Jamie Ryan

The Count Of No Account... Self Employed Graphic Designer, Music Lover, Football Fan #MUFC

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 @UKLabour No let’s talk about Farage… you seem to shout about everyone else, but ignore his obvious corruption 😂

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 @UKLabour Hmmm is this deflection because your mate Nigel is in the shit 😂😂😂

[Sam @SamCKx]

The more I dig, the more I realise that Nigel Farage is literally done for. It's over for him. The £5 million bung is big enough to take the entire Reform movement down and possibly land Nigel in jail.

1) The fact the donation was made BEFORE Nigel was MP is absolutely irrelevant. Parliamentary Code of Conduct requires all receipts for the full 12 months before election. Nigel receiving his bung just a few days before he announced his candidacy makes it so much worse, not better.

2) "Category 5: Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK - THRESHOLD FOR REGISTRATION Section 39. Members must register, subject to the paragraphs below, any gifts or benefits with a value of over £300 which they receive from a source outside the UK."

Nigel argues this was 'purely personal' but the Code refers to partners or families when it comes to personal gifts... this takes us to the next issue...

3) Christopher Harborne has a long track record of making SUBSTANTIAL political contributions to Nigel's parties, first to The Brexit Party, and later to Reform. He is a POLITICAL DONOR - any "gift" he made to Farage CANNOT be argued as personal or without political context due to this track record.

4) Using his platform as an MP, Nigel went on to promote 2 companies in which Christopher Harborne holds $ billions in stock - Nigel NEVER publicly endorsed or mentioned these companies prior to the "gift". Nigel also began actively pushing for policy that would directly interest Christopher Harborne and his business affairs. These were not interests that any could argue could possibly be of interest to his constituents - deregulation of crypto, and lowering of taxes on crypto gains. Nigel spent a substantial amount of time and effort pushing these policies.

It is beyond a doubt that this is the biggest breach of Parliamentary Code of Conduct rules in relation to donations in parliamentary history.

But even more concerning for Nigel will be that if it can be proven he was secretly incentivised to use his public office to push for policies to support a wealthy donor, then he should very likely face a criminal probe for corruption and bribery. I suspect Harborne might also be exposed to this. The United Kingdom and Thailand have a bilateral extradition treaty. Maximum prison sentences of up to 10 years for the offence.

This is not going to go away.

[Paul Castle @Goto_paulcastle]

A STRANGE KIND OF FAILURE
NHS waiting lists falling.
Workers' rights strengthened.
Rail nationalised.
Immigration down.
Child poverty down.
Pensions protected.
Yet we're told this is failure.
The irony is obvious.
If this is what failure looks like, what exactly would success have looked like?
#Labour #KeirStarmer #UKPolitics

[Liam Holman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Liam_Holman99]

When you learn that Starmer led the prosecution against phone hacking, you realise why you are being told to despise him.

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention.

Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable.

Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street.

Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has:

• Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country.

• Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day.

• Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work.

• Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers.

• Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers.

• Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages.

• Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes.

• Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run.

• Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner.

• Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs.

• Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly.

• Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute.

• Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break.

• Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities.

• Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence.

• Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety.

• Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company.

• Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy.

• Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster.

• Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation.

• Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security.

• Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion.

• Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses.

• Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline.

People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.

[Rough Trade @RoughTrade]

Remembering Ian Curtis on the anniversary of his passing.

An amazing talent who put his purest, rawest energy into music, helping shape post-punk forever. RIP x

Video: Joy Division perform 'She's Lost Control' Live At Something Else Show.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

I seem to have upset the @Nigel_Farage fan club - so let me be clear.

This man sows hate, lies and division.

He is a grifter and a conman.

He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.

RT if you agree

P.s. multiculturalism is great.

[Jamie Kay @TheRealJamieKay]

Here’s for next time someone says this government hasn’t achieved anything.

[WulfHelm 💙🖤 @Wulf_Helm]

The current state of political discourse in the UK.

[emily m @maitlis]

This is absolutely spot on 💯. https://t.co/U0DNQx4Q5B

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

This is brilliant.

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

Heatmiser's Mic City Sons (30th Anniversary) is named Best New Reissue 🏆

Read our review ⬇️

https://t.co/MysMRDopfT

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 So you just assumed in your pessimistic, negative way that it can’t possibly be about the North West? Yes let’s see what happens 🤝

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 👀😂

[Sebastian Salek @sebastiansalek]

Labour racked up the wins this week.

Lots of new initiatives to build a fairer, greener country. (Though much of it didn’t make the papers.)

7 announcements you might have missed:

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 Where does it say it doesn’t include the NW?

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 Sorry Gaz can I borrow your glasses where does he say in his tweets that it’s only about Birmingham or London?

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 I can’t figure out if you want anything to change or you just like to be angry about everything. It will take a long time to fix the issues in this country… they aren’t even a year in but it’s nice to read some positive news from unbiased sources - you stick to the daily Mail

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 Thank you Gareth

[Jamie Ryan @JmeRyn]

@gaz_moody13 Thank you for educating me Gareth 🙄… I think the point is that they are actually trying and investing… and you can look at it as negatively as you want. But the press don’t report it… they just tell you about immigrants in boats which gets your juice going 😂