Bill Waddington

Done 43 years as a criminal lawyer .Should be retired but hard to walk away All views are my own unless I pinch them from someone else.

[Jennifer Robinson @welshroots]

The massive respect for Keir Starmer from World Leaders across the Globe is something Andy Burnham will never ever achieve, neither will Kemi Badenoch or certainly not Farage

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Our newest little arrival. He'd been abandoned and left to fend for himself.

You can see at the end what safety finally means to him. Pure exhaustion

The road to recovery starts here

[Henshi @HenshiG]

In the dead of night, 1944, inside a Gestapo cell in occupied France…

The most wanted woman in the Resistance stripped bare and forced her slender body through iron bars no one thought possible. Dress clenched in her teeth, she dropped to the street and vanished into the darkness.
Her name was Marie-Madeleine Fourcade — the Hedgehog. 🦔

Born in 1909 into privilege, she flew planes, raced cars, and defied every rule made for women. When France fell, she took command of a tiny spy network at 31 — a mother of two — and turned it into the largest and most vital Resistance ring in occupied France. The only one led by a woman.
She built a secret army of nearly 3,000 agents — men and women from all walks of life — feeding Britain critical secrets, including a stunning 55-foot map of Normandy’s beaches for D-Day.
The Gestapo hunted a brutal man. They never imagined the elegant woman before them was their greatest threat.
But the cost was devastating. 💔 Hundreds of her agents were tortured and killed — including the man she loved. She moved constantly, changed identities, and while pregnant, made the heartbreaking choice to send her children away without even saying goodbye — watching silently from a window as they disappeared from her life.
Captured twice. Escaped twice. She rebuilt her network from ashes every time.

After the war, she devoted her life to honoring her fallen agents. Yet France overlooked her, awarding honors to her husband instead.
They forgot the Hedgehog.

She outlasted the Nazis. She outlasted the silence.
Now we remember.
Marie-Madeleine Fourcade — the fierce little woman who led 3,000 from the shadows and helped turn the tide of history. Even a lion would hesitate to bite.
Say her name. Share her story. Never forget.

[Paul Castle @Goto_paulcastle]

THE WORLD IS TAKING NOTICE
When leaders in Kyiv, Ottawa and across NATO thank Keir Starmer for his service, perhaps the question is no longer what Britain thought of him.
Perhaps the question is what the world saw in him.
Principle. Duty. Steadiness.
He rebuilt Labour, restored Britain's standing and strengthened our alliances in a dangerous world.
The loudest voices wrote the headlines.
History may write a different verdict.
#Labour #KeirStarmer #UKPolitics

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

If you have a spare 3 mins and 45 secs today, watch this fantastic grilling by Sally Nugent on BBC Breakfast.

The very first time I've seen Farage questioned properly about his £5M bung, and it's fair to say, he totally fluffed it.

There are points when you can see Farage tremble and even accuse the BBC of putting him in danger. 🤦‍♂️

It was for security. It was for cars. Nobody cares. It's no one's business. He won't tell us. DANGER!

At one point, he let slip that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards may 'disagree' with him on the rules around donations.

He knows he's going to be found guilty on this one. He's in trouble, and his face gave it away gloriously.

Top hats off to Sally Nugent. Stellar work. 👏

[Baroness Patricia of Plague Island @Patrici89225734]

Stand up Sally Nugent for a round of applause, the only journalist as far as I can see who has held Farage to account!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

He was still a better prime minister than any of this lot.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years.

European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you.

Thank you, dear Keir.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Keir, thank you for all our cooperation, your support, and the joint decisions that have helped make our Europe and our protection of life stronger.

The United Kingdom has been, is, and will remain among the world’s leaders. Here in Ukraine, we deeply value Britain, and every meeting and every conversation we have had has always been filled with real substance.

Thank you for always being in touch, always engaged, and always striving to do what is needed and what will truly help.

I wish the United Kingdom and all British people every success as well as realisation of your national goals. We have confidence in Britain.

Keir, you are always a welcome guest in Ukraine.

@Keir_Starmer

[Bill Waddington @bill_wow]

If I was Starmer, I’d very quickly remind the party of the enormous achievements made by him both before and after coming to power. I’d remove Lammy as DPM & offer the job to Burnham to work alongside Starmer & insist on stopping the constant infighting

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Couldn’t have written this better myself..

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Italian PM Meloni to Trump:

So, certain things deserve an immediate response.

Donald Trump's statements are completely fabricated. I am frankly appalled. I don't know why the President of the United States behaves this way towards his allies; after all, it's not the first time it's happened.

I can only say it's a pity that he doesn't show the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaders towards whom he instead proves to be much more accommodating.

But he must remember one thing: Italy and I never beg.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Outrageous. The ones who put American lives – and the lives of countless others – at risk were Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Don’t blame the UK for your catastrophic blunder.

[Brendan May @bmay]

Congratulations to Labour for winning a seat they already held, so they can unseat the very leader who won them all the seats they hold. Is there a German word for this form of self-indulgent suicide?

[Mark Urban @MarkUrban01]

Fascinating that Starmer is widely regarded as doomed when so many key metrics are going his way: channel crossings, migration more generally, NHS waiting lists, and today’s inflation numbers

[Viviane: Members need a say @LaindonFEMINIST]

Who was the last Global Leader who had his house fire bombed by Russians?

Oh yes, our very own Keir Starmer.

Ignored by the media in Britain. Why???

This vendetta by our media absolutely stinks.

[🇬🇧King 🇬🇧 @King0243_PJC]

Sarah Owen MP just absolutely rinsed Reform’s Makerfield candidate in Parliament

She exposed Robert Kenyon’s vile rants: calling most abortions “vanity purposes”, mocking mums with “fat bellies pushing prams in their PJs”, and refusing to apologise for endorsing disgusting sexual comments about Carol Vorderman.

This is Reform’s rank hypocrisy - tough talk on women, zero respect. Don’t forget they welcomed a convicted woman-beater.

Reform MPs are weak, spineless, and stand for nothing but bluster.

Respect to Sarah Owen for having the guts. Other female MPs - step up like this.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

Passed away yesterday at 100 years old. Answered the call from Britain to fight and travelled from Jamaica to join the RAF in WW2. Gilbert Clarke.

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

Very emotional moment from the interview with Zelenskyy. You should watch this.

JOURNALIST: Do you miss being an actor?

ZELENSKYY:?I miss being a good father.

JOURNALIST: When your children were little, what did you tell them the most? What was the thing that you told them the most when they were small?

ZELENSKYY: I love you.

JOURNALIST: And what do you tell them now that they're older?

ZELENSKYY: Oh, I miss you.

JOURNALIST: When was the last time you cried?

ZELENSKYY: I will try to do it after our interview. No, I mean this, between us. I'm a normal man and then there are a lot of different moments, between us, almost each day, a lot of losses on the battlefield and civilians, and there are absolutely crazy attacks on our people.

And I'm just, it's… I mean, It's very difficult really, when I give orders (medals). I said about it. It's always difficult for me when I give orders (medals) to the mothers and fathers, who lost their children. In such moments, really, I often cry.

JOURNALIST: Are you a hero?

ZELENSKYY: No.

JOURNALIST: So who is your hero?

ZELENSKYY:?My hero? My children, my army, our army, and Ukrainian people. So I'm a part… I'm also a Ukrainian, so I'm a part of our nation. But now our nation, I think, that our nation is absolutely heroic.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

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