I rarely post on here anymore, but I have to say to @PeterTatchell:
It shouldn't take the news that an elderly woman was murdered rather than dying of natural causes to change a post from revelry & name-calling to 'R.I.P. Ann.'
The sheer hypocrisy of that cannot be lost on any person of good character.
This is why so many people - gay, straight and anywhere in between - find your rhetoric misogynist, divisive & hateful. People are allowed hold different opinions. We can disagree with them, we can even judge them, but every life is of value and we all leave loved ones behind.
A little bit of kindness, compassion and, quite honestly, basic human decency can go a long way.
Ann Widdecombe was a formidable politician who was never afraid to speak her mind and fought hard for what she believed.
Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones at this heartbreaking time.
Rest in peace, Ann.
Andy Burnham told the papers he wants to stop Labour’s plan to release rapists and paedophiles from prison early.
He had the chance to vote to stop it last night.
He didn’t even show up.
They don’t need any free child care because they don’t work
Only families where (both or if single parent household that parent) work should they get
Free child care, free half term club and free breakfast club
Because it is those parents that actually need it
People may scoff at this, I don’t care. I attended a church today whilst on holiday in France and said a little prayer for the soul of Ann Widdecombe. She was a devout Christian. May she rest in peace.
My response to Afzal Khan, a Labour MP, who has reported me to the parliamentary authorities for my criticism of various barbaric Islamic practices, our rape gang inquiry report and my appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast.
This is Shukri Yusuf - a migrant from Somalia.
She fraudulently claimed £102,000 in benefits, which she spent on private school fees and a car.
She walked free from court with a suspended sentence. Meanwhile, white people are jailed for tweets.🇬🇧 #twotierjustice
I saw one post this morning that said women over 50 shouldn’t wear their hair long and another post that said women over 50 shouldn’t wear their hair short because it ages them more nd I just want to say that women of all ages should wear their hair however the fuck they want...
Hi my loves, the saddest of news today of the passing of the lovely Ann Widdecombe.
On behalf of myself and the whole @bbcstrictly family, our thoughts go out to her nearest and dearest and her whole family.
We will all remember her fondly and miss her.
Anton x
I’m starting to warm to Badenoch’s political style.
The blunt language, the refusal to pretend everything is fine, the willingness to channel public anger at Labour’s failures instead of managerial platitudes – that has value.
British politics has been full of carefully‑crafted nothingness; a leader who speaks in ordinary terms, admits past mistakes and sets out a harder, more honest argument is at least trying to treat voters like adults.
Labour sold the VAT raid as a moral correction: tough medicine for “privileged” parents to help fund a fairer system for everyone.
That story collapses once you realise that the same government is comfortable using aid to support fee‑based schooling overseas, and has a long record of backing private education chains with UK development money despite warnings from human rights organisations.
If fee‑paying education is inherently unjust, why is it a legitimate target for British cash in Africa?
If it is a legitimate model, why is it treated as a vice at home?
The answer is brutally simple: at home, taxing private schools plays well with Labour’s core voters; abroad, funding private schools plays well with the development finance industry and global impact‑investment circles.
There is no unifying principle beyond political convenience.
That is why you end up with British parents paying more in VAT while watching their government celebrate “expanding access” to fee‑paying international schools thousands of miles away.
@andyburnham This is not our business. Sort out problems at home rather than fanning the flames of division over nations that would do nothing to defend or support us in similar circumstances. We need to stay out of this not get more embroiled.
Remember @UKLabour are currently pushing to criminalise attempts to prevent autistic, gay and gender-nonconforming children from mutilating themselves.
“Only women and girls menstruate. That will never change… The retailer is changing a commonly understood term for period products to appease a noisy minority of gender activists.” @DerryBanShee in @Telegraph
https://t.co/IqJvslP8s8
A Labour MP, Afzal Khan, has just reported me to the parliamentary authorities for my criticisms of Sharia courts, the burqa and halal slaughter.
In addition - he has reported our Rape Gang Inquiry for seeking to 'scapegoat' Muslims and 'sow division' in society.
He has also included in his report, published on his Facebook page, my appearance on Joe Rogan's show.
Appearing on Rogan's podcast itself he says is 'extremely problematic'.
I would like to be abundantly clear in my response.
I will not be apologising. I will not be silenced.
My views are shared by a large majority of the British people, and there is finally a political party willing to stand up for that patriotic majority.
Restore Britain.