neil merriman

little fat politics & sci-fi geek who knows enough to know he does not know enough. follow many people you disagree with as this is just an echo chamber

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@carlyjohnson123 research has shown that a Tommy Robinson event attracts a higher percentage of men who have been convicted of democratic abuse than any other event 🤷‍♂️

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

100% this

[Matthew @MatthewTorbitt]

I’ve been a huge critic of Keir Starmer but today this was spot on.

The death of Henry Nowak is a tragedy that should indeed be a turning point. I get the anger but the point of that turn however isn’t to get bladdered and fight coppers. It achieves nothing.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

BTW You’re entitled to your own view, not your own facts
When evidence and opinions collide, the facts still stand
Truth isn’t decided by popularity, volume, or feelings
You need to be able to handle the truth

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Here it is: my 2026 manifesto for the #Makerfield By-Election. Makerfield Great Again! #VoteBinface #MakeYourVoteCount

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@FT man running to be MP for Makerfield cancels call with people who’d never even heard of Makerfield till last month

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@adamparsons if looks like ethnic cleansing, sounds like ethnic cleansing, its ethnic cleansing,

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

Black people are
9 times more likely to be stopped & 7 times more likely to die following police restraint
Twice as likely to be arrested on SAME EVIDENCE
There have been 800+UK Chief Constables,1 was Black
There is a Race issue in Policing & it ain’t the one being protested over

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

if #Burnham wins and goes on to oust #Starmer the hundreds of thousands of us who have left Labour are not coming back, complicity in the #GazaGenocide‌ isn’t something we’re going to forgive and forget and I’ve told that personally to one of the MP’s in the video.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

One from the archives.

While Gaza was being flattened & thousands were being killed, Labour refused to call for a ceasefire.

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@PippyBing well this is kinda a unique case because I’ve never really seen a murder like this involving a Sikh and their knife.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: If referee calls had been correct, the Premier League title race would have entered the final match round with Manchester City two points clear of Arsenal, according to our analysis of key match decisions. https://t.co/FSWGZMMBRL

[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

Important community note.

This case is truly horrific, especially for Henry Nowak's family, but tweeting out bullshit like this about the sentencing is contemptuous

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

Having seen horrifying bodycam of Henry Novak’s murder, I’m struck by the officers’ shocking incompetence
They accepted the killer’s story at face value, failed to properly assess the situation, and made errors with devastating consequences
IOPC need to expedite their inquiry

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@KevinASchofield @annettedittert alas the likes of Farage are going to take as much notice of the Novak family as they have the Rigby family

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@piersmorgan nah Piers Ravid did one these the Whitehouse mad at #Netanyahu stories a month under under Biden

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@SangitaMyska @Jane_Samuels @DanielYorkLoh careful Sangita he’ll add you to one of his lists

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@PaulBrandITV fiscally it’s absolute nonsense to say taxes fund benefits so if it does it will be because the media keep repeating something they know to be BS,
the story should be that even in private a cabinet minister is saying something so stupid.

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

if i was @AndyBurnhamGM I wouldn’t go on holiday while #Starmer is in No10

[neil merriman @NeilMerriman]

@Channel4News @MichaelRosenYes they have to interview Gideon remotely as @Keir_Starmer’s government wouldn’t let him in the country now

[Oxford Union @OxfordUnion]

A statement from the President, Arwa Elrayess: