Kirkwood

Happy to be retired in the Shires!
Favours 2 wheels. Proud of our history, tolerance & culture.

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

So right, we put ourselves down...

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

They hate hearing it but I'm not going to stop saying it:

This country is one of the best, most welcoming and tolerant places in the world and it is the people who hate it who should be ashamed, not me.

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@truemagic68 This is madness!
But it could be fixed by the right government and transform people's lives.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Brilliant, brilliant exposé by Alex Thomson @alextomo on @Channel4News last night, blowing the lid of the corrupt, and it is corruption of the @EnvAgency allowing water companies to walk away from criminal charges, jail time, unlimited fines and all for nothing more than a slap on the wrist and some blood money paid to local charities.

It's time to put an end to this nonsense, it's time to hold people to account, it's time to send the fat cats to jail.

https://t.co/ph5PFXUph5

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@Clainy6 Youshould look deeper into the numbers. For example; Unemployment down - but employment number unchanged. More people are no longer looking for work, too comfortable on benefits.

[Andrew Montford @aDissentient]

Miliband's argument that we should just build more windfarms completely ignores the fact that you get diminishing returns from extra wind. (THREAD)

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

He does have a good point. Radicalised Islam needs to be dealt with not ignored.

[Kosher @koshercockney]

This is a must listen and a must share.

Seriously. The BBC at its very worst.

And this isn’t even @DouglasKMurray at his very best, yet he’s utterly brilliant.

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

🔥 BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Rare moment of truth at the UN from brave Kuwaiti dissident @JJJuraid, invited by UN Watch:

Mr. Chair,

I heard the term “colonizers.” But who are the real colonizers? A Jewish Kingdom ruled in Judea for a thousand years. We, the Arabs, took this land.

Who Arabized Egyptians, Phoenicians, Persians and Amazighs? It was us, the Arabs.

So why does the council enshrine a lie by keeping a permanent agenda item on Palestine, while ignoring the indigenous heart of Israel returning home?

Let us be clear about who is actually defending our sovereignty. Today, Israel is a fighter for peaceful nations, freeing Gaza from Hamas and saving Iranians from the Islamic Republic.

What Israel is doing to the IRGC — stopping a genocidal regime from acquiring nuclear weapons — is a gift to humanity.

There are 57 Islamic countries and only one Jewish state, Israel. Despite the ongoing hateful desire to eliminate it, Israel has not only survived, it has thrived.
I don't believe in miracles, but this is one.

So I ask the UN: when will you end the ritual of condemning Israel?

Is it not time, instead, to learn from Israel? How to defeat terror, defend free societies, and pursue peace.

Thank you.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Thames Water creditors offer ‘best and final’ rescue funding deal."

It really is time govt out a stop to this nonsense. This year alone has cost customers an extra £800 million in interest payments.

It's time to put Thames Water back into public ownership.

https://t.co/HAY9DMoLyL

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

My speech at the Oxford Union is finally available. The debate was "This House Believes Woke Culture Has Gone Too Far".

As promised, I didn't hold back 🤣

[Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧 @JChimirie66677]

Britain is slipping into something ugly, and Birmingham has torn the mask off it. Politics is no longer anchored in shared citizenship or equal obligation. It is being bent around sectarian pressure, grievance bargaining, and fear of unrest. When that happens, institutions stop enforcing the law and start negotiating with whoever can make the most noise.

This is not about belief or free expression. It is about power. When elected officials act as brokers for religious or ethnic blocs rather than servants of the whole public, the state fractures. Loyalty replaces law. Fear replaces judgment. The language of tolerance becomes a cover for the abandonment of standards.

The growth of MPs, councillors, and mayors elected primarily through sectarian mobilisation has altered how Britain is governed. Voting power is no longer used to argue policy but to extract concessions. Police, councils, and public bodies learn quickly which groups must be appeased and which can be ignored. Decisions stop being made on principle and start being made on risk management, and once that habit sets in, unequal policing does not need to be announced. It is simply practised.

The Birmingham policing scandal followed that pattern precisely. It did not begin with falsified intelligence or manufactured evidence. Those were symptoms, not causes. The collapse came earlier, when threats against Jews were treated as a problem to be managed rather than crimes to be confronted. Intelligence showed hostility, mobilisation, and plans for violence. Enforcement was not directed at those making the threats. The targets were removed instead.

That single choice explains everything that followed. Intimidation worked. Cause enough trouble and the law bends. Apply enough pressure and rights become conditional. Stay quiet and you are told to stay away "for your own safety". The law remains on the books, but its application depends on who is willing to disrupt.

When politicians like Ayoub Khan dismiss scrutiny as a "witch hunt", they are not defending fairness. They are asserting ownership. They signal that accountability becomes illegitimate when it threatens the political settlement they rely on. Authority is captured not by rewriting the law, but by redefining what institutions are prepared to enforce.

This pattern is no longer confined to one city. Hesitation replaces firmness. Consultation replaces enforcement. Language is softened to avoid offence. Decisions are justified after the fact. When it fails, no one is responsible. Process absorbs the blame. Committees replace consequences.

Sectarian politics rarely destroys institutions outright. It corrodes them by habit. Officials learn that calm is bought through concession. Politicians learn that grievance can be recycled indefinitely. Police leaders learn that neutrality carries more career risk than appeasement. Corruption no longer needs envelopes or bribes. It runs on fear, convenience, and self-preservation.

The most dangerous lie underpinning this drift is the claim that enforcing the law causes unrest. History shows the opposite. Unequal enforcement radicalises. When pressure works, it escalates. When silence is rewarded, retreat follows. The social contract thins until only power remains.

Britain once believed it was immune to this kind of politics. That belief held only while public office meant public duty rather than communal advocacy. That line is now fraying, and Birmingham shows where this road ends: evidence bent to fit decisions, Parliament misled, Jews excluded from public life, and responsibility dissolved into timelines while the institution closed ranks.

This is not simply a policing failure. It is a national warning. A country that enforces different rules for different groups does not become tolerant or diverse. It becomes brittle. Brittle societies do not break loudly. They crack quietly, until one day the law is still written down, but no longer believed in.

Ayoub Khan MP

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@GeorgeFoulkes It will also stop recruitment and likely cause redundancies as companies have to reduce costs to pay increased salaries. Result will be prolong the rise in unemployment numbers and reducing growth. Our leaders are economically illiterate!

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

A police officer was taken to hospital after being hit with a sledgehammer, this was not a peaceful protest!
Sledgehammers, axes, whips and other homemade weapons were used to attack police and staff.
The 6 correctly await trial. Are you the MP for Palestine?

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Six prisoners for Palestine are nearing their *fourth week* on hunger strike.

They are facing two years on remand without trial. They demand bail, a fair trial, an end to counter-terror powers used on protesters and the deproscription of Palestine Action.

Everyone who cares about defending our civil liberties should be speaking out about this gross injustice.

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@zarahsultana Highest earning 1% pay nearly 30% of tax received. 16k have already left UK. Your party would chase the highest earning business owners and investors out and the UK would be busy and under IMF rescue terms = severe austerity.

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@Zero_4 Did you not hear they were on 30%+ in the polls?
You can hear bias when a large part of the audience applauds Zara Sultana's views.

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@EdwardJDavey Like the way they challenged you over the Post Office scandal?
PS Brexit advantages are still not released.

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@ThamesVP @SpeechUnion You should instead prioritise shoplifting, other thefts and especially real violent crimes, not social media offence!

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

@JeepRetired @nogulagsagain Don't believe everything you read. The UK is very dog friendly and I can't think of a pub that doesn't allow dogs. Come and find out for yourself

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

https://t.co/3ZtKYXmWVg
Free Graham Lineham!
Arrested by five Police officers, held for 12 hrs ending up in A&E. Now released on condition that he can't ue this platform!

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

https://t.co/0PUKXvjiSb
Probably captures most people's current viewpoint.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Outrage in France as Nour Attalah, a Gazan refugee who arrived last month on a scholarship based on “academic excellence,” is exposed for old posts praising Hitler, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and calling for the murder of all hostages in Gaza.

She even reposted content glorifying the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack for criticizing Prophet Mohammed, and claimed Muslims should not partake in ‘Christian activities.’ People in France are shocked to learn how radicalized Gazans are.

Now, just two weeks after declaring that all Gazans are eligible for asylum, France is suspending its program to receive refugees from Gaza. And Nour must leave France.

[Kirkwood @MultiKirky]

Just awful!