Margaret Masterton

Likes fairness and the facts, particularly in politics. Appreciates a challenge. Animal lover - they don't argue back!

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@domdyer70 Surely this is illegal? What is the local MP doing to raise this in Parliament? Why are the RSPCA not involved? This is in my local area but it’s the first time I’ve heard about it. The cruelty animals is unbelievable and in the current heatwave it is not acceptable.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Day three of the worst June heat wave in history & the dogs at MBR beagle breeding facility in Cambridgeshire are locked in steel cages in 38 degree centigrade disgusting cruelty

[Andrew Rosindell MP 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @AndrewRosindell]

Today in Parliament, I called for greater transparency around the euthanasia of healthy animals in shelters.

Rescue centres are overwhelmed, and the true scale of the problem remains unknown.

In the memory of my late friend and colleague Sir David Amess, and following in the footsteps of the wonderful work done by his daughter @KatieAmess, we must ensure euthanasia is always a last resort and stand up for animals that cannot speak for themselves.

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@Alexarmstrong It is a local area for Burnham and he can quote Manchester successes (not all down to him!), plus voters want Starmer defeated. I think Reform didn't choose a very charismatic or knowledgeable candidate - being a local working man is fine but not if the stakes are high.

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Please Share The Happiness Of A FREED Bear 🐻.

A Bear, forced to live in appalling conditions in a tiny cage at a bile farm for 27 years, is rescued, and playing in a pool at the @AnimalsAsia sanctuary.

Sen realises that he is truly free...❤️‍🩹.

Thank you to everyone who rescued him 🙏.

🎦 Credit: Animals Asia.

[David Kurten @davidkurten]

Quango threatens pony massacre.
Plans from Natural England and DEFRA to cull 75% of Dartmoor's sheep for bio-diversity, also threaten the slaughter of Dartmoor ponies which are included in the culling plans and incentives for landowners, farmers and commoners to kill sheep and ponies for money.
This needs to be stopped.

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@Pagan5242 @DailyMail He did listen to a minority of his MP's re strapping benefits plus for other u-turns.

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

Once farms disappear, they don’t come back easily. Share if you stand with British farmers 🇬🇧🚜

[Proudofus.uk @ProudofusUK]

🇬🇧 Most British schoolchildren are taught about Magna Carta.

They are taught it was sealed in twelve fifteen at Runnymede.

They are taught it is the foundation of English liberty.

They are taught it is one of the most important documents in human history.

They are not taught what came next.

They are not taught about the eighty years between twelve fifteen and twelve ninety-five when ordinary Englishmen forced three successive kings to write down, for the first time in any kingdom in medieval Europe, what English law was, what English liberty was, and how an English king must govern.

They are not taught about the Charter of the Forest, which restored the right to graze, gather firewood, and live on common land, and which remained in force for seven hundred and fifty-four years.

They are not taught about the Provisions of Oxford in twelve fifty-eight, often called England's first written constitution, which placed the king under a council of fifteen and required Parliament to meet three times a year.

They are not taught about the Provisions of Westminster in twelve fifty-nine, which subjected the barons themselves to the same law they had forced upon the king.

They are not taught about Simon de Montfort, an earl born in France who died for England, who summoned the first Parliament in English history to include ordinary commoners alongside the great lords.

They are not taught about the Statute of Marlborough in twelve sixty-seven, which is the oldest piece of statute law in the United Kingdom still in force today. ⚖️

Seven hundred and fifty-nine years old.

If you've ever taken a debt to court in England, you've used it. 🏠 If you've ever rented a home, you've been protected by it. 👑 If a creditor can't lawfully drag your possessions into the street to settle what you owe, that's because of a law signed seven hundred and fifty-nine years ago.

They are not taught about the Model Parliament of twelve ninety-five, summoned by Edward the First, which became the shape of every English Parliament since.

Eighty years. Three successive kings. The first written constitution in any kingdom in medieval Europe.
It was not given to them. It was not handed down from God or king or Pope.

✍️ It was written. By Englishmen. For England.

🇬🇧 The British write their own history. They always have.

This one needed more than a thread. The full story is in our video, watch it below 👇

Help us remember who we are. Help us remember every British achievement. 👇🙏

👉 https://t.co/rih7iKwnvf 👈

Be part of us. ☝️🇬🇧

Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@Helen_Fields @fredgs05 It's very hard for young people trying to get started working and putting a lot of thought and effort into each application. Why don't firms, most of whom have massive HR depts, have the decency to reply, even if a polite no. At least the applicant knows and can move on.

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@sharrond62 @Elizabe13014545 To remind people again, these marches started being organised on October 7th.

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@julianHjessop @DCBMEP Presumably we would no longer do independent trade deals with the rest of the world.

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Yes, drill our resources in the North Sea.

[Mikey 🇮🇱🇬🇧 @MikeyPhil64]

Could everyone please repost and share this tweet. I don’t normally ask, but this corner of Norfolk is going to be covered by solar panels and infrastructure the equivalent of 43,200 tennis courts. This insanity must be stopped. Thank you
https://t.co/3ny8od1F9l
@AllisonPearson @TiceRichard @KayMasonBillig

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@ColinSandford2 @toadmeister Surely breaking international sanctions gives the UK the right to intervene?

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

75% of stray dogs have now been rounded up in Turkey, millions have been abused neglected and killed in the biggest slaughter of dogs ever seen in modern history. This shames Turkey and the world #Turkey

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@SandyofSuffolk @ThatAlexWoman @TalkTV Pensioners have paid NI all their working lives plus paying tax to be eligible for the state pension.Those were the rules. Now pensions are called "benefits" the perception is they aren't entitled, not only to a (taxed) pension but for it not to be linked to the cost of living.

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@Tomo56691 @sophielouisecc @lsrlinda If you didn't pay NI for a certain number of years you weren't eligible. You could "top" it up if necessary.

[Margaret Masterton @MastertonCo]

@ExtremeFootbal4 Almost as good as Supermacs. I remember both well.