Ian Gilbert

Councillor for Victoria ward @SouthendCityC. Labour. Cricket fan. Real Ale drinker. Views my own. Mostly. Email [email protected]

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.

At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

@antmiddleton @UKLabour Look forward to seeing the court case, if you are actually prepared to put your money where your mouth is.

[Ocean Colour Scene @OCSmusic]

Today is the 30th anniversary for the release of The Day We Caught The Train
An incredibly important song for us and we know its the same for many of you too!

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

@PaulTaylorIeng @lowles_nick @carolvorders @AndyBurnhamGM @UKLabour @reformparty_uk @Nigel_Farage @ElectoralCommUK Good for you. Nick is still right though.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

@PaulTaylorIeng @lowles_nick @carolvorders @AndyBurnhamGM @UKLabour @reformparty_uk @Nigel_Farage @ElectoralCommUK I think it likely that Nick Lowles understands more about electoral law than you.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

Neither Reform nor the Greens are serious political parties…

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 UPDATE: Chris Kennedy shared posts describing the attack on the Jewish ambulances in London as a "false flag"

He apologised and removed the shares then pulled out

[@billcurtis0]

[Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Reform UK have lost 101 councillors in the space of a year.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

As discussed on @RestIsPolitics QUestion Time tomorrow. Disgusting and dangerous

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

Incredible

[Cllr Lee Scordis @LScordis]

Essex County Council is broken.

We have huge issues with funding social care, potholes, huge capital projects, the worst SEN provision in the UK and more.

What is Reform's priority? Remove the flag of our ally. These people are nothing more than plastic patriots.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

Spot on.

[Adam Fox | Essex @AdamFoxUK]

Some of us are not Labour MPs but have spent much of our lives working for a Labour government.

I am so angry. We did not spend that time fighting for the soul of our party to throw it away after just 2 years.

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

When historians look back at this period, and they study Trump's America, you have to assume that they won't believe it.

It's unbelievable now, and we're watching it in real time.

WHY is he allowed to just sit in front of global news media and make crazy shit up?

Why are we allowing this insane madman, the airtime to tell the world lies? Every minute of every day.

Those future historians will see these clips and read posts and articles about Trump, then they'll discount them as works of fiction.

Rightly so because that's what they are.

But the psychology behind this is troubling. The gravitational pull of a certified delusional person is keeping the world watching — and nobody calls it out to his face.

He's started a global war to distract from his appearance in the Epstein Files. There has been ZERO planning, only a knee-jerk reaction that is resulting in human beings dying.

But the broadcast and news media, let him tell the world that they are witnessing something he made up.

If he had known the Strait of Hormuz would have been closed, he would not have done this. He did not predict 9/11.

Mainstream media has failed the world. By allowing this insanity to be broadcast daily, without checks and balances, the US has fallen to a fascist dictator.

That's not hyperbole.

Wake up America.

The rest of the world are finally turning on him. You guys need to step up now. End this insanity. Please.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

@WendtheWalker No. Next.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

Danczuk is of course universally acknowledged as a great judge of character.

[Simon Danczuk @SimonDanczuk]

Former Labour press officer calling out the hopeless desperate messaging from Labour trying to attack Reform. Truth is, as is clear, Matt is a great candidate for Gorton and Denton.

[Brendan May @bmay]

Forget the hype and ‘tax the rich’ yoof videos.

This is the Green Party.

An absolute walking clown show of catastrophic idiocy.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

@MidAtlanticone @Rosiecosy Voters in the constituency will soon have a by-election with a choice of candidates. Greater Manchester will still have the Mayor they elected for a four year term. Not convinced that’s an affront to democracy.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

The Tories (blue and turquoise varieties) are doing a great job today of reminding people why they needed to be voted out.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

@NicholasLissack @Keir_Starmer @X Keir Starmer is the legitimate Prime Minister of the UK until he loses a vote of confidence in the House of Commons or a new general election is held, which is up to five years from the last one.

[Ian Gilbert @CllrIanGilbert]

@Persistant_Wolf @DefenceHQ @JohnHealey_MP You’d have probably said the same thing in the 1930s. Fortunately there are people who learnt the lessons of history.