Ray Fletcher OBE

Retired.Octogenarian .Husband.Dad and Granddad.All views very definitely my own!! OBE in 2004 for services for disabled people.STFC.

[Ray Fletcher OBE @rayfletcher223]

A vote for a) The Tories or b) Reform is a vote for a nail in the coffin of the NHS.

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

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[Andy Burnham for Makerfield @andy4makerfield]

“Do we want to be true to Britain, and still live in a country where we work to find common ground?”

@AndyBurnhamGM 👏

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Its a shocking indictment of UK media that people don’t understand what Farage’s policies will inflict on the country - if they did support would quickly melt away

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Two years of lying about bombing hospitals in Gaza – supposedly to target "Hamas control and command centres" underneath – has really paid off.

Now Israel bombs Lebanon's hospitals and doesn't even need to pretend there's a military rationale.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Starmer accuses Elon Musk of 'trying to whip up division in the UK' following the murder of Henry Nowak

📺 Sky 501

[Nick Reeves #RejoinEU #NAFO #FBPE @nickreeves9876]

It's time to remember Farage's threats of Brexit violence.

During the Brexit debates, many Remain MPs, particularly women MPs, were threatened by violence.

Indeed, @JolyonMaugham reported he had been told that some female MPs had felt unable to support Remain for fear of violent reprisals.

Threatening violence for political ends is legally classified as terrorism. Some of the Brexit votes in Parliament were very close. It is quite possible that Brexit, or Brexit in its present form, was only pushed over the line through terrorist threats.

One question that has to be asked is why Farage was not prosecuted for terrorism. His remarks weren't just reports of a threat. He was telling his supporters that they would be justified in engaging in violence if he didn't get what he wanted. His threats were clearly meant to intimidate and sway political decisions, and as far as I can see that legally counts as terrorism. If there is two tier policing then Farage seems to be one of the main beneficiaries.

[Kevin Schofield @KevinASchofield]

BREAKING: Andy Burnham confirms he will challenge Keir Starmer if he wins Makerfield by-election.

He tells BBC Question Time: "I think Wes Streeting seems to have launched a leadership contest, so if that is running, I would seek to join it."

https://t.co/rWam4Uk55x

[Ray Fletcher OBE @rayfletcher223]

@Fletch948 @JamesPearceLFC Cynical

[James Pearce @JamesPearceLFC]

Is Iraola the right man for Liverpool?
I’m cautiously optimistic. Body of work at Bournemouth very impressive. Big step up in terms of pressure, expectation, CL football, schedule etc, but playing style fits bill and track record for improving players.

https://t.co/kZQGAhd7a6

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

There is a growing push inside Parliament for widespread sanctions on Israel.

It's what the public wants. And a new poll shows more than two-thirds of Labour members want tough sanctions too.

This is a fight we are going to win!

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Israeli air strikes have killed at least nine Palestinians in attacks across Gaza, including five members of the same family. Their apartment was one of four hit in Gaza City before dawn. One girl from the family survived. More than 930 people have been killed since a ceasefire took effect in Gaza in October.

[Nick Reeves #RejoinEU #NAFO #FBPE @nickreeves9876]

Billionaires giving huge donations to political parties is the opposite of democracy. Big money political donations must be made a serious criminal offence. They are the corrupt procurement of political influence. They must be stopped. Politics is for the people. It must not be the plaything of the super-rich.
https://t.co/6ZRuEaOG0G

[Ray Fletcher OBE @rayfletcher223]

All peoples are equal……

[redpillbot @redpillb0t]

Leaked video of Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu:

“We are working to bring Iran to places it has never been before.

They will understand that they are below, and Jews are above.”

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

An Al Jazeera investigation has found evidence Israel is building more military posts in Gaza.

Satellite images along the so-called “Yellow Line” suggest Israel is fortifying positions and expanding its presence in the Strip.

Al Jazeera’s Perry Wilton explains.

[Ray Fletcher OBE @rayfletcher223]

Unacceptable
Wrong

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

"Come live in the West Bank. I hope this incentive will help us bring one million settlers and kill the idea of a Palestinian state."

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced plans to advance 2,162 housing units in the occupied West Bank, part of a broader push to expand settlements and entrench Israeli control over Palestinian territory.

In remarks captured on video, Smotrich said he hopes the new homes will encourage one million Israelis to move to the West Bank, describing the goal as a way to permanently end the possibility of a Palestinian state.

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

Two foreign based Crypto dealers gave Reform £7m in the first three months of this year - why? What do they want? Farage has proposed tax breaks for Crypto, could that be part of the ‘deal’. We don't know, but suspicions like these abound in to our current system - of allowing private money to fund politicians.

Some £50m a year in total funds the parties vying to be the next government who in turn will direct the £20 billion a year civil service army (we pay for) to run our £3 Trillion economy (our economy) - we let £50m of private money have a hand on the wheel of every government for want of a paltry sum - why?

Let’s end the scandals, the suspicion and the corrosion of politics - don't just ban foreign donors, don’t just ban Crypto - Just Ban All Donations. Period.

Read my article at https://t.co/eR7LuYLqQF

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

As long as we allow political donations there will always be suspicion. Let's ban them.

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[Ray Fletcher OBE @rayfletcher223]

@LFCGraham4 Keep

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Our new head coach 📸

[Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother]

The policies contained in the 2010 manifesto of the British National Party - once considered fringe and extreme - have now been mainstreamed by both Reform and the traditional British establishment argues @trillingual: