Andrew Morbey

father, husband, dog owner, electrician, small business owner, quietly fermenting revolution that will see me installed as your benevolent dictator (possibly)

[Andrew Morbey @andy_morbey]

@angelaeagle Can have some of what he's smoking?

[Prof Shafi Ahmed PhD FRCS @ShafiAhmed5]

Just had to speak to my daughter, a medical student and advise her not to go out anywhere and stay on campus apart from teaching placements. I never thought I would have to say this to her. My parents had to tell us the same in the 70s.

[HightownJFL @HightownJFL]

We’ve received a lot of messages in the last 24hrs, sorry I couldn’t reply to everyone but I’m sure you understand why. Thank you for your kindness and support, it means a lot.

Teddy my 7 yr old daughter was at the horrific incident in Southport yesterday.

She went in with her best friend, a friend she was so lucky to have; the smartest, prettiest little angel from the best family you could ever wish to know. It breaks my heart to say her little friend has been taken away from this cruel world. We just pray she is in peace and her family find the strength to get through this.

Her Mum, My Dad an I were one of the first at scene, when only 3 officers present so the media reports of it being armed officers who detained him is not true - it was local, every day police officers. They defied orders and risked their own lives to protect the lives of children from our community.

The things witnessed will live in our memories forever. Those same police officers; who get paid less than a McDonald’s manager, got home, hugged their own kids and got back up this morning to do it all again, are now being attacked on the streets.

No matter what your political views are, they are not the problem. Please, for the sake of the poor victims and their families, STOP THE VIOLENCE.

We will forever be in debt to Leanne, Heidi, Greg, Joel, John and every other hero who helped save so many lives.

💙 ❤️💜

[Gina Miller @thatginamiller]

Dear @hmtreasury @darrenpjones

Please can you launch an investigation and possible prosecution of the Conservative Ministers who misappropriated hundreds of millions of our taxes to film videos for their social media channels.

Misappropriation of public funds is a financial crime, under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which defines financial crime as including any 'offence involving fraud or dishonesty.'

Gina Miller - a UK taxpayer

Repost if you agree!

@BestForBritain
@BBCNewsnight
@BBCr4today
@Haggis_UK

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

What a weirdo.

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

Unless Tories denounce their illiberal, dishonest, prejudiced, divisive, brexity mindset, they’ll stay stuck in their right wing dead-end which is wholly incompatible with being trusted or taken seriously as a party of government. They’re trapped by their own failed ideology.

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

It is absolutely ridiculous to throw out the slur that Labour want to keep children in poverty simply because they didn't lift the 2-child benefit cap within their first 18 days in office after 5,174 days in opposition.

One does not imply the other - that's a lazy, lazy argument.

Look at the full context:

1. This was a vote on the Kings Speech, the first and most high profile vote since Labour took office (and for a long time to come). A rebellion was obviously therefore going to be deeply embarrassing - and the rebels were absolutely aware of that.

2. Labour ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility. This was clear as daylight to every Labour candidate. It's not some wild swerve foisted on them after the election was won.

3. Labour are working at speed to produce a full picture of the economic situation the Tories left us in. That should be published before the summer recess. Things may look different within days. (For better or worse? We'll have to await the report.)

4. Labour have said they are reviewing concrete action to alleviate child poverty. Are the rebels claiming they're lying?

5. Senior Labour figures have indicated the 2-child benefit cap is potentially part of the wider review.

6. This was an SNP amendment. Supporting it was pure performative politics. It was never going to pass in a trillion years.

7. To come back to where we started, not voting for the amendment is not the same as seeking to keep children in poverty, wanting to keep children in poverty, planning to keep children in poverty, delighting in keeping children in poverty, or whatever other emotional framing lazy people choose to resort to instead of making a logical analytical argument.

A painful related truth: the hard Left of the party has a problem. They need to stay visible to stay relevant. It's like sharks have to keep swimming or they die. (That's a metaphor. It doesn't mean I think they're sharks. Sigh.) They therefore thrive on outrage farming just as much as those on the other extreme of politics, even though their actual political views are poles apart. One way to increase that visibility very quickly is to pick opportunities to have highly visible fights with the core party and the leadership.

That's what happened last night. Nothing more. Nothing less. No nefarious plot to keep children in poverty (or "starving" as the even more emotionally manipulative put it).

Starmer had two choices:
1) Let the rebellion go
2) Take strict action

1) would have given every group and faction within Labour the green light to start creating their own version of the ERG, Common Sense Group, or whatever they wanted to call themselves. Soon, the party would be as riven as the Tories were. Imagine herding those cats for the next 5 years!

Instead, by doing 2), Starmer called the bluff of people who knew exactly what they were doing.

Did Starmer's action indicate Labour won't lift the cap? No. It told us nothing of the sort.

Did Starmer's action indicate Labour are fine with child poverty? No. It told us nothing of the sort.

If in a few months - around the Autumn statement or shortly thereafter - Labour are still grinding their gears on child poverty without any progress, then you have the right to be aggrieved.

But 18 days into their term of office, and after all the clear signals they're trying to do the right thing as swiftly as prudence allows? Get over yourself.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.

[I Am Incorrigible also on Bluesky, threads & masto @ImIncorrigible]

Travel Expert @SimonCalder embarrasses the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce by patiently explaining why his Brexit madness is to blame for the UKs travel chaos

#BrexitReality #GMB #r4today

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

My government will serve you.

Politics can be a force for good.

The work of change begins today.

[Andrew Morbey @andy_morbey]

#dogsatpollingstations

[Andrew Morbey @andy_morbey]

#Elections2024 get the fucking Tories out

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

We didn't have parties to "boost morale".
We didn't have quiz nights.
We didn't have champagne.
We watched our colleagues die.
We watched the bodies pile high in their thousands.
These lying, cheating, self-serving charlatans need to be flung out of office.
Use your vote. Vote.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Incredible undercover investigation from ⁦@Channel4News⁩ in which Reform activist suggests shooting migrants arriving in small boats.

“Get the young recruits there, yeah, with guns on the fucking beach. Target practice. Fucking just shoot them.” https://t.co/EVVYqzC1v7

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Surprised…🙄

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Otherwise known as the entire annual salary of nearly 50,000 NHS nurses - just up in scandalous smoke.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

JOHNSON friend Meg Powell-Chandler has been parachuted into Wells and Mendip Hills by Tory HQ
She won’t answer whether or not, while working at No 10, she knew about Partygate

Still good friends with Carrie Johnson who is posting on her insta account regularly (⏬️ online convos from this week)

@meg4wells is known as one of Boris Johnson’s “three musketeers”
She worked at No 10 from the moment he became PM to the moment he left

Did she know if Partygate?
She refuses to answer
In which case should we assume that she did?
Or was she the only one who didn’t?

Tessa Munt @libdems @tessamunt is favourite to win here but she needs your vote.

Or imagine having a close Johnson ally like Meg who may well have known if Partygate and said nothing representing you?

[Andrew Morbey @andy_morbey]

@jjohnstonmezzo @DerbysPolice He's since been caught stealing copyright video of the labour candidate from a local small business. Classy

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Fred Thomas and his Certificate of Valediction from Commanding Officer, Special Forces Support Group

So now Johnny Mercer should apologise

Calling a Veteran (Fred Thomas) a Walter Mitty character
Insulting a veteran who he knows isn’t allowed to say where he served.

@johnestevens

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Supporting tactical voting https://t.co/cWTNy7b445

Type in your postcode 👍🏼

But our FPTP system is archaic

We need some form of proportional representation and fast

[Joe Lycett @joelycett]

I hear the press have got hold of some pictures and so I have been forced to make this statement. Needless to say, I apologise. https://t.co/mNRsQ57iTF