Clare O'Brien

Digital stuff, media, advertising & marketing. Still love content. Represent advertisers. Wonder what’s happening to democracy. Find peace in the allotment.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

The story of Farage and Putin, told on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner (@olddog100ua)

[Clare O'Brien @clareob]

Welcoming @clivebrad1950 to X and looking forward to your Tweets!

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

Despite all the precedents, it is incredible to watch media figures & outlets who were supremely comfortable with a Prime Minister breaking all manner of rules, regulations & conventions hysterically attacking a Prime Minister who has broken precisely none.

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

I asked @Keir_Starmer many months ago,if a general election was called tomorrow were they ready for Government. His answer was an emphatic YES...and I now see why. Depth of talented Ministers forming an impressive Cabinet....I am beginning to dare to feel hope.

[Rob Newman @RobNewmanLab]

I couldn’t be more grateful to my wonderful local Labour team for all their efforts over the past 6 weeks. They’ve run the most visible, enthusiastic and energetic campaign of all the parties and I’m very proud of them.

Whatever the result, they are on the map in #EastWiltshire

[Clare O'Brien @clareob]

@RobNewmanLab @UKLabour Wonderful, Rob … and so’s this

[Farmers Weekly @FarmersWeekly]

🗳️ We asked who you were voting for, and over 13,000 people responded...

1⃣ @UKLabour
2⃣ @LibDems
3⃣ @reformparty_uk
4⃣ @Conservatives

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

OK... I have had a chance to take a good look at the Labour Manifesto...it's well considered, comprehensive and although I know none of us will like everything ( I am disappointed around the support for Nature..although I welcome the clean rivers and new forests) there is some seriously good stuff in it. I think it's time for a new approach...we were stuck in a reactive pinball game and now limbo when we need to move forward. I want a serious Government and that looks very much like Labour to me.

[Brendan May @bmay]

Suella Braverman is so utterly awful I don't think even Roald Dahl could have invented her.

[Clare O'Brien @clareob]

The view of Tory Britain from over the water

[Geoff @kwoade]

Labradors - double coated, waterproofed & insulated - were bred from St John’s Water Dogs, carefully selected to retrieve fish from the semi-arctic waters of Newfoundland and Labrador for their fishermen owners.

Here are 3 of them, begging to get inside to escape light drizzle.

[Clare O'Brien @clareob]

Nicely done @carolvorders

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

How many Angela Rayner Units in a Tory? #AngelaRayners

For instance..
£7,897 Boris Johnson booze bill for his Brexit party Jan 31st 2020
5 #AngelaRayners

Many more below⏬️ and in this thread 👍🏼🧵
One Angela Rayner Unit of £1,500 is what the Tories claim she may owe in CGT on a house she bought in 2007. Her tax advisor says she doesn't.

With @Conservatives hypocrisy reaching explosive levels, I thought it a good exercise to see how this claim of theirs relates to just some of their own waste, fines and dodgy dealings.

£15,000 Liz Truss in-flight catering on one private jet single trip to Australia
10 #AngelaRayners

£34,000 Libel Bill - Michelle Donelan got us to pay after she libelled an academic
23 #AngelaRayners

£61,000 fine for Vote Leave breaking Electoral Law. MD Matthew Elliott given a peerage
41 #AngelaRayners

£67,801 illegal donation (broke Electoral Law) for Boris Johnson's flat refurbishment
45 #AngelaRayners

£334,803 spent by Foreign Office in 2021 on alcohol alone
223 #AngelaRayners

£370,000 paid out for Priti Patel bullying Philip Rutnam. She bullied. We paid.
247 #AngelaRayners

£993,086 severance payouts to Tory ministers during Johnson/Truss debacle
Some had only been in office a matter of days or weeks but were due taxpayer funded payouts anyway
662 #AngelaRayners

£2,000,000 for 8 by-elections caused by Tories bad behaviour/quit under Rishi Sunak
1,333 #AngelaRayners

£40,000,000 VIP helicopter contract which Ben Wallace was cancelling. Sunak intervened and kept it
26,667 #AngelaRayners

£65 million PPE estimated profit for Michelle Mone and husband under investigation by the National Crime Agency
43,333 #AngelaRayners

£4 BILLION wasted on unusable PPE
2,666,667 #AngelaRayners

Other Tory amounts of hypocrisy welcome 👍🏼

(all numbers rounded)

[Rob Newman @RobNewmanLab]

I'm proud to have been selected as the @UKLabour candidate for #EastWiltshire - the constituency where I grew up.

It's a new seat and a chance for a new start after 14 years of Tory rule - as soon as the PM plucks up the courage to give you your say. https://t.co/AGNWOkdfOQ

[Clare O'Brien @clareob]

@RobNewmanLab @UKLabour Congratulations, Rob… you know you’d have my vote if I lived there. Fantastic news

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

So far this has to be one of the most lacklustre Budget speeches I have ever heard. #Budget2024 If this is meant to boost Tory electoral chances it looks like they have given up.

[Clare O'Brien @clareob]

@BethRigby Emphasises the lack of substance and underlines the campaign purpose of every line so far. Shameful

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

Hmm, Hunt repeated what Mandelson said about Starmer needing to lose a few pounds. FWIW, I don't think should have been said first time around and certainly not repeated by CX. Bad taste

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To the incumbent Conservative government.

[John O'Connell @jdpoc]

British Tory voters, 2024.

[Clare O'Brien @clareob]

Lee Anderson: MP suspended from Tory party over criticism of London mayor
Now let’s see how ⁦@Ofcom⁩ responds … https://t.co/YpnZy6P1Wl

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

14 years of fiscal responsibility and suddenly we're in a recession! What the hell happened?
https://t.co/mayeUi6vAY