Simon Lydiard FRSA 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @LydiardSimon

Former Senior Civil Servant. Checked in my political impartiality on retirement. Fellow @theRSAorg. Member @UKLabour, @thefabians. May mention Dr Who. Stockwell Joined November 2018

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9 hours ago

I’m really pleased that a draft Bill to ban conversion practices for LGBTQ+ people has been published today. I made sure it was in our first Kings Speech and I’m glad we are keeping this important commitment to equality and to protect people from abuse.

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Full Fact @FullFact

a day ago

.@UKStatsAuth has written to @KemiBadenoch today, following our fact check of her inaccurate claim that the total welfare bill is now higher than income tax receipts “for the first time ever”. We hope she will correct the record soon. fullfact.org/economy/statis…

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Thomas | Less Noise, More Delivery @TomSoede

a day ago

Kemi Badenoch had a choice at PMQs: Look like a future Prime Minister—or behave like an internet troll with a dispatch box. She chose the latter. No grace. No judgement. No leadership. Just spite dressed up as strength.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog

a day ago

Tulip Siddiq made a point of order in the House of Commons after Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch attacked Bridget Phillipson, again, "Kemi Badenoch called the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson a spiteful class warrior" "And previously she's compared Bridget Phillipson to a gestapo officer" "Madame Deputy Speaker, I started out working in parliament as a teenager, and for 25 years of being involved in politics I have never seen the atmosphere here in parliament and outside quite so hostile and intimidatory, especially towards female elected representatives" "Madame Deputy Speaker, words matters and inflammatory language contribute to this hostility towards politicians, especially women" "Could I ask your advice whether the language that was used by the leader of the opposition today, towards the Secretary of State for Education, who is a woman who grew up in poverty, on a council estate, raised by a single mother, on free school meals, and worked her way up to Cabinet, is appropriate language to be used in the chamber" "Not only does this language contribute to hostility, it also puts off women, from coming into this very important profession"

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Sam @SamCKx

3 days ago

A democratically elected British Prime Minister has been driven from office by a relentless campaign of propaganda and misinformation; funded, amplified and perpetuated by foreign billionaires and elites whose interests bear zero resemblance to those of ordinary working people. A noble gesture from an emotional Keir Starmer, entirely consistent with his conduct in office. A truly sad day for British democracy. His full resignation speech:

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Hilary Benn @hilarybennmp

3 days ago

We saw today the dignity and decency that Keir has brought to being our Prime Minister. He has achieved so much, not least bringing Labour back into government and restoring the UK’s reputation on the world stage. We owe him our profound thanks for his service to our country.

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Larry the Cat @Number10cat

3 days ago

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

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Gordon Brown @GordonBrown

3 days ago

Keir Starmer’s place in history is assured. We owe Keir a debt of gratitude for taking Labour from its worst electoral defeat in 2019, bringing Labour back into government with a huge majority in 2024 and then guiding Britain through difficult times nationally and globally.

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Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones

3 days ago

I was proud to stand on Downing Street with the Prime Minister this morning. And I’m proud of the Britain that this Labour government is working to deliver - a country where power, wealth and opportunity is shared amongst the many and not the few. Keir Starmer brought our Labour Party back from the brink into government after 14 years in opposition. He did so because the public trusted us on the economy and on national security, and because they voted for our manifesto. My party mustn’t forget the lessons of our successive defeats, and must remember why and how we won only two years ago. Whatever happens next, we can be grateful for Keir Starmer’s leadership and the work his government has done to put Britain back on a path to a brighter future. We wish Keir and his family all the best for what comes next, and remain forever grateful for what he has done for my party and for our country.

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Tim (still totally unremarkable) @forwardnotback

3 days ago

It is over Thank you @Keir_Starmer for leading us to an incredible election victory and into government When you became leader in 2020 the vast majority of those against you today didn’t believe victory in 2024 was possible You did it You should leave with your head held high

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Simon Lydiard FRSA 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @LydiardSimon

3 days ago

Sorry to see Keir Starmer resign. A good and decent man.

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Simon Lydiard FRSA 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @LydiardSimon

4 days ago

@thomasbowell @politixintheuk Quite. We're not a fan club for individuals, We're a democratic party.

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Sam @SamCKx

4 days ago

If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated. On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades. After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced. We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...

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Simon Lydiard FRSA 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @LydiardSimon

6 days ago

@Hepworthclare I can't take Chris Mason seriously. It's all a game to him.

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Stuzi 🐝🐝 @stuzi_pants

6 days ago

Thangam Debbonaire take a bow It’s about fucking time someone stood in front of a mainstream media camera and told it straight Reform’s Sarah Pochin is a racist who’s triggered by brown faces on telly… and she can piss and whinge all she likes Truth hits hard

Supertanskiii @supertanskiii

7 days ago

“And you don’t like seeing brown faces on TV” Thangam Debbonaire just spectacularly lost her shit and absolutely battered the living daylights out of Sarah Pochin live on SkyNews (despite England winning their World Cup game against Croatia).

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Simon Lydiard FRSA 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @LydiardSimon

6 days ago

@forwardnotback @danhodges 30 seconds

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Nick 🎬🍿 @thenickofit

a week ago

Gareth Roberts talking a load of old shite? Nothing changes

The Spectator @spectator

a week ago

The BBC has binned its planned Doctor Who Christmas special and put the show 'out to tender'. This is a face-saving TV industry term for saying you've kicked an ailing show into the longest of grass, but don't want to enrage its most rabid fans. Good luck with that, chaps.

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Benjamin Cook @benjamin_cook

a week ago

“The BBC tender quite a lot of things, and there is not a single show that they have tendered which hasn’t gone on to have multiple series afterwards… Every tender the BBC has ever done is for a show that they are absolutely committed to.” – @restisents on Who. 🔊 Link below. ⬇️