david pudney

Flaneur and all round average chap. onwards, upwards, a little bit sideways. official resident of Hookland part time hatter. full time LUFC

[david pudney @lordvertumnus]

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[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Our media fixation with Keir Starmer is becoming a literal drag on the country now.

As I write this, I can already see the replies forming below, accusing me of being a Labour shill etc. but, believe it or not, I am not.

Maybe it's worth setting this out — I have no party affiliation. None. I'm not 'on the right' … but that's as far as it goes.

There are policies and people that I admire across the Lib Dems, Greens and Labour. Conversely, there are policies and people I am vehemently against within each of those parties as well.

There are some decent Conservatives left but fewer and fewer in frontline politics and I can have excellent discussions with those moderate Tories that remain.

Where my line in the sand is drawn though, as I'm sure you're all aware, is the far-right. Reform UK and Restore Britain. I have no common ground with their populism — I see through the propaganda.

This doesn't mean that I think every member of Reform UK is a bad person, far from it, but I cannot rationalise their top-line bravado into credible politics.

So, with all that being said, I think the witch-hunt of Keir Starmer is distracting the public from some far more serious crises.

Since the very day Starmer took office, there has been an onslaught from the media; desperation to try and topple him and his principal team. This played out successfully with Angela Rayner, and they have been vicious and relentless pursuing Rachel Reeves.

I listened to Paul Brand on LBC at the weekend continuously comparing Starmer to Boris Johnson in terms of sleaze.

Have we collectively lost our minds? There is no other Prime Minister in history that compares to Johnson for scandal.

The elephant in the room — Peter Mandelson.

But is it really an elephant still? Clearly, Starmer should never have brought the Prince of Darkness into his team, that was a madness and severe failing of judgement. One for which he has accepted responsibility and apologised on multiple occasions.

The vetting process appears to be, pretty much, a non-story, despite what Dan Hodges and GB News are shovelling out.

So … we should be moving on. Shouldn't we?

Kemi Badenoch and her famously robust judgement felt not yesterday, and spent more of her diminishing political currency by pushing Starmer with six questions at PMQs on the subject. She was met with a well briefed lawyer, that, in all honesty, made her look a bit silly for continuing her defeated line of questioning.

While this continues to dominate the headlines, other far more crucial issues are being missed — we're going to run low on fuel soon, the cost of living is about to skyrocket, holidays will be cancelled imminently.

But mainly ... the cost of living is about to skyrocket.

We saw in yesterday's inflation rise that food is already moving upward, if Trump's ludicrous war in Iran continues, then we're all going to suffer the consequences.

Surely, this is a far more pressing matter? One in which the government should be fully engaged in order to help protect the public — it's number one duty.

It is very telling that Reform UK are spending very little time on the Starmer issue. They sent Lee Anderson out to raise this issue, for goodness’ sake. LEE ANDERSON.

Farage is hyper focused on the local elections, safe in the knowledge that the media is obsessing over Keir Starmer, once again. He's making hay while the S*n shines on Labour.

Jeez! This went on a bit, sorry, but it feels critical to me. We are being led around by the nose by the legacy media outlets. They smell blood in the water, but I really don't think the story is there. Not yet.

And while the sharks circle, Reform UK are flying under the radar, ready to swoop on the local elections [sorry for the weird mixed metaphors — it's early!].

Have a lovely sunny day. 🌞

[💙 Sophie Socket ♠️ @Socket1Sophie]

Sophie’s Guide To X’s Worst Cunts Part 1

1. Nigel Farage – A bloated sack of piss who’s made a lifelong career out of blaming immigrants for the fact he looks like his arteries are filing a formal complaint.

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

Elon musk is a twat
Tommy Robinson is a twat
Nigel Farage is a twat
Rupert Lowe is a twat
Lee Anderson is a twat
Richard Tice is a twat
Isabel Oakeshott is a twat
Donald trump is a twat
Robert Jenrick is a twat

If you agree repost and follow me will follow back

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

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[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Right then.
Let me explain something very slowly, because it appears some basic logic has gone missing somewhere over the Atlantic.

No serious nation in the history of warfare has spent fourteen months insulting its allies, threatening to annex their territory, siding with their common enemy, and then knocked on their door expecting them to come running to rescue a catastrophe of its own making. That is not how alliances work. That is not how anything works.

You abused the UK. You threatened Canada. You tried to grab Greenland. You called the EU an adversary. You praised Putin, the one man every serious NATO ally has spent decades preparing to fight. You hosted Kremlin officials in the Capitol. You undermined European elections. You abandoned Ukraine. You imposed tariffs on your closest partners. You did all of this loudly, proudly, and on camera.
And now you are surprised that nobody is returning your calls.

Here is a question worth sitting with. Why do you think that is? Is it possible, just possible, that when you treat your allies like enemies for over a year while cuddling up to their actual enemy, those allies might update their opinion of you? Is that concept too complicated? Does that require more working memory than is currently available?

You did not plan this war with your allies. You did not consult them. You did not build a coalition. You started a conflict, watched it go sideways, and then got on your knees asking for help from people you spent fourteen months calling weak, corrupt and irrelevant.

NATO is not what it was. Not because Europe changed. Because Washington made crystal clear which side it is on. And it is not ours.

You want European boots on the ground? Start by explaining why America is more aligned with Moscow than with Brussels. Take your time. We will wait.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Frank Place 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @BotFinderUK]

Imagine crying for Brexit for years, then when you get Brexit you just fk off to Dubai anyway, then spend all day in Dubai moaning about how crap Brexit Britain is.
That takes a special kind of wanker

[Gyll King Post Skip Diplomacy @GyllKing]

Do you remember that time they knew people were dying but wouldn’t do anything about it because the Cheltenham Festival was on & then they gave the test & trace job to a goblin from the Jockey Club & she disappeared £39b without saving a single life?

Mad eh?

[Shadow the IceHound @TheIceHound]

@TeresaC123 @rey_ismet Tory MP puts a Russian agent into the lords, silence.

Puts a complete "stranger" into the lords, silence.

Someone buys Starmer a pair of glasses, 5 weeks of investigation and criticism.

Welcome to the BBC!

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Capitalism might have worked if there'd been consequences, if organisations had been shut down and their shareholders put in prison because they poisoned villages or dodged taxes or faked emissions tests. Good companies could have thrived

[david pudney @lordvertumnus]

@lufcgrace Brilliant

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Thatcher using the proceeds of the North Sea oil to pay for a bunch of middle-class tax cuts, instead of investing in a sovereign wealth fund, was one of the biggest dick moves ever made, on behalf of the people of the UK.

[david pudney @lordvertumnus]

@floboflo Stop resisting?

[david pudney @lordvertumnus]

@ThatEricAlper XTC opening for the Motors

[Paul Vick @PaulVick138203]

Do you think Nigel Farage should resign for appointment of Nathan Gill as the Leader of Reform UK Wales who took bribes of Putin and now in prison for 10 years?🤔
Repost after voting please.

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

Since Nigel Farage is seeking high office as a leader of Reform, and the media is happy to give him a platform but rarely challenges his track record, let me put in a 🧵

The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia 1/6 ⤵️

https://t.co/X5YetCKg6m