Essex Boy

Husband & Father to 2 sons and 2 daughters, torn between my Essex upbringing and being a good leftie.

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

After 38 years I have been expelled from Labour for showing support for my former MP, himself expelled by Kinnock on the day he was voted hardest working MP by his peers.

I campaigned for Foot, Kinnock, Blair & Corbyn. I knocked on 2000 doors in 19.

A badge of honour.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Had it not been for Boris Johnson and Victoria Nuland -- who personally forced Zelensky to reject the deal Ukraine and Russia were about to sign in Istanbul in 2022 -- this horrific war that has killed more than a million and consumed much of Ukraine would have been long over.

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

@0Calamity It was the other pilot!

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

@statsjamie The Eurozone has grown more than the UK since Brexit. That's unrelated to the point that the UK has suffered reduced growth from leaving the EU.

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

@sharrond62 Still as long as we avoid those woke wind turbines?

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

Norman Finkelstein is asked if he believes there is "very rampant anti-Semitism in the US" by an interviewer who claims he himself has experienced it. Here is his response:

[Aboo Hafsah @AbuHafsah1]

They kill everyone below the plane instead.

[Greg Jackson @g__j]

37% of new trucks sold in China are now electric. They’re not little vans - they’re 49 tons. Unaffected by diesel prices. Simply not held back by the fossil fuel lobby.

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

@sharrond62 That's because you don't get the idea of due process.

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

@KemiBadenoch National security would mean not involving ourselves in þe USA's wars in Ukraine and Iran that damage our economy.

[Kirsti Miller @KirstiMiller30]

Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge.

The judge found no evidence for her claims.

https://t.co/fen5E2IQxi

[John Raymond Hanger  @johnrhanger]

China's diesel consumption fell ~12% in H1 2026.

Gasoline demand dropped ~8%.

EV truck sales grow faster than EV auto sales in China!

US diesel truck pays ~$101 to go 200 kilometers, while an EV truck in China pays $21!

Energy security drives EV.
https://t.co/i9Vh6DhIWo

[Simon de Jever @de_jever]

Thst ship sailed when you spent years smearing Corbyn and the left as antisemites. Too late now.

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

@kieran_andrieu He's barely literate, how did he make a career in politics?

[sloth @theopposum1234]

Give them all raises and better jobs.
They’re heroes.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

I challenged Cabinet minister Jonny Reynolds about the banning of Palestine Action.

He said he knew nothing about it.

He voted for it. It's his government's policy.

[Essex Boy @GregClinker]

@JamesMelville Norway energy is 98% renewables.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

The Onion doesn't miss.

[Mark Todd @MarkTodd_pol]

For people who say the 1970s were awful when unions were more active fighting for pay rises:

Average real terms wage growth across decades:
1970s 33%
2010s 0%

I wonder why so many working people are skint nowadays? 🤔

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

This is a huge milestone, laying bare what survivors and the bereaved have been saying for 9 years: Grenfell was no tragedy, it was corporate manslaughter.

It should never have taken so long to get to this point — but we will never, ever give up in our fight for justice.

[troovus @troovus]

Whenever there's a progressive policy announcement, it's compulsory to have a regressive policy announcement to fund it

Notice when they announce more money for bombs or Ukraine, etc., there's no such requirement