Robert Weston-Triggs

Member of GPEW 2005-25. Left the party in despair and disillusionment in August 2025, prior to its regrettable lurch into populism. Follows not an endorsement.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Last week: @thenerve_news.

This week: the FT View.

We forensically tracked cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne’s donations against Nigel Farage’s crypto policy statements.

Yesterday the FT pulled out this same point in its main editorial & notes the similarity to Trump.
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[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

Since Nigel Farage is seeking high office as a leader of Reform, and the media is happy to give him a platform but rarely challenges his track record, let me put in a 🧵

The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia 1/6 ⤵️

https://t.co/X5YetCKg6m

[Brendan May @bmay]

Reform is basically a dustbin for ex Tory ministers who weren’t given peerages (Dorries, Zahawi…)

It will all go wrong.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Britain has been multicultural for the last 2000 years. That's why we have the Roman alphabet, a Middle East religion, Arabic numerals, a Syrian patron saint, an aristocracy with French ancestry and a German royal family.

[Adrian Ramsay MP @AdrianRamsay]

Imagine the Greens holding the balance of power in a hung Parliament after the next election.

Impossible? That’s what @EllieChowns and me were told about the “unwinnable” seats we won a year ago!

With a clear strategy, we know this is entirely possible!

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

A good read by @GreenRupertRead
https://t.co/UTzxnvvLUb

[Laurie Macfarlane @L__Macfarlane]

I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls

I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 https://t.co/ievrXFoPNJ

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

I’ve put together this listing of top endorsements for Adrian & Ellie for the Green Party Leadership race. They really are quite something. Check out this thread 🧵.

Let’s start with the mother of all endorsements: Caroline Lucas’s: https://t.co/wMiWM15z1C

[Daniel Finkelstein @Dannythefink]

It is as bad as you think it is.

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

It's not a Nigerian care worker, a Filipino nurse or a Polish builder making your life a misery.

It's the politician who tells you to point the finger elsewhere while they have their foot on your neck.

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

5 years ago Britain left the EU. Red tape would be scrapped. Immigration slashed. NHS spending boom. International trade burgeon. The economy would thrive. Europe would be as open to us as ever. All not only lies but the opposite happened. Yet there has been no accountability.

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

This is terrible news for everyone interested in making Wales better.

For years these guys have bought an incredible level of professionalism and valuable insights.

They consistently delivered a level of analysis of Welsh issues that was/is desperately needed.

All of it was underpinned by a clear love of the country they were covering.

Best of luck to them in whatever they do next and a massive thank you for the hours of entertainment and learning.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

And while all eyes are on the US, this utter obscenity 👇

[Dr Ellie Chowns MP @EllieChowns]

Chancellor didn’t mention climate or nature once in her budget speech. Unforgivable. This is a critical moment. Our entire economy rests on the health of our environment & this was a chance to reset to deliver a liveable future. #Budget2024

[Dr Ellie Chowns MP @EllieChowns]

£3bn in lost revenue by freezing fuel duty. Again.

Meanwhile, 50% fares hike for those using buses, 4.6% increase in rail fares and a paltry £100m for walking & cycling infrastructure.

This government is taking us in completely the wrong direction on transport.

#Budget2024

[James Murray @James_BG]

The thing that bothers me most about the moving of Margaret Thatcher's portrait is that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are at their highest level in 3m years, temperature records keep being toppled, and our food systems and infrastructure are not prepared for what comes next.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Gross disparity between coverage of luxury yaught sinking and refugees dying regularly in Mediterranean (3,041 last year). All such deaths are tragic but the difference in coverage is dystopian.

[Tom Bacon @TomABacon]

For days, I've wondered why the PM was so slow to call in the army to deal with these riots. Today, I've come to understand why; he knows what the far right is attempting to do. 🧵

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

For a handful of tax KCs, tax avoidance isn't business, it's a political imperative. Here's Robert Venables KC saying it's a "patriotic" duty to avoid tax, because Labour is paying for "yet more state spending".

[Dr Ellie Chowns MP @EllieChowns]

@AngelaRayner statement on Building Homes is all about quantity - no mention of quality. Why on earth is there no mention of
🏡 driving up energy efficiency
🏡 solar panels on roofs
🏡 nature-friendly building?

Come on, @UKLabour.
We need homes fit for the future.