Northern Monkee

Wales based. Film, Politics, Philosophy & @Harlequins.

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

Rule of the day, don't let someone like me onto something like Twitter

[Nick Braley @NickBraley1]

Embarrassing @IpswichTown

Whoever signed this off should be nowhere near our club.

[niran @TheOfficialFNG]

grifting hypocrites strike again

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

@TNLUK @Jonno1st "Small numbers" looking a bit inaccurate. It won't let me do anything on the app as the connection to my limits keeps timing out.

Probably shouldn't have sent out the EuroMillions email...

#DidntHappenWithCamelot

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

example 1 attached.

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

Whoever redesigned the @BBC website needs to spend some time focusing on their own creative skills. It looks like a dull, white, boring, mobile friendly newspaper. I prefered the colour coded themes & layout. Much nicer.

Also, it hasnt been properly tested. Full of bugs. #BadUX

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

Well said

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

In opposition you were fantastic, in government, it's been a series of policy disasters which eclipse the good that you do

➡️ You chose to keep the bankers bonus cut instead of reversing it and pay for the two child benefit cap, suspending 7 of your MPs

➡️ You conflated public safety with antisemitism, then went on a witch hunt against the Chief Constable of West Midlands police even after Andy Cooke's independent report showed no malice and no antisemitism. You were more interested in a policy win and ending a successful policeman's career than 'lessons learned'

➡️ You conflated non violent protest with terrorism, were criticised in the Lords by Labour's Baron Hain, a policy that resulted in hundreds of pensioners were arrested

➡️ You understood the winter fuel allowance needed to be improved but instead of consulting and creating a fair sensible solution, you took a sledgehammer to it, eventually being forced into a u-turn; one of fourteen u-turns so far

I'm convinced you're generally a good decent guy, but I'm not convinced that your judgment meets the standard expected of a Prime Minister, as you're prepared to put ideology ahead of what's better for the people and the country

You started out well addressing the Farage riots the right way, but since then it's been disaster after disaster culminating in the scandal of Mandelson, the contracts with Palantir, and so much more

There's a feeling of unease across the country, and disgust, over Mandelson, and tragically, you're at the heart of it

People just want to live, and get on with their lives, we expect our government to create the safe environment, and opportunities for everyone to not just survive but also thrive

That hope after 14 years of Conservative chaos has been lost, that trust after repeated u-turns and god-awful policy decisions, eroded

Can you recover from this? Maybe

People need to feel that spark again, that we all had after the Conservatives were voted out

And without meaningful change from your end, I'm not convinced Labour will succeed under you

Least of which, your failure to regulate the media in our country - a one hour puff piece on Nigel Farage and Reform UK on BBC2 last night just days before a by-election, and still no full investigation into Russian interference into Brexit?

The country needs answers, and to move forward, and it seems with Labour under you, we're stuck, if not going backwards

Do better, not just to survive politically, but to find that dignity and decency that you had in opposition, as in office, that sparkle is gone, and it's about as charismatic as the day is today: dark, grey, wet and dull

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

@Nigel_Farage Because I know better than anyone how easy it is to fiddle the EU for financial gain.

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

Ironically since she can now face a confidence vote, it feels like she has relaxed a bit.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Is a side issue today, but Kemi Badenoch has got far, far better at PMQs.

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

The Tories have got some nerve claiming they back British farmers.

They sold out our farmers in trade deals.

They cut farm incomes by botching the transition to the new payment schemes.

And they created an agricultural policy that actively disincentives the production of food

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

Hi @Harlequins, I'd be more tempted by your #BlackFriday discount offer if the items being sold were more about you and less about your mediocre merchandise provider... #JustSaying

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

@Telegraph Compared to.... Context please.

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

I don't begrudge @VodafoneUK for the downtime. It happens and it was almost therapeutic to be without Internet. However their comms were poor and the fact that the automated support (poor at best of times) wasn't adjusted to address concerns was woeful. #VodafoneUKdown

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Surprise, surprise it turns out Sarah Pochin(Reform MP) was lying about a street in her Runcorn constituency.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

26 June 1926. Film director and comedy actor Mel Brooks was born in New York City, USA. His best-known films include: The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, and Spaceballs. He was married to Anne Bancroft.

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Los Angeles: don’t take Trump’s bait.

Trump wants chaos and he’s instigated violence. Those who assault law enforcement or cause property damage will risk arrest.

Stay peaceful. Stay focused. Don’t give him the excuse he’s looking for.

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Sometimes there just isn’t enough 🍿in the whole world

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Remarkable that less than a week ago @ZiaYusufUK was out on the airwaves, including my Sunday show, batting for Reform. Now he’s resigned as Chairman saying: I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time.

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

@thewattsy Theres so much to be said for blokes in fancy masks with flashing eyes. Cgi has ruined both.

[Northern Monkee @TheNorthMonkee]

Is that the first time ever that a regenerated #DoctorWho has broken the 4th law with their opening line?