Chris Cookson

Sports fan | Politics nut | Tea obsessed | Founder of Uncovered Group

[Barry Halverson @barry_halverson]

Imagine the outcry if Starmer personally accepted a 5 million donation, not for the party, but for him personally, just before he was elected Labour leader. Chris Mason would have a team on it 24x7

Farage received £5m from donor before he became MP https://t.co/LM2IJLkyrh

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

Just so we're clear, these two are responsible for the big hikes in UK gilt yields in this decade...

Not @RachelReevesMP 👍

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Incredibly telling @KemiBadenoch interview on @BBCr4today:
- can’t say what she’d actually want UK forces to do
- no idea what objective her proposed military action is to achieve
- hides from reality that single biggest constraint on British military = her govt’s defence cuts

[Tim Stanley @timothy_stanley]

The British Government's position is nuanced, clear, and correct. It's also frightfully dull, so will play badly on social media.

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

#bbclaurak: Sarah Pochin(Reform MP said it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black & asian people... are some of their politicians racist?

Wes Streeting: "She said the quiet bit loud... what she said was a disgrace & I think it was racist... "

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @BenInRushcliffe Also factually true... @paddyarp... There's lots of different facts!

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @LBC A phrase first used by @BorisJohnson in 2020, I believe

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @PeterStefanovi2 @SkyNews Labour needed intelligence reviews, legal assessments, and risk evaluations before lifting it... Imagine finding that out when taking power and dealing with it! You're not going to immediately lift.

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@mulleralexander The best isn't it.

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

Only 12,000 people a year in the UK are arrested because of social media posts!

🤯

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wow

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @SteveReedMP The tories didn’t fine anyone = no penalty to pump poo into our rivers and seas. This is implementing a deterrent. It’s a good thing.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

TORIES do Brexit deal that:
-knocks 4% off GDP
-screws the fishing industry and farmers
-creates massive barriers to trade
-more than doubles immigration

LABOUR does deal to slightly reduce some of the harm caused by Brexit.

TORIES: “You betrayed Brexit!!”

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @tomhfh It will be reciprocal! Our young people get to study abroad. Brilliant.

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Thought it was a complete failure @paddyarp . Here's one of the key Brexiters cheering it on!

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @GuidoFawkes “You know, £60 million I saw was being spaffed up the wall on some investigation into historic child abuse and all this kind of thing. What on earth is that going" Who said that?

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @Keir_Starmer Don't remember you commenting this on Conservative politicians socials, when council tax, electricity and water bills went up more than ever before? Strange that.

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @GBNEWS @Conservatives Tories gutted the military: Army shrank by 25% (102K → 73K), 40% fewer tanks, 35% less artillery, warships scrapped (only 19 left). Defence chiefs say Britain is unfit for war after 14 years of Tory failure 👍

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @GBNEWS He's trying to assemble a coalition - because the US no longer guarantees European security.

The @Conservatives crippled our military:

Defence budget slashed by 22%—losing a quarter of its troops.

The reason Britain is unfit for war, is the Tories.

[Chris Cookson @ChrisCookson_]

@paddyarp @christopherhope @GBNEWS Agree on the 3% commitment. That’s a direct result of Trump SUPPORTING Putin. It’s not about ‘copying’ from anyone else’s manifesto.