I couldn't visit my elderly mother in her care home. She could barely speak, so phone calls were distressing. I was only allowed in to hold her hand for the last few hours of her life. This is why we can’t ‘move on’. CC: @GuyOpperman#NotLikeMyLockdown
• Keir Starmer says it is our “Patriotic Duty to celebrate” the Queen’s Jubliee
• UK is a democracy, or at least says it is. It’s your duty to pay your taxes & comply with the law - like covid rules for example
No politician has the right to tell you pro-monarchy is your duty
The centrist backlash against Owen Jones article displays that it's never been about moral integrity or truth with them, it's simply about power. It's ok to lie and display a total lack of political ethics as long as it's their side lying and it as long as it brings them power.
The Tories are slashing London bus routes.
Alongside their assault on @RMTunion's members, this is an attack on working-class Londoners.
The labour movement will fight them all the way 🌹
So it’s not Brexit’s fault! But everything before we left was the EU’s fault? Oh I see!
Take some accountability for your disastrous decision; cost of living crisis, recession, chronic labour shortages, trade down, Dover gridlocked & long queues at passport control across Europe
As with so many other national crises, Brexit is not the *sole* cause of air travel misery. But it is a major contributory factor. The failure to mention it properly is a failure of journalism & a shameful betrayal of listeners, viewers & readers. It really has to stop.
In the world's fifth biggest economy, I think every child should get free school meals.
But the very least that can be done is to ensure all children in families who receive Universal Credit get free school meals.
And it would cost less than the recent tax cut given to bankers.
BREAKING: The Metropolitan Police have charged 4 people for attending the vigil of Sarah Everard. I'm still unclear why they haven't given them a questionnaire and let them ignore it like they do with senior Tories x
Senior Tory MP Tobias Ellwood says government should mitigate the cost of living by rejoining the single market (Norway model)
Brexit isn't what "most people imagined" & "sector after sector" is "strangled by the red tape we were supposed to escape from"
https://t.co/JdjuTmhDgy
Dominic Raab says the number of letters is ‘far off’ the amount needed to trigger a confidence vote, meaning it will probably be reached in the coming minutes.
When will the PM be making this statement to explain whether he breached the Ministerial Code?
It’s what Lord Geidt instructed him to do - but he has simply ignored his ethics adviser and blamed his own staff instead.
Time for some honesty, integrity and accountability. ⚖️
Word among Conservative MPs is that Boris Johnson has begun calling his critics, hinting at the prospect of promotion and asking in return that they 'stay with me'. Clearly No 10 feel the threat of a confidence vote if those kind of approaches are being made.
The Ministerial Code is clear
“Ministers of the Crown are expected to maintain high standards of behaviour & behave in a way that upholds the highest standards of propriety”
On what planet is overseeing widespread criminality & breaking the law not breaching that??