Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice says Angela Rayner's position is indefensible.
BBC's Nick Robinson raises Tice's previous offshore trust and then asks: "You're a multi-millionaire who travels every six to eight weeks to visit your partner in Dubai - do you think you're the ideal man to lecture a woman who has one home?"
Democrat @RepRaskin excoriates Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
Journalist Zoë Crowther, "Nigel Farage said a Reform UK gov would look to renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement, as part of his plans to stop small boat crossings"
Nick Thomas-Symonds, "That's unrealistic and irresponsible"
"A comment like that just simply shows that Nigel Farage produces unrealistic promises that solve problems"
"He was also talking about negotiating with hostile regimes around the world. He's struggling to negotiate the politics of a parliamentary party that can fit in the back of a taxi"
What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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When someone says we need to change the NHS to an insurance system, show them this. Also, if you underfund a service it won't work as effectively. The way to fix the NHS is to fund it properly
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, "Many of our European nations provide a more accessible service... But the NHS has a gross deficit compared to our European neighbours"
"An average European country has 30% more doctors.. There are twice as many more doctors in Germany than the UK"
"There are three times more hospital beds in Germany compared to the UK, twice as many in France"
"So that's why they have better healthcare more easily"
"An insurance system would diminish funds into the NHS"
"And Belgium, which was given as an example has twice the administrative costs of the NHS'"
"Changing the NHS to an insurance based system will not help the NHS.. What the NHS actually needs is the doctors, nurses, the hospital beds"
Thank you @CNagpaul for explaining this and standing up for the NHS 👏
Tim Farron, "The unpleasantness about this debate is only matched by the lack of proper information" #BBCQT
"85% of refugees settle in the country next to where they come from"
"The French take 3x more refugees than we do"
"The Germans take 4x more refugees than we do"
"If you put us back in the European Union, we are 19th in the league table when it comes to the number of refugees we take per capita"
"Do we need deterrents? Yes. The best deterrents is competence. If we assess people when they arrive - and they are not illegal immigrants - they are people seeking asylum.. From Sudan.. Afghanistan.. Iran.. Syria.. 90%+ turn out to be genuine refugees"
"If we have a competent government, and we haven't had one, let's see about this one.. And you assess them quickly.. And return the ones that are not refugees"
"That is your deterrent"
"Rwanda was a waste of money.. If they spent that money on case workers we could have processed these people, returned the ones that weren't refugees in a humane way, and let th eones who are genuine refugees, become British, pay their taxes, be part of our country, and we should be proud to admit them"
Very well said @timfarron 👏