Robert Orme

Liverpool born Norfolk & Yorkshire raised Grandfather. Francophile. Anti EU. Retired.

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

It's quite obvious Starmer doesn't know who we are as he is totally out of touch with public opinion.

[Grifty @TheGriftReport]

UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER ATTACKS ELON MUSK IN REFERENCE TO THE HENRY NOWAK CASE:

He said:

“We need to assert who we are as a country because Musk again has been interfering in our politics in the last few days, trying to whip up division. That is not who we are in Britain.”

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

Couldn't do anything. No credibility. A proven liar and working against the average UK citizen.

[Thomas King @TomK_Brit1993]

A fair question for those who dislike Keir Starmer:

What, realistically, would he have to do to earn your support?

Or is there nothing he could do at this point?

[Stuey Beef 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @stuey_beef]

Current and former Hampshire Constabulary officers are describing a “cult” of diversity, equity and inclusion that has consumed the force from the top down.

Officers say they live in daily fear of career-ending accusations of racism — however unfounded — which shapes every operational decision they make.

This is not a fringe complaint.

This is serving police officers describing an institution so ideologically captured that intervening to help a white man being stabbed became, in the calculus of that culture, a career risk.

Hampshire’s leadership publicly declared that being “anti-racist, ethical and inclusive” was “top of the agenda.”

Top. Of. The agenda.

Not catching criminals.
Not protecting the public. Not saving lives.

The death of Henry Nowak is the answer to the question: what happens when you run a police force on those priorities?

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

Remember those words "anyone" which presumably means without fear or favour??

[HJB News @HJB_News__]

The British public aren’t allowed to be upset or angry over Henry Nowak.

Keir Starmer:
“Let me be clear we will make sure anyone found engaging in disorder meets the full force of the law as we have done before.”

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

How callous. Digging a deeper hole and showing contempt?

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

🇬🇧 Hampshire police claim that Henry Nowak would have died anyway, regardless of whether he was handcuffed or not.

The Hampshire police have issued an official defense for the actions taken by the officers who handcuffed 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he was pleading for help.

The medical examiner has testified that Vickrum Digwa’s 21 cm blade had caused a catastrophic wound directly to Henry's heart.

Because the blade penetrated so deeply, the blood was pooling inside his chest cavity rather than soaking his clothes immediately.

According to the pathologist, the trauma to his heart was unsurvivable from the moment it occurred, arguing that it didn't matter who was handcuffed at the scene first.

The Deputy Chief Constable has publicly stated that "the pathologist who spoke in court was clear: there was nothing officers could have done that day to save Henry. His wound was deep and internal, the bleeding extensive but internal."

Henry's father, Mark Nowak, stressed that while the wound was fatal, the police's mishandling denied his son the right to die with dignity, care, or peace.

Essentially, the British police shifted their narrative on Henry Nowak from "we did nothing wrong" to "he would have died anyway, so the delay doesn't matter."

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

Why??? What difference will it make to the world?? no benefit but UK citizens yet again seeing their freedoms restricted. Lunacy.

[Net Zero Watch @NetZeroWatch]

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband yesterday backed plans that could see Brits eating fewer bacon sarnies as part of Labour’s Net Zero push. He signed up to a legally-binding target to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 87 per cent by the early 2040s. The Climate Change Committee, the Government’s independent eco watchdog, says hitting the target will require millions of households to cut back on meat and dairy consumption, swap gas boilers for heat pumps and switch to electric cars.

#CostOfNetZero

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

Think sick leave entitlement is the same in local government or was.

[Bernie @Artemisfornow]

It’s not rocket science … Sick leave is 3 x higher in the NHS because staff get sick pay of 6 months full pay and another 6 months at half pay.

Solving the problem is not complicated 🤡

[Andrew Pierce @toryboypierce]

Devastating admission from Cabinet minister @patmcfaddenmp to #lordmandelson ‘every meeting is who we can tax to pay benefits to others’. Labour for the skivers not the workers

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Britain has the least generous state pension in the G7 - measured as a percentage of average earnings - and the highest rate of pensioner poverty in western Europe. And Jeremy Hunt thinks pensioners have got it too good?

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

But there is a concerted campaign saying this, out of all the benefits paid, is the only one that is unsustainable. The one that is contributed to and is only called a benefit when it suits.

[Robert HJ Marshall @roberthenryjohn]

The whole of Britain should be ashamed. . .

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Many MPs tell us that the current state pension age is 'unsustainable'. Which is odd, really, given that they can claim parliamentary pensions as soon as they turn 55.

[Cllr Jaden Lister 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 @JadenLister]

Cllr Robin Hunter-Clarke says it as it is:

“They don’t like change, do they?” 👇

The very first act of the new Reform administration at County Council was to support a proposal from the Chief Executive to abolish the three political assistant posts that the largest political groups are entitled to appoint.

To be clear, nobody has lost their job. Any previous contracts ended with the election, and those positions will simply not be renewed.

Our group was also entitled to appoint a political assistant. We could have insisted on keeping the scheme and taking our share of the benefit. We chose not to.

The saving to the taxpayer is £163,000.

Some opposition councillors argued that these roles are necessary. We disagree. Councillors are elected to represent residents, scrutinise decisions and make political arguments. Taxpayers should not be expected to fund what are in effect party-political staff to do that for them.

We were told we don’t know what we are talking about. They didn’t realise that although a lot of our Councillors are new to local government and how it works - I am not!

More importantly, the council’s financial position is extremely serious. We cannot continue with the mindset that every existing cost is untouchable. The old way of doing things has brought local government to a point where difficult decisions are unavoidable.

Everything must be looked at. Everything must be challenged. Everything must justify its existence.

When councils are under immense financial pressure, spending £163,000 on political assistants is exactly the kind of cost that should be questioned.

This decision alone will not solve the council’s financial problems. But it sends a clear message about the direction of travel.

The culture has to change.

For too long there has been an assumption that because something has always existed, it should continue to exist. We reject that thinking.

We refuse to join the club.

Residents expect us to treat public money with the same care they treat their own household budgets. That’s exactly what we intend to do.

The era of business as usual is over.

@ReformRobin

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

And what does the Archbishop have to say about this???

[Frankie™️🦅 @B7frankH]

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The Islamization of United Kingdom is not a conspiracy theory, it's reality.
Today a British Pastor called Steve is arrested for preaching and saying Jesus is King.
When it became a crime to preach the Bible in a Christian country?

[💕Elle J 💕#JustSaying 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 @ejames500]

£12,570 is the amount you can earn before you pay tax. So if you get more than this in benefits shouldn't you also pay tax. @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP @ZiaYusufUK @Nigel_Farage
@GBNEWS
@MichelleDewbs why should working people be worse off than those not working?

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

True. Always raising taxes or fees and increasing expenditure never seem to consider cutting costs as individuals balancing their budgets have to .

[MikeP @UK_Optimist]

You never hear politicians saying we should cut the cost of the 'State' either (MPs, Civil Servants & other public servants who benefit from above-inflation pay rises, job security and workplace pensions) ?!

[Jen k 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Jenny_1884]

It just makes me so angry when you read that Tony Blair & Labour MPs keep saying the Pension Triple Lock is unsustainable & yet you never ever hear them saying that the thousands upon thousands of illegal migrants arriving in this country is unsustainable even though it’s costing £billions.

It just makes me so mad.

[Deano4Reform @deano4alex]

Why the obsession with Andy Burnham ?
Lets not forget:
❌He lost his last election bid to Corbyn
❌Was given the nick name "bodybags Burnham"
when Health Sec
❌Obstructed Rape gangs enquiry by denying data
Sureley we deserve better than this ?
@UKLabour

[Dave @DaveKent101]

Apparently Richard Hermer is looking at the possibility of suspending Andy Burnham for:

a) Prejudicial conduct to the Party.
b) Engaging in factionalism and breaking unity.
c) Bringing the Party into disrepute.

Commissar Hermer will always protect his Dear Leader Starmer.

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

Keir Starmer 7/7/2022:

“He [Boris]needs to go. He can’t cling on. His own party have now decided that he’s unfit to be prime minister. They can’t now inflict him on the country for the next few months”

He called for a GE.

Starmer’s own standards suggests that he should resign.

[Robert Orme @Robt_O]

Many in Staffordshire will remember his disasterous reign as Health Minister. He is nothing but an opportunist.

[Ranty Man @RanTeeThree]

With Andy Burnham coming back into the spotlight after years in the wilderness, it’s worth reminding everyone that he presided over the mid Staffordshire hospital scandal, and approved doctors leaving old people to die of thirst and starvation in hospitals.