Brian Robertson

Social Democracy: first, last, always.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD.

Full state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage

2m pensioners live in poverty

100,000 pensioners die in poverty each year.

OECD backs democide, silent on equitable distribution of wealth.
https://t.co/HMDOPfGbDb

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Trump promised to cap credit card interest rates at 10%.

He lied.

Last quarter, while working people struggle to pay their bills, big banks made a $49 billion profit charging 25-30% credit card interest rates.

We must take on the outrageous greed and usury of Wall Street.

[Brian Robertson @formanynotfew]

@EerykMcRae @TrueEuropa Yip, these Europeans have a lot to answer for!

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

The number 96 has been tattooed on my wrist since 2015.

It reminds me every day that I was one of the lucky ones who came home from Hillsborough.

Today, standing in Parliament to speak as the Hillsborough Law passed was one of the proudest and most emotional moments of my life.

For the 97. For their families. For every campaigner who never gave up.

This is your legacy.

#HillsboroughLaw
#JFT97

[Gina Miller @thatginamiller]

If we were still in the EU!

Yesterday the #EU took a major step towards regulating social media for children. An expert panel backed by Commission President Von der Leyen recommended EU-wide restrictions on social media for under-13s, BUT the proposed age limit is only the headline.

The 156-page report lays out, in depth, a “safe by design” approach that shifts responsibility onto platforms to prove their products are safe for young users
#onlinesafety #protectingchildren #socialmedia

https://t.co/msnNWmug8r

[Brian Robertson @formanynotfew]

@Sup2Communism @Nigel_Farage 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤡

[Brian Robertson @formanynotfew]

@RodSMayberry @GBC_Press Imagine someone thinking that knowing it’s a bad thing to have 34 convictions is not just plain common sense! 🤦‍♂️

[Brexitshambles @brexit_sham]

Reform’s Nadhim Zahawi thinks it’s legitimate for Nigel Farage to take £5m and not declare it…that’s the same figure Nadhim had to pay to settle his tax affairs after an investigation by HMRC which, his failure to declare, led to his sacking as Conservative party chairman.

[Viviane: Holding Burnham to account @LaindonFEMINIST]

Sent on BlueSky. I’m loving the British sense of humour. When so much is grim. Absolutely nothing can beat it!!!

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

📌 ICYMI — The Walls Are Closing In Around Nigel Farage’s Crypto Insurgency — Matt Gallagher

Nigel Farage's party is now connected to multiple parliamentary and police……

https://t.co/ouEWm4AWvc

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

The party posted a picture of the result of a clean-up operation - including apparently tarmacking an entire pavement in an afternoon

✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀

https://t.co/XWos0U45mo

[Neil Findlay @Neilsocialist]

As Princes Street sees another huge fire, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is closing fire stations, withdrawing appliances and has lost 1250 jobs - the Scottish Parliament must end its budgetary attacks on this service - MSPs must debate SFRS funding and end these cuts

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

Our analysis of Andy Burnham's statement:

Burnham didn't use the term genocide and instead said it was a matter for the "international courts... rather than politicians" to establish accountability. This is the same as the Starmer government and is in defiance of most of the world's human rights organisations who are referring to Israel's "genocide".

He said war crimes only "appear" to have been committed despite documentation by human rights groups and the UN, and the reason for the ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

He said the UK should be "looking" at "further sanctions... on those involved in the violence in Gaza" but did not make the obvious call for sanctions on Netanyahu who is wanted by the ICC.

Burnham said the UK should only be "looking" at a ban on trade in goods with Israel's illegal settlements (which is now the Starmer government's position), instead of explicitly calling for this now.

He did not call to end all arms exports to Israel, nor for an end to UK military cooperation such as withdrawing the 2020 military accord or ending all military training programmes.

We note his specific words. His statement was that (a) "many people feel" (only) that (b) at the "start" (only) of (c) "Israel's military action in Gaza" (not genocide) the Labour government "didn't get it right", but only apparently because Labour "was too slow to call for a ceasefire" (Yet the issue is not only that, it is that Labour has been supporting Israel through military, intelligence, trade and diplomatic support during the genocide).

[🇬🇧King 🇬🇧 @King0243_PJC]

Whoever came up with this deserves a standing ovation. 😂😂😂
“Stop the bungs” with Count Binface standing on the beach while Nigel Farage rows away in a boat full of cash… satire doesn’t get much better than this.

[Brian Robertson @formanynotfew]

@IsabelOakeshott Says someone with zero police experience!

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

I raised again this week in the debate about the illegal & brutal expansion of Israeli settlements on the West Bank the cases of the disappearance by Israeli forces of Dr Mazen Al Rantisi & the continued imprisonment of Dr Husam Abu Sadiya, whose life we fear is now at risk.

[𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 @killingbritain]

Count Binface vs The Establishment

Official Satirical Music Video

#CountBinface #ReformUK #NigelFarage #clacton

[Brian Robertson @formanynotfew]

@barrymu54452135 @PeterStefanovi2 Yeah, abolish net zero- let people burn to death in their cars!

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Your weekend reminder Nigel Farage wants to

- leave the ECHR

- repeal the Equality Act

- Strip back workers rights

- Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts

- repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions”

PEOPLE OF CLACTON, MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT!

[Reform Political Advertising @refpoliticalads]

10 years on from Brexit, there are still no rules to stop lies in election ads.

We’ve tabled amendments to prevent ads like the Brexit bus misleading voters again.

Email your MP and ask them to sponsor them. 37 MPs have so far!

It takes 30 seconds 👇

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