James M. Butcher

Deputy Chief of a construction trade association. #Rotarian #Conservative. I like hiking, running, cycling and a little tai chi. Views my own.

[Dr Luke Evans MP @drlukeevans]

Hi @ZiaYusufUK I might be able to help...

Black men are genetically much more likely to get prostate cancer.

Here is a big study showing why:

https://t.co/yzFgdBxYF3

We also have different guidelines on things like blood pressure, because of well, genetics.

You are welcome

[Kay Burley @KayBurley]

I’ve been reading the judgment in the Henry Nowak case. The judge says the police officers at the scene were misled by lies told to them. Believing Henry was the offender, they arrested and handcuffed him.

Moments later they realised he had a serious chest wound and began desperately trying to save his life. As a result the judge concluded that the officers did their best in extremely difficult circumstances.

Perhaps.

However, Henry was bleeding; he told the officer he’d been stabbed and he was struggling to breathe. Shouldn’t that have prompted a more thorough search for injuries before the handcuffs came out and were snapped onto his wrists?

The judge says the wound wasn’t obvious. It was dark and Henry was wearing a dark top. He also pointed out in his judgment that the officers had been given a convincing but false account of what had happened.

All of which may be true, but what he is not doing is ruling on whether the police response was correct. That’s for the separate investigations now under way.

However, if someone gasps that they’ve been stabbed is it unreasonable to expect that possibility to be investigated first? In those circumstances, should concern for a potentially life-threatening injury take precedence over treating someone as a suspect?

Genuine question.

It is not the natural order of things for your child to die before you and under such devastating circumstances. My thoughts are with his parents as Henry’s murderer is sentenced to life in prison.

[James M. Butcher @JamesMButcher]

@CPSUK Useless.

[Andrew Pierce @toryboypierce]

So #petermurrell bought an £81,000 Jaguar, £33,000 VW Golf, £5,000 Bremont watch and £2,618 Lalique salt & pepper shakers. And @NicolaSturgeon never noticed. Tests credulity doesn’t it?

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

In almost any other household, if a man suddenly parked a brand new £125,000 motorhome in the driveway - and acquired other new vehicles - his wife would ask where on earth he got the money from.

[James M. Butcher @JamesMButcher]

This is just horrendous, the very worst of British policing.

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

Comedy palate cleanser. Robert Jenrick about to grandstand but reminded of his defection from one party to another this year is gold. The timing. First line great. Second line superb but crowd not recovered from the first to fully appreciate it 😊

[James M. Butcher @JamesMButcher]

@AndyBurnhamGM @Alexarmstrong @stephen72939660 I drive to Parkrun and back. This obsession with your running routine is odd and irrelevant to your politics. They should let you run in peace.

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

This is pathetic. The man’s spend his life shovelling people’s shit. Let him crack a joke about it, FFS.

[Mark Irvine @Mark1957]

A Blairite, a Brownite, a Corbynite and a Starmerite walk into a bar

The barman asks:

“What are you having, Andy?”

[James M. Butcher @JamesMButcher]

@EssexPR You have just made all this up

[James M. Butcher @JamesMButcher]

@peterkyle It's all over and you know it

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

This is the year Britain turns the corner.

[Mark Wallace @wallaceme]

Local Election campaign in one tweet:

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Zack Polanski has tonight admitted that he failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a houseboat in London

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Taking our seats for the 1st time @Catherinewest1 & @wesstreeting

[James M. Butcher @JamesMButcher]

He is done now - just a matter of when

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 IN FULL: The list of 51 Labour MPs currently calling for Keir Starmer to resign

Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
David Baines (St Helens North)
Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree)
Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse)
Clive Betts (Sheffield South East)
Olivia Blake (Sheffield Hallam)
Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool)
Julia Buckley (Shrewsbury)
Richard Burgon (Leeds East)
Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby)
Irene Campbell (North Ayrshire and Arran)
Beccy Cooper (Worthing West)
Anna Dixon (Shipley)
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole)
Cat Eccles (Stourbridge)
Barry Gardiner (Brent West)
Louise Haigh (Sheffield Heeley)
Paulette Hamilton (Birmingham Erdington)
Chris Hinchliff (North East Hertfordshire)
Imran Hussain (Bradford East)
Terry Jermy (South West Norfolk)
Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside)
Ruth Jones (Newport West and Islwyn)
Peter Lamb (Crawley)
Ian Lavery (Blyth and Ashington)
Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth)
Clive Lewis (Norwich South)
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Rachael Maskell (York Central)
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle-upon-Tyne North)
Anneliese Midgley (Knowsley)
Navendu Mishra (Stockport)
Abtisam Mohamed (Sheffield Central)
Connor Naismith (Crewe and Nantwich)
Simon Opher (Stroud)
Sarah Owen (Luton North)
Kate Osborne (Jarrow and Gateshead East)
Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Euan Stainbank (Falkirk)
Josh Simons (Makerfield)
David Smith (North Northumberland)
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Middleton South)
Jon Trickett (Normanton and Hemsworth)
Tony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe)
Catherine West (Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East)
Chris Curtis (Milton Keynes City)
Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)

[James M. Butcher @JamesMButcher]

So Starmer's great reset is to nationalise British Steel, an EU Youth Experience Scheme and a work placement guarantee for unemployed young people - all have their pros and cons, but nothing that will turn around his fortunes.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Zack Polanski and his partner called their narrowboat their “amazing home” for three years. He registered to vote there.

If it was his main residence, council tax was due. None was paid.

His team says he stayed there only “occasionally” - if true, there's a very big problem.

[Calgie @christiancalgie]

Zack Polanski: "The Green Party are an anti-racist party"
Nick Robinson: "You can't just say the words 'we're an anti-racist party' when I've just read you out five of the most revolting comments"