Will Marshall

Occasional Conservative. Father of daughters. Chef wannabe.

[James Worron @JamesWorron]

We wil just never know why there is not enough money for defence.

[Gregory Blotnick @gregoryblotnick]

all these anecdotes on the Scots drinking the city of Boston dry (after drinking entire airplanes dry) are the stuff of legend

from bars:
“We’ve been here for over 30 years, and we’ve never seen anything like it.”

“We tripled St. Patrick’s Day.”

“They’re drinking everything.”

[Gareth Baines @DrGABaines]

I support assisted dying, but this is the same appalling Bill put forward by Leadbeater (doing Starmer’s dirty work).

It still lacks appropriate safeguards, and still has no support or buy in from professional medical associations.

Stop it, come back with a Bill fit for purpose

[Michael Gove @michaelgove]

He’s right

[Will Marshall @mrwillmarshall]

Start the u turn clock!

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Exclusive:

Andy Burnham says he will 'tread carefully' on tax as he criticises Rachel Reeves's decision to raise the employer's rate of national insurance, which has come up repeatedly on the doorstep

He says that decisions on tax are going to be need to be taken 'extremely carefully with 'pro-growth agenda' and 'fairness agenda' in mind

 “I tread carefully because I’ve heard very much from people in this campaign that the tax decisions in the 2024 manifesto have been… problematic in terms of employer’s national insurance. 

“That is a recurrent theme. So I’m not going to write that type of manifesto policy now, but I think decisions on tax going forward are going to need to be thought through extremely carefully in terms of a pro-growth agenda, a fairness agenda. And it’s clear we’ve not necessarily got that balance right.”

https://t.co/DuHQUU0Mm2

[Mel Stride @MelJStride]

John Healey’s resignation tells us two things:

1. Labour’s inability to control spending (especially welfare) means they are unable to properly protect our country.

2. ⁠This is a dying government which has lost its ability to function.

[Will Marshall @mrwillmarshall]

Is anyone keeping a count of all the U turns?

(and they are all so needless! he isn't even an MP yet, he doesn't need to be talking about any of these issues yet!!)

[Lucy Fisher @LOS_Fisher]

NEW: Burnham *rules out* awarding financial compensation to Waspi women demanding billions of pounds, following an angry backlash within Labour

Greater Manchester mayor has instead floated the idea of offering early access to cheaper travel schemes as recompense

https://t.co/J2IMe6jLW2

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Odd to see Tories claim "mass migration is still happening" as if there has been no change.

Here's the latest:-

[Robert Largan @robertlargan]

“Building for the past twenty years”

[Benjamin Butterworth @benjaminbutter]

🚨 The London Underground is now totally free to use! Incredible. I just watched a man push through the barriers in front of Transport for London employee. He didn’t do a thing. I asked why? He told me it is now formal @TfL policy that staff cannot ask fare dodgers to pay. What an utter piss take.

[Will Marshall @mrwillmarshall]

@tc1415 Start visibly recording the conversation

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

Even Arab leaders admit it.

Everyone is sharing the Bill Clinton clip where he describes how Yasser Arafat rejected a generous peace offer at Camp David that would have given the Palestinians a state on 96 percent of the West Bank, land swaps, and a capital in East Jerusalem. Clinton says Arafat lied to him and that the Palestinian leadership never actually wanted a two-state solution. They wanted to destroy Israel. It’s a video often shared by people like @VividProwess, and it’s an important one for people to see.

Of course, critics immediately dismiss it. They claim Clinton is biased or he’s pro-Israel. They’ll tell you that you cannot trust the American perspective.

Ok, so let us set that aside.

Now watch this.

In this powerful interview, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a major Arab leader who was directly involved in negotiations, says exactly the same thing from the Arab side. He talks about the Mena House Conference in Cairo as well as the Camp David negotiations of 1978. All failed because of the Palestinians repeatedly rejecting any offer. The Oslo accords were signed but because Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were not involved, they derailed the accords and any chance for peace by initiating 4 years of terrorist suicide attacks in Israel. Then came the second Camp David negotiations in 2000 which Arafat agreed to, then rejected and instead initiated the Second Intifada.

Mubarak explains how the Palestinians refused to even participate in the Mena House conference of 1977. He describes repeated opportunities they were given, including a detailed document that called for Israeli withdrawal from the Samaria, Judea and Gaza, security arrangements during a transitional period, and other major concessions. The Israelis were willing to negotiate on difficult issues like who would control security. The Palestinians, according to Mubarak, kept saying no and wasting chance after chance.

He speaks with clear frustration about how for decades the Palestinian side has rejected peace initiatives and realistic compromises.

The video further shows footage from the PLO representative in 1977, as well as old footage of Egyptian president Sadat who was involved in the Mena House and first Camp David negotiations of 1978.

This perhaps is far more impactful than Clinton’s account because it is not a Western or Israeli voice. It is prominent Arab leaders who lived the negotiations, who represented the broader Arab world, and who had zero incentive to defend Israel.

When leaders from both sides of the table describe the same pattern of Palestinian rejectionism and violence, it becomes much harder to dismiss as bias.

The pattern is clear across decades and across different voices… generous offers, repeated refusals, and continued demands for everything while giving nothing in return.

This is not ancient history. It is the core reason the conflict continues today.

If you value the truth, please share.

[Will Marshall @mrwillmarshall]

Once again laser-focused on the issues facing working Britain

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

Many unmarried, cohabiting couples have limited legal protections if their relationship ends or a partner dies, even after long-term relationships or raising children together.

Labour is consulting on reforms to strengthen the legal protections available to these couples.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"I'm not going to go through... an exam on the fiscal rules."

Andy Burnham, Labour candidate in the Makerfield by-election, refuses two times to tell @vicderbyshire what the fiscal rules are, but confirms he'd stick to them if he became prime minister.

#Newsnight

[Will Marshall @mrwillmarshall]

@TomHulme79

[fleetstreetfox @fleetstreetfox]

I am ashamed Sikh community leaders felt the need to do this.
When a Christian commits murder, the Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't feel the need to say it wasn't a Christian act.
Yet we're in a country where brown people of alternate faiths have to formally announce they're not all criminals.
And ofc, if they hadn't done this, innocent Sikhs would suffer. That's why they did it. But come on, Britain, we're better than this.

[Tom Harris 🇬🇧 @MrTCHarris]

Interesting and, as far as I can see, eminently sensible proposals.

[Taniel @Taniel]

A new candidate entered the Alaska U.S. Senate race today, challenging U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan.

His name? Dan Sullivan. https://t.co/zH4VKwfSIZ

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Insane story from NYC: