Sid M Thomas

Meaningful life is not being rich, being popular, being highly educated or being perfect... It is about being real, being humble, being able to share ourselves.

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@benonwine @vincent36064321 The BBC say one “1” woman is afraid to go out because of dogs and they are pushing this crap, do they have nothing better to broadcast, how much is this numpty getting paid for this BS.

[Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧 @JChimirie66677]

There is a rule so basic to power that every serious institution enforces it without debate. In the military. In intelligence. In policing. Responsibility sits at the top. If a subordinate gives bad advice, that is a failure below. If the leader knows the risk and authorises the decision anyway, that is a failure of command and the leader goes. That rule has now been breached in plain sight.

Keir Starmer has admitted he knew about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and approved the appointment regardless. That single admission ends the argument. Once knowledge is conceded, advice becomes irrelevant. Authority was exercised with eyes open. Responsibility is total.

Morgan McSweeney's resignation does not close this scandal. It detonates it. Advisers advise. Prime ministers decide. When the adviser falls and the decider remains, the system reveals its true instinct: protect the apex, sacrifice the buffer. It's accountability performed, not accountability exercised.

The attempt to reframe this as a process failure is the oldest evasion in the book. First it was "Mandelson lied to me." Then it became "McSweeney advised me." Now it is "the vetting system failed." Responsibility slides downwards and sideways, never upwards. Faces change. Habits remain. This is how closed systems survive.

But command responsibility does not care about choreography. It asks only one question: who authorised the risk? And here the answer is not in dispute. The Prime Minister knew. He proceeded. Others are now punished for a decision he approved. In any serious organisation, that is disqualifying by definition.

The gravity of this cannot be waved away as party politics because the role at issue was not ceremonial. The United States ambassadorship is one of Britain's most sensitive postings. It sits at the junction of intelligence, defence, finance and diplomacy. Allies assume basic judgment at that level. By knowingly sending a compromised figure into that space, Britain did not merely court embarrassment; it damaged trust.

Imagine a general admitting: "I knew the intelligence was compromised, but I authorised the operation anyway." Imagine a police commissioner admitting: "I knew the suspect posed a risk, but I authorised the release anyway." They would be removed on the spot. Politics is the only field where leaders believe this rule does not apply to them.

The resignation of McSweeney therefore weakens the Prime Minister, not strengthens him. McSweeney was not a junior aide. He was the architect and enforcer of this premiership. If the appointment was wrong – and his resignation concedes that it was – then the Prime Minister who authorised it with knowledge stands exposed. Either he ignored sound counsel, accepted bad counsel knowingly, or hides behind advisers when the truth breaks through. None are survivable defences.

What comes next will be the language of lessons. That language should be rejected. Lessons are what you learn when you did not know. This was different. This was a choice made with knowledge, defended until exposure made defence impossible. When a leader behaves like that, the problem is not competence. It is character.

There is a standard that cannot be escaped. If advising wrongly ends a career, knowingly approving that advice must end one too. Otherwise the message is clear: in this government, responsibility flows only one way – downwards. And a Prime Minister who cannot accept responsibility for his own decisions cannot credibly ask the country to trust him with theirs.

"Morgan McSweeney's resignation does not close this scandal. It detonates it."

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@robinmonotti @DuncanBannatyne Yes

[Raja Miah @recusant_raja]

Andy Burnham, the Manchester Mafia And The Real Rape Gang Conspiracy

In June 2022, Jim McMahon, Debbie Abrahams, and Angela Rayner issued a joint statement responding to the publication of Andy Burnham's Oldham Independent Assurance Review. This was coordinated damage control designed to end accountability for the Pakistani Rape Gangs before it could begin.

The statement opened by calling the review "one of the most comprehensive safeguarding reviews undertaken." This was false. The review had no statutory powers, protecting those who had ignored warnings and blocked investigations. Calling it comprehensive was designed to make further inquiry appear unnecessary, duplicative, and even vindictive.

The statement then claimed "progress" had been made in Oldham by "shining a light" on abuse. Survivors had forced that light on through years of institutional hostility. Whistleblowers had come forward despite council obstruction. Campaigners had persisted while officials stonewalled. The statement rebranded this resistance as institutional virtue, absolving those who had fought disclosure every step.

The statement declared that abuse occurs "in every city, town and village." This line was inserted to blur accountability, normalise failure, make Oldham indistinguishable from everywhere else. The scandal was never about the existence of abuse. Rather, it was about warnings ignored and investigations blocked in the name of 'community relations'. That sentence was crafted to dissolve specific responsibility into general tragedy.

The statement dismissed claims of political protection as "false and politically motivated conspiracy theories," insisting the review found "no basis" for them. This was a warning about who was allowed to speak and who would be discredited. Survivors, campaigners, and journalists asking uncomfortable questions were branded as conspiracy theorists by decree.

Andy Burnham commissioned the review, defended its limits, whilst his Labour Party colleagues relied on its conclusions to block calls for a national inquiry. For two and a half years, they used the review's existence to dismiss critics. The Labour Party benefited from the constraints of Burnham's reviews and wielded them as authority to prevent further scrutiny.

Only thorough sustained pressure did Burnham eventually concede his review was 'limited.' Having relied on the review to deny the need for further investigation, he reversed course and supported a national inquiry into grooming gangs.

McMahon, Abrahams, Rayner, and Burnham had clearly coordinated their response. They signed off on reassurance they knew was unjustified and attempted to shut down scrutiny into the Pakistani Rape Gangs to protect McMahon and Labour Party politicians involved in the cover up.

The national inquiry they tried to block became inevitable only because we continued to campaign for a further 2 1/2 years. This is evidence of their conspiracy.

_________

They silenced victims. They erased evidence. They persecuted whistleblowers, discredited survivors, buried official reports, and protected predators. They thought no one would fight back and that they had got away with what they did. They were wrong

My name is Raja Miah. I’m neither a Maggie Oliver or a Tommy Robinson. I’m a political campaigner. For seven years, I led a small team that exposed how politicians protected the rape gangs. Before that, I spent over a decade safeguarding children and protecting communities from extremists.

My mission is clear: to expose the cover-up, explain the mechanics of corruption, educate the nation, and show people how to fight back.

That’s why they tried to imprison me. They know how dangerous my voice is. This is why they spent 3 years fabricating evidence and trying to falsely prosecute me. And when they failed, the Labour Party tried and failed to sue me.

Holding those responsible to account, including those who traded children for votes, won’t happen unless many more of you stand with me. Every day I can continue to campaign, more people learn the truth. I can’t do this alone.

If my words have ever helped you make sense of a broken system, if they’ve ever made you feel seen, heard, or hopeful, please don’t scroll past.

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We don’t need everyone. We need you.

– Raja Miah MBE

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@No2ofTheBLB Whats you’re stopping distance at that speed?

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

Andy Burnham, the Manchester Mafia And The Real Rape Gang Conspiracy

In June 2022, Jim McMahon, Debbie Abrahams, and Angela Rayner issued a joint statement responding to the publication of Andy Burnham's Oldham Independent Assurance Review. This was coordinated damage control.

[David Poulden Esq @DavidPoulden]

I say Keir Starmer is a national embarrassment and needs to resign.
Drop a ❤️ retweet and follow me if you agree.

[N Ecc 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Neccccy]

We need the end of Labour NOW
Agree?
Yes or No?

[Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy]

Dear Labour,

There were 264 reports of illegal hunting last year. Want to know how many animals were killed in religious slaughter in that same time?

30.1 MILLION

If you actually cared about animal welfare, you’d ban halal and kosher slaughter.

Signed,
The British people

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@RachelReevesMP

[Rt. Hon. Alan B’Stard MP @NoWayWoke]

Oops 😂….

[Benonwine @benonwine]

Punishment for raping a child:

🇮🇳 India - Death penalty
🇵🇰 Pakistan - Death penalty
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Public beheading
🇰🇵 North Korea - Death by firing squad
🇧🇩 Bangladesh - Death penalty

🇬🇧 Britain - Child gets called a prostitute

Diversity is NOT our strength.

[Lee Harris @LeeHarris]

There is absolutely no way Angela Rayner can come back from this.

The hypocrisy receipts are utterly devastating.

[Suffragent @Suffragent_]

Labour

🟥A Prime Minister who lies 24/7
🟥Chancellor who lied on CV
🟥Anti-corruption minister charged with corruption
🟥Business Secretary pretended to be solicitor
🟥Homelessness minister exploited rental tenants
🟥Transport Secretary committed fraud
🟥Deputy PM evaded tax

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

Outrageous Development re Amaaz CCTV Footage https://t.co/dC2ID2pG7r via @YouTube

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@MSportQuotes @will_buxton This page is called motorsport Bollocks that all you need to know !

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@TufferB What sort of Time Machine do you have?

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@sharrond62 We get this every year now, hard pruning twice a year as others have said

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@THPGolf @shotscope Blue please, and thank you 😉

[LJ Artist @LanaJack11]

@1GarethWynJones https://t.co/9SkPkNGoWb

[Sid M Thomas @sid_thomas1]

@ELonMuskNewssX 👍 bring it on