@BBC6Music#nowplaying Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsystem - The middle 8 in this track is a masterclass in tension and release. It’s the perfect example of how a bridge can transform a song! #GreatMiddle8s
Not again! I have NOT given my permission to be used in political adverts. This is NOT an endorsement by me in any way. I maintain strict party neutrality and am unhappy at the weaponizing of my reputation in this way.
While this isn't as bad as the first terrible representation – which said it this about tax - there's still a misdirection. As I’ve already stated, in that private conversation I was referring to Labour hoping to make a positive change I’ve been campaigning for, but it didn’t want to lock it in the manifesto as it can’t promise to deliver.
NO party’s manifesto tells the full story. ALL parties have things they hope to do but that aren’t in manifestos – as they can’t guarantee to deliver. The idea that Labour is an outlier for that is preposterous.
@MontaneOfficial i’ve been purchasing Montane clothing for years but have been really disappointed with the quality recently. The hat and gloves I got last year are falling to bits and the stitching on a jacket I got this year has stated to degrade already. :-(
This is appalling. The Government has quietly signed a contract targeting 20% cuts to the number of new education plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) to bring down costs
@SEND_Action
https://t.co/dzX2Whzulj
Is the VIP LANE alive and kicking...?
This time for the £1.6 BILLION non-competitive contract for the Stop The Boats barges.
The CEO: "started with a phone call from a person close to Boris Johnson"
...the rest is history...
£1.6 BILLION...no competitive tendering.....wow
BREAKING
Fraud report
Special mentions to
PPE MEDPRO - Michelle Mone under criminal investigation
Randox £777m - failures in record keeping, gaps in conflict-of-interest declarations, lack of scrutiny and sign off
VIP recommended by ministers - received £6 BILLION of £7.9 BILLION of testing contracts....
Be angry? I'm livid....
Quote from report
"Between March 2020 to December 2021, Government awarded 22 contracts to Randox (or its strategic partner Qnostics Ltd) for its testing services, worth a maximum total value of £776.9 million. The Committee’s inquiry into these contracts found numerous issues with the first contract – failures in basic record-keeping; gaps in conflict-of-interest declarations; and wider procurement issues, such as a lack of senior scrutiny and sign-off. The DHSC also marked supplier offers as ‘VIP’ if they had been referred from ministers, MPs, or Number 10. These priority suppliers received £6 billion of the £7.9 billion of testing contracts awarded between May 2020 to March 2021.27 .The PAC has been asked by Parliament to examine the papers relating to government contracts for the supply of PPE by PPE Medpro which secured two contracts worth a combined value of over £200 million and is now the subject of an investigation by the National Crime Agency into potential fraud."
https://t.co/hTBi8qMgfy
TROUBLE IN TEESSIDE
Tory Mayor Ben Houchen & "deals" he's made exposed today by @FT
Calls for National Audit Office enquiry as Houchen's claims refuted by NAO.
Officials' resignations due to non transparency
Is this the tip of the iceberg? https://t.co/hJxHHKTEce
ALMOST 1/3RD OF VOTES NOT COUNTED IN LINCS WARD
2 Tory councillors elected
1880 votes were counted
864 postal votes not counted.
1880 + 864 = 2744 total votes cast
31% of them now IGNORED
Result remains Tory as already announced!
There's handy https://t.co/yNJ8TyBZm1