Thomas Standfield Senior

Rapidly approaching century of life experiences, hill farmer painfully tilling my red soil with fuzzisofical faux pas cliches & jibes to pursue fresh red roots

[Richard Corbett @RichardGCorbett]

Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors:

-55 resigned
-42 went Independent
-28 defected
-24 were kicked out
-5 lost their seats
-2 disqualified
-2 suspended.

Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!

[Thomas Standfield Senior @Muddlebrick]

Merely a pathetic gob-hole for RW racism wealth and Israel
Amongst those against the UK peoples interests

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Bowie and the Tom Robinson Band made me question homophobia, hanging out at reggae gigs helped me reject my parents' racism, hearing The Clash drew me towards leftwing politics. And now now Laura Kuenssberg is questioning whether musicians should take political stances?

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.

RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

[Thomas Standfield Senior @Muddlebrick]

Lawa is such a wimpish puppet for the RW

I suppose once a long time ago she may have been a journalist

[Thelma Walker @Thelma_DWalker]

I don’t know, ask Bob Dylan , Joan Baez, John Lennon, Akala, Laura….

[Yip82 @yipmann82]

@LauraEWebsterr First it was UKIP then the #BREXIT Party and now @reformparty_uk but Nigel Farage's moronic mob fall for his bollocks time after time! #ReformUK #ScottishIndependence

[Alex Mc @AMunroo86684]

@DalrympleWill

[Thomas Standfield Senior @Muddlebrick]

He should have resigned

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Bid to remove Tom Watson from Lords over Palantir job" https://t.co/CCpm6yGqpX

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

We conclude that israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes, including extermination, forcible transfer & starvation | via @RamAbdu

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

I’m taking action to stop Reform’s corruption of our politics. I’ve written to Angela Rayner calling for a cap on donations from any individual to be included in the Representation of the Bill as it goes through the House of Lords.

Reform is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital.

The recent multimillion pound donations they received must be seen as a chilling threat to our democracy. When the super-rich are permitted to influence political parties like this, it highlights a fundamental weak spot in our constitutional protections. It’s clear we need a stronger firewall around our democracy.

I know some are worried that donation caps could inadvertently hit trade unions as well. But targeting individual donors means that union donations – made up of thousands of working people who can voluntarily decide whether their dues will contribute to political funds – would not be included.

The real working class – individual union members – do not have millions of pounds they can so easily give away, unlike Reform’s billionaire backers.

[Peter Green @pagreen1966]

Ed Sheeran performed to a half empty stadium in Philadelphia after endorsing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The concert failed to sell tickets at a 50% discount, proving that boycotts do work. Free Palestine!

[Thomas Standfield Senior @Muddlebrick]

He appears to be asset stripping benefit scrounging racist profiteer

Pushed Brexit to remove our protective standards easy trading freedom of travel and stop EU tax on rich

He is breaking down
Man U to His level

[Britain People @Britain_People]

🔴'Companies owned by Jim Ratcliffe have received STATE SUPPORT to the tune of £630m in recent years. Now this 'wealth creator' is leaving the country because he doesn't want to pay taxes and doesn't like black and brown people.' - @David__Osland

👉Ratcliffe avoided £4bn tax by switching domicile to Monaco. 🇲🇨

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

There was a time when Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour was earning so much money that he described the amount as “obscene.” He recalled how he would spend his mornings writing checks to charities, simply trying to find a meaningful way to use his enormous wealth. But one day, he decided to go even further. After selling his London home for £4.5 million, Gilmour donated the entire proceeds to Crisis, a charity helping homeless people. “I don’t need that money, and I just thought it would be the right thing to do,” he modestly explained.
Reflecting on life with his characteristic wisdom, Gilmour spoke about the simplicity he had come to value: “You start collecting Ferraris, then you have to buy buildings to put them in, and then you have to employ people to look after the people who look after all your possessions. Life becomes very complicated. And at some point — at least, that’s what happened to me — you find yourself thinking, ‘I don’t need any of this.’ And suddenly, life becomes simpler.”

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

UK politics funded by billionaires, mega-donations surge as the rich buy power.

£179m donated by wealthy individuals since 2019.

A cap at £100,000 or £500,000 won't do. Only the rich can buy.

Can't end political corruption without ending donations.
https://t.co/VfRvohdpye

[Earle L. Bailey 🇮🇪🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇪🇩🇰 @Altanon]

Many thanks to Brian Krassenstein!

“The weirdest thing about leaving America is realizing how much of America is just a sales pitch.

You spend your whole life hearing “greatest country on Earth,” then you go overseas and see clean trains, safer streets, affordable medicine, cities where people can walk without playing Frogger with an SUV, and workers who take vacations without acting like they committed treason.

And then you come home.

You come home to potholes, medical debt, school shooting drills, $17 airport sandwiches, people living in tents under highways, politicians wearing flag pins (or worse, gun pins) while doing absolutely nothing for the people standing in food bank lines, and billionaires being treated like they’re the fragile ones.

And somehow we’re all supposed to stand there, hand over heart, and pretend this is normal.

I don’t hate America. I hate what America has been taught to tolerate.

I hate that we call basic things “radical.” Healthcare? Radical. Paid leave? Radical. Clean air? Radical. Kids not getting shot in math class? Somehow political.

Meanwhile, the loudest “patriots” are usually the same people telling struggling Americans to shut up, stop complaining, and be grateful.

Grateful for what? A flag doesn’t pay rent. A bald eagle doesn’t cover insulin. Fireworks don’t fix bridges. And chanting “USA” doesn’t make a broken system less broken.

America has incredible people. That’s the tragedy. The people are better than the system they’ve been forced to defend.

So no, I’m not going to call America the greatest country on Earth just because it has the best marketing department.

Real patriotism isn’t pretending the country is perfect.

Real patriotism is being angry that it isn’t”

- Brian Krassenstein

[John Wight @JohnWight1]

Energy prices through the roof, talk of conscription and war with Russia, cost of living crisis with no sign of abating.

We are truly being led by donkeys all the way into the abyss.

Those private educations and posh accents are the same today as those that led millions of working class men into hell back in 1914.

History is repeating, unless we stop being mere spectators 'of', and become active participants 'in', matters concerning our own fate and future.

[JonnyUtd @Fx1Jonny]

Macklemore broken the dam.

Now artists all around the world are coming out in solidarity with Palestinians.

Here we have the lead singer of “Imagine Dragons” draped in a Palestinian Flag 🇵🇸

Salute to you sir 👏👏👏👏

[GBC @GBC_Press]

Mamdani: "I'm talking about Renee Good, whose last words to the man who killed her moments later were, 'I'm not angry with you.' I'm talking about Alex Pretti, who died as he lived, caring for a stranger. ICE shot him 10 times because he did something they never imagined he would do... Let's open a new path: a path of defiance through compassion."

[Thomas Standfield Senior @Muddlebrick]

When you have already dug a hole
Usually best to
Stop digging
Unless you want to do us a favour

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Reading Robert Kraft’s script off a teleprompter, both-sidesing genocide and somehow casting himself as the victim in all of this. Spare us the crocodile tears.

Ed Sheeran is a coward. Enjoy your blood-soaked millions.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Here's some benefits claimants we need to crackdown on.

£17.5bn Shell/BP
£2bn Amazon
£500m Glaxosmithkline
£700m Tesco/Sainsbury's/Asda

Nobody ever says these ridiculous benefits to billionaires are unaffordable, because they never even mention them.

Lets cut THEIR benefits.

[Thomas Standfield Senior @Muddlebrick]

From both yep

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Palantir should not have a seat in the house of Lords.

Tom Watson shouldn't be allowed to work for Palantir and be a Lord he should be fired ASAP.