Sharon Eynon 💙

[Amys Here 🇨🇦 @amys_here]

Break the internet sharing this please

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Britain's economy is flatlining because of austerity, Brexit, tax avoidance, utility company rip-offs and supermarket price gouging. Not because of the unemployed and the disabled.

[Jules @JuliaDa43398612]

@AnthonyAinsdale Don't give a dam about Mandelson. Starmer got an appointment wrong and apologised for it. I am more bothered by the Labour government achievements than 1 stupid appointment.

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Our media fixation with Keir Starmer is becoming a literal drag on the country now.

As I write this, I can already see the replies forming below, accusing me of being a Labour shill etc. but, believe it or not, I am not.

Maybe it's worth setting this out — I have no party affiliation. None. I'm not 'on the right' … but that's as far as it goes.

There are policies and people that I admire across the Lib Dems, Greens and Labour. Conversely, there are policies and people I am vehemently against within each of those parties as well.

There are some decent Conservatives left but fewer and fewer in frontline politics and I can have excellent discussions with those moderate Tories that remain.

Where my line in the sand is drawn though, as I'm sure you're all aware, is the far-right. Reform UK and Restore Britain. I have no common ground with their populism — I see through the propaganda.

This doesn't mean that I think every member of Reform UK is a bad person, far from it, but I cannot rationalise their top-line bravado into credible politics.

So, with all that being said, I think the witch-hunt of Keir Starmer is distracting the public from some far more serious crises.

Since the very day Starmer took office, there has been an onslaught from the media; desperation to try and topple him and his principal team. This played out successfully with Angela Rayner, and they have been vicious and relentless pursuing Rachel Reeves.

I listened to Paul Brand on LBC at the weekend continuously comparing Starmer to Boris Johnson in terms of sleaze.

Have we collectively lost our minds? There is no other Prime Minister in history that compares to Johnson for scandal.

The elephant in the room — Peter Mandelson.

But is it really an elephant still? Clearly, Starmer should never have brought the Prince of Darkness into his team, that was a madness and severe failing of judgement. One for which he has accepted responsibility and apologised on multiple occasions.

The vetting process appears to be, pretty much, a non-story, despite what Dan Hodges and GB News are shovelling out.

So … we should be moving on. Shouldn't we?

Kemi Badenoch and her famously robust judgement felt not yesterday, and spent more of her diminishing political currency by pushing Starmer with six questions at PMQs on the subject. She was met with a well briefed lawyer, that, in all honesty, made her look a bit silly for continuing her defeated line of questioning.

While this continues to dominate the headlines, other far more crucial issues are being missed — we're going to run low on fuel soon, the cost of living is about to skyrocket, holidays will be cancelled imminently.

But mainly ... the cost of living is about to skyrocket.

We saw in yesterday's inflation rise that food is already moving upward, if Trump's ludicrous war in Iran continues, then we're all going to suffer the consequences.

Surely, this is a far more pressing matter? One in which the government should be fully engaged in order to help protect the public — it's number one duty.

It is very telling that Reform UK are spending very little time on the Starmer issue. They sent Lee Anderson out to raise this issue, for goodness’ sake. LEE ANDERSON.

Farage is hyper focused on the local elections, safe in the knowledge that the media is obsessing over Keir Starmer, once again. He's making hay while the S*n shines on Labour.

Jeez! This went on a bit, sorry, but it feels critical to me. We are being led around by the nose by the legacy media outlets. They smell blood in the water, but I really don't think the story is there. Not yet.

And while the sharks circle, Reform UK are flying under the radar, ready to swoop on the local elections [sorry for the weird mixed metaphors — it's early!].

Have a lovely sunny day. 🌞

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Can we get this retweeted 10,000 times????

Keep Palantir out of the NHS!

Spread the word!

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Can we get this story about Farage and his dodgy tax Retweeted 10,000 times?

#NoTaxNigel #FarageOut
#FarageTheFraud

https://t.co/2bwATYQRPS

[Claudia Webbe @ClaudiaWebbe]

If this is Britain’s idea of the terrorist threat, then British counter-terrorism has lost all connection to reality.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Articles exposing Palantir being suppressed by Elon Musk!

Please break the algorithm and share and comment!

[Keith Burge @carryonkeith]

If we're going to have a debate about Churchill, I trust this will include his racism, his use of the Black & Tans in Ireland and Palestine, sending the army in to break a miners' strike in Wales and a gunboat up the Mersey to intimidate striking dockworkers? Oh and Gallipoli?

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

Big Tech = Big Brother on X ll

A photo of a YouGov Poll showing a negative opinion of 🇺🇸🇮🇱 war against Iran has been labelled “sensitive content” - meaning it’ll reach fewer people.

I attach the original image. Please share the heck out of it if you want to annoy Mr Musk.

[Mark Cockerton @CockertonMark]

‘Like’ if you would like King Charles’s proposed visit to USA to be postponed.
‘Repost’ if you would like it to be cancelled until the USA has rid itself of the demented orange warmonger.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…

Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS

And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

[Thia is with … 😏✌️💋🔥 @ThiaBallerina]

“lsraelis are fleeing Tel Aviv.” Imagine if all the borders were shut and they were told to go north. No, south. No, north. No, south. By foot. Carrying all their belongings. Carrying their children. While dodging snipers. As 2000lb bunker bombs were dropping. Since 1948.

[Clare Hepworth OBE @Hepworthclare]

Whenever a news presenter says :
"And here is our Political Editor Chris Mason with an update"
My heart sinks.
I feel a sense of impending doom.
A fog of negativity descends- extinguishing the strongest ray of hope as he proceeds to do his usual demolition job on the Govt & PM.

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Watching all the brickbats being thrown to pull this Govt off course shows quite how desperate the MSM and opposition are that they do not succeed in reducing the inequality in this Country. I don’t agree with everything but they are on balance the best chance this Country has.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

@michaelgove In fact, your influence on Year 6 writing has been dire, because it now consists of writing to a formula of so-called grammatical features such as expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials and embedded relative clauses. Content is now secondary or disregarded.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

@DanielKebedeNEU @bphillipsonMP Irony: it's an admission that the phonics, checking, KS2- testing, Ofsted-overseeing regime for Years 1-6 has failed! And the remedy is....? More of the same! More testing. What mega-brain in the DFE worked this one out? They're not education-addicts, they're test-addicts.