In the arena

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[In the arena @InTheArena5]

@SylLFC @GaryRogersArt Ha ha. Good lad @GaryRogersArt

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Looking back on some amazing memories with @NIVEAMENUK and the incredible stories that made Dear Liverpool so special ✨

[MikeD @mjdaly57]

Wes Streeting has been the Labour MP for Ilford North since 2015 and is currently the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Wes is very much the focal point in the government’s pay dispute with doctors in the NHS. He has described the British Medical Association (BMA) as a ‘“cartel-like union and no longer a professional voice for doctors.”’ He has also called striking doctors “delusional”.

The Institute for Government has described Wes’ approach to reforming the NHS as ‘“chaotic and incoherent”.’

Accusations have been made against Wes Streeting that he is deliberately targeting doctors and medical staff who voice their support for the Palestinian people. Organisations such as Healthcare Workers Against Censorship and Doctors in Unite have demanded an end to what critics perceive as a ‘“witch-hunt”.’

Wes has sometimes been a source of controversy because of his attritional, factional and confrontational style. He has been accused of bullying political opponents in the Commons.

The @ElectoralCommUK website shows that Wes has personally received £705,258.66 in donations. The bulk of these donations have come from one man - the private healthcare executive Peter Hearn. Peter Hearn has been funding Wes’ career for at least ten years - directly and through his companies - The OPD Group and MPM Connect Ltd.

The following donations and perks have been given to Wes:

£40,000 over 5 payments from Peter Hearn directly.

£218,000 from Peter Hearn and The OPD Group in 4 payments. The most recent payment - £55,000 in February 2026 - while the BMA dispute has been ongoing.

£96,000 over 3 payments from Peter Hearn and MPM Connect Ltd.

£18,500 over 5 payments from Sir Trevor Chinn.

£13,000 from Kevin Craig.

£45,000 over 6 payments from business executive, tech entrepreneur, founder of the Bank of London and LGBT advocate Anthony Watson.

£80,000 over 5 payments from billionaire hedge fund manager and former Tory donor John Armitage.

£15,000 from Ruth Driscoll who is associated with @mariecurieuk .

£37,500 over 2 payments from the opaque organisation Labour For The Long Term. @Labourlongterm

£3,143 from @unisontheunion

£7,000 from the @CommunityUnion

£70,000 over 2 payments from Francesca Sainsbury Perrin.

£4,700 from Labour Friends of Israel for a fact-finding trip to Israel. ✈️ 🇮🇱

£14,600 in 2 payments from Lord Waheed Alli.

£16,000 over 2 payments from LGBTQ activist and publisher of @DIVAmagazine Linda Riley.

£10,000 over 3 payments from PR executive Daniel Hughes.

£5,000 from Red Capital Ltd.

£5,000 from Lord Matthew Oakeshott.

£2.229 from Lee Petar.

£4,460 in 2 payments from Stephen Grabiner.

£2,200 from Louise Jacobs.

£2,225 from James Libson.

£2,230 from Claire Menton.

£2,230 from Joseph Grabiner.

£2,230 from Miriam Grabiner.

£2,000 from Miles Webber.

£2,230 from David Menton.

£30,000 from the former Mayor of the West Midlands Richard Parker.

£2,498 from SRE Hotels Ltd. for a speaking engagement at the Cliveden Book Festival.📕

£1,160 in tickets and hospitality from the @FootballAssoc for a Taylor Swift concert. 🎵

£1,050 in tickets and hospitality from @SkyArts for the @hayfestival .

£600 in tickets and hospitality from F.S. Global Ltd for the @glyndebourne Festival.

With his approx. £180,000 salary, expenses, donations, speaking engagement fees, radio appearance fees and various perks, Wes has enjoyed a very successful career as an MP.

And as an MP, Wes initially voted to retain the two-child benefit cap, voted to scrap the winter fuel payment (in January 2025, Wes told pensioners to “layer up and put the heating on”), voted for the welfare changes that will impact people who are disabled and unwell, voted against an inquiry into grooming gangs and voted to restrict trials by jury.

‘The Labour Party - Working For You’.

@UKLabour @wesstreeting @TheBMA @itvnews @BBCNews @Channel4News @SkyNews #LabourDoorstep #LocalElections2026 @_LFI @TheGreenParty #TheLobby @IlfordNorthCLP

[Hillsborough Law Now @NowHillsborough]

A Duty of Candour is desperately needed. Ten years on, why is Hillsborough Law stalled?
Written by Garden Court North’s Pete Weatherby KC.

Pete led the team, which drafted the 2017 Hillsborough Bill, and is one of five Directors of @NowHillsborough

https://t.co/yTzwloWoja

[In the arena @InTheArena5]

@JayMcKenna87 Well done @JayMcKenna87

[Spirit of Shankly @spiritofshankly]

All change on multi-year ticket policy. Following talks with the club, we’re pleased there is an improved outcome for all supporters. We want to thank the club for engaging and thank all those who supported action on this - fans voices are paramount
https://t.co/9e8nhbxwKq

[In the arena @InTheArena5]

@spiritofshankly ✊️ Well played.

[SylLFC 🔴 @SylLFC]

Please sign and share if you can, let's put a stop to Tragedy Chanting everywhere, thank you ❤️ #enoughisenough https://t.co/n7K2VUWla2

[In the arena @InTheArena5]

@SylLFC @GaryRogersArt Congratulations Gary 🎨

[Jay McKenna @JayMcKenna87]

LFC keep repeating that their matchday costs have increased by 85% in the last decade.

What they don’t say out loud is that this is because we’ve added 15,000 more seats and increased hospitality.

Which has also meant matchday revenues have increased. By 85%. So it’s covered.

[Spirit of Shankly @spiritofshankly]

Big chance to send a message to Boston tomorrow - play your part at Anfield or elsewhere ✊🏼

🟨 Show FSG The Yellow Card

❌ Not A Pound In The Ground

🔎 Details: https://t.co/KvUBNLBjbN

[fleetstreetfox @fleetstreetfox]

'This is government as normal by a corrupted, decaying, scandal-ridden British state, where injustice and cover-up have become a way of life'

https://t.co/bp6S1JVtKx

[The Trials of Lucy Letby @LucyLetbyTrials]

➡️ @DavidDavisMP fisks Cheshire police top boss Mark Roberts' recent criticisms – demonstrating, among other things, why "it is therefore clear that the focus of the investigation was on a single nurse, Lucy Letby, from a year before the assertion you made in your letter."

[Gareth Roberts @robbohuyton]

Share this far and wide - on here, in your WhatsApp groups, on your social media.

No flags and Not A Pound In The Ground is the starting point.

If enough people do it, it will send a message to FSG: they got this one wrong.

@spiritofshankly and @_lfcsb offered to talk to the ownership again and that offer was ignored.

Fans said they wanted to protest. This is the start.

[In the arena @InTheArena5]

@charlhennessy1 Spot on Charl. Years if cruelty and contempt for people the state is supposed to respect and protect.

[Charl Hennessy @charlhennessy1]

The Nottingham Inquiry has completely shocked me to my core. The magnitude of failures, by multiple professionals and public organisations was, and continues to be, abhorrent.
Pass the book, deflect the blame, make excuses, close ranks and deny deny deny. This is the type of society we live in now.
Where we can not trust those who should protect us.

[GaryRogersArt @GaryRogersArt]

Robbo our Braveheart @GaryRogersArt

[Spirit of Shankly @spiritofshankly]

👉🏼 @John_W_Henry👂

[SylLFC 🔴 @SylLFC]

Great start to the Candour & Communities Exhibition at the Kop Bar, Anfield today, telling the stories of lies to the public and institutional cover-ups @NowHillsborough @IanByrneMP
Dates: today until 4pm
Thursday 9th April 2026 11am - 4pm
Friday 10th April, 2026. 11am - 4pm