James McDermott-Hill

Tweeting in personal capacity.

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

James Blunt has fans in Salles d’Aude, intermarche banging out his tunes. Feels like it’s 2005 again 😏

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Con la scomparsa di Franco Baresi, l'Italia perde non solo uno dei più grandi campioni della sua storia sportiva, ma anche un esempio di lealtà, serietà e dedizione.

Capitano del Milan e della Nazionale, ha indossato gli stessi colori per un'intera carriera, vivendo la fedeltà come un valore e la fascia come una responsabilità. Ha dimostrato che si può diventare leggenda senza mai smettere di essere un punto di riferimento, dentro e fuori dal campo.

Alla sua famiglia, ai tifosi e a tutti coloro che gli hanno voluto bene va il mio più sincero cordoglio.

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

@AllieRenison @Dot_E_Fresh Reminiscent of the summer 2015 migrant surge across Europe, specifically into Germany - at that point the likelihood of Brexit jumped significantly IMO

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

Strongest possible statement from Uefa as they threaten boycott if Infantino presses ahead with his plan

[John Stepek @John_Stepek]

It's nice, isn't it? The quiet.

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

Revealing on a number of levels.

[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

Good news that VAT will be cut on electricity bills. It’s a simple way for families to save a few quid, and to mechanically help to keep inflation that little bit lower.

But the DigitalID program was unfunded.

The government will have to set out how it will pay for its new policies at the budget.

[Sopranos World @SopranosWorld]

Robbie Williams homage to Paulie Walnuts at the World Cup Final in New Jersey

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

Thank god that’s over
Argentina behaving with lack of class at the end, what a surprise #fifa #worldcup

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

Dereham Toftwood (Breckland) Council By-Election Result:

🌳 CON: 45.8% (-1.7)
➡️ RFM: 36.9% (New)
🌹 LAB: 17.2% (-35.3)

Conservative GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

Spotted in Westminster. They might be busy for the next few weeks..

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

Incredibly sad news to hear about Matthew. Brought the spirit of the room up, a fantastic campaigner and most importantly a lovely and solid bloke. It was a pleasure to campaign for and be around him. RIP and all thoughts and prayers to his family.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

@MartinMonmouth @afneil I'm not entirely sure what the fuss is. I was there. Seemed pretty standard PMQs knockabout. Not sure "spiteful" is an especially unparliamentary intervention.

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

What's really revealing is that Liz Kendall was furious a public poll of teachers was mentioned at PMQs.

Was there a specific reason why the poll should have been embargoed, national security perhaps?

[Gareth Roberts @OldRoberts953]

Amazing extra detail of further Kemi vs Phillipson from @MrSteerpike - note Phillipson’s immediate recourse to an attempt at moral superiority -

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

So using this logic:

The meal I cooked last night that the state didn’t manage to tax me for was me benefiting from a tax break.

The clothes I’m wearing that the state hasn’t yet managed to tax me for is me benefiting from a tax break.

Using X..wait..don’t give them ideas!

[Rt. Hon. Anna Turley MP @annaturley]

Note to all the pearl-clutching Tories out in force today…

You don’t HAVE to send your kids to private school. We have universal education provision in this country.

If you *choose* to do so, the rest of us shouldn’t pay for you to have a tax break for the privilege.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

"I grew up on a council estate" is not an excuse for failure. You are sacrificing the future of generations of kids on the altar of your class envy -reversing even Labour's academy reforms.

0% of teachers think you're doing a great job. I'm not here to give you a pat on the back.
I speak for those people whose lives you're destroying and I'll NEVER stop speaking up for them.

[Stephen Pollard @stephenpollard]

Pathetic.
The only people to mention @bphillipsonMP background are Labour MPs. @KemiBadenoch didn't say a word because it's irrelevant.
What matters is what she is doing as education secretary. And that is indeed both spiteful and destructive.

[Giles Dilnot @reporterboy]

@DavidLammy Nobody mentioned her background but you lot. Kemi Badenoch didn’t touch on the subject. And for the record nobody can recall your outrage when Rayner called the Tories ‘scum.’

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

@reporterboy @RachelGilmourLD The 2010-15 exchanges got incredibly personal on both sides. Not an eyelid was batted then. The gnashing of teeth from the lefty bubble today is revealing.

[Giles Dilnot @reporterboy]

@RachelGilmourLD Well you’ve not been there long. You should have seen the Opposition 2019-2024. Branded an entire party scum. One of them called for a Tory to be lynched. But sure calling an incompetent minister and spiteful class warrior a spiteful class warrior and incompetent is proper bad 🙄

[James McDermott-Hill @JamesMDH]

@christopherhope @GBNEWS Sorry, really? Watched & listened to the whole exchange; it was usual PMQ back & forth, is it because the bubble is feeling sorry for Starmer post resignation that the groupthink has decided what KB said was beyond the pale?