Andrew C T Tait

No DM's

[Annunziata Rees-Mogg @zatzi]

Being Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is not like being some two-bit mayor of a beta-city.

The office commands - and demands - respect.

[Benedict Spence @BenedictSpence]

He can’t even be arsed to dress like the prime minister. No mandate. Fuck all vision. No standards. What are we doing here, exactly?

[gript @griptmedia]

KEVIN MYERS: The absence of any immediate public outrage at the brutal murder of Ann Widdecombe - including the apparent silence of King Charles and the failure of House of Commons to suspend business - indicates that England is in dire trouble.

https://t.co/0esYfdydTW

[Liam Halligan @LiamHalligan]

As Andy Burnham enters Downing Street determined to be “distinctively Labour” and “unashamedly Labour”, it is clear that taxes – despite a tax burden now at 38pc and on course to reach around 41pc of GDP by 2029 – will increase further still.

The UK economy is locked in a high-debt, high-tax, low-growth doom loop, with the debt interest bill spiralling as the national debt rises ever higher.

Inflation is coming – the producer price index rose a staggering 8.7pc during the year to May, up from 7.9pc the previous month – and there will be little respite from a lower oil price.

And that inflation will push up immediate borrowing costs and debt interest payments even more.

“From here, we do it differently,” said Burnham on Friday. “We win by being us.”

But by “us”, Burnham means Labour. And for the country, Labour spells economic ruin.

My latest weekly “Economic Agenda” column in @Telegraph

https://t.co/kGGNJi0b2r

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Performative drivel. And out of touch with public sentiment. The British people expect their male PMs to wear a shirt and tie when performing nearly all their public duties. Look smart when representing our country.

[Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌✡️ @sappholives83]

Female victims who k!ll their abusers in self-defense spend an average of 15 years in prison.

Abusive men who murder their female partners spend an average of 2 to 6 years in prison.

[Andrew C T Tait @sharpilot1]

@LBC @lewis_goodall @LucyMPowell another word salad

[Colin Wynter KC @QcWynter]

Buckle up because this is going to be one hell of a ride into the unknown, like being on a rollercoaster, all lights off, at midnight.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

I laughed too. Especially at the very end.

[Ross Kempsell @RossKempsell]

Starmer did a small nationalisation of SWR trains. Cancellations rose 50%, delay minutes rose by 29%, despite a reduced timetable, trains arriving 30-60 minutes late more than doubled. The first service to run was a replacement bus

Burnham wants nationalisation on a huge scale

[Sabrina Miller @SabriSun_Miller]

🚨Exclusive: I acquired hundreds of EDI training documents from police forces around the country in the wake of Henry Nowack murder. Both the cost and quality of the materials we uncovered were genuinely shocking. Read my investigation for more details https://t.co/ZkDvL4xUpF

[Venice Allan @roseveniceallan]

What was the purpose of denying a political motive to Ann Widdecombe’s murder and telling public they were irresponsible to speculate, then immediately accusing 12 innocent people of islamophobic terrorism? If it’s to prevent civil unrest, it’s shockingly bad short term strategy.

[Philip Cunliffe @thephilippics]

Both the Prime Minister and Home Secretary released public statements suggesting these people were guilty before being charged. How does that not count as interfering in the legal process?

Do these 13 people have grounds to sue authorities?

[Donald Clark @DonaldClark]

You see a parallel level of centralised control in No 10 with Burnham's first appointment, Director of Political Strategy in No 10 - First choice, first major mistake. Openly obsessed with the label 'far right', pro-immigration, rabidly pro-EU, McGregor is basically against listening to working class electoral shifts. An intellectually shallow ideologue, the very opposite of what Burnham stated and needs. McGregor doesn’t listen to ordinary people, he despises their views. He's a PR and Comms man.

[Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧 @JChimirie66677]

For decades, power has quietly migrated away from voters and towards institutions that do not change when governments change. The civil service, regulators, quangos, courts, universities, publicly funded NGOs and large parts of the cultural sector now form a permanent governing ecosystem that persists regardless of who wins at the ballot box. Elections still replace ministers. They no longer reliably replace the direction of travel.

[Jack @FFS_WhatNow]

Are the police just going to sit around and wait for something bad to happen, or are they actually going to deal with these nutters?

He knows what he's doing. He knows they'll be someone out there happy to be a martyr. These men are not well.

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

The main steaming pile of media is the enemy of the people 👇👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Adam Wren @aswren]

There’s no other way I can think of that a journalist would know the outcome of an NCA investigation without either the NCA or someone very senior at the home office leaking it. This is actually pretty serious.

[Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧 @JChimirie66677]

The allegation is that fake independent candidates were entered on the ballot for St Peter's ward in Tameside to split votes for opposition parties and deliver the seat to Labour. Greater Manchester Police confirmed the arrests and said they were working closely with the Electoral Commission.