Matthew Comber

Work in Westminster

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Every life matters.

One law. One standard. For everyone. 

This is about justice, for Henry, for his family and for all our children. They deserve better.

[Nick Ferrari @NickFerrariLBC]

U-turn if you want to - Sir Keir is for turning.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Let’s get Britain working again 🇬🇧

Vote Conservative on the 7th of May.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

🐣✝️ Wishing a joyous Easter Sunday to Christians celebrating in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world today.

[Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @Jeremy_Hunt]

Every day we fail to invest in our defences is a day when Britain looks more and more helpless on the international stage. My question to Sir Keir Starmer today

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

Another bad day for Nick, 30
>Income tax up £658
>Student loan repayment up £239
>Rent up (landlord tax passed on)
>Tax on savings up
>Non working neighbour gets 7k benefit payout

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

To help them get elected, Labour told a lie.

This is the story of one of the biggest deceptions in British politics.

[Louie French MP @louie_french]

Rachel Reeves' gambling taxes will fuel the unsafe black market, cost jobs and reduce your winnings.

Nobody is getting lucky under this Government.

But I like the odds on this one...

[Louie French MP @louie_french]

Lisa Nandy broke the rules.

She hired a Labour Party donor, David Kogan.

Keir Starmer approved the hire.

They both had received cash from him.

He got a £130k part-time job, regulating football.

It's favours over fans, cronies over clubs.

They can't sweep it under the rug.

[Louie French MP @louie_french]

Lisa Nandy broke the rules.

She accepted money from David Kogan. Later, she appointed him to lead the football regulator.

Keir Starmer also accepted money from him. Later, he approved of the appointment.

She was caught. The PM let her off the hook.

Is it any wonder why?

[BijanOmrani @BijanOmrani]

On the cultural decline of the BBC - new piece in @Telegraph - Link in thread...

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

Keir Starmer will put up your taxes. Bookmark this tweet.

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

China Spy Scandal: “If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck - it’s a duck”. 🦆

Geoffrey Cox’s brilliant 4-minute demolition of Starmer’s position, his statements to Parliament and a damning exposé of his humiliating weakness on China.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

What is exquisite about the furore over the controversial decision by the DPP Stephen Parkinson to can the China spy case is that - shortly before being appointed DPP by the Tories - Parkinson described a predecessor as “an average DPP”, who was “over reliant on advice given by others; he had no in-depth experience of prosecuting . . .[and] was a defence and human rights lawyer.” Parkinson was talking about the present prime minister, Keir Starmer.

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

-The Homelessness minister resigned over making people homeless
-The Corruption minister resigned over links to corruption
-The Transport minister (ex police) resigned over lying to police
...Now the Housing minister has not paid the tax on her house - how can she possibly stay?

[Preston North End FC @pnefc]

WHAT A START TO 25/26 AT DEEPDALE!!! 😍🏡

#pnefc

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

State pension triple lock forecast to cost three times initial estimate, Office for Budget Responsibility says

https://t.co/Zbl7c9jhm0

[Michael Gove @michaelgove]

He had a point, you know

[Robert £15k TAX FREE Jenrick @RobertJenrick]

Londoners are paying an estimated £216 extra a month in rent because of immigration levels since 2001.

Across England that figure is approximately £132.

Mass migration is making young people poorer.

[Matt Goodwin @GoodwinMJ]

All these things happened to me in London today

I paid nearly £30 for a train ticket to take me into London from a town just 30 miles away —on a Saturday

The first person I sat next to, I think from India, decided to have a FaceTime conversation with his friend on speakerphone so we all had to listen to it

The train was late by 40 minutes due to unexplained “signalling issues”. It was also filthy.

I paid nearly £8 for a pint

I offered a woman my seat on the tube without realising she was with a man who intervened and said “no man”. He was not from the UK. I think he took my gesture as an insult.

I was asked for money by homeless people 3 times in one day

I noticed several people who are paid to give information to taxpayers and tourists over the tannoy on the London Tube cannot speak English properly

A cabbie told me “London is dead most nights”, unless you are the global high net worth set or top 1%

Restaurants are visibly struggling and often hideously overpriced

I had dinner in a neighbourhood where the average rent is £3,663 per month while half of all local social housing has gone to people who were not even born in the UK

I was constantly aware I should not get my phone out on the street as 80,000 were stolen last year

I also read on the way back while checking that stat that there were 90,000 shoplifting offences in London last year, up 54%

My train back —delayed—was suddenly changed at the last minute with all passengers on board. They were told it would no longer be stopping at all stops.

I bought a tin of instant coffee on the way home and it had a security tag on it

Maybe I’m in a bad mood and perhaps it’s amusing to think how somebody of my political outlook is “triggered” but to me there is a deeper point here

London is over —it’s so over

It’s a city in visible decline with deteriorating standards and no real sense of identity or belonging

Going in and out of our capital city is a truly miserable experience

Infrastructure is falling apart, as is the social contract

I’ve been coming in and out of London since 1981

I simply cannot remember a time when it’s been this visibly dire and when so many things just do not work as they should