Garry Veevers

Leader of Bolton Liberal Democrats “To be called ‘woke’ in a world that sleeps through suffering is no insult." Pope Leo XIV

[Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonLD]

I listened to Ed Davey on the @BBCr4today this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point.

The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.

The case for the triple lock is a worthy one - stopping pensioner poverty. I want that as much as anyone. But pensioners are now less likely to be in poverty than children or working age adults.

We talk about fairness, yet our answer is to give the same increase to every pensioner, treating the one choosing between heating and eating exactly the same as the one with millions in the bank. I can see no moral or fiscal case for above inflation rises for millionaires.

That money should go where it's needed most - to everyone in poverty, not just one group. It could help fund free personal care, a policy that would disproportionately benefit older people.

Ed is right that we shouldn't pit one generation against another. But intergenerational inequality is already one of the defining injustices of our time, and this would further entrench it. Worse, it gaslights an entire generation into believing it's for our benefit.

Telling millennials we're keeping the triple lock to help us in 30 years' time is nonsense. We're on course to be the first generation worse off than our parents. We're locked out of the housing market, paying higher taxes, repaying student loans that never seem to shrink, and putting off having children because of the cost of living.

I joined this party because I care about fairness and tackling inequality, and that has to include inequality between generations.

This line, and this decision, fails on both counts. Ed needs to think again.

[Sam @SamCKx]

@EssexPR Adam hates holiday shamers.

[François Valentin @Valen10Francois]

My 2nd favourite memory of the France-England football rivalry is this Republican Garde absolutely bossing Oasis' Don't Look Back in Anger a few days after the Manchester attack

An incredible moment of Anglo-French communion 18 months after the Bataclan

[Adi el Grande @icardo8]

🚨🗣️Nuevo: Thierry Henry reacciona a las conferencias de prensa de Brasil, Marruecos y Países Bajos, donde se informa que no se permitieron preguntas en español para Hakimi, Vinícius Jr. y Frenkie de Jong:

“He cubierto Mundiales durante años, y esta situación no tiene absolutamente ningún sentido para mí. ¿Me estás diciendo que un Mundial coanfitrión por México puede impedir que los periodistas hagan preguntas en español? Eso es como organizar una carrera de Fórmula 1 y prohibir que los autos usen sus motores.

Lo vimos con Hakimi. Lo vimos con Vinícius. Ahora estamos escuchando historias similares que involucran a Frenkie de Jong. Los jugadores entendieron las preguntas. Los periodistas hablaban uno de los idiomas más hablados del planeta. Sin embargo, de alguna manera el idioma se convirtió en el problema.

Gianni Infantino habla de inclusión, diversidad y llevar el fútbol a todos. Bien. Entonces expliquen esta contradicción. ¿Cómo puede la FIFA celebrar la diversidad en cada video promocional y luego crear titulares porque a los periodistas españoles les están diciendo que cambien de idioma en un torneo organizado por México?

El español no es algún dialecto oscuro hablado por un puñado de personas. Es el idioma de cientos de millones en las Américas y más allá. Si un periodista de México, España, Argentina, Colombia o cualquier otro lugar hace una pregunta en español y el jugador la entiende, ¿por qué el fútbol está creando barreras donde no existían ninguna?

La ironía es increíble. La FIFA sigue diciéndonos que el fútbol pertenece a todos, pero esta controversia tiene a muchos fans preguntándose si algunas voces son más bienvenidas que otras.

Tal vez haya una explicación logística. Tal vez sea un problema de traducción. Pero la percepción importa. Y en este momento la percepción es terrible.

Porque lo que los fans están viendo es simple: un Mundial organizado en parte por una nación de habla hispana, jugadores que entienden el español, periodistas que hablan español, y funcionarios diciéndoles que no lo usen.

Si eso es progreso, alguien necesita explicarlo mejor. Porque desde fuera, parece que el organismo rector del fútbol se está tropezando con su propio mensaje.”

“La FIFA quería una celebración de la diversidad. En cambio, le han entregado a internet una controversia que no dejará de ser discutida.”

[UEFA @UEFA]

🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!

We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

One very telling moment from that Trump interview on NBC that I keep thinking about —-

[Garry Veevers @GarryVeevers]

@StateDept The police have a lot to answer for but there is no 2-tiered policing in the UK

The families of Rene Nicole Good and Alex Pretti are still overdue your condolences, so get your own house in order sort and forget about shoving your twisted ideology down our throats

[PunjabiPiccolo @PunjabiPiccolo]

So when a white Christian man rapes a Sikh woman, no Christians have to make statements saying it doesn't represent all Christians. Nobody makes generalizations saying it represents all Christians, but if a Sikh commits a crime, now all Sikhs are to blame? What a joke.

[Zara Hussain @zarahussain999]

A British national living in Southampton had her car and property damaged. She said,

“I’ve never felt so unsafe in my house.”

She did not feel unsafe because of Sikhs, Muslims or migrants but because of other British nationals, a section of whom were far right.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

100%

[Garry Veevers @GarryVeevers]

@SuellaBraverman Who is saying they don’t?

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Nigel Farage asked people to respond with "pure cold rage” today.

Here you go, Nigel.

Looks a lot like incitement.

[Future Islands @futureislands]

Forever grateful to everyone at The Late Show — from David Letterman to Stephen Colbert.

That stage changed our lives.

The night after our first appearance in 2014, we played the Orange Peel in Asheville. Tonight, we’re back there again.

[Garry Veevers @GarryVeevers]

@ClaireCoutinho Except it’s not the same basin and more drilling will have little to no impact on either household fuel bills or UK energy security

[Garry Veevers @GarryVeevers]

Ben, we know exactly what Nigel said about moving to an insurance-based health system. Whether it’s Reform policy or not, it is still an extremely scary prospect for anyone not comfortably well off

[Ben Bradley @Ben_Bradley_32]

Angela Rayner openly lying to school children about Nigel Farage and Reform - even suggesting that children would die if Reform were in government - based on a fake policy that Nigel and many others in Reform have consistently said is untrue.

This is really, really bad. Using children for political points. Lying to them about your opposition. Scaring them with falsehoods, and posting it online yourself because you're somehow proud of it! This woman could be PM in a few weeks 🤡

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

The Pope, who’s spent his entire adult life studying religion, apparently knows less about it than JD Vance, who’s been Catholic for about five minutes.

[Carolina ❤️‍🔥 @realCarola2Hope]

Daily reminder: the man who attacks the Pope has a sorceress for a spiritual adviser.

[Кукуруза как у томакруза 🌽 @KYKYPY3A_B]

Шансы того, что рандомная банка с нутеллой появится в кадре в 402 тысячах км от Земли крайне малы, но никогда не равны нулю.

[Josh Babarinde OBE MP @JoshBabarinde]

There’s a special place in hell for those who have such contempt for the people who tragically died in one of the worst fires in this country in living memory.

Shocking but not surprising from @reformparty_uk.

Utterly disgusting.

[Garry Veevers @GarryVeevers]

@mossbankjfc What’s the date?😂