Thomas Storey

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[Carl Morrissey @Moro88]

Not to get all high horse, but there’s something really grim about organised corporate touting for a gig to see lads who are supposed to be the face of the 90s working class.

Advertising a ticket for €150 and charging €400 because it’s popular is a joke tbh. #Oasis

[cas | hotd spoilers @mooncines]

fighting bitches on ticketmaster for my oasis seats

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Must watch on House of Commons reform @EllieChowns

Dr Ellie Chowns, "As a newly elected member, I'd like to offer observations on three elements on how this house operates: sitting, speaking and voting"

➡️ Sitting
- Chamber is too small
- In Council and in European parliament we had own seat, desk, plug in devices
- Extraordinary there aren't enough seats for every MP

There is a practice of Christian prayers, as a daughter of preachers I am familiar with this. But in this day and age where we are a mix of all faiths and none, it might be time to represent a range of faiths

➡️ Speaking
- If we have more time limits more MPs would be incentivised to speak
- Trying to get a slot, bobbing up and down, last week I did for five solid hours without getting attention of the speaker
- This is not good for a democracy
- Find a better way of allocating speaking time
- The culture in this house is everything from excessive deference to braying, we need to clean to clean up politics, we are here to debate in as positive a spirit as possible

➡️ Voting
- It's extraordinary we do not have electronic voting
- While I've been here I've participated in 5 votes, that's taken 1.25 quarter
- If you add up all the votes thats 1.5 months of MPs time, totally unproductive
- If we got rid of the voting lobbies we could double the physical size of the chamber (everyone could then have a seat)

"My final point, if we want to be a truly modern house of commons: proportional representation"

[Owen Winter @OwenWntr]

In two days the govt have cancelled the Rwanda scheme, confirmed rail nationalisation, told Netanyahu they support a ceasefire + statehood, appointed a prison reformer prisons minister and a pro-Palestine activist AG. And the left is desperate to chalk it up as a defeat

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.

[Matthew Champion @matthewchampion]

meanwhile, Jacob Rees-Mogg has lost his seat to Labour while standing next to a man wearing a baked beans balaclava

[Eliot @softleftlabour]

Actually, its only a Portillo Moment if it comes from the Portilleux region in France otherwise its just sparkling seat loss

[Thomas Storey @ThomasRStorey]

@SwiftOnSecurity Very much agree, you don't realise how hard it is until you're on the cusp of succeeding then have that final moment of "oh well this is happening" and you've got the final call for backing out - thank you and much respect for speaking out about this

[John Bull @garius]

RISHI <on phone>: Okay we need to plan and-
HUNT: <muffled>
RISHI: Sorry what was that?
DOWDEN: We <muffled>
RISHI: What?!
HUNT: Sorry but <muffled>
RISHI: What's all that noise? What's going on?!
ED MILIBAND: CHAOS MOTHERFUCKERS!
HUNT: He's got the phone! He's got-

<beeeeeeeep>

[Thomas Storey @ThomasRStorey]

Brilliant day out at the FSB Awards with @RobStoreyCFCIPD, good luck to all! 🏆 #fsbawards

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

24 hours in Brexitland: Former Bank of England MPC member says Brexit "permanently damaged" Britain. London loses position as top European stock market to Paris. Former environment minister admits Australian trade deal "not actually very good".

[Jonathan Lis @jonlis1]

At this point a general election would constitute a mercy killing

[John Crace @JohnJCrace]

This is what happens if you let Therese Coffey dole out large quantities of prescription drugs

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

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[Jolyon Rubinstein @JolyonRubs]

The arrogance to think that Tories simply have another 3 month leadership contest is insane. There must be a general election. This is beyond a joke.

[Jon Stone @joncstone]

wages haven’t gone up in a decade, inflation is 10%, you can’t get an ambulance, GP, or dentist, energy bills have doubled, interest rates are heading to 6%, the rental market has gone mad, rail fares up, childcare is bonkers, and a pound is now worth one dollar. what did I miss