Gareth Iley

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

@AlistairCarns Impressive and principled. Well done!

[Matt Cartoons @MattCartoonist]

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph

Buy a print of my cartoons at https://t.co/ILFJjPmckx

Original artwork from https://t.co/bVPAkgE34y

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

For everyone complaining about the cost of @HS2ltd just remember - if it costs 100bn we get a train line for a long time. Meanwhile the government is also currently spending 100bn every year just on debt interest! We should all be moaning about that!

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

Really???

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Together, we will build a stronger and fairer Britain.

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

She gets better and better! @KemiBadenoch

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

You may not agree with me, but you will always know where you stand with me.

Today in Billericay, a heckler tried to shout me down as I spoke about the normalisation of hatred towards Jews. I did not back down, because it needs to be said. British Jews are being targeted and too many people are pretending this is the same experience of other minorities. This lady implied Muslims are being similarly targeted. This is simply not true.

Let's be honest about what is happening. Certain groups (in particular but not solely Islamic Extremists) are creating a climate of fear and intimidation that is normalising Jew hatred. I will never stand for that. Governments have spent too long hand-wringing, making excuses and hoping it would go away. It is time to call this what it is: a national emergency in our attitude, our urgency and our response.

I will always engage with people who disagree with me. That is politics. But there is a difference between argument and intimidation. Shouting does not make a bad case good. It's done to silence others. And it certainly does not change the truth.

The truth is that British Jews have been made to feel less safe in their own country. Our country. They are being singled out, threatened and harassed in ways that should shame everyone in public life. If we do not stand up now and stop this rise in antisemitism, then why bother saying "Never Again" at Holocaust Memorial Day? Because this is how it starts.

I am not prepared to play along with the pretence that this is normal, or manageable, or just another example of tension between groups. It really is not. It is targeted hatred and it is getting worse.

So my message is simple. Not here. Not in Britain. And not on our watch. We need to stop the hand-wringing and start doing the right thing. That means standing with British Jews openly, unapologetically and without fear.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Why did Farage run scared from news interviews today?

It’s because there’s something fishy about the £5 million he took. And he knows it.

He’s normally very happy to shout from a TV studio -as long as he controls the terms.

The truth is that cash wasn’t for Reform.
Watch👇

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

Spot on

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

ANDREW NEIL: We are becoming anti-wealth creation, anti-enterprise, anti-success — attitudes that simply hasten our decline.

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

Absolutely!

[Mel Stride @MelJStride]

One simple message from me to Rachel Reeves at the @GoodGrowthFdn:

Stop hammering workers and businesses with higher taxes.

Get people off welfare and into work.

Back those who earn, save, and grow the economy.

Lower taxes. Smaller state. Stronger Britain.

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

It’s that time of year again! If you like some military history follow the story of the falklands for the next two months by following @RDPHistory

[Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @RDPHistory]

April 1st 1982: At 21.30 the Argentine Type 42 Destroyer ARA Santisma Trinidad anchors one mile south of the Falklands coast. Twenty-one inflatable rubber boats and a kayak are lowered into the sea, and the Comandos Anfibios & Buzos Tacticos are transferred to the small craft...

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

Utter tosh! Deal with tax rates on employment and lower them

[Pat McFadden @patmcfaddenmp]

Too many of Britain’s young are not working. Labour has a plan to fix that.

Long term problem deserving a serious answer.

Hiring bonuses for employers. Boosting youth apprenticeships for small businesses. Help for the long term youth unemployed.
https://t.co/FA5nqUDWQE

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Conservatives are on the side of hard working people. On the side of people who contribute to making our country great. On the side of people who want to get on.

The Conservative party are on your side.

So on May 7th, vote Conservative and get Britain working again.

[Helen Whately MP @Helen_Whately]

Saying a hard NO to pensions mandation: me, pensions experts, leading economists, and now the Lords.

Rachel Reeves should keep her hands off your pensions

Great coverage by the @FT 📰

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

@A_J_Snowden @JamesCleverly Keep up the excellent work!

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

I know there are lots of differences between then and now. But amazing that we had 18 warships and RFAs in an annual exercise!

[Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @RDPHistory]

March 17th 1982: Royal Navy ships depart the UK under Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward for the annual Exercise Springtrain, which in all, will contain 18 British warships and RFAs including County Class Destroyers HMS Antrim (Flagship) and Glamorgan...

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[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

@EmilyThornberry I’m no historian but world war 2, falklands and Gulf war 1991 - at which point were they resolved through negotiation?

[Emily Thornberry @EmilyThornberry]

Wars are only ever resolved through negotiation.
It’s tragic that calm heads did not prevail in the US when the Omani Foreign Minister said, just hours before the bombing started, that a peace deal was within reach. And now hotheads in Iran think it’s a good idea to bomb Oman.

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

How weak is this? Talk about splinters up his backside from sitting on the fence!!

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

My statement on Iran.

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

If only @KemiBadenoch and @JamesCleverly et al were running our country today. True leadership

[James Cleverly🇬🇧 @JamesCleverly]

Iran’s regime has brutalised its own people, molested its neighbours, funded international terrorism, kidnapped British nationals, and attempted to develop a nuclear weapon.

We have tried diplomatic means to stop this behaviour, Iran’s leaders have rejected diplomacy. I still speak to contacts in the region whose countries are threatened daily by Iran’s brutal leaders.

This is why the US and Israel have initiated military action.

We must stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Student loan repayments have become a scam.

You work hard but you get "rewarded" with high interest rates.

How is that fair?

@Conservatives will reduce interest rates for hundreds of thousands of graduates.

That's just Step 1 in our New Deal for Young people.

[Rt. Hon Ben Wallace @BenWallace70]

No Mr Farage you cant just turn up at sensitive military bases either in the UK or abroad. No MP can - no matter what Party you represent. We don’t do open days around the trident warhead or open house for the SAS either. @bbc @thetimes @Telegraph

[Gareth Iley @GarethIley]

Good news inflation is down - but let’s not forget 3% compared to a target of 2% means inflation is 50% higher than target. Which is a bit like going to weight watchers with a target of 10 stone and weighing in at 15!