An extraordinary and worrying decision from @ESRC given what @UKandEU do and the absence of any other detailed and rigorous research on European issues. Vital an alternative public fund comes forward in time or else this capacity will be lost to public policy making.
@alexarmstrong You are a moron. People have to be convicted before they can be sentenced. Those rioters pleaded guilty, and so can be sentenced swiftly. The other case involves, potentially, a contested trial.
This is honest to god one of the stupidest things I have ever seen tweeted.
... and the list goes on.
I can see no good reason why them being, shall we say, a bit long in the tooth should disqualify them from sitting in the Lords - nor why their age means their experience or expertise is any less valuable or relevant.
Labour should think again.
/ENDS
I wondered whether I would do this, when the time came. But there don’t seem to be many tales of him as a person going round. And, for reasons that will become apparent, I’ll always be grateful. So anyway here it is:
A 🧵on the personal kindness of @Keir_Starmer
As critical incidents are now declared at NHS trusts nationwide…
As waiting lists, ambulance and A&E waits reach record lengths
As nurses strike or leave the profession in their thousands
Remember this staggering video by Vote Leave
See the lies then
See the truth now.
Victoria Atkins, is a nobody, and she is not training that would require working.
Yet she is paid more than 4 Junior Doctors.
Like if you would prefer 4 more Junior Doctors.
RT if just getting rid of her and her hate would be enough.
A clear majority of the British public now believes Brexit has been bad for the UK economy, has driven up prices in shops, and has hampered government attempts to control immigration, according to a poll by Opinium to mark the third anniversary of the UK leaving the EU.
🚨South Africa has filed an application to the International Court of Justice against #Israel, alleging violations of obligations under the #Genocide Convention. 🇿🇦⚖️🇮🇱
This is a significant legal development! 🔥
Why is this so important?
I'll explain in this thread. 🧵
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by the asylum bill introduced by the UK Government to the House of Commons today.
Our statement here: https://t.co/gyn8sAKqVg Tweet 1/2
🇬🇧It's not Brexit. It's the weather !
🇪🇺You wanted out of the Single Market. So, when there are fewer tomatoes (because of THE WEATHER) sorry but you're gonna be last in the queue for everyone's tomatoes, SO YES, IT'S BREXIT
(and btw stop gaslighting your people. Thanks 🤡 !)
Starmer’s speech to NFU tomorrow to make EU trade and standards pledge:
“We are going to talk to our friends in the European Union, and we are going to seek a better trading relationship for British farming.” https://t.co/T8JkSc7xnI
In fact, Johnson's version of the protocol removed all the text that said it was temporary. If the ERG wanted an explicitly temporary protocol they should have supported the Theresa May version...