Josie Brinker

Just doing what I need to do for Leatherhead North

[Dara Ó Briain @daraobriain]

Jesus, look how chirpy and upbeat this bird used to be! What a lovely little fella! What ever happened to
you?!

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

I don't.

But I find Starmer and Raynor's criticism of Khan for ULEZ to be a cheap copout. They should be explaining the above, instead they're throwing Khan under the proverbial bus. It's the type of cheap politics we've come to expect from the Conservative party, sadly Labour too now.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Uxbridge & ULEZ

1. ULEZ was initiated by Boris Johnson long before Sadiq Khan.

2. The Conservative government under Grant Shapps made expanding ULEZ a condition of providing financial support to TFL during covid.

3. The Conservative government have provided funds to cities such as Birmingham (with a Conservative mayor), but not to London (with a Labour mayor).

Clean air is good, we need more of it.

Underfunding from the Conservative government which has caused the ULEZ charge is the problem. - Billions given to bankers in tax cuts, billions wasted in PPE/covid fraud, billions wasted on refugee bargees.

We need a different and better government. A pity the people of Uxbridge voted for more of the same.

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

@sturdyAlex Wasn't it similar concerns about Tory existentialism that led Cameron to hold the Brexit referendum? Since when did treaties become political bargaining chips

[David Blevins @skydavidblevins]

BREAK: Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill has accepted an invitation to attend the coronation of King Charles. Northern Ireland’s First Minister-designate told @SkyNews “we live in a changing space” and said she was honouring her pledge to “represent all of the community.”

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

@CarolineLucas @BBCRadio4 We absolutely need more MPs like Caroline to speak out, time to get our country back from those who don't understand the first thing about humanity

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

@alex4peneast The one where you trudge up a long path to a huge house and on the front door there is NO letterbox. Someone spots you and you say you're looking for a letter box. They don't take the leaflet but tell you to go back and take the next turning to the garage where the letterbox is

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

I remember seeing news footage of Nigel Farage’s Brexit march consisting of about 30 bellends and a whippet…

But no British news coverage of this incredible strike action from yesterday:

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

@PippaCrerar So it's fine to have an opinion on Ian Wright's glasses but not on anything of significance. If they're pulling Attenborough, you can pretty much interpret everything as having a political angle

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

@PippaCrerar So it's fine to have an opinion on Ian Wright's glasses but not on anything of significance. If they're pulling Attenborough, you can pretty much interpret everything as having a political angle

[Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy]

Really pleased to see my research on the Tories’ so-called “40 new hospitals” on the front page of the @ObserverUK today

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

https://t.co/hoZcxVgcm5

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

Something to make you smile for the day, though guess it needs a pal being a social creature

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

https://t.co/92eVbm8aVV

[Josie Brinker @JosieBrinker]

How can we stop the super-rich from polluting the planet? https://t.co/DeSGEZPKTu

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Pay growth for the private sector was 6.9% Aug to Oct, and 2.7% for the public sector, says @ONS. The rejected pay offers to nurses, teachers and the rest are nowhere near private-sector settlements. It is no wonder there are crippling staff shortages throughout public services

[Matt Goodwin @GoodwinMJ]

In case you are not in the UK we are now going from approx £30 billion tax cuts to approx £54 billion of tax rises in 55 days. Under the same party.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Half a million additional people have dropped out of the workforce because of long term illness since 2019. This is a huge increase. Long Covid may account for less than a fifth of these disabled people, and younger people have seen some of the larger increases. According…

[Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 @JujuliaGrace]

Hmm, feel like in these strange twitter times it’s even more important than ever to build our community!! Do you oppose NHS privatisation? If so, pls RT this. I need to know who to follow back next (it’ll be you!) 💙