AJ Thatcher

Views purely mine and mine alone! Some non HR stuff may creep in from time to time RT doesn't equal endorsement

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

Ten years ago today Farage unveiled his racist "Breaking Point" poster.

Within hours a far-right sympathiser murdered the MP Jo Cox.

Instead of apologising, Farage went on to verbally attack her husband.

Farage has always been scum.

Never Vote Reform.

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

This platform is absolutely insane at times; full of the very worst and very best of humanity .. and bots! I could not have made it through another year on here without you! #NewYear2026 🎉

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

I am pleased that Amol Rajan, the host of BBC’s Today, has been forced to apologise for calling benefits claimants ‘scroungers’. Let us be clear - such language is unacceptable. We can and will call you out for using such language.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

The only people who support removing serious criminal trials from juries and handing them to volunteer magistrates are people entirely unaware of the reality of magistrates’ court justice.

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

And which paper has been in the forefront of the charge against the shoddy standards at the BBC? 🤔
Not splicing two bits of comment together, instead making the quote up entirely 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

@MarkSeddon1962 @SuellaBraverman was also a former Tory Attorney General yet doesn't seem to know the difference between slander and libel.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Imagine being an actual qualified lawyer and believing that a jury verdict in a Crown Court trial sets a precedent.

The legal equivalent of a doctor believing that you breathe through your kidneys.

Exquisitely, humiliatingly, unforgivably stupid.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

@Scott_Wortley Barrett retweeting Jenrick. Legal illiteracy squared.

[Nick Lowles @lowles_nick]

This is why the police don’t immediately release names of suspects to appease the baying online mob….

The life of the 35 year old, who has now been freed, would have absolutely been destroyed if his name had been released

[John Cornelius @johncornelius01]

Chris Mason “reporting”on “the foul-up and foibles of the former Deputy Prime Minister” in Downing St for #BBCNews. Sly, snide & so full of himself with his exclusive “sources” & so cavalier with his opinions on carefully selected targets. Needs taking down a peg or three.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

@DermotMurnaghan So sorry to hear this Dermot. Thank you for these tweets which will help raise awareness.
Also v relieved your diagnosis hasn't diminished your enthusiasm for slipping into the lycra and getting out on the road...

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

It's just repellent how instead of policy this regime gratuitously abuses sometime allies - Canada and Denmark - and does so with malicious lies cooked up in their stew of imperialist greed

[AJ Thatcher @MrAndyTHR]

Please consider joining the https://t.co/j3r6Xpn5C8 to listen to more listen to New Yorker Radio Hour https://t.co/VIX9BzM2Gv ACLU v Trump 2.0 don't doomscroll support the people stepping up

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Justice Department asks court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. https://t.co/sjoxjSHZrW

[James Taylor @Jamestaylor2]

Absolutely have to call-out Isobel Oakeshott.

To say benefit claimants are 'parasites', sit on the sofa, drive their 'free motability' is completely outrageous.

At @scope we call out ableism. Call out discrimination. And to not let language like this go unchecked.

Shame.

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

A very sad decision - @BBCHARDtalk is known watched and admired right around the world - it’s a place where world leaders have been held to account like no other - what is the @bbc thinking? And @stephensackur is a great presenter

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Putting aside any debate about causes there are three big public policy failures that have made it harder to manage these riots:

1. Stopping processing asylum seekers - leaving more in hotels and vulnerable to attack.

2. Cutting police numbers (still below 2010)

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[AJ Thatcher @MrAndyTHR]

Great episode on health inequalities with @lokiscottishrap @health_equals @HealthFdn

[Dr. Hilary Jones MBE @DrHilaryJones]

On this week’s episode, I’m joined by morning TV and book club royalty, @richardm56! 🌞📚

Richard shares how he maintains his youthful looks, manages his health, and copes with the stress of live television and life in the public eye.

Also, in Episode 2, I spoke with Darren McGarvey @lokiscottishrap from @health_equals on how where you live in the UK can cut your life short by up to 16 years.

Listen and watch The Dr Hilary Show, brought to you by @Healthspan on your favourite podcast platform here: https://t.co/SHoqZfdlVC

#TheDrHilaryShow #HealthHopeHappiness

[David Henig 🇺🇦 @DavidHenigUK]

A horrible far-right government systematically undermining its own position internationally.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

🚗UPDATE🚗
- Britain is STILL sending millions of pounds of luxury cars into states neighbouring Russia, according to new data.
- There is STILL no especially plausible explanation
- Car lobby group the @smmt STILL insists it's got NOTHING to do with Russian sanctions
🧵