Malcolm Irons

Walked the South West Coast Path in 2016 and the Pennine Way in 2017. Sponsoring a Ukrainian family seeking refuge from the war in their country.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

“We are delivering…the fastest wage growth in years” says Rishi Sunak in #PMQs. It is an extraordinary boast, for a few reasons. 1) that wage growth is a big reason why interest rates are still rising, why the Bank of England will next week increase interest rates again, and why there will be mortgage pain, much of it acute, for well over a million people over the next year (and the government too is having to pay significantly more to borrow) 2) the “fastest wage growth” is mainly in the private sector, over which the government has no control except in respect of setting the minimum wage; 3) Downing St and the Treasury have been furiously trying to suppress wage increases in schools, hospitals and the rest of the private sector, because they regard inflation as THE problem; 4) even with this “fastest wage growth in years”, most people on average are poorer, because inflation is even faster.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

An independent BBC needs an independent Chair! I’ve just signed the petition demanding the DCMS Committee makes the selection of the next BBC chair an independent process. Will you join me? https://t.co/p20blYB0tL

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Jenrick is a Govt minister

Jenrick went on TV

Jenrick told a big lie

Jenrick therefore broke ministerial code & a Nolan principle

Jenrick will face no consequences because our political system requires our unaccountable PM to hold him to account.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@JeremyVineOn5 Yes.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@Peston Swearing an allegiance to a king is so utterly ridiculous and inappropriate. To claim that this makes it more democratic is even more absurd. The only swearing I might be doing on Saturday is if I fail in my mission to avoid the whole charade completely.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@NMedina5 @Trianglemancsd He’s right! There are five triangles. There are also a number of rhombi.

[Geoff Barton @RealGeoffBarton]

“This is quite a moment, isn’t it …?”: Why I joined my fellow General Secretaries from @NEUnion @NASUWT and @NAHTnews on behalf of @ASCL_UK today @SkyNews

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@johnredwood Are you serious? Is this a serious question? Mr Redwood your stupid question is not worthy of you or your kind. Why don’t you “get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand “.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@DouglasCarswell Nobody was sacked. He resigned!

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@christopherhope @Telegraph I’m afraid this says more about the readers of the DailyTelegraph than anything else. Please don’t let him and his Tory friends turn Raab into the victim in all this. Think of the real victims and stop giving the bully a platform.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@philosophyteach Same thing happened to me recently. I took it as a well intentioned expression of love and caring for me; wishing me "all the best".

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

“Which country, until recently, had access to both the UK home market and the European market?”

Rishi Sunak gushed over N. Ireland’s “unbelievably special” economic position. But did he also expose the fundamental fallacy of Brexit?

On @GlobalPlayer
https://t.co/SdyBDl7qyY

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@DrProudman It doesn’t make sense. It is simply obscene.

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

@RishiSunak Reality tells a very different story. Negative growth, trailing behind everyone else, more unpopular by the day, nothing good to show for it…hence your guff about vaccines, freeports for tax dodgers and copy-and-paste/crap trade deals to limit the epic damage.
Shame on you.

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

A question for the people who claim that sending tanks to #Ukraine will just escalate the war & that Ukraine should hold peace talks with Russia:

How much of the UK would you be happy for OUR government to give away to an invading force to end a war? Please give precise details.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@nadhimzahawi What a little creep you are. Oh yes, and we haven’t forgotten your tax (attempted) dodging…

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@nadhimzahawi What about your taxes?

[Britain People @Britain_People]

Tory MP Edward Leigh claimed #expenses of £2,332 for heating last year and £2,474 the previous year.

Retweet if you think he should pay his own utility bills.

[Malcolm Irons @MalcIrons]

@sarajcox Why people vote Tory?