sean warde

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[Michael Winstanley @Winstamike]

Another busy day on the campaign trail and massive thank you to the Party Chairman @kevinhollinrake @SusanBaroness @LindaMussell for their help in Makerfield.

[Kevin Schofield @KevinASchofield]

Strong stuff from Wes Streeting on Reform's attack ad on Kemi Badenoch.

He tells @TheNewsAgents: "They want people to believe that the black woman who leads the Conservative Party cares about black people, but doesn’t care about white lives.

“And that was dangerous, it was incendiary, and I don’t say this lightly, this is the type of propaganda that is reminiscent of the 1930s."

https://t.co/WSOQkjxQ2L

[Penny Mordaunt @PennyMordaunt]

Reform’s false smears against @kemibadenoch on equality under the law, called out from across the political spectrum, are illuminating. For anyone still under the illusion that Reform MPs care about sorting out problems in police policy and training, ponder this:
@GMB

[sean warde @seanwarde]

@francesbarber13 @TimesRadio Yep, I've made the switch to Times Radio too for the same reasons.

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

This is very good ⬇️

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

Hey, Zia, you’re lying…..again

This is what she actually said:

“I’m someone who believes every life matters.

I don’t want to hear about black lives matter’

I don’t want to hear about white lives matter’

I want to hear about how we’re looking after everybody”

Lying by omission is still lying.

[David Cameron @David_Cameron]

Today’s decision from the Health Secretary on prostate cancer screening is a missed opportunity - too timid, too slow, and lacking the bold ambition that we so desperately wanted to see.

As I set out last week, I fundamentally disagree with the National Screening Committee’s advice on a future screening programme for prostate cancer, which is far too narrow. I strongly believe that if we are really to get on top of prostate cancer - the most common cancer in British men - then a proper, targeted screening programme for all those at higher risk is needed… and needed now.

I welcome expanded provision of focal therapy, which I benefited from last year with my own cancer; this must be an urgent priority to make available across the NHS. And the recognition that more work is needed to screen at risk groups, such as black men, is important.

But this was an opportunity for bold, decisive, life-saving action - action that would help save the heartache of too many families losing a loved-one to this disease. That, sadly, has been missed. We will continue the campaign to urge the Government to go further, faster and put in place a progressive policy that includes a proper screening programme for the most at-risk men.

[Prosper UK @Prosper_UK_]

Tony Blair’s essay underlines the opportunity now facing the Conservatives.

Britain needs growth, reform and serious policy and that agenda belongs naturally on the centre right.

The challenge is to own it, argue for it and turn it into a credible plan for government.

That is what Prosper UK exists to help build.

[Prosper UK @Prosper_UK_]

The UK will never prosper if nearly one million young people are locked out of work, education or training.

The Milburn review should terrify anyone who cares about Britain’s future.

Entry-level jobs are harder to find, student debt is punishing ambition, housing feels out of reach, and welfare too often manages inactivity rather than preventing it.

A fair deal for young people means jobs, homes and a route up. We are working on the fixes.

https://t.co/HaC52U5m1G

[Prosper UK @Prosper_UK_]

https://t.co/NNtOUYQF2i

[Penny Mordaunt @PennyMordaunt]

@MelJStride is right. @DanNeidle in the Spectator is worth a read too.

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

Reform’s flagship tax policy just got marked by independent experts. The verdict is brutal.

They costed tax-free overtime at £5bn. The real figure looks closer to £14bn. A £9bn hole in one announcement. 1/

[sean warde @seanwarde]

The UK should "drill baby drill" and exploit the remaining oil and gas reserves in the North Sea as much as possible, using the revenue to build a sovereign wealth fund like Norway has.

[sean warde @seanwarde]

@IainDale Malta best so far.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Interesting. Jenrick says Reform is not proposing a ICE for the UK and will deport in “a British fashion”.

His party pledges to track down and deport up to 2m, with dozens of camps built in places that didn’t vote Reform.

Nothing British about it. https://t.co/LGt6y5dwft

[sean warde @seanwarde]

Party politics needs taking out of local govt. elections in the UK, only independants should be allowed to stand. Then, local elections will stop being an opinion poll on how the central Govt. of the day is performing and more about local issues.

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

Nigel Farage suddenly pulled out of @bbclaurak today, immediately following the revelation about an undeclared £5m donation from a Crypto King living in Thailand.

Apparently he simply “changed his mind” about appearing.

No scrutiny. No declaration. No accountability.

One rule for Reform, another for everyone else.

[Henry Bolton OBE 🇬🇧 @_HenryBolton]

Once again, Nigel Farage has committed to "towing the dinghy's back to France".

I’ve successfully led the development and implementation of national integrated border strategies, including the development and execution of operational plans for maritime and blue borders.

The idea that you can “tow small migrant dinghies back to France” sounds tough, decisive and appealing, but is not operationally credible.

These are overloaded inflatable craft. They are not designed to be towed. The forces involved would very likely cause structural failure, turning an enforcement action into a rescue operation.

And once you are in a rescue scenario, the legal duty is to save life, not push vessels away.

Even if returns at sea were possible, you'd simply create a build-up in northern France unless there is a functioning return and processing system behind it.

The boats must be stopped. They can be stopped. Indeed I've campaigned for this for the last 12 years. But the truth is that you will not end the flow by waiting until they launch into the Channel. Sure, you'll get people to vote for you because it sounds tough, but you'll not deliver the results you promised.

The only way to solve this is by removing the incentive these illegal migrants have to make the crossing in the first place.

That requires a realistic and detailed assessment, and detailed, coherent, enforceable strategy and implementation plan. Tough sounding but operationally empty slogans won't deliver anything but soundbites and headlines.

Every illegal migrant must be detained securely. No benefits. No perks. No freedom to walk the streets. No appeal. No exceptions. Basically internment, until they can either be removed or they ask to go. Then, the appeal of entering the UK illegally will disappear and the boats will stop.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

The politics of a country in decline. Not a single word about wealth creation, without which none of this nonsense can be financed. It’s deeply pathetic. If people fall for this left-wing populist drivel we’ve ceased to be a serious country.

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

Neither Nigel Farage or Rob Jenrick voted against Keir Starmer tonight.

When it actually mattered, when we actually have a chance to get rid of this dreadful PM, they were nowhere to be seen.

Politics isn’t punditry - it’s turning up, doing the work and taking a side.