Michael Cosgrave

[Jackie Oates @jackieoates]

Afternoon everyone! I have quite a few gigs coming up over the next few weeks. This Saturday myself, John Parker and @CosgraveMikey are playing at Waldringfield, near Woodbridge, Suffolk
And on Sunday I head to Nottingham. I'll be performing at @peggysskylight, 7pm-9pm @Folkroom

[Michael Cosgrave @CosgraveMikey]

@Otto_English He's an unelected bureaucrat, and therefore most of this is a quite precisely targeted attack on himself. His business interests also benefit hugely from the subsidy culture he claims to be addressing. The whole situation is bizarre.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

UK has record low ranking in global corruption index.

More corrupt than Japan, Seychelles, Estonia, Uruguay, Hong Kong, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Singapore

Want to hire legislators, get govt contracts, launder money, escape enforcement, UK is the place.
https://t.co/x4kaGqRozX

[Ian Sams @IanSams]

At least 11 federal agencies targeted by the Trump-Musk firings and cuts “have more than 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints or enforcement actions into Mr. Musk’s six companies”

per @nytimes

[David Henig 🇺🇦 @DavidHenigUK]

This one is for all of those who said there was no point in Labour trying to deepen EU ties with the red lines in place. Economically, there's a lot to gain from regulatory alignment.

Why? Because that gives companies the predictably to invest in the UK.

https://t.co/NgHGnlSqFv

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

The @Telegraph front page today is wrong and mendacious.

❌ There will be no such delegation of Caribbean leaders or officials in Spring.

❌ We do not pay reparations.

We made this clear to the Telegraph, which has decided to ignore the facts.

[Alexander Clarkson  @APHClarkson]

"We can either be the disrupters or be the disrupted" is the thing a boss says who has no strategic vision for long term goals any disruption should achieve.

As with May, Cummings, Truss and Sunak, Starmer's approach risks generating much frantic motion with no forward movement

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Who gives a shit if he annoys Trump - we actually have our own country to run

Starmer risks infuriating Trump as he hosts Danish PM for dinner https://t.co/S5A1paO5Nk via @MailOnline

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?

Like if you do
RT if you really do

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

Hugely important point 👇

Turnout at the last general election was among the lowest in our history. Many people feel like their vote makes no difference.

Evidence shows that countries with PR have higher turnout. To restore trust in democracy, we must fix our voting system.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, and paid holiday and sick leave.

It would make them tens of billions a year.

But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

A majority of the public support a cap on political donations, including half of Reform UK voters, according to a new poll

What’s the government waiting for?

https://t.co/0Vte7iFxLU

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

I just talked to the family of Officer Brian Sicknick, who was killed on Jan 6. He grew up in NJ, served his nation, but was assaulted and killed. His assailants sentenced to prison until pardoned by Trump. Let us lift up Sicknick’s name and memory: THREAD

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Have you seen the Community Note yet @IsabelOakeshott? You should be ashamed of yourself propagating such horrific misinformation about school children and an organisation that helps refugees.

Hang your head in shame.

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

Today the National Trust launched a 10-year strategy with ambitious plans for nature & climate. Almost every paper reported positively - from the Mirror to the Express. Even the Mail. Only one outlet has used the word ‘woke’ and framed climate as a ‘culture wars’ issue. The BBC.

[Michael Cosgrave @CosgraveMikey]

@SheRa_Marley To be clear, I share my experience not to trivialise yours or anyone else's, but to provide a context for my decision not to parent in the same way: i.e. not a trauma response but considering, as dispassionately as I could, what that kind of "discipline" actually meant.

[Michael Cosgrave @CosgraveMikey]

@SheRa_Marley I entirely agree: it's an abuse of power, the lessons it teaches are at best unhelpful and at worst dangerous to individuals and broader society, and it can lead to experiences like yours or, horrifyingly, even more dire. I'm sorry to hear that you had to go through that.

[Ava-Santina @AvaSantina]

Whataboutery aside - Keir Starmer is right to say that Kemi Badenoch has not raised issues of grooming gangs in the House of Commons before now.

A cursory glance at Hansard attests this.