Sam Beaton

Hello! I'm interested in Czech politics, history and films. PhD in Czech from Glasgow University. One half of @zbrojovkast, @scottishgreens member, cat dad

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

People versus the establishment?
Are you kidding?
Nigel Farage is the son of a stockbroker who went to Dulwich College and then follows his dad into the city, gets gifted millions, promotes crypto and gold bullion, been in politics for decades - he IS the establishment

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Nigel Farage is a grifter. He always has been and he's continuing to grift.

He knew he was heading towards a byelection anyway so has pulled the trigger early.

The people Vs the establishment?! Reform are literally part of the establishment.

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

Two MPs have been murdered while in office

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@GoodwinMJ Farage and Reform are the establishment

[KPMG dad @jenuflexion]

British politics 2015 - 2020:

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@DundeeFC Why did you decide to play Maccabi Haifa considering the current situation?

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@ProfKreg I'm not sure I would call it obscure, at least in Europe - it was one of the defining hits of the disco era!

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@Jude_62 @mayemusk Elon Musk has a lot of influence on here because stupid people like this will believe anything

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@GroksOnlyCat @mayemusk Thank God someone is here to protect the richest man in the world while he espouses his fascist worldview

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@JakeWSimons You seem like a really creepy person

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

This very good thread has done well in attracting some of the biggest idiots on social media to it

[Gerry Samuels @GerrySamuels12]

Lots of Boomers seem to be remembering the summer of 1976 with rose tinted spectacles, & think that they ‘just got in with it’

Let’s have a look at what the newspapers of the day had to say in 1976….

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[Strix @strixperegrinus]

For us. For fairness. Politics isn't working. For far too long. Put big light on. Barm cakes. Putting the heart back into communities. The Smiths. But not Morrissey, obviously. People up and down this country. Decency. Hard working people. Communities. Picky teas. For our city-region. For all city-regions. Everton. Next door but one. Since 2001. Buses. Yellow buses. Hard working buses, up and down this country. Price caps. Price freezes. Giving back. Not taking enough to begin with. People are sick and tired. Wealth tax. Fairness. Tax land, tax money. Tax wealth. Tax growth. Tax growth to make growth. We're all immigrants, aren't we? No more being in hock to the bond markets. Increase borrowing. Increase spending. Doorsteps. What I'm hearing on the doorsteps. Good touch for a big man. We do things differently here. Wherever here might be. Politics of that which we have in common is moreso in common with unity than that which divides us can divide us from us. Chippy tea. Sad smile. Grass. Selfies. Fourteen years of Tory hurt didn't stop me dreaming. Jogging by the motorway. Like my grandad and his grandad before him. Chuckle. Little chuckle. Well, some people might say that. Guitars. Music. Nothing more esoteric than Elbow. I like Oasis, but I don't condone all the fighting and wouldn't like them now. Bricks. Houses. Terraced houses. Council houses. Ordinary people. Ordinary people like you and me, who haven't got embarrassing comments in their past because they've barely said anything of note. Politics, eh, who'd go into that? No, I wouldn't say I'm a saviour exactly. But the Labour Party has to be saved and I'm the only one who can do it. Milquetoast? I'm not really familiar with the term, but I like milk and I love toast, haha. They serve toast in the breakfast clubs, and we should honour Sir Keir's legacy really. Fantastic Prime Minister. Just not for very long. I love this country that I love, I'm very patriotic. But the flag is divisive, and we need to have a debate about that. A debate about whether or not it's divisive, about which I have no opinion. I went to Cambridge, and I'm not afraid to admit that. Ordinary lad done good. I've seen the system from the inside. I've seen the system from the outside. I've seen the system from Merseyside. It's not working. Not for ordinary folk like you and me. I'm a man, and I'm not afraid to admit that. But it is divisive, and we should have a debate about that. The North. People say it's grim up north, hah, maybe that's why we're more realistic up here. We know the problems people are facing, because we're the ones what's facing 'em. Regional inequality is something I'm passionate about. It's not fair that pints are only £7 in Manchester when pub landlords in London are raking in much more. Minimum wage for pints. Get young people earning, so we can tax them. Doe eyes. Glasses. I'm a bit older, a bit wiser, a bit heavier, haha. Ask me mates, they'll tell you. Don't ask them, actually. They're made of cardboard. I've always cared about equality. Sharing is caring, as my kids say. I think my wife taught them that. As PM I will do everything in my power to put every town in this country on the map. Of this country. Manchester feels half the world away. I've been lost, I've been found, but I don't feel down the back of the sofa for loose change. Not a bad idea though, in fairness. Fairness. Barrow-in-Fairness. In fairness, fairness isn't a bad idea to be fair. I'm from Wigan, me. As honest as can be. Uncle Joe's Mint Balls. Change. Believe in change. Believe deeply in unspecified change. And hope. Hope deeply for belief in unspecified change. Keep calm and carry the shopping back from the car in one go. For Andy. For us. Forever.

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@TomCARR89143229 @robmcd85 Reform are dreadful but people really need to start learning how parliament elections actually work, it's been 27 years now

[Usman Akhtar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @usmanakhtar00]

exceedingly rare cole-hamilton W this was class

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@Lord_MikeS @Ryder56004614 I work in recruitment for a company in the Czech Republic and can categorically say that skill requirement is not what is blocking companies from hiring UK citizens

[chloe @Dykeocletian]

my feed is full of upper-middle class cіs ppl with British passports being like "I don't get why people hate Starmer? things seem fine to me!" like of course things seem fine to you, you are the most coddled people in human history lol

[Sam Beaton @SamBeaton]

@BrianLeishmanMP You're talking about lazy strategy and performative motions, yet Scottish Labour used their first instance of debating time to discuss a parliamentary enquiry into Peter Murrell which was never going to pass.

[Scottish Greens @scottishgreens]

Rising energy bills, a genocide in Gaza, racist anti-migrant laws and the punishment of disabled people, this isn't a legacy to be proud of.

Scotland deserves better than just another Westminster leader; it's time for independence.

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

Starmer will be remembered as one of worst, most regressive prime ministers of last century—and it was all entirely predictable

But Andy Burnham is cut from same cloth

The problem is not these empty suits. The problem is the Labour Party: it is set-up to sustain UK oligarchy

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

That Starmer (pettily) called Corbyn's Labour "immoral" in his speech is astounding. From the man who led a party that backed a genocide, proscribed a direct action group, arrested pensioners, demonised immigrants, cut disability benefits and more. What planet do they live on?