Lucas Taylor

Call me tory scum I don't mind

@The_Crossbench co-founder

[Lucas Taylor @LTaylor16005]

Thank vou to those who put their faith in me by nominating me for the Young Conservatives Chair elections, whilst I was unsuccessful this time., I am incredibly encouraged by the feedback from the Selection Committee.

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

Compare and contrast. Tories emphasising the team.

[John Redwood @johnredwood]

In 2011 the UK held a referendum about changing to a proportional voting system. 68% said No. All regions voted No. So this is a second referendum Mr Burnham wants to cancel. Why is he so against democratic votes?

[Dan Jackson @DanJacksontory]

We must stop importing this conspiratorial, yanky, right-wing populism masquerading as conservatism to Britain.

Mogg did an exemplary job of debunking Carson’s grift and gave not an inch.

[jake @jakelchambers]

@Joseph_Boam You didn’t win. You lost. Lost by a lot.

[Katie Lam @Katie_Lam_MP]

When candidates campaign in foreign languages, it's impossible for most voters to hold them accountable.

And it's almost always used to pander to group-based grievances.

We must ban this poisonous practice, for good, and protect our democracy.

[Lucas Taylor @LTaylor16005]

What infighting you tried stirring the pot?

[Harry Gulliver @policyharry]

The @Young_Tories chair election only shows that the Tories haven’t learnt their lesson.

Still public infighting.

they are acting like they are selecting the next prime minister. the truth is no one cares about the YCs. this only makes the party look worse.

[Isabella Link @isabellaslink]

@theasewell05 This is so disgusting. So inconsiderate to everyone who suffered.

[Esther McVey @EstherMcVey1]

What on earth is Andy Burnham talking about? Talking about the “common wealth Labour created” until the 1980s came along.
Andy forgot to say that under Labour PM Sunny Jim Callaghan, exactly 50 years ago, the IMF had to come in and bail out the UK from the debt created under Labour! There was no “common wealth” created by Labour - just astronomical debt!
History is repeating itself.

[Isabella Link @isabellaslink]

Why do we talk so much about the triple lock on pensions, when there's much bigger issues to address in the welfare system?

Yes, scrapping the triple lock would save the country A LOT of money.

But reforming PIP, banning foreign nationals from receiving certain benefits, tightening UC restrictions would save so much more.

Odd, right?

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Andy Burnham wants to take Britain back to the 1970s, a time of more government control, more trade union control and no economic growth. There is a reason our country took a different course after that decade.

Nothing Burnham announced today will do anything to fix Britain’s long-term problems. He had no plan to fix our stagnant economy. No plan to fund defence. No plan to sort out the spiralling welfare bill, beyond more government schemes.

His proposal to change the triple lock is already falling apart under scrutiny, and it won’t generate enough savings to fund a nationalised care system for another two decades, which means more tax rises are inevitable.

Britain does not need to recreate the politics of the 1970s. It needs a government prepared to take the difficult decisions, back those who work and build businesses, and look confidently to the future.

[Katie Lam @Katie_Lam_MP]

This Labour MP is partly right - British life is a fantasy.

But it definitely exists.

And claiming it doesn’t is just another step towards destroying it.

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[The Crossbench @The_Crossbench]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The Metropolitan Police has revealed that policing the 4.5-hour Just Stop Oil protest outside Parliament on 2 September 2026 cost the taxpayer’s £97,153.03, The Crossbench can reveal.

58 arrests – all for blocking the highway + public order offences. 10 also for “locking on”
So far: only 6 charged, 53 still on bail

[CCHQ Press @CCHQPress]

This you, Nigel? 👀

[Lucas Taylor @LTaylor16005]

Seeing 2 women get falsely accused of racism and then be gaslight that they weren't accused of such things. Tv shows have a duty of care and to not let malicious rumours fly

[gi @dolcetpwk]

Rochelle is literally right wtf they literally said “even my situation with Rochelle to me it felt like microaggression, if anyone else was over there heating up their food say Riana would you have reacted like that and that how you can decipher a microagrssion".?? No lie #bbuk

[Lucas Taylor @LTaylor16005]

@KevinGhateh was a wonderful guy to speak to, speaking on the commitment he's had to give to build the YC to what it is to today and I wish the best of luck to the campaign

[The Crossbench @The_Crossbench]

@LTaylor16005 interviews the Chair of the @Young_Tories, @KevinGhateh, in the midst of his campaign to win re-election.

[Lucas Taylor @LTaylor16005]

I'm no fan of Restore UK, but to see a mob harrasing and threatening canvassers is a disgrace, if you disagree with a party beat them at the ballot not on the streets

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

This is what our Restore Britain campaigning team was met with today in Holborn and St Pancras, more footage coming in. @YoungBobRB captured this.

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

Going to say it again. If you disagree with Restore and their politics, defeat them at the ballot box. Do not intimidate their canvassers.

[Isabella Link @isabellaslink]

Restore Britain have promised to abolish student loan interest.

Here's the catch:

They don't know how they'll fund it, or how much it'll cost.

Restore are not serious.

[The Crossbench @The_Crossbench]

The Crossbench have done their first interview during the Young Conservatives Chair elections with incumbent chair @KevinGhateh, speaking on his experience on running the organisation and being ready for a second term