Richard

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@lembitopik There’s a third heatwave on its way
Only way the attitude changes towards the changes required is once muppets like you are taken by one… it’ll be too late for you… but perhaps the rest of us have sufficient time to make amends (but v unlikely as damage is done)🥵

[tern @1goodtern]

This always strikes me.

The summer of 1976 compared with the summer of 2025.

The difference between local and global.

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@iainmartin1 Well, post Brexit it was always gonna happen
We don’t have another body representing us, so our PM must attend
(Unless we just ignore them - which is unlikely to go down well)

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@GuyEmma68700 @1ohreally @RubiRubenstein Prior to 2010 the cost per pupil state vs private was not that dissimilar
Since 2010 state has flatlined; public school up by over 25%
perhaps the addition of the vat will make private schools do what state schools have had to do

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@GuyEmma68700 @1ohreally @RubiRubenstein Probably because they don’t have the time & especially the means
I believe I should pay a higher level of my income in tax to fund things such as education, health, welfare
Having grew up in the north and see my kids grow up in the south I’ve witnessed first hand the disparity

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@GuyEmma68700 @1ohreally @RubiRubenstein Perhaps if more people campaigned for improvements to state schools it would benefit all
As I do
And, yes, compared to my upbringing, my schooling, my kids are v privileged
FYI I went to a comp in a mining community during Mrs Thatcher’s degrading of state schools - big impact

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@GuyEmma68700 @1ohreally @RubiRubenstein I‘m a top 5% earner - and my kids attended comprehensive schools (just like I did - but my parents were below average household income, and couldn’t afford to send 3 to uni so I didn’t attend)
one is hoping to go to Cambridge, failing that Bristol or Birmingham

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@1ohreally @GuyEmma68700 @RubiRubenstein * Attlee public school educated but did massive things to change the lives of those not born into such privilege - and that drove our economic growth through latter part of 20Century

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@1ohreally @GuyEmma68700 @RubiRubenstein That’s the Finnish Model that is looked up to globally for producing talent from all sections of society

3) re needing the 7% to do it all - unfortunately they’re the ones with the power & influence to change things - and many * tried to retain status quo

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@ShippersUnbound a) oh how the 1% live (no doubt office is air conditioned)
b) demonstrates the products‘ cover price is too high
c) cost cutting is for little people

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@TheRealEdTaylor @lewis_goodall Of course he will not be PM
That involves making difficult decisions that you’re held accountable for
And he never does anything he can be held accountable for
QED

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

What if I told you one study in Manchester found that shade from street trees reduced surface temperatures by an average of 12°C, and concrete surfaces shaded permanently by a bank of trees were cooled by up to 20°C during a heatwave?

You might not believe me. But it's true…👇

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention.

Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable.

Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street.

Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has:

• Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country.

• Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day.

• Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work.

• Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers.

• Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers.

• Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages.

• Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes.

• Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run.

• Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner.

• Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs.

• Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly.

• Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute.

• Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break.

• Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities.

• Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence.

• Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety.

• Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company.

• Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy.

• Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster.

• Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation.

• Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security.

• Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion.

• Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses.

• Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline.

People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

If you have a spare 3 mins and 45 secs today, watch this fantastic grilling by Sally Nugent on BBC Breakfast.

The very first time I've seen Farage questioned properly about his £5M bung, and it's fair to say, he totally fluffed it.

There are points when you can see Farage tremble and even accuse the BBC of putting him in danger. 🤦‍♂️

It was for security. It was for cars. Nobody cares. It's no one's business. He won't tell us. DANGER!

At one point, he let slip that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards may 'disagree' with him on the rules around donations.

He knows he's going to be found guilty on this one. He's in trouble, and his face gave it away gloriously.

Top hats off to Sally Nugent. Stellar work. 👏

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@SimonHarrisMBD BTW
I don’t believe for a moment NF will be PM
He might win an election, but then he’ll bow out (as being PM involves making decisions that you will be held accountable for - and he’s ensured he’s never accountable / responsible for anything)

100% grifter
0% grafter

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@SimonHarrisMBD What about the RW media who’ve being throwing any old shit around about him to see what sticks?
What about those who couldn’t be arsed to think about what they were voting for in 2016 and were led by NF?

i think both will be far more guilty than KS

[Richard @HammerRich67]

@MichaelLCrick @jtworr Truss
He said her budget was the best since last one of Thatchers

[Ben 🇬🇧 @BenInRushcliffe]

All this in two years. @Keir_Starmer.

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