Rob Marchant

Writing. Consulting for tech and general management. Former UK Labour Party manager. Proud music obsessive. Political blogger and commentator. @LabourUncut

[Rob Marchant @rob_marchant]

Labour and Iran: in which, unusually, Tony Blair's view on geopolitics is slated and Keir Starmer's praised. Me at @LabourUncut: https://t.co/SUNaMurlrU

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@CitizenTame @NickCohen4 It won't now he's backtracked, no.

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This is so ignorant of the responsibilities of a possible prime minister. Cue tanking of sterling in the event of a Makerfield win.

[Barbara Rich @BarbaraRich_law]

@ltg1810 Andy Burnham has just made one of those blithe pledges so popular with politicians seeking election. There isn’t any justification for supporting him
on this https://t.co/JykE2xBLOC

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@NommeDeTwit Yep. And I'll wait to 67. We all have to wait longer, because maths.

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@willieckerslike Must admit I am not very sympathetic, I know exactly when the legal retirement age changed, how and why. Because how could you not.

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@WalterWhite444 Just waiting now for someone from the SNP to claim the straighteners were for him.

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@LesbianLabour @akuareindorf Also, ahem, a barrister by trade.

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@fharris2011 Yep. Politicised the police. Directly elected mayors. Brexit. All examples of law of unintended consequences.

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@fharris2011 Yep and like many Cameron ideas, petitions a bit half-baked

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@MrTCHarris Yep. Unfortunately, "adults" apparently excludes the UN.

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@fharris2011 Grrr. Will be a bloody travesty if they do. I think there is some discretion and, God knows, they ought to be able to use it if the subject involves openly racist tropes.

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Yes, this seems perfectly reasonable.

[Agent P @AgentP22]

The SNP's message to Scottish taxpayers:

"Sorry about the waiting lists, ferries, potholes and failing public services... we're off to the World Cup."

The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

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@sjsuth smh

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@fharris2011 Indeed https://t.co/Y1d84ibBWl

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I'm sure we are all grateful for the lecture on civilisation from the VP of a country that pays masked men to kill innocent people on the street and where school children have to practice how to hide from nutters with automatic weapons.

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TRANSLATION: "I, the First Minister, see no need whatsoever for an inquiry into the possibility my party defrauded Scottish taxpayers. They have no right to know, just as my members have no right to their money back."

Just listen to yourself, @JohnSwinney.

[Sam Taylor @staylorish]

Questioned by Anas Sarwar on whether the SNP made fraudulent VAT refund claims when Murrell was in charge, John Swinney acknowledges that this may have happened. Which makes his continued resistance to a proper inquiry even harder to justify.

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@Gogsygee @euanmccolm Yep, probably against Geneva Convention, tbf

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@MarkMcLaugh1in @rantingredhead1 @JohnSwinney War is Peace.

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@msjlindsay For many of us, they still are. Not so much at the top.

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@botzarelli @TwisterFilm @PHughes74470229 Ouf. Really hope not.