Carol Vickers

Want to rejoin the EU ASAP. Member of Labour Party and Starmer supporter.

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@theSNP Get capable ministers and you might have a chance but right now you don't.

[kat @kazrg9z]

You didn't deserve this..you had a 5 year mandate from the people @Keir_Starmer
It doesn't sit right with many members.

[𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮 @charlotteukcity]

I always look at someone’s morals to see who they are. Are they honest, charitable, a good spouse, parent, friend & colleague? I can never support Andy Burnham’s party which was founded on scheming, disloyalty, ego & ignoring democracy. Keir Starmer should never have had to go.

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@AmericaRecharge Yes

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@ElonBeyondX B

[Ilana Estelle Author @TheCPDiary]

Be careful what you wish for. Removing @Keir_Starmer won't remove the problem. This won't end with his last day in government – it will continue under a different Prime Minister.

Whatever your views of him, he's a decent man. In years to come, history will remember him as a statesman and a gentleman. It is who he is.

[kat @kazrg9z]

Imagine the conditions under which Keir Starmer's been working from Day One:
>bullied by a ferocious media
>bullied on social media with abuse based on lies

>his own MPs plotting to replace him ..
Shame on you all

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@0ivankaTrump1 D

[Scotland in Union @scotlandinunion]

Why won't @JohnSwinney back an independent inquiry into @theSNP finance scandal?

After Peter Murrell's conviction, public confidence matters. Scotland deserves answers.

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@theSNP The SNP have blown what little credibility they had. They are not capable of running a country!

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@TG_desk69 B

[John Lamont MP 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @John2Win]

It’s been a week since Peter Murrell was sentenced for his crimes.

The SNP still haven’t launched an inquiry.

We need to know what John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon knew.

It’s time for the UK Government to launch its own inquiry. The people of Scotland deserve the truth.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

There is a certain irony in hearing Kemi Badenoch deliver lectures on the stewardship of Britain's defence when she herself sat around the Cabinet table of a government that, over the course of fourteen years, presided over the steady diminution of our Armed Forces. She cannot plausibly present herself as a detached critic of that record. She was part of the administration that shaped it and must therefore accept a measure of responsibility for its consequences.

What is more striking is the absence of any credible alternative. Beyond familiar slogans and the recital of ever larger financial figures, there has been precious little evidence of a strategic vision worthy of a nation confronted by the most volatile security environment in decades. Defence is not measured simply by the size of the cheque one is prepared to write. It is measured by whether resources are directed towards the threats that are most likely to confront us.

On this occasion, the Labour government deserves recognition. Rather than preparing for the wars of yesterday, it has acknowledged the character of the conflicts of tomorrow. The battlefields of the modern age are increasingly defined by autonomous systems, cyber warfare, artificial intelligence, electronic warfare and the relentless pace of technological innovation. Continuing to procure increasingly expensive platforms that require decades to reach operational service, only to discover that elements of their capability have already been overtaken by events, is neither prudent nor strategically sound.

The criticism that not every pound has yet been allocated carries rather less force than its advocates imagine. Governments of every political complexion have long financed major defence programmes across successive Budgets. The true test of leadership is not whether every line of expenditure appears simultaneously upon a balance sheet, but whether ministers possess the judgement and resolve to ensure that Britain's security is never compromised.

For that reason, Sir Keir Starmer deserves credit for restoring defence to its proper place among the foremost responsibilities of government. He has demonstrated a clear appreciation of the strategic realities now confronting both Britain and the wider NATO alliance. Should he, in time, be called upon to serve as Secretary General of NATO, I can think of few better qualified to discharge that responsibility with distinction.

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@0TulsiGabbard2 Yes

[Andrew Bowie MP @AndrewBowie_MP]

John Swinney must agree to an inquiry into the Murrell scandal.

Questions remain over the SNP's finances, the use of public money, secret meetings, and the treatment of whistle blowers.

Scotland deserves transparency, accountability, and the full truth.

https://t.co/moCGdfEekp

[Jennifer Stewart @JenniferJS_]

Such a relief to listen to a really intelligent Prime Minister. @Keir_Starmer knows what he's talking about, is incredibly articulate. He stands tall, head & shoulders above everybody else around him, plays no games, points no fingers. Doesn't betray anybody.

Giant of a man.

[Heather @HeatherJLpals]

Well done @jamesmurray_ldn for doing what @wesstreeting couldn’t as health minister, settling the resident doctors strike. Congratulations all.

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@Oct7NeverForget Yes

[Viviane: Members need a say @LaindonFEMINIST]

The only thing Keir Starmer did wrong was put his trust into a dismal group of Labour MPs.

The weakness we all have is believing people think like you do. They don’t.

My contempt for the likes of Powell, Haigh, Turner, McDonnell et al knows no limits. Special place for Rayner

[Carol Vickers @carolvickers60]

@0TulsiGabbard2 Yes