Rachel Sowden

No longer a misplaced Lancastrian after 33 years down south 🍒Afcb🍒

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

Exactly this …. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

Starmer was hated. Says far more about the electorate than the man. Impossible to govern when people want welfare, triple lock, tax loopholes, NIMBYist vetoes, while also hating the low growth, high debt economy this entails. Starmer was a good man leading an ungovernable country

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

Likewise. It will be rinse & repeat before we know it. Change doesn’t happen in a matter of months especially when you start off from a deficit. I just feel thoroughly fed up with the whole debacle.

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

"Honestly, I don't know where to fucking start"

[Michael Payne MP @MichaelPayneUK]

The Keir Starmer I know is decent. He is compassionate. He is kind. He is thoughtful.

He is driven by a deep sense of public service, by duty, and by a belief that politics should be about improving people’s lives rather than advancing personal ambition.
https://t.co/IyraccwFcI

[Robert Hutton @RobDotHutton]

NIGEL FARAGE - AN APOLOGY. https://t.co/jcuee4Vjxv

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

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[God @TheTweetOfGod]

Congratulations to Elon Musk, the world's first assh000000000000le.

[The Standard @theLDNstandard]

The Royal Opera Chorus stopped everyone in their tracks at Covent Garden today with an unannounced performance of Nessun Dorma to mark the start of the World Cup 2026

#london #londonmusic #football #worldcup #soccer

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

@keithmorey I can’t not watch all these things but end up raging all over again.

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

@keithmorey Confirms everything you suspect and how for many, it wasn’t about benefits for the country but how it benefited them personally. #wankers ( I’ll use Cameron’s words and include them all in it!)

[Michael Spicer @MrMichaelSpicer]

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

[Ridge & Frost @RidgeandFrost]

.@ZiaYusufUK rejects the idea that Reform UK misrepresented what Kemi Badenoch said in an attack ad.

@SophyRidgeSky then challenges him on his tweet where he accused The Telegraph of 'journalistic malpractice' for shortening a quote by Nigel Farage.

[Lee Broadbent @leembroad]

The death of Henry Nowak is a tragedy in every sense, and the public reaction to the body‑worn video is completely understandable. It is painful to watch. It is painful for officers to watch. And it is painful for Henry’s family to know that his final moments were chaotic, confused and shaped by a lie told by the man who killed him.

But if we are going to talk about this case, and especially where/if politicians make highly charged statements, I believe it’s important to stay anchored to what was actually established in court.

The judge was clear that the responsibility for Henry’s death lies solely with the man who stabbed him. The fatal wound to his chest was described as “catastrophic” and “unsurvivable”, and the pathologist confirmed that no medical intervention, immediate or otherwise, could have saved Henry. That does not erase the distressing nature of the footage, it does not mitigate the seemingly dispassionate response of the officers in attendance, but it does matter when we are trying to understand what happened and what could or could not have changed the outcome.

It is also a matter of record that the officers were responding to a 999 call in which the offender falsely claimed he had been the victim of a racist attack and insisted no weapon had been used. That deception shaped the first few minutes on scene.

The IOPC has been involved from the outset, and the officers have remained as witnesses throughout. This is an important distinction, as those familiar with post incident procedures can tell you. If there was a shred of doubt or suspicion that the officers actions at the time, when balanced against the information known at the time and their reasonable held beliefs, amounted to potential misconduct, the IOPC must at the earliest opportunity review their status. The IOPC have confirmed that the officers status remains unchanged. That indicates that the officers initial decisions/actions have already been assessed against the information known at the time and is unlikely to now change and amount to misconduct.

None of this means the initial assessment was correct. It wasn’t. The officers misread the situation, and the body‑worn video shows that plainly. But policing is full of moments where decisions are made in seconds, under pressure, with incomplete or misleading information. Sometimes those decisions are right. Sometimes they are not. And sometimes…as in this case…the consequences are unbearably tragic even when the mistake does not change the final outcome.

What we cannot/should not do is turn this into a proxy battle in a wider culture war. Henry’s family have asked that his death is not used to fuel division, hate or to propagate political agendas.

It is possible to hold two truths at once:
that the initial response was flawed, sloppy even…and the investigation needs to establish how policy, procedure and relied information impacted those decisions and events; and that despite the officers clear mistakes and compassion fatigue, they did not cause Henry’s death, nor could they have prevented it.

Policing is at its worst when it becomes defensive, but it is also at its worst when it becomes a canvas onto which people project their own political battles and/or bitterness. This case, if it is to be a turning point, deserves better than that.

We can demand accountability without abandoning fairness. We can acknowledge mistakes without inventing motives. And we can talk honestly about the pressures and imperfections of frontline policing without turning every tragedy into a referendum on the entire profession.

That balance is difficult. But, to my mind, it is the only way we avoid repeating the same cycles of outrage, distortion, division and defensiveness that have done so much damage to public trust… and to the people who still turn up, every day, to do a job that is getting harder by the day.

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

They thrive on spreading hatred & division. Even for him, this is low.

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

On the day the whole political establishment claims we do not live in a two tier country, they announce this.

Note, the NHS makes NO drugs available exclusively to white people.

[AFC Bournemouth 🍒 @afcbournemouth]

The longest unbeaten streak by any team in 2025/26 📈

We also didn't lose our second @premierleague game against anyone this campaign 🤯

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

@alex_crook @_steve_butler_ @talkSPORT Excellent news if this is the case.

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

@GuyN72 I have long questioned the advantage that hoicked up short gives him?! Has it become superstition or does he just have a particularly good thigh he wishes to display 🤔🤣 I’m happy to view it mind!

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

Can’t even agree amongst themselves!

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Robert’s answer is not Reform policy.

As the person responsible for our deportation plan I want ensure people know where we stand:

If a foreign national lives in social housing at taxpayer expense, they automatically fail our economic test and will be deported.

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

@nadhimzahawi With respect Nadhim the issue you raised was 'fighting age' not the means by which you arrived (means which you will have to agree were not available to many of these channel crossers). But you know this really which is why you disappoint me so much

[Cllr Scott Cameron @CllrScottC]

It would be a shame if this video was shared far and wide.

Do you really want these charlatans running the country?!

[Rachel Sowden @rubyscat]

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[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

Bournemouth end the season on an 18-game unbeaten run while securing European football 😮‍💨🍒

Quite the way for Andoni Iraola to sign off his final season with the Cherries 👏