Chris Littley

All you need is love, music, football, booze and poodles. What we don’t need is a Tory Government.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Happy Brexit referendum anniversary day. It weakened the economy. Reduced investment. Tanked the pound. Damaged the City. Increased red tape. Increased immigration. Decreased the rights of the young. Staffed billions wasted. But hey - Johnson has PM on his CV and his partner in crime Farage has replaced him as the darling of the right wing rags. So all worth it for the tiny minority who gained out of an act of national self harm

[Thomas Standfield @TStandfield1789]

Emergency services blocked.
People unable to attend hospital appointments.
Commerce disrupted.
All because multimillionaires don't want to pay inheritance tax.
@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk @VictoriaAtkins @JamesCleverly @RobertJenrick @MelJStride

[Chris Littley @ChrisLittley]

My daughter came home in the early hours to find this little fella sheltering on our doorstep. Fox of the day candidate ⁦@ChrisGPackham⁩ ?

[The Purple Pimpernel @Eyeswideopen69]

Margaret Thatcher privatised the water companies at a bargain-basement price in 1989.

Her argument?

Private investors will lower costs; make water cheaper for the consumer; improve the quality of service; and modernise infrastructure.

Some still worship this lying cunt today.

[Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire]

Upset that Starmer met Taylor Swift, you say.

Any other PM-celebrity meetings you take offence at?

[Bob Morgan 🇬🇧🇺🇦 💙 @Bbmorg]

Johnson got drunk at a secret party with a KGB agent in a foreign country after a NATO meeting and the Tory press stay quiet. Starmer meets Taylor Swift in London and they shriek murder. Thats the British press for you.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Thatcher called bin Laden 'a freedom fighter', Mandela 'a terrorist', Pinochet 'a good friend' and Jimmy Savile 'Sir'. Keir Starmer said hello to Taylor Swift.

[Chris Littley @ChrisLittley]

https://t.co/TwGwGKaVWc

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Graham Thorpe, England cricketer, with beautiful daughters, loving wife, family and friends.

Took his own life.

Too many men in particular, at a time when information is plentiful, charities on standby, text, phone and email services ready, are deciding to end their lives.

Many reading this, like me will have hit very close to where Graham got but stopped short, just. It's a desperate, confusing and frightening experience mixed with a matter of factness that at the time feels sobering, you feel you're thinking and acting clearly but you're not.

Graham's wife took the decision to tell the world of how Graham both lived and sadly died, in the hope that if you or someone you know are struggling you'll grab one of the branches set out below and contact someone who can and will help.

When someone takes their life, there's a trail of pain, questions and few answers, but many of us know that anxiety and depression gets so bad that life simply doesn't feel worth living. In my case I was lucky, very lucky. I ran, and ran some more until clouds lifted, the anxiety moved away and I could think straight. Looking back I've been seconds away from death several times, so reading about Graham is incredibly confronting, upsetting and sobering as I'm sure it is for many.

I didn't know Graham but his story is all too familiar. Anxiety and depression for men, particularly men, hides invisible as the forced machismo creates a mask, a shield. You laugh, you crack a joke, you "look" ok and you carry on. But then one day as if you were preparing a meal, you take stock, prepare your deed and,

You take your life.

Leaving others with a lifetime of pain.

You don't mean to, it's the last thing you want, but it's the unintended consequences of a decision made, nonetheless.

If you're reading this, and can relate to any of the above, firstly have 5 minutes to think of Graham, his children and his wife, they need all the love and support that can be sent their way.

Then, if you're anxious, depressed, really struggling, ease know that my email is open to sound off, that charities such as the Samaritans are there 24/7, SANE charity phone line is open from 4pm to 10pm daily, MIND have drop in centres nationally and emergence services will always help on 999 or NHS 111.

To Graham and his family, you're on my mind and the mind of many, and to those struggling, you're a second away from help even in your darkest hour.

Protect life. Yours.

Stand up. Speak out.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

I’ve not managed to find a tweet from Suella Braverman or Robert Jenrick calling these hate marches yet…

Chop chop.

[Chris Littley @ChrisLittley]

@PaulMassey_58 And also celebrating the removal of Michael Fabricant I hope 🤣

[Chris Littley @ChrisLittley]

@BERTR4M Shall we put you down as undecided?

[Chris Littley @ChrisLittley]

Twiglet says vote ⁦@SarahGreenLD⁩ #DogsAtPollingStations #StopTheTories

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Reform are bringing people back from the dead apparently. Remarkable.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

If you're an ethnic minority holding a position of power and influence, don't cry when you're racially abused when you literally lead a party who's overt racism is longstanding, ingrained and regular.

When you facilitate racism, don't think they won't come for you some day.

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

Taylor Swift has donated enough money to cover the food bills for an entire year across 11 food banks and 8 community pantries in Liverpool.

She has done this for every city she's toured in the UK meaning she’s done more than the govt has in 14 years to eradicate food poverty.

[⫩⃝🌹𝓢𝓾𝓮𝓫𝓮𝓮🌹⫩⃝ @Suebeloo1971]

WHAT A SPEECH 👏👏👏👏

Keir Starmer “Don’t forget any of it”… #VoteLabour #Change #GeneralElection2024 🌹🌹🌹@UKLabour

[Chris Littley @ChrisLittley]

@ifs I am sure it will be more successful than anything that useless clown did 🤡