Phil Conroy

Dad, husband, teacher, runner, general mountain geek and all things music and literature! Love questions, answers aren’t as interesting!

[Michael Spicer @MrMichaelSpicer]

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

If only someone in the media would expose Farage's incitement yesterday via performative utterance in the same way that Jonathan Miller humiliated Enoch Powell and his grubby little racism.

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

Barely a month ago this man was imprisoned for the violent rape of a Sikh woman believing that she was a Muslim. No Douglas Murray articles in the Spectator, no Baroness Fox speech in the Lords. No riots. Two tier? Too right https://t.co/8wABWe3bww

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Nigel Farage registered ‘absent’ from the last 77 votes in Parliament

Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...

https://t.co/fsxzTKkL4Z

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

DESPITE NET MIGRATION HAVING FALLEN BY 82% SINCE ITS PEAK NEARLY HALF OF BRITONS INCORRECTLY BELIEVE ITS ACTUALLY INCREASED!

This is a shocking indictment of the abject failure of UK news shows to get the actual facts about net migration across to the public and call out the bull**** by the likes of Nigel Farage.

If UK news shows can’t get the job done let’s do it ourselves!

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

Another classic 'protecting women and girls’ by doxxing a victim of childhood marriage who fled Sierra Leone when she was 16, by the same flaccid mollusc who helped Dirty Desmond cheat a £45m community infrastructure levy, which could have helped veterans AND victims of abuse.

[David @Zero_4]

Isabel Oakeshott on Nigel Farage buying a £1.4m house: “I honestly don’t see why it’s anyone’s business. Why should people know how he paid?”

Isabel Oakeshott on Angela Rayner buying a 2nd home: “I smell a massive rat. How on earth has she raised the money to buy a £800k flat?”

[The Left Bible @theleftbible]

Led By Donkeys do it again 😭👏👏👏👏

Immigration makes Britain brilliant ❤️

Let’s make this go viral 👇

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Proud to join 250,000 people on the streets of London today to commemorate the Nakba and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

For 78 years Palestinians have faced ethnic cleansing, occupation, apartheid and genocidal violence - but the struggle for liberation continues.

From London to Gaza, we say: from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Immigration makes Britain brilliant.

[richard bacon @richardpbacon]

I just walked past that lot.
It is an out and out racist march.
It’s gross to be anywhere near.
Anyone who says this is normal people expressing normal sentiments isn’t normal.

[HOPE not hate @hopenothate]

🚨Stephen Lennon is marching in London again this weekend.

He likes to insist he isn’t racist, repeating it again and again, but the evidence tells a very different story. 👇

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Thing is, the 'United the Kingdom' march literally turns central London into a 'no go zone'.

I'd be literally risking my safety if I went into central London.

Now think about, say, Muslim families.

It's a march defined by unapologetic hatred of Muslims.

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

If I had five million quid for every time a crypto billionaire tried to buy my integrity, I'd be Nigel Farage

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Fiona Bruce, "I've heard Reform UK say that they'd get rid of benefits for people with mild anxiety, what % of welfare bill does that make up?"

Former Conservative now Reform UK, Danny Kruger, "I don't know"

Fiona Bruce, "So how do you know it will save you £10 billion?"

*audience laughs*

Danny Kruger, "I don't know every fact and figure"

Fiona Bruce, "You've just given us £10 billion and you have no idea how you get to it"

Danny Kruger, "I can stand that up later if you like"

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

@TiceRichard Well duh, with 74% of Reform's funding coming from fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers, you'd be mad not to.

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election.

I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics.

Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic.

Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures.

However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people.

Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place.

I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that.

Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again.

ENDS