Genevieve McSorley

Views are my own | South Belfast | UK Politics 🔶 | Pro-Union | Education

[Batfox Pictures @Batfox_Pictures]

Few Top of the Pops performances were as unpredictable as Inspiral Carpets' rendition of "I Want You" in 1994. Featured on the album Devil Hopping, the single paired Tom Hingley with Mark E. Smith of The Fall, whose unmistakable spoken-word delivery gave the song its unique edge. The appearance is especially memorable as it marked the only time Mark E. Smith ever performed on Top of the Pops, creating one of the programme's most unforgettable moments.

[Mike Ross @cllrmikeross]

The difference having 72 Lib Dem MPs now can make. More of this please.

[Liberal Democrats @LibDems]

Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"If this was Putin, the government surely would act"

Daisy Cooper calls for an assessment into the threat Elon Musk poses, as Tommy Robinson says Musk is paying his legal fees
The PM says the government continue to look at threats to UK democracy

#PMQs https://t.co/tE6OSN3OIJ

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.

I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.

Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

A helpful reminder from @YouGov that Twitter is not the real world

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

The Prime Minister must act with immediate airdrops of much-needed aid into Gaza and get other countries to do the same.

It is simply inhumane that Gaza faces starvation due to Israel’s aid blockade. Words alone won’t save lives.

[Dick Newby @RichardNewby3]

On the day @ReformParty_UK falls apart over support for its toxic MP's call for racist burqa ban, I join @LibDems @EdwardJDavey wishing Muslims in the UK & around the world a joyful Eid al-Adha & celebrations with the people you love... #Eid

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'You have full backing across the United Kingdom'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tells Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 'We stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take'.

Live updates: https://t.co/ESHWzB5fJN

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨NEW: The number of Brits who believe that leaving the EU was the right decision has hit its lowest level since the referendum at 30%

[@YouGov]

[Evan @daviddunn177]

In a world of Donald Trumps, be a Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

@TalkTV @Iromg Cat check: There is no record of any British Prime Minister ever attending a US Presidential inauguration. So the "massive stain in British history" has existed since 1789 and encompasses all 59 inaugural ceremonies so far.

[William Ennis @WJProgressive]

I'm a unionist because I love the Idea of a union of multiple nations/regions, and countless cultures. Hardly "right-wing". I'm picking up a hint of projection from Mr Meagher here.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

You only get one chance to make a first impression. Badenoch has used hers to defend the Johnson pandemic parties and law-breaking. The Conservatives' fresh start has already curdled.

[YouGov @YouGov]

Who do Europeans want to win the US presidential election?

🇩🇰 Harris 81% / Trump 7%
🇸🇪 Harris 73% / Trump 13%
🇩🇪 Harris 71% / Trump 14%
🇪🇸 Harris 65% / Trump 17%
🇫🇷 Harris 62% / Trump 15%
🇬🇧 Harris 61% / Trump 16%
🇮🇹 Harris 46% / Trump 24%

https://t.co/sGVyNAACdy

[Alex.Kane @AlexKane221b]

My unionist identity -and I make no secret of my unionism-is not threatened by Irish language; GAA sports pitch; SF as the largest party etc. Unionism/loyalism needs to stop being spooked by everything and, instead, focus on a positive, upbeat agenda. It needs new voices, too.

[Linzi McLaren former UUP councillor @mclaren_linzi]

🧵 It has been proven time & time again that immigrants are not responsible for people unable to source affordable housing, school places or health care. Our public services were in a dire state long before this. People are rightly unhappy about living conditions & the economy...

[Brendan Hughes @brendanhughes64]

.@KateNicholl says it's "shameful" for some to focus on housing policy "when there are victims sitting in this gallery living in fear right now" over the Belfast rioting.

"Housing policy is a failure of politicians, not of people who have a different religion or skin colour."

[Giorgia Scaturro @Giorgia_SK]

London sending out its message:
#StopTheRiots v #RiotsUK
in #Walthamstow so far multiculturalism is winning! People chanting #antifascists slogan and pro-refugees
People here tell me that behind the riots “is a confused far right that has more to do with poverty and ignorance”

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

10,000 now at anti fascist rally in Walthamstow, East London.