Andrew Preece

An analogue Granddad in a digital world.

[Tom Gallagher NEW book Portugal & Western Turmoil @cultfree54]

Devastating assessment from Andrew Neil of Andy Burnham who has emerged from an intense bout of Labour infighting with no idea how to take a country crippled by lengthy misrule forward:
'The risk with Burnham is that he’ll join the long, depressing line of recent politicians of middling-to-minor talents and little aptitude for power who thought they were good enough to be prime minister – and quickly discovered they were not, to all our costs. Theresa May, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer all fit into this category...
Nearly every attempt to carve out distinct policy positions – from a cavalier attitude to government debt to rejoining the European Union to the billions for the Waspi women – have ended in screeching U-turns.
His whole schtick is based on a false narrative. He rails against ‘40 years of neoliberalism’, whatever that means, forbearing to mention he was comfortably embedded in Westminster for 16 of these 40 years, enthusiastically climbing the greasy pole, making it to the Cabinet.
Yet there is nothing in his track record to suggest he can be more of an agent for change than Starmer. Being mayor of Manchester with very limited powers and a £3billion budget does not prepare you for being prime minister with immense power, a £1.4trillion budget and a nuclear deterrent...
British politics has been hijacked by the internal machinations of the Labour Party in its desperate bid to hold on to power...
Labour is taking us back to the early 19th century when politics was largely determined by a small political class of the posh and privileged.
Now it’s a small, privileged political class of Labour MPs, activists and union leaders calling the shots.'

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[Keir Wrong Un @keirwrong]

Soon Labour will have a difficult decision.

Option 1: An arrogant socialist with glasses from the north

Option 2: An arrogant socialist with glasses from the south

Choose wisely, you weirdos.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The politicians who turned a blind eye to the Rape of Britain must go to prison

[David Davis MP @DavidDavisMP]

Al Carns is absolutely right here 👇

Our veterans in Northern Ireland did nothing but their duty in defeating the IRA terrorists. We cannot now let the IRA achieve their aims through political concessions by persecuting our own soldiers.

This element of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill must be stopped.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

This week the most advanced AI model on the planet got switched off by a foreign government. British researchers were studying it. British companies were testing it. British hospitals were piloting it. Not any more.

This isn't an AI story. It's the story of every industry we used to lead.

Britain has some of the best AI talent in the world. DeepMind was built here. Our AI Safety Institute writes the rules other countries follow. We have the researchers, the universities, the standards.

What we don't have is the power stations to run the data centres, the planning system to build them, or the industrial base to make the chips. So the work happens here and the value lands somewhere else. We invent. Others build. Others decide. Then we read about it on Saturday morning.

Same story as the kit our soldiers don't have. Same story as the factories we used to.

I spent nine months in government making this argument inside the room. I'll make it louder from outside.

[Mike Gardner @mikegardner_wb]

America is building rockets that can go to Mars and is taking AI to new levels.

Meanwhile, in Britain, our Government is banning underfloor heating and wants to regulate our use of towel rails.

I despair for our future under these student socialist imbeciles.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Never give up

[Ramon Agusta @ramonagusta]

They spent £12 billion raising 2-child benefits cap (for mostly foreign parents) to buy votes.

Now they have run out of money for defence.

We remove these clowns or we completely fail as a nation.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

Britain spent a decade choosing to be smaller in the world.

Right now the rules on communications, energy and trade are being rewritten. By China. By Russia. By countries that take their own security seriously. We need to be at that table. That's a choice we must make.

Strong countries get cheap energy. Weak countries pay whatever the strong ones decide.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

First the Defence Secretary resigned saying the government is making the country and our troops less safe.

Then the Veterans Minister went, saying the government is abandoning our veterans and it’s harming our national defence.

It’s clear the armed forces have lost all faith in Keir Starmer. A Prime Minister who cannot command the respect of our military cannot continue in office.

Britain’s national security must come before Keir Starmer’s ego. The Prime Minister’s time is up.

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

I’ve said for many years that British manufacturing is being destroyed by net zero.

Now people are finally waking up and smelling the coffee.

We need a Reform government before it’s too late.

[Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant]

Dan Jarvis is ex Army.
He should be ashamed of himself!
Anything to slither up the greasy pole!

[Kevin Edger @KEdge23]

These are the two most senior people leading this country. No wonder the country is a mess. Depressing.

The streets are out of control, the borders are weak, the economy is in tatters, unemployment is spiralling and taxes are at an all time high. Labour are incompetent.

[Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧 @TiceRichard]

Make Britain Safe Again

Scrap Net Zero

Fund our Armed Forces

[Rt. Hon Ben Wallace @BenWallace70]

John Healey shadowed me for over 4 years. While i didn’t agree with everything he did i know he tried his best and had the interests of the Armed Forces at his heart. i know he loved the job and it will have not been easy to resign. His loyalty to his Party and PM was not reciprocated by them when it mattered and i think he was left with no choice. i wish him the very best. His resignation was one of principle.

[David Wolfson @DXW_KC]

Faced with a choice between a Defence Secretary who wanted to spend more on our armed forces, a Chancellor who wouldn’t, and an Attorney General who enjoys suing them, the Prime Minister decided he could do without … the Defence Secretary.

[Robert Jenrick @RobertJenrick]

This Government has all the money in the world for Ed Milliband’s mad plans, foreign aid, and benefits for foreigners. But nothing for our armed forces.

Good on John Healey. Shame on them. Reeves and Starmer should go too. And with them this wretched Labour Government.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

This is an outrageous, disgraceful smear on John Healey — and an outright lie. There are a ton of ways to finance more for defence — starting with net zero — without taking a penny from schools or hospitals. Reeves should be ashamed of herself for allowing this nonsense. Suggests she’s really desperate.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

💯

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Murderous migrants beheading innocent people in their home town is what’s making people angry, not “social media”!