I am delighted to see the Labour Party forming a strong and stable government, but my thoughts go out to @ThangamDebb and @jonathanAshwort who worked hard in opposition, but sadly lost their seats last night. Politics is tough
Excited by the opportunity a new #Labour government gives the whole of the UK. I would urge Kier Starmer to consider a much later start to the UK Parliamentary summer recess so he can get on with a large legislative and government program after 14 years of chaos
It would be one of the healthiest things to ever happen to British politics if the Lib Dems became the official opposition & the Tories were relegated to an irrelevant 3rd party that continues to tear itself, but no longer the country, apart.
Tactical voting can make it happen.
Brilliant interviewing on @BBCr4today by Mishal Husain of @KemiBadenoch who simply didn’t have the detail behind a major @Conservatives policy announcement. Beggars belief!
A genuine question. At 1245 this afternoon the PM told a grieving mother on the anniversary of her son’s death that he would introduce legislation (“before summer recess”) in her son’s name. How is that reconcilable with knowing he was about to call an election?
Rory Stewart who once seemed to be the next Conservative Leader after David Cameron, is considering joining Labour.
RT if that's a good idea.
Like if it's bad.
Oliver Dowden says Gary Lineker should stay out of politics.
Lets do a little test of public opinion.
If Gary Lineker should stay out of politics LIKE
If Oliver Dowden needs to get out of politics RT
Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Twelve asylum seekers were shot dead by authorities in Rwanda in 2018 after protesting poor conditions. Tonight Rishi Sunak’s Tories voted to pretend Rwanda is a safe country. A shameful day for Britain.
So morally bankrupt & unworkable Rwanda Bill passes 2nd Reading 313 to 269 - helped by plenty of Tories who “reluctantly” said they could support the “principles” of the Bill. But the principles are precisely overriding the courts & disregarding the law. Shame on them