Oliver Payne

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[Oliver Payne @OliverRPayne]

It's gonna be quite a surreal moment for @RoryStewartUK as we all gather around a bin, chanting "Believe in Britain".

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Count Binface says he will stand against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election

[Oliver Payne @OliverRPayne]

@forwardnotback @AlanJCritchley @Mutteroo Maybe but even then imagine how that will look though? He'll still win the second but now he succeeds in framing it as a witch hunt. At least with the boycott the message that he's trying to dodge the investigation results will cut through.

[Oliver Payne @OliverRPayne]

@forwardnotback @AlanJCritchley @Mutteroo He's lost loads of by-elections and he's trying to avoid facing one AFTER the investigations finish. He'll succeed in that if this one isn't boycotted.

[Oliver Payne @OliverRPayne]

@forwardnotback I feel like the support for Andy is no small part based on the "inevitability". It's a self-fulfilling prophecy that's created its own momentum.

Wouldn't it be better for MPs to hear from their colleagues that there is alternative thinking, before it's too late?

[Phil Jones @Phil_Jones01]

“However, I also have a deeper, less technocratic disagreement with Tony’s argument. Because he explicitly says that the rise of political populism can be traced back to Labour “moving to the left” after he departed office in 2007. In contrast, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 is not mentioned at all. I have to disagree with him on this. The first embers of the populist fire are surely economic and I have long believed 2008 to be the moment they were first lit. Yes, Tory austerity then douses them in petrol and makes everything immeasurably worse. But even before that, Britain’s economic model was struggling to deliver higher living standards for enough people or places in our country. And the financial crisis itself, including the necessary bank bailouts, clearly called into question the fairness of the entire economic bargain.”

A fantastic and valid analysis @Keir_Starmer it’s high time we heard you speaking from the heart.

[Resolution Foundation @resfoundation]

Core benefit rates for young people have fallen considerably compared to wages since 2013-14. work incentives have actually increased for young people in receipt of benefits in recent years.

So, UC rates are unlikely to be incentivising more young people to remain out of work.

➡️ https://t.co/Rbke4Eviwb

[Lou D🌹 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇦 @louderry]

Its clear the British media either didn't know or didn't care that the tories left a loophole in jet fuel imports using Russian oil being allowed into the UK, which is why are now spinning Labours policy to phase in banning it, as a loosening of sanctions.

[Adele Barnett-Ward @Adele_BW]

I let my Labour Party membership lapse in the early years of the Blair government because they were making icky compromises and weren’t forcing through radical stuff. Carried on voting Labour (always the best option for working people) and in 2010 when Gordon Brown…

[Franklin @FranklinVH2]

The Renters Rights Act came into force 10 days ago and I think it's a great example of a party that is almost embarrassed of its work. It passed, was reviewed, and came into force without so much as a peep.

If there was ever an illustrative case...

This was a flagship policy

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

WATCH: Asked Nigel Farage last night abt his £5m gift from Christopher Harborne. Why did he not just declare? Does he regret that? What’s his response to those who argue it looks dodgy?

He said my Qs were a “waste of space" & was clearly annoyed in what became a tense exchange

[Oliver Payne @OliverRPayne]

@Apple #end

[FPL Frasier @FPLfrasier]

I often tell our fans to calm down. Amorim really needs to calm down. He can’t give up. It’s only 3 games into the new season. Swap the keepers and we win that game against Arsenal and Grimsby.

If you have to go then go out fighting. Try something new. What I saw was 16 players fighting for the team. They haven’t given up on the manager.

Amorim is still young for a football manager. He will regret it later if he gives up now.

Feels wrong to write this tweet even. He is the manager of Manchester United. He needs to be more balanced in his emotions. He is leading a set of young players who aren’t supposed to be as matured. They are looking up to him to manage tough situations. Amorim needs to find the balance and lead.

[Peter Smith @Redpeter99]

The assumption that every voter who wasn't part of the 34% who actually voted Labour didn't want Labour to win is utterly moronic.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Caring isn’t just my family's story, it is the story of millions, caring for each other, dealing with tough times, and keeping going with love.

Sharing our story hasn't been easy, but it's important. It's time to bring carers' experiences into the light.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

The Tories say Labour's plans would cost £2,000 - but if you apply their methodology to their own (published) tax plans it works out at a £3,000 tax rise.

My thoughts on the madness of election-maths: https://t.co/p7wwWkCtgQ

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

To re-cap last night; The SNP ambushed Labour, who blackmailed the speaker, who broke the rules, which saved Keir’s blushes, which gave the Tories the excuse to pretend to be angry so they could withdraw and not lose the vote, and the SNP were angry their plot failed, so neither put party politics aside to vote for a ceasefire they claim to want, meaning parliament’s a mess but not as much of a mess as Gaza, which last night’s events did nothing to help

[Oliver Payne @OliverRPayne]

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Could you give us an overview/timeline for a potential Tory vote of no confidence? (when the key votes are, the different factions that might make a move etc.)

[Tony Tassell @TonyTassell]

A parable of HS2 from Andy Haldane, formerly of the Bank of England and now FT contributing editor. A sharp critique of short-termism in this oped https://t.co/zc8Z4OR0qc

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

10 Downing Street says it's gone into "lockdown" after a car crashed into the gates.

Staff have been told to prepare for karaoke, heavy drinking and an ABBA party.