AC May 🔶

The non-geek IT consultant. Sailing, dogs, tennis, dark chocolate and wine! All posts promoted by and on behalf of AC May, 4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5DR

[AC May 🔶 @a_c_may]

@DeanMThomson @GHmltn At which police auction can I bid on these astounding salt and pepper grinders?

[Jean Hatchet @JeanHatchet]

A selection of Green Party candidates in Sheffield. They chose these headshots. Chose them. Ponder that.

[AC May 🔶 @a_c_may]

@alexmassie Oh great, like the departing MSP and former First Minister, I quite fancy taking up writing in early retirement. Now it seems ScotGov will subsidise it.

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

Amazing Steve Rosenberg - our Russia Editor - has won the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Royal Television Society TV Journalism Awards

He’s genuinely a legend ❤️

[Jamie Kay @TheRealJamieKay]

Well, it looks like the original video has been removed from X.

Good job I had a backup of classic Farage.

[AC May 🔶 @a_c_may]

@BBCSteveR Keep up the good work @BBCSteveR . Just when I thought we all knew your talents, you ho and throw in a piano performance! 👏 Bravo

[BBC News Press Team @BBCNewsPR]

Congratulations to @bbclysedoucet on receiving the Women in Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award. Well deserved! 👏

@WIJ_UK honours the exceptional achievements of female journalists who have made an indelible mark on their profession.

Image credit: Jas Lehal / Women in Journalism.

[Liberal Democrats @LibDems]

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

I'm glad Keir Starmer has listened to our calls for this inquiry following the Reform Russian bribery scandal.

Nigel Farage should be the first to give evidence.

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

All AI should be made to say "Bidi bidi bidi" before giving any answer, to remind people it's a machine generated response.

[Antonello Guerrera @antoguerrera]

BREAKING. @EdwardJDavey calls on @Keir_Starmer to give Labour MPs a free vote on Customs Union bill as result on “knife-edge” 🇬🇧🇪🇺

@LibDems leader has written to the Prime Minister urging him to allow Labour MPs a free vote on Tuesday’s Customs Union Bill.

Vote looks too close to call, as support grows for a new customs union deal that research shows would significantly boost growth.

In the letter, Ed Davey also called on the Prime Minister to release the minutes from his meeting with his Chief Economics Adviser in which she said a customs union would be one of the most effective ways to boost growth

Liberal Democrat Leader has urged Keir Starmer to grant backbench Labour MPs a free vote on the Customs Union bill set to be voted on in Parliament today (Tuesday).

The crunch vote on the Customs Union bill, tabled by Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson Al Pinkerton, would pave the way for the UK to start negotiations with the EU on a new customs union. It comes as senior figures within the Labour party, including the Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, have suggested that a new customs union deal would boost growth and be beneficial for Britain’s economy.

The vote now looks set to be on a “knife edge”, with the Liberal Democrats working with MPs from across the house who support a closer trading relationship with the EU. The party has also written to all Labour MPs, asking them to throw their support behind the bill.

Within his letter, Ed Davey also called on Keir Starmer to commit to releasing the minutes of his meeting with his Chief Economic Adviser Baroness Shafik where she is reported to have highlighted the benefits of a new UK-EU customs union.

Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson @AlPinkerton said:

“This crucial vote on a new customs union with the EU is now on a knife edge. The government has finally admitted the enormous economic damage done by the Conservatives’ #Brexit deal, now they must move far more quickly to fix it.

“Given the debate on this issue within his own party and cabinet, it is only right that the Prime Minister gives his MPs a free vote so they can show their support for a new customs union deal.

“We need to cut the red tape that's burying British businesses and start turbocharging growth, and a bespoke EU-UK customs union would be the single most effective way of doing that.”

ENDS

[AC May 🔶 @a_c_may]

There must be an election coming. “Quick, to the independencemobile!” #SNPOut

[Scottish Express @ScotExpress]

John Swinney told to 'wheesht' as 'broken record' makes yet another independence pitch - https://t.co/Di6cQeWgU2

https://t.co/Di6cQeWgU2

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The record breaking donation to Farage party underlines once more that while he parades as a man of the people he is in fact a means to an end for the very wealthy who want to be above democracy, free of tax, regulation or accountability. For sure they will be able to buy a lot of fake news and industrial scale BS with nine million. Perhaps this will be the wake up call the media needs to do some proper scrutiny

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.

The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.

Please sign and share 🙏

https://t.co/68OwbUeG3V

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin.

We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Trump’s “Ukraine” plan is not a peace plan. Like all his plans it is a grossly 1-sided pact cooked up with a strong man (with commercial deals on the side). It betrays Ukraine, the Western alliance and our most fundamental values. When are we going to admit what is happening?

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Putin was in danger of failing in his Ukraine war. Now the US peace plan gives him everything he wants — even the parts of the Donbas his troops were incapable of winning. Ukraine, the injured party in this war, gets absolutely zero.