Paul Thatcher

Dad, grandad. Retired engineer. England Rugby 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 AntiFa.

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

@GOP__Ls @Martina That should be ‘sold him a pardon’.

[💙 Sophie Socket ♠️ @Socket1Sophie]

This is the sort of pure bred ‘patriot’ that is fighting for his country and will protect you against the ‘invaders’.

This is who you are arguing with online when they say make Britain British again.

[The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 @MittensOff]

Really sorry if I'd normally reply to you and haven't today, it has been a bit mad on here. The good news is that decency still prevails, and is found in some unexpected corners of this cesspit. A final thought before zeds, Farage isn't the answer to any question that seeks answers in achieving progress and unity. He won't win; even he knows that. Goodnight.

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

@ginandfred @BBCNewsnight They probably don’t want to get sued,and have been instructed to apologise by their lawyers.

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

Writer gets paid for writing. 🙄

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Angela Rayner enjoys £61k payday as she receives advance on her memoir https://t.co/LRfm6CChwy via @DailyMail

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP*
Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.
I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

[Badassmutha 🔞🌏🕊💞♿️🐈‍⬛🐕🤼‍♂️🏉💐 @dodgson_sally]

Except in St Helens where @StHelensReform have cut kids breakfasts & free uniform already.

One of the most impoverished towns in the UK.

May hell exist.

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

Nothing on the Farage Riots then?

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Lots of exclusive snippets in today’s Politics at Sam and Anne’s
- on the Burnham campaign
- what’s happening in the Commons
- exclusive polling about Palantir

https://t.co/pPofNs7p3Q

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

And where to send the money. #grifter

[Mike Holden @MikeHolden42]

I'll tell you what, for a man who claims to be scared for his life, Tommy Robinson fucking loves telling people exactly where he is going to be, and when.

[Josh Simons @joshsimonsmp]

Yep. It’s almost funny.

@RobKenyonReform never came to 1 meeting on Ashton Library. Me, cllrs and residents worked backsides off to save it.

In politics, berating ppl on socials doesn’t get stuff done.

He’s local, angry, but no plan to actually DO anything. Like @reformparty_uk

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

@Oldtimers365 I walked until I was about 11, I then had a bicycle that I used until I left school at 16.

[Mike H @mikoh123]

Robert Kenyon thinks pulling a pint after being interviewed makes him more electable, it doesn’t.
On Ukraine- I’ve changed my mind.
On Brexit - I don’t understand what I posted.
On anti-vax claims - I got my vaccine.
On Carol Voderman - I only made a crass joke.
#makerfield

[NigeH64 @nige_h64]

Would you really vote for this man? We should at least expect a teaspoon full of political nous from anyone standing for election.

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

He’s back,the shit stirring fucker,is back. He thinks that with his speaking about this,that we’ll forget about his dodgy £5million bribe. We won’t.

[LBC @LBC]

'We should react to this with pure, cold rage.'

Nigel Farage calls for an end to 'anti-white discrimination' in a furious reaction to the Henry Nowak bodycam footage.

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

If anyone can fuck things up, it’s Gullis.

[The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 @MittensOff]

A Reform-run Staffordshire council headed by Jonathan Gullis has announced it will become one of only two out of 317 to withdraw from the national trade body for local authorities.
The LGA is the main lobbying voice for local government to Westminster. Membership gives access to policy support, legal advice, training, and peer reviews. Councils often rely on the LGA during crises (finance, governance, inspections).
So well done Johnny lad, none of that level of support for Newcastle residents. What could possibly go wrong with a massive amalgamation of local authorities? #ReformUK #Gullis https://t.co/WBkD8OEl9c

[Paul Thatcher @thatch1948]

Very‘Northern Soul’.

[Patrick Maguire @patrickkmaguire]

EXC: Andy Burnham’s new campaign logo. Soon to be seen on beermats across the Makerfield constituency…

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

Homage to northern soul & the legendary Wigan casino in this @AndyBurnhamGM campaign logo

[Danny Baker @prodnose]

Post this every three months.
All these happening young women are now 75+ years old.
The old girls you see today with a walker, help onto the bus, see on a bench in the park?
They knew the groove before you ever did.
https://t.co/upGmbiib2v

[The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 @MittensOff]

Christ on a bike Makerfield. If this line up doesn't make the brain holders amongst you to come out of your political coma, this should. #ReformUK