InTheSticks

Deep rural mumblings

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

So the Green Party want to open borders, make drugs legal & abolish prisons! Wow. I genuinely think you need to be missing your marbles if you vote for this.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Children smashing up shops in broad daylight, stealing and even filming themselves doing it as if it were a game, is a much bigger problem than is being recognised. This is a total collapse of consequences.

To those making snide comments about race or black kids - you do not see scenes like this in Lagos or Nairobi. Not because the children there are different, but because actions have consequences. There are clear boundaries. Parents, communities, and the authorities do not wring their hands or look the other way.

Here, we have created a culture where too many young people believe they can do what they like and nothing will happen. That is the problem.

And we should be honest about where that leads. If a child loots a shop today, films it for social media, and faces no real consequence, they are going to do much worse tomorrow.

This is why under my leadership Conservatives are focusing on ENFORCEMENT, not just making more and more rules.

Our Take Back Our Streets Campaign is about getting 10,000 more police officers, immediate justice and immediate punishment. But let’s be honest, this is not just a policing issue. It is a failure of authority at every level.

Parents need to know where their children are and what they are doing. Discipline should start at home, not in a courtroom.

We have also weakened the system around them. Deterrence is the backbone of criminal justice. Labour have changed the law so anyone receiving a sentence under 12 months will automatically walk free, instead receiving a suspended sentence. When people believe offences like this will not lead to meaningful punishment, we should not be surprised when more of it happens. You get more of what you tolerate.

It’s not like we haven’t been here before. In 2011, when riots spread, the Conservative response was swift and visible. People saw consequences. And behaviour rapidly changed. That is what is missing now.

This all comes down to fairness. Law-abiding people should not feel like fools while gangs smash and grab without consequence. The sad truth is the communities most damaged by this behaviour are often the very ones these young people come from.

Only one approach will fix this: clear rules, real consequences, and the confidence to enforce them.

It’s time to Take Back Our Streets and bring back a culture of enforcement.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Polanski is a know-nothing blowhard. The only Jewish person to lead a political party — bar, that is, Benjamin Disraeli, Ed Miliband, Michael Howard, Jimmy Goldsmith and Herbert Samuel. He is clearly ignorant of the country’s history. And much more besides.

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

This isn’t good!

[InTheSticks @inthesticks]

@LeedsBS Trying to log into my online savings account. Put in my user name and it says Please Wait and nothing happens. Is there a site problem? Thx

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

shitting on our NATO allies for a year or more, Trump affect surprise when they won’t rush to our aid. It’s not like he consulted them before going to war with Iran.

[Claire Coutinho @ClaireCoutinho]

Heating oil suppliers are using the war in Iran to rip off families in rural communities.

Ed Miliband needs to get a grip on price gouging by suppliers who are taking advantage of vulnerable families.

My letter to Ed Miliband👇🏾

[InTheSticks @inthesticks]

@sainsburys how long till your app is working. Can't add to my order which means I'll have to go to a supermarket tomorrow which defeats the object of a delivery.

[InTheSticks @inthesticks]

@sciencegirl 👋👋

[Victoria Atkins @VictoriaAtkins]

✍️URGENT letter to Home Secretary about animal welfare.

@ukhomeoffice ministers have stopped 75 highly skilled sheep shearers from coming to the UK for this year’s sheep shearing season. @natsheep tell me that Australian and Kiwi shearers usually shear 1.5-2 million sheep in our warm months to prevent heat stroke and disease.

The Home Office must u-turn on this decision urgently before the season starts in two months.

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

Wasn't expecting this to go so viral...

If only this was last week with @nikitabier's X article contest :)

But seriously, I'm glad that my message has been received.

It's so, so important for the people in your lives that are outside of tech to understand what's happening, because this is going to affect them, and soon.

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

https://t.co/ivXRKXJvQg

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Incredible - government to make it harder to find out what happens in court

[Maxine Ross @Fluffy_LeMonde]

Absolutely gutted that the Muirhead Oaks, an avenue of Category A, ecologically and historically important veteran oaks in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire have been felled to build an AI Data Centre

[Sarah Vine @WestminsterWAG]

What part of fracturing a woman's spine is not a criminal offence?

https://t.co/Vek6ndk5lh

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

When you lied on your resume but still got the job.. 😅

[PeterSweden @PeterSweden7]

I don't think you realize how tyrannical 15 minute cities actually is.

In Oxford, they will divide the city into six zones.

Drivers must apply for a permit to be allowed to drive outside their designated zone.

A permit grants a ration of 100 free travel days per year.

If you exceed your driving ration, you will be fined.

The whole idea is to enc people to stay inside their zones and not drive their car much.

Just like the Soviet Union.

[InTheSticks @inthesticks]

@haveigotnews 🤣🤣

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

People in Greenland are wearing these hats and honestly… I’m stealing it.

MAGA now officially stands for Make America Go Away. 🇬🇱🧢💀

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

To my Republican colleagues: ENOUGH. It's time for the Senate to vote to block these tariffs and to block the use of military force against Greenland.

Trump is tearing apart our alliances in real time and the economic & diplomatic consequences will be catastrophic.