittomeMP
and
@PaddyTipping
We have some exciting, ambitious and aspirational policies and pledges that will make a real difference to people’s lives.
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@LucyMPowell
@beneathbluster
In any job it usually results in dismissal if you have either been found to have lied at interview stage or failed to declare something that will embarrass the organisation. Richard Sharp’s position as Chairman of the BBC is untenable and he should resign.
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@Keir_Starmer
This is what happens when Johnson the chancer meets Starmer the leader.
When bluff and bluster meet accountability and scrutiny 💥
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This arrived today. Never has so much been written about someone who has done so little.
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Good to be out in Retford this weekend talking to voters with
@CllrJoWhite
@clairemward123
and
@BassetlawCLP
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@SophyRidgeSky
‘As a dog returns to its vomit so a fool repeats his folly’ Proverbs 26:11.
I rarely if ever quote the bible, but this quote seems entirely appropriate
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Shameful behaviour from
@Bren4Bassetlaw
failing to speak up for the most disadvantaged children in
#Bassetlaw
.
@MarcusRashford
’s magnificent campaign has fallen on the deaf ears of this politician
#Shameful
Brendan Clarke-Smith(Tory MP) - “I do not believe in nationalising children. We need to get back to the idea of taking responsibility. This means less celebrity virtue signalling on Twitter by proxy"
#FreeSchoolMeals
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@AuschwitzMuseum
I am currently reading Nuremberg by Airey Neave. It is his personal record of the trial of major nazi war criminals 1945-46. The efforts that went into ensuring that these monsters had a fair trial were extraordinary.
I suppose that is among the things that separate us from them.
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@GaryLineker
@MarcusRashford
Fully agree. He’s very actively speaking up for disadvantaged families and forming government policy at a time when the government don’t have a clue. 👏 👏
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