Jon Foster

Personal account, views my own & not always v serious.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Boris Johnson today calls Starmer “Sir Keir Schnorrer” (see attached). “Schnorrer” is the Yiddish word for beggar and scrounger. It is pretty offensive. It was part of the lingua franca of my grandparents and of my childhood. I find it unsettling to see Johnson appropriating it to describe someone whose wife is Jewish - and especially when he says “if Schnorrer gets in, he will immediately begin the process of robbing this country of
its new-found independence
and make the UK the punk of the EU”. What do you think? Am I being over sensitive?

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

Perhaps the most successful part of Rees-Mogg’s ludicrous grift is the idea that he holds parliamentary traditions & protocols in high regard. He was a key player in the unlawful proroguing & led the attempt to rip up the rules after Owen Paterson broke them. The man’s a fraud.

[Jon Foster @fosterjon]

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[Jon Foster @fosterjon]

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[Jon Foster @fosterjon]

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[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

Today it has been reported that during our first round of action in England mortality rate was 11.1% above the 5 year average.

What they haven’t reported was that in Wales, where no strike action took place, mortality rate was 14% above the 5 year average. 1/3

[ASH @AshOrgUK]

Today's #Smokefree 2030 announcements by @NeilDotObrien welcome first steps but nowhere near the £125 million ‘urgent investment’ called for by government’s independent review commissioned from @JavedKhanCEO https://t.co/6NZHypw6wE

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Gary Lineker has been consistent in support of how Britain has been strengthened and enriched by refugees. Here is a film he made for @RESCUEorg two years ago https://t.co/VAxTshsdBY

[Jon Foster @fosterjon]

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[Jon Foster @fosterjon]

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[British Electoral Politics @electpoliticsuk]

POLL: “Should Scotland remain a part of the United Kingdom or leave the United Kingdom”:

Remain: 59% (=)
Leave: 41% (=)

Via @Survation, On 22 Dec-1 Jan,
Changes w/ 28-29 September.

[Mitch Benn @MitchBenn]

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[Jon Foster @fosterjon]

I completed the December challenge faster than 92.6% of all learners on Duolingo!

[Jon Foster @fosterjon]

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[Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell]

The reason our country is facing tax rises and spending cuts is because of a 'Mini Budget' clowns like you supported. We don't want or need any more advice about public policy from you. Just No

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

Suella Braverman did not mistakenly leak a meaningless document. She endlessly consulted a maverick. She deliberately emailed a policy doc not yet agreed to her pvt email. Then she sent it to John Hayes and someone she thought was his wife. Then lied to PM about when it was sent

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

No wonder Daily Mail readers look so confused

[LBC @LBC]

James O'Brien absolutely destroys Brexiteer after Brexiteer as 'all of their chickens have come home to roost almost at exactly the same time'.

This is one of his most explosive monologues yet...

@mrjamesob