Calum

he/him 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 | Glassford/Oxford | Interested in gender, religion, and the postcolonial in Scottish & British literature and history

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

@TRobinsonNewEra Cat check: They pleaded guilty, like "Tommy" did for using a false passport in 2013. And for mortgage fraud, also in 2013. And in 2024 for contempt of court.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Got round to reading @Nigel_Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans and unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as a third world country. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

Is this the right moment to point out that the polls had the SDP on 52% in 1982 and that Nigel F isn’t fit to lace Roy Jenkins’ boots?

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@breakingbaht @paulloewen @Sable1022Ree @masonmennenga Um, no? They're OK giving sanctuary in their church.....*checks notes* sanctuary. And merely enforcing their right to do so under law.

[Tom Baldwin @TomBaldwin66]

I doubt any Troll here who’s trying to smear ⁦@Keir_Starmer⁩ about decade-old events will be interested to read these pages from my book about his record prosecuting rape gangs. But he’s done more to bring them to justice than Farage, Yaxley-Lennon - or Musk -will ever do.

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

Surely this is satire... BBC Punishment, withdrawal from UN & WTO, union flags on streets, scrapping foreign aid *because* it "goes to countries that later send migrants to our shores." Orwell couldn't do better. Parliamentary democracy, not fascist guff, is what Britons died for

[Andrew Tate @Cobratate]

YES BRUV

The Britain Restoring Underlying Values party will restore the once Great Britain.

As leader I am held fully accountable.

If the plan has not been actioned within 45 days of power I will step down from leadership.

No delays.

Charter below.

Join the movement: https://t.co/Zyp9aabp52

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@hs_street Ignoring Peston and Osman tho, what a lineup.

[The Jo Cox Foundation @JoCoxFoundation]

The vitriolic abuse directed at @jessphillips over the past few days is unwarranted and unacceptable.

It is an example of the culture of abuse and intimidation that has become commonplace in our political discourse, disproportionately impacting women and people of colour.

🧵1/4

[Lucy Brown @lucymarionbrown]

Upset about the grooming gangs? Rightfully so. This is exactly why anyone with sound judgment should reject Andrew and Tristan Tate.

[Laura Elliott @TinyWriterLaura]

normal people living in the countryside hate the hunt we think you’re all bellends

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

Vengeance Most Foul was 10/10 - tremendous tv

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard Except Amesbury *was* suspended, and if/when found guilty, I absolutely do expect to see sacked. Starmer did not support him. Whereas Farage publicly supported Widecombe, Silvester, and said Jones' remarks were "banter"

You've repeatedly alleged homophobia from Labour. Sources??

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard He also didn't support it, and rushed to support Ann rather than speak to the damage of conversion therapy. Actions speak louder than (an absence of) Farage's own words. No policy supporting ban + supporting Ann = opposition to conversion therapy ban. (happy christmas)

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard Garry, conversion therapy is a *reality* in the UK. It might not be widespread, but it's a real issue. I'm not worried about the government mandating it, I'm campaigning for conversion therapy to be outlawed in the UK. Which Ann, and Farage, oppose.

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard I could see your point if Widecombe's ability to practice her faith, or to voice her opinion was under threat. But it wasn't. She was opposing a public policy that would ban conversion therapy. And farage jumped to her defence. This was about sexuality not religion.

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard For the record, I'm Christian, and I haven't read anything about a cure for homosexuality in my bible. Nobody in Labour is suggesting we shouldn't have freedom of religion, or that - for example- same-sex marriage isn't an issue for individual churches.

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard He was eventually expelled from after press and public pressure, yes. *After* Farage defended those remarks (and as you do now) as fine, complained about the media coverage. So, which is the case - are those comments (& farage's defense) homophobic and resignation worthy or not?

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard Once again, this is irrelevant. Watch the whole clip. I'm not referring to Mr Parker's racist comments, but to George Jones' remarks at 2.40. As it happens, the article you share above counters your own side-argument if you read it - even just the headline.

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard Or are you now claiming he's an actor too? And that the reform candidate and chair of the campaign for the London region he's sat drinking a pint with, agreeing verbally with George, is an actor as well

[Calum @CalumEStewart]

@gazamac95 @rustyoldwheel @Billymidds201 @LukePollard Nah Garry, clearly you don't read your own party's disinformation. Reform alleged that Mr Parker (who is at the beginning of the clip) was an actor and complained to Ofcom, who investigated and ruled it was trash. As above, I was talking about George Jones on camera at 2.40