Mark Blease

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@KirstieMAllsopp Indeed, and it unfortunately culminated in a once-respected national broadcaster editing footage of a democratically elected leader to further that very view point.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

Don't think Ed has thought this one through. Rather than just report the news, he wants the BBC to regroup so they can help to achieve a political outcome he desires. Perhaps he was too preoccupied thinking about which outfit to wear next time he parachutes into a log flume.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be a chance for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and not give in to those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it.

We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

Gemini: show me an example of 'wishful thinking'.

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

Reform beginning to implode.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Keir Starmer claims Nigel Farage is to blame for the boat people because Brexit took us out of the Dublin Convention (in 2020), which allowed us to return asylum seekers to the EU countries from whence they came.
The PM is either ignorant of the facts — or knowingly lying. Neither is a good look.
The Dublin Convention was a two-way street for asylum seekers. Yes, we could try to return them. But others could also be returned to us.
As a result the Dublin Agreement actually made us a net recipient of asylum seekers.
Take 2018. We made 5,500 requests for asylum seekers to be returned. Only 209 transfers were agreed. In the same year, under the same convention we accepted 1,215 asylum seekers. So we were net recipients by over 1,000. The Dublin Convention did nothing to make it easier to return asylum seekers.
Nearly all politicians are cavalier with the truth when it suits them. But Starmer is taking this to a new level.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

Not "You will be sent back" but "You will face being sent back". An important 'weasel words' difference. Also, we all know where you stop (and start) when it comes to securing our borders: at precisely nothing.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

We have detained the first illegal migrants under our new deal before returning them to France.

No gimmicks, just results. If you break the law to enter this country, you will face being sent back.

When I say I will stop at nothing to secure our borders, I mean it.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

The fact that our Prime Minister still thinks that Liz Truss "crashed the economy" says more about his complete lack of understanding of basic economics than anything else.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Liz Truss’s fantasy economics crashed the economy. My Government was elected to fix the mess.

Now Nigel Farage wants to repeat her mistake.

You can’t trust him with your job, your mortgage, your pension, your bills, or your future.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

Posted this back to Barclays today. After almost eleven years, we're still receiving mail for a previous resident, despite returning countless letters, emailing and writing. How can a bank's records be this far out of date? @Barclays @BarclaysUK @BarclaysUKHelp

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

A "very lot" of stupid people 😂

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

Now I'm just waiting for the "two truths".

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Our Prime Minister is on the side of working people.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@BladeoftheS So Brexit hasn't affected our ability to trade globally? Thanks for the clarification.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@LouHaigh You call it putting "an end to the longest strike in the history of the railways" but I call it "kowtowing to the unions and giving huge pay rises to the already overpaid at the expense of others" but hey, tomayto, tomahto.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

I read this book a couple of years back, but it has never been more relevant. If you voted Labour because "they're for the working man" then you're really not keeping up #TwoTierKeir

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@l4pablo Out of....?

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

Great that you've lowered prices, perhaps you could pick up the old cable ties now @TescoBurnleyExt @Tesco

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@danwootton I wouldn't disagree but... since we're not in the USA, it's a skip fire.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@benonwine Harrowing scenes as a shock rise in the wholesale price of Botox is announced.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@MartinDaubney Having grown up in Rochdale and lived there for 45 years, I can confirm that Rochdale is, regrettably, already lost.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@JustStop_Oil By the time he gets out, he'll have grown into that hat.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@DrLoupis I can see a cock. And his penis is showing.

[Mark Blease @MarkBlease]

@NoContextBrits Rochdale. And I was born there.