doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets

I try to keep from being called normal
MSc Psych; MA ELC, ex therapist.
I grow plants and knitting to sell
Waspi, feminist, opinionated

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@RpsAgainstTrump I think you might be being a little harsh to whiny little bitches 😎

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@NoKingCharlie Mic drop 😁

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@implausibleblog I am white.
I will break my US boycott for black farm goods, for am learning about black issues hand over fist, I have rednote and learning mandarin to travel there.
Because politics.
We hate what we fear.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

When Keir Starmer was elected I was relieved that finally after 14 years or Conservative chaos and decline we finally had a more sensible, better grounded PM

There are a lot of Labour policies I don't like, mismanaging WFA cuts, disability cuts, IHT on farms, VAT on private schools, cutting care workers, and with each one of these policies, Labour drives a wedge in society, all imposed on us for some imaginary fiscal rules and Brexit red lines which literally are the blockers to our economic growth

I don't like these policies, but fine, criticise them and carry on

But in the past few days, Starmer has not just once, but twice, used a phase which echoes of Enoch Powell: island of strangers

And this really bothers me

A lot of Labour supporters say that's an overreaction, that's not what he meant, yet even veteran Labour grandee Alf Dubs has criticised him

There are many problems in society that we need to address, but pandering to the far right is not the way to do it. What Starmer should be doing is making the care for immigration, explaining how it should be better balanced, how migrants add value to our society - as he did in his 2020 speech

I don't know who is advising Labour and Starmer, but this is a proper wrong turn and frankly I'm disgusted

And if you're a white person reading this and you're thinking this is an overreaction, ask yourself why every brown/black/other migrant or child of migrant friend that you know is just as upset as me, and then check your privilege

Starmer is meant to be uniting us, not dividing us, and honestly, I'm at the point where his willingness to stoop to this level of populist appeasement puts him in the same category of Boris Johnson, willing to say anything, to appease anyone, to get votes, instead of standing up on what he knows to be better and right

The only one risking us becoming an island of strangers is the Prime Minister who uses divisive language, shame on Labour for chosing this path

[Cyril🌱Matvech🔻 @Cyril_Matvech]

Dear @mrjamesob
I hope you can see the difference. I am an SNP voting refugee who has fled from Hull.
I live in a place called New England Bay.
Happier people James.

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

New game show idea: push yachts off the cliff edge

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

Today in Parliament I published my new Make Polluters Pay Bill.

Fossil fuel giants have driven us to the cliff edge of climate catastrophe while making obscene profits from higher energy bills.

Those most responsible for the climate crisis must fund the urgent action we need!

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Three Māori members of parliament have been suspended for 21 days after protesting a bill aimed at reinterpreting an agreement signed between Māori chiefs and the British crown in 1840.

#NewZealand #News #Haka #Maori #World #Channel4News #C4News

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

I am trying to think of an appropriate name for the English version of ICE

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I’m planning to set up 'Return Hubs' to send asylum seekers abroad. It will be less expensive than the Tories' Rwanda plan, but I guarantee it will be every bit as inhumane and unsuccessful.

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@wwiqtest Yes

[Bob Flowerdew @FlowerdewBob]

for many more interesting and curious plant companion effects see my book-

[an cailín cainteach 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 @Trillian_01]

They may have tried to mute the crowd, but you can clearly hear the dissenting voices. What an image. #Eurovision #FreePalestine

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@danielmgmoylan So why are MPs not called Opinionators instead of Representatives?

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 ...and they lived happily ever after

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Mars seen in its "true" color for the first time ever😍

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@LadyJinty How unfortunate and telling that it is necessary to point this out.

But there again I am being a tad hypocritical...I often claim to know a couple of lovely males 😎🐻

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@owenjonesjourno Yes, that was quite an interesting watch.
Relationships are my rabbit hole, but I did wonder if there is a Dorries/Johnson thang going on.

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

@Iggysparkie I am asking for double and expecting half... It's a general life heuristic

[doreen soutar #austerityispolitical #taxassets @DoreenSoutar]

Can Scotland decide what matters are reserved?
Can they alter them?

There you are.

[Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 @ezralevant]

Pretty sure Scotland and England merged. That's the "united" part of the United Kingdom.

[Unladylike @Death2Misogyny]

"Being present, pretty, interested, kind, nurturing, and a few other" is a woman being "low effort."

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