Rachel Taylor: Nigel Farage has said that Putin is the leader he admires most & it was NATO that provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine... these comments play right into the hands of Britain's enemies?
Keir Starmer: "You don't show patriotism by fawning over Putin" 🔥
Tim Farron, "The unpleasantness about this debate is only matched by the lack of proper information" #BBCQT
"85% of refugees settle in the country next to where they come from"
"The French take 3x more refugees than we do"
"The Germans take 4x more refugees than we do"
"If you put us back in the European Union, we are 19th in the league table when it comes to the number of refugees we take per capita"
"Do we need deterrents? Yes. The best deterrents is competence. If we assess people when they arrive - and they are not illegal immigrants - they are people seeking asylum.. From Sudan.. Afghanistan.. Iran.. Syria.. 90%+ turn out to be genuine refugees"
"If we have a competent government, and we haven't had one, let's see about this one.. And you assess them quickly.. And return the ones that are not refugees"
"That is your deterrent"
"Rwanda was a waste of money.. If they spent that money on case workers we could have processed these people, returned the ones that weren't refugees in a humane way, and let th eones who are genuine refugees, become British, pay their taxes, be part of our country, and we should be proud to admit them"
Very well said @timfarron 👏
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Judge Linford: "So let's look at how the taxpayer have been funding your activities over the last 38 years.......you've got 10 aliases, four fictitious birth dates, you're 51 years of age, you've been convicted of 170 offences..."
I love watching MPs swearing in following an election. It’s an easy way to learn new names and faces and gives a great insight into the religious, national and political identities of members.
Here’s a thread of some of the more interesting moments from the last couple of days🧵
From Ukrainian TikTok..
After Russians spent billions of dollars bombing Ukraine's power plants, hydroelectric dams and electrical infrastructure, Ukrainian cities typically have about 4 hours of power/day.
But resilience and humor go hand in hand.
Just 4% of Keir Starmer's Cabinet went to private school compared to 63% in Rishi Sunak's government. 93% were educated at a comprehensive school.
A massive change from all previous UK governments
I was pleased to speak with @Keir_Starmer on the day of his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
I congratulated Sir Keir Starmer on his election victory and wished him success in fulfilling the British people's expectations of the new government.
I am grateful to Prime Minister Starmer for reaffirming the UK's principled and unwavering support for Ukraine.
We coordinated positions ahead of the NATO Summit in Washington and other international events, as well as discussed ways to strengthen our partnership, including the preparation of an unprecedented 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the UK.