Howard_RV

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.” RTB

[Falkland Islands @falklands_utd]

What is it with Argentinians and white flags?

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

As shallow as the pools on pavements in recent days!!! #Rovers in big, big trouble.

[🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Que sera sera @LeftBehindPoet]

Depth Chart, might help with the MF poll question. #Rovers

[A-A-RON @MrABoyce]

Sheffield Wednesday have unveiled Louie Barry and Barry Bannan in League One. We have unveiled some grass seed and a coat of paint to the club shop. #Rovers

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

@gamstjones12 So what were the two #Rovers teams?

[Nathan Jones @gamstjones12]

Yesterdays game for people who wanted to know was 3-0 and Igor Tyjon scored #Rovers

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Imagine the reaction if Nigel Farage or Rupert Lowe publicly complained about not being able to support a proscribed terror organisation.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

One hell of a letter in The Times today from General Sir Nick Carter, a former head of the armed forces

He warns that Britain risks becoming ‘Belgium with nuclear weapons’ unless it spends more on defence

‘Successive governments have hollowed our armed forces out to such a degree that if we do not spend what is needed now to arrest that decline, and transform them for the modern world, we risk becoming Belgium with nuclear weapons. And our enemies are watching’

Times letters: Britain’s slide down the Nato league table

https://t.co/wwL5HT5fFy

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

@JohnHealey_MP should be applauded for his integrity and conviction. Think #Labour & #Starmer threaten the safety & well-being of the UK (what is not a mess?). Enough is enough, after a shambolic 2 years in gov, It's time to let the people pass judgement #GeneralElection

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

Labour's own people are telling you everything you need to know.

Wes Streeting: Reeves has no plan for growth.

Pat McFadden: all Labour want to do is tax more to pay more benefits.

John Healey: Starmer won't fund our armed forces.

Jess Phillips: PM only acted to protect women and girls when it needed to save his own skin over Mandelson.

A government turning in on itself.

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

@_ElliottJackson @AndyBayes Think Mowbray is a totally uninspiring, retrograde and disastrous appointment by #Rovers. Nailed on relegation now in my books. I think I will be one of many who say enough is enough.

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

@TheWalrusBRFC @AndyBayes Don't think so. Think all #Rovers Football decisions vested in Pasha, Gestede & Owen, none of whom, in my view, are remotely fit for purpose. CEO job when advertised had strong administration bias. Reportedly looking at Fleetwood CEO, tells about our lack of ambition.

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

@AndyBayes expects news about #Rovers new head coach appointment mid June. Utterly disgraceful & so predictable. In my view, #Rovers not a serious football club where good managers 'sack' the club (JDT JE & MON)!!!

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

@BethRigby Why don’t you get a job in No 10 working for #Starmer and #Labour? IMO, you just spin for Starmer and Labour whilst doing your best to rip into #Conservatives and #Reform - think you are so politically biased and unprofessional

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

NEW: PM visited Labour HQ today & he’s coming out fighting. Starmer acknowledges tough results and that “it’s not been easy circumstances in last 10 days”

Makes it clear he’s carrying on with the job “to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country”

Says he’ll support the candidate in Makerfield 100%

Also uses the remarks to highlight his record - 2 child benefit cap, renters’ rights, NHS lists - and make point that many people just want govt ‘to get on with it’

Full quotes:

“I just wanted to come here to Labour Party headquarters to say a big thank you to you. The election results were not the ones that we wanted, they were really tough. But you worked your socks off.

“It’s not been easy circumstances in the last 10 days. But you have just got on with the job that we asked you to do.

“If you look at just some of the figures that came out last week. We had growth figures that were the best in the G7. That's because of the hard work that we've done in government. On the economy we've got ourselves into a good position, having inherited a real basket case from the last government.

“The NHS figures were really good, which again vindicates what we did, which was invest in the NHS, which is what we said we would do.

“And that's on top of all the other things… The Employment Rights Act. The biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation.

“And then of course all the work that we are doing around child poverty, of which I am really proud. What a game changer that will be for a whole generation and will be measured for years and years to come because the children will feel the impact for the rest of their lives. They will have chances they wouldn't otherwise have had.

“The election results tell us that people are frustrated, they don’t feel that their lives have changed quickly enough.

“We need to build up the urgency of what we do. We need a bit more hope in there. And we need to remember at all times what we are here to do. We were elected to government to serve the people of this country.

“And I remind myself every day that in July 2024 millions of people voted for us to come into government, to get on with the job, to govern, and to bring about the change that they want.

“So I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country. Delivering for the very many people who voted us into office, who are saying, ‘just get on with it, get on with the job, get on with the change that I need to see in my life’. And that is what I am going to be doing.

“We now have an important by-election coming up. It is Labour versus Reform. We will know very shortly who the candidate is. Whoever they are I am going to support them one hundred per cent and I want every member, everyone in our movement to support them. A Labour candidate to beat Reform. That is the fight that we are in.”

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

I think we're beyond this now. But it's worth noting that Starmer has tried 3 things as part of his "reset".

a) The "I'm not going anywhere" interview
b) Brown and Harman
c) The "I'm serving for 10 years" interview

Every single one has made his position immeasurably worse.

[Spooky @SpookyMulder211]

Tonight, the British people showed #Starmer what smashing a gang actually looks like… #Labour 💥

[Howard_RV @HowardRV7]

@DPJHodges Think it's blindingly obvious why #Starmer & #Labour tried to postpone a good number of these local elections until they became aware it could be unlawful. Getting what they fully deserve for treating the electorate like muppets.

[Calgie @christiancalgie]

To those 'friends of Rayner' who claimed our report was false, @DPJHodges has now written about his own eyewitness account of what he saw in Strangers -
And why it might give Labour MPs pause for thought...

[🤍𝕁𝕆🤍 @jomickane]

Kier Starmer was visiting a very small village in the UK, and asked the villagers what the
government could do for them.
"We have two big needs" said the village spokesman. "First, we Have a health centre, but no doctor." Starmer whipped out his mobile
phone, spoke for a while and then said "I've sorted it out, a doctor will arrive here tomorrow.
“What is your other need then?" “We have no mobile phone reception at all in our village”. 😬🤣

[Jack Elsom @JackElsom]

Genuinely funny gag from Ed Davey:

“He’s already had to fire one US ambassador for lying. Does he fear having to fire another for telling the truth?”

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Sorcha Eastwood has become the Totò Schillaci of this Parliament. Couple of weeks ago no-one had heard of her. Now she’s a massive star…

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

To summarise:

* Barton confirms due process was not followed. In fact it was completely reversed by No.10, with the announcement coming before any vetting

* Pressure to confirm Mandelson in post at speed was applied, and extended to DV

* He had concerns about Epstein