Michelle Newton

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@1Xtra pop smoke!

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@Digbylj Turn off then. Simple.

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@northernassist It was on the train from Chester to Manchester Victoria. We need more Sarah’s!! #payrise

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@northernassist thank you for Sarah on the Victoria line at 6.25pm. You were so helpful finding alternative trains when our train was cancelled! And even more so with dealing with our friend Philippa who was completely hammered. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you Sarah, you’re a star!! #supportsarah

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@alexberesfordTV Well done Alex. You were calm, collected and were right on point. It’s a shame he was unable to offer you the same respect.

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@afcdxn @PS5StockAlertUK Aww no! I’ve got no chance then!

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@afcdxn @PS5StockAlertUK Yep, me too!

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@Ps5Instant Stock has sold out!

[Michelle Newton @michelle2884]

@Mike1White @MarcusRashford And this is the issue. Demonising those in poverty to justify keeping them on the breadline and not supporting causes like this. There are so many working families who through no fault of their own are struggling each and every day.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

Rashford is for real. When he speaks about his mission, he does so with passion, sincerely & eloquence. Plus he has a strong, supportive team around him.

What is more, he has transcended rivalries, political allegiances and his sport with a message so pure it can't be ignored.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

Rashford is widely recognised as a lovely person and a working-class hero. So much so that football fans who detest his club actually love him. That is incredibly powerful - and hugely dangerous to the Tories.

They are used to divide and conquer. That isn't working this time.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

He can't be bought off. He won one battle during the summer when the Tories were forced into a u-turn. He was awarded an MBE. The Tories are used to people being appeased, winning a concession and fucking off.

Rashford doesn't care. He just wants to stop children going hungry.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

He is not a politician. The Tories are used to fighting their political enemies on the political battlefield. That means using all their friendly media mouthpieces and infrastructure.

Rashford is outside of the Westminster bubble. It doesn't matter what politicos think of him.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

He is apolitical. Tories have tried to change the narrative from 'Tories vs Starving kids' or 'Tories vs Rashford' to 'Tories vs Labour'. They claim things were bad under a Labour government too (a decade ago).

Rashford doesn't care. He has no reason to defend the Labour Party.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

He is brave. He knows that he is irritating and embarrassing a lot of very powerful people. He knows he is making himself a target. He has already faced slurs and backlashes. He doesn't care. He just wants to stop children going hungry.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

He clearly isn't 'virtue-signalling'. Even if you give such a reductive term any credence, there are *far* easier ways of gaining praise for charitable acts. He could become the benign ambassador of a charity, but instead identified a serious problem and is trying to solve it.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

He clearly isn't doing it for attention or celebrity. He is famous and adored around the world for his day job. He doesn't *need* to get involved in any cause for personal gain.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

Rashford is a self-made man and he is independently rich. So the Tories' usual claim of 'jealousy' doesn't work. He is not jealous of people with money - he just wants to stop children going hungry.

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

Rashford knows what he's talking about. He has lived around poverty. He was a recipient of free school meals as a child. He knows how important they are to a child's development.

That gives his message an integrity and honesty that is alien to the Tories.