Reverend Stephen Booth esq.

Male, public sector worker (i.e. broke), single. mostly doing data analysis stuff.

One sister, two nieces and one great-nephew.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

This is what your hero Elon Musk is really about…

This is who he is

Think twice before you support exporting him to the UK.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

@lydiaviolettv Till sunset on 1st November. Traditionally days ran from sunset one day till sunset the next. Halloween (All Hallows Evening) is technically sunset 31st Oct to sunset 1st Nov.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

How Dysthymia Steals Your Happiness https://t.co/pPdsTu8LHo via @YouTube

Sounds like an illness that is done to us more than something that randomly happens. We’re depressed because someone made us depressed for their own benefit.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

Roast & Report 🔥 Caolan Robertson Exposes Grifters in Wartime Ukraine! -... https://t.co/XkBCijMsZp via @YouTube

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

@I_amMukhtar Is it too much to hope that he will see the error of his ways and have a jailhouse conversion to a more sensible view?

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

Jumped on the #BlueSky social band-wagon

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

Watching Picard S3. Even at his worst Wesley wasn’t nearly as bad as Jack Crusher.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

The Four Word Phrase Twitter Users Are Dropping To Out Bots https://t.co/8LNSSAHgGV

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

Why does she do this to me???? 😭 https://t.co/or3F1F4kgF via @YouTube

This is where you hope someone else with a retired bomb sniffer was in earlier and placed something for them to find. #thenoseknows

[Jennifer Gray @Tzenh]

Birmingham, the night of the count.
Labour’s Jess Phillips is announced the winner on stage for Yardley. In an attempt to get a photo of the candidates on stage, am standing among a throng of men on the counting hall floor supporting the workers party candidate.
They boo Jess, cat-call and chant the candidate’s name over and over as if it is a boxing match. They try to drown out her voice. It is ugly and it is shameful.
As I extricate myself from the pack I shake my head in anger. There is nothing elegant in this brazen show of misogyny and bullishness.
Shabana Mahmood gets the same treatment. Both women show defiance yet overall, it is an unpleasant, unnecessary and degrading experience.
Elsewhere in Britain, post-election speeches were demonstrations of grace in defeat, and humility in success.
As it should be.
We aren’t tribal like America. We aren’t quick to protest like France. Sometimes we might admire the more direct approach of other countries.
Yet I love our restraint. The passion is there. Reservoirs of it. But the speeches often follow unwritten protocols that show honour and valour almost to the point that the victor becomes indiscernible.
Democracy is something to value and treasure. As Brits, I think we value it, although the disappointing turnout gives cause for concern.
Isn’t it a prize that our individual vote counts every bit as much as the Prime Minister? Isn’t that fantastic?
The workers party claimed to stand for Palestine. A cause I sympathise with, and one that deserves the attentions of the media. Hyped up and militant at 5am, it was clear that the main aim of the male group was to disabuse others of a respectful election. Particularly the female candidates.
Jess shook hands with all candidates after the announcement. All except one. The workers party candidate refused her, which was received with cheers for him and jeers for Jess from his swarm of supporters.
Surely a candidate standing on a single-issue platform, to improve conditions for Palestinian people, would appreciate the opportunity to build a bridge with his local MP. He could have used that opportunity to progress the cause.
Suffragists fought hard for voting rights just over a hundred years ago. Anyone who values women’s rights should be concerned by activities that seek to block their access to democratic choice.
There was overt and covert misogyny in this election. It needs investigating and fixing. If women don’t have voting rights, then we don’t have a democracy.
@jessphillips @JaneRockHouse @5050Parliament @fawcettsociety @ShabanaMahmood @birminghamlive

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

This is the Covid Memorial wall in London. It took me a full 10 minutes to walk its length in 2022.

Then, there were 197,635 Covid deaths.

Now, there are >230k. Boris Johnson’s unforgivable legacy.

Then, we had no power.

Now, finally, we do.

VOTE 👊

[Jon Pigeon @PigeonJon]

NOT NOW LARRY.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

@OddsandTrends_ Fingers crossed for you. Safe travels.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

#ulgc24

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

URGENT! Pls share. The last chance to register to vote in the General Election is 11.59pm tomorrow Tue 18 June. Potentially 8m aren't registered at their current address. Here's 4 key facts...

1) You can do it online here https://t.co/i4FhJoAXfK
2) It's good for your finances. Not being on electoral roll can make it more difficult to be accepted for credit products like bank accounts or mortgages.
3) You can opt out of the 'Open Register' (which allows your info to be sold on) which will stop you getting junk mail marketing )
4) You'll need ID when you do vote (not to register) if you don't have it, you can get it free until Wed 26 June https://t.co/9bfL3hw3CV

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

@bounder Have a look on https://t.co/Dbmx8PQ9XQ

There used to be several.

Alternatively try Eventbrite.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

#ulgc24 having been the token working class scholarship kid at an independent, albeit minor, boarding school, I’d say sending a vulnerable child to Eton would be a frying pan into the fire situation. Such schools need to be smashed.

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

If the schemes the government want to invest our LGPS money into were good investments then they’d be flush with cash. #ulgc24

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

#ulgc24

[Reverend Stephen Booth esq. @stephenbooth_uk]

Amongst the first action of the commissioners in Birmingham was to stop home building. Birmingham is spending huge amounts to house vulnerable families in hotels with no access to food preparation facilities. #ulgc24

[Lambeth UNISON Black workers @LBWG3]

@imperiumsols
#ulgc24