Tony Pomfret @tonypomfret
Photographer & occasional writer. Interested in politics since school. Love cycling, gym & swimming, all to try and avoid ‘old age!’ Dunedin, NZ Joined August 2009-
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Increasingly in British politics, people say the climate crisis isn’t a problem, or that we shouldn’t worry about it. Try telling that to the Mediterranean. Special @TheNewsAgents report from 🇪🇸 on a drought ridden southern Europe and a wetland which is now dry. Watch now 👇
Increasingly in British politics, people say the climate crisis isn’t a problem, or that we shouldn’t worry about it. Try telling that to the Mediterranean. Special @TheNewsAgents report from 🇪🇸 on a drought ridden southern Europe and a wetland which is now dry. Watch now 👇
Child psychiatrist Dr. Jillian Spencer was removed from her clinical duties at the hospital where she was employed on the basis that she was a "danger" to "trans and gender diverse children", due to her history of questioning the gender clinic's "affirmation model". Children in…
Once upon a time there was a Tory peer called Michelle Mone… A bedtime story to make your hair curl. Bravo for telling it @LedbyDonkey
Luxon, the unlikeable hypocrite.
Guess what. We aren't going anywhere. When the victims are happy for the report to be made public so should you be if you have nothing to hide. Repost until it is made public. @samuffindellmp @chrisluxonmp @SimeonBrownMP @NicolaWillisMP @NZNationalParty rnz.co.nz/news/political…
We put this on the political agenda last October. And we will put it to the voters this October. If you want a Fairer Tax System, then vote @top_nz otherwise the status quo will remain in place top.org.nz/fair-tax-system
We put this on the political agenda last October. And we will put it to the voters this October. If you want a Fairer Tax System, then vote @top_nz otherwise the status quo will remain in place top.org.nz/fair-tax-system https://t.co/U67VUqdWGc
Not a fan of Matt’s but this exchange is GOLD 💥 Reality VS Gender Woo: 1-0 #sexnotgender #knockout
Not a fan of Matt’s but this exchange is GOLD 💥 Reality VS Gender Woo: 1-0 #sexnotgender #knockout
Loved and admired everywhere except by our very own Kiwi Morons ..........
I have posted this before but .. 26 years ago, a gunman entered Dunblane Primary School in Scotland, killing 16 kids and a teacher. The UK govt responded by enacting tight gun control legislation. In the 9400+ days since, there have been a total of O school shootings in the UK.
Words are failing me here🫣 In a committee hearing with a Tory MP cruella can’t name a single legal route to come here. She crumbled & passed the question over Suella Braverman is as incompetent they come #RefugeesWelcome #GeneralElectionNow x.com/redcollectiveu…
Wow! This aerial footage was from German TV and shows how huge the protest by doctors, civil servants, teachers, university workers and many more was. Yet the @BBCNews had nothing… blatant Government interference evident yet again!
Because Gary Lineker suggested that people fleeing for their lives from persecution shouldn’t be treated as criminals, whereas Fiona Bruce leapt to the defence of a man who broke his wife’s nose and hospitalised her. Next question.
Its now day 174 and Chris Luxon refuses to release the Uffindell Report when he promised accountability and transparency #LuxonMustReleaseDewUffindellReport #SecrecyLiesCoverup If this was Labour media would be demanding Luxon's resignation and Uffindells
"This is a distraction to the cost of living crisis, nurses pay.. No one is talking about real issues.." John Barnes @officialbarnesy explains why he supports Gary Lineker 👏
@JohannaSaunders In a nutshell
First they came for the refugees, then they came for drag queens and trans men & women, next up was protesters, then they came for lawyers, next was the turn of climate presenters and national treasures, and now they’ve come for sports presenters. You don’t have to agree with all…
Dreadful from the BBC. I’m sure Fiona Bruce would express “personal opinion” about domestic violence. But this ignores the key point. She offered up “context” including the claim that Johnson breaking his wife’s nose was a “one off” as if that was a mitigating circumstance.
Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD for standing up for those less fortunate Fiona Bruce last night on #bbcqt defending Stanley Johnson breaking a woman's nose as it "happened only once" The Tory influence on the BBC is not even subtle anymore #IStandWithGary
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11K Followers 0 Following The independent review into NHS care for children & young people questioning their gender identity or experiencing gender incongruence. More on our website.
Craig Renney @CLRenney
3K Followers 1K Following CTU Director of Policy and Economist. Likes Budgets way too much.
Tax Justice UK @TaxJusticeUK
7K Followers 797 Following A better tax system that benefits everyone in the UK. Sister organisation of @TaxJusticeNet Sign up to our weekly newsletter: https://t.co/U6mRKA3SEo
Icrict @icrict
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The Taxcast @TheTaxcast
8K Followers 1K Following @TaxJusticeNet's monthly podcast: tax havens, financial secrecy and tax abuse. Stories, scandals, analysis with @Naomi_Fowler On most podcast apps
Tax Justice Network @TaxJusticeNet
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Nicholas Shaxson @nickshaxson
16K Followers 1K Following Journalist, author of bestselling Treasure Islands + Finance Curse. Following the money, following my nose (+ holding it.) DON'T msg me here, I rarely look
iNeanderthal @PublicationsPro
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Maurice Wright @mauriceraiti
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Kelvin Morgan 🇳�.. @kelvin_morganNZ
6K Followers 2K Following Shining a light on the darker side of NZ’s freedom community & its useful idiots one cooker at a time, that we can all have #safercommunities 🇳🇿
Serena - bye bye coal.. @SerenaTNZ
2K Followers 1K Following NZ coalition gov is the cruelest , nastiest bunch ever to exist. A scatterling of Africa. Fcuk the patriarchy . 🏳️⚧️ 🌈 #ToituTeTiriti
Joan @Feijoa_Chutney
1K Followers 892 Following The inner musings of a Boomer banned from Talkback radio.
Joe @sailingjoe
1K Followers 1K Following Painter, sailor, father and husband. Staunch Labour supporter. Facts not fantasy .
Anni3ru0k🌈 @anni3ru0k
3K Followers 2K Following Born and raised in Aotearoa. Dislikes Tories, Racism and Anti-Vaxxers so prepared to kick it. Love a laugh and making sense of it all...Proud to be Māori 🌈🐾
Danny Thorn @fsc_nz
2K Followers 2K Following Old Kiwi guy, traveled, Lefty, Antitheist can be v/sweary. No time for: Tories, conspiracy theorists, the religious, idiots, Bots NO DMs Without permission.
VoteOutNats/NZF/ActAS.. @NoFloatingVoter
1K Followers 1K Following NZ politics. No longer a floating voter. A National/Act government will be disastrous for Aotearoa.
Veca da Weka @LuxonNo.. @Victori69411218
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The Rest Is Money @therestismoney
3K Followers 10 Following Money podcast with @Peston + @StephLunch.
Chris Sykes @N_Amberfield
7K Followers 1K Following Lifelong railway enthusiast and modeller. Layouts ‘Amberfield’ & ‘Portmaurwin’ both featured in Model Rail magazine. currently working on ‘Whisby Road’ 00 gauge
accurascale @accurascale
4K Followers 308 Following Highly detailed railway models in 4mm/OO gauge and 7mm/O gauge.
Jon Lawton @JonLawton10
4K Followers 1K Following Train driver. Best company. Best depot. Best job in the world. https://t.co/UhR8iBxzOP… https://t.co/o1odRY4NIl
Network Southeast Lat.. @NSE_Latchmere
10K Followers 3K Following 80s & 90s south west London. Thatcher & Reagan. Matt & Luke. Kylie & Jason. Charles & Di. VEPs & CIGs. HAPs & TCs. Reds, whites and blues. Model railway.
Matt Dawson🐟 @mattymidland
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Shedly Yard @ShedlyYard
3K Followers 454 Following A finescale model railway set in 50s & 60s mostly British Railways, with a narrow gauge layout. I also design and supply 3D printed items. #TMRGUK
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The Big Controller #T.. @Big_Controller
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1K Followers 221 Following From beautiful North Wales, sunny Rhyl. Railway modeller and Radio Control enthusiast. Japanese car fan and partial to a decent craft beer #TMRGUK
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Brian Moore @brianmoore666
288K Followers 1K Following 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.' My views, language not for kids. RTs are not endorsements.
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2.6M Followers 700 Following Talks far too quickly, mumbles, and yet, still doing it. Touring New show Nov 2021, into 2022/23! Latest science book for kids "Is there Anybody Out There?"
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Danielle, Terf-Mocker.. @dimsie
8K Followers 2K Following Leftwing feminist rants about Paul McCartney's dog. Kāi Tahu. Kiritea. Cajun. Pākehā. Parent. Dork. Known Fat. She/her. Vibe: angry jokes & it's an archipelago.
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The florist is irrelevant in the JAG story. Turns out she started it, she has a history of being an aggressive shop owner (poor reviews) and there was NEVER parking outside her shop. Journalists should look hard at who pops up with corroborating info before airing them #nzpol
Great day in London for Sadiq Khan, Labour, progressives and champions of diversity and vibrancy who see the capital as a great European as well as British city. Bad day in London for Susan Hall, Tories, bigots, racists, Islamophobes, Brextremists and Ulez conspiracy theorists.
Who's going to come out of the woodwork today attacking Genter. Another anti bicycle, pro road campaigner who will state, 'I saw her at a meeting and smiled at her and she 'smiled' back, but it was actually a grimace, and I was scared she was going to bite me'?
As predictable as night follows day. The hunt goes on for those who have a grudge. If she hadn't waved a report in slacker Doocey’s face then all these people would have missed their chance of blaming someone else for their failing businesses thepost.co.nz/politics/35026…
Anyone else underwhelmed by these allegations by anti cycleway businesspeople? It is not as if Julie Anne Genter claimed $52k a year to live in her own home or defame a senior Australian figure or beat someone up with a bed leg or … nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-…
Chatting to other stall holders at the craft market. Mostly older people. Last year I had to hold my tongue when they were gleefully looking forward to their spite voting Labour out. The conversation is very different today. Very. Different.
Benedict tell us that businesses travelling with Luxon are unhappy with his messaging. 'Open for business etc' and told him so, as we've never been shut. Ouch.
Hearing @_chloeswarbrick out in front of the Greens for the first time this morning and I cannot help but think she’s going to be fantastic for the party. She’s articulate, across the detail and lays out the case with such clarity, those wavering must feel persuaded.
How come Golriz Ghahraman gets charged with breaking the law, but not Brian Tamaki's gang of vandalising thugs?
Balmoral Station ‘driest it’s been in 50 years’ . Nothing to worry about. Anthropogenic climate change isn’t real.. Groundswell said so and they really well informed stuff.co.nz/rural/35022509…
New Zealanders who read the Budget Policy Statement will find it short of information and short of ideas. It’s not surprising that analysts weren’t allowed to access the government lock-up for this information release, as they would have found little to say. Kiwis deserve better.
There is no economic case made within this document for tax cuts, particularly tax cuts for higher-income earners or landlords. There is nothing to meet the demands of a growing population with higher needs. Instead, it’s a return to the rhetoric that saw mould in hospital walls
However, the government appears to be acting pro-cyclically – cutting investment and spending at a time when the economy is in the doldrums. This document shows that the government has no plan for sustainably growing the economy or creating good jobs
The worsening economic forecasts set out by the Treasury were expected. Inflation is falling more quickly than expected, caused by unemployment rising and growth stalling. Now is the time for Government to act responsibly by investing in NZ and raising its productive future.
After fearmongering for so long about our debt position, the BPS now accepts that our debt levels are within the bounds of “prudence on debt sustainability". Yet somehow our priority is cutting debt further - meaning lower investment in the future.
By not providing information on forthcoming spending allowances, we have no insight into how the government is planning to invest. This information will come at Budget - which reads like they don't know what they will spend right now. Promises to get back to surplus have gone.
The coalition government has released its Budget Policy Statement today, which is supposed to provide guidance and certainty around the forthcoming Budget. Sadly, both of these are in short supply. It reads like 8 pages of excuses for not doing your homework. A thread 🧵
Just been contacted by a very upset female English pro golfer who will be made to compete against a male this weekend in an elite competition for women! Males hit much further than females, males already have so many more competitions, much more exposure & much more prize money!
TVNZ appoints new political editor Maiki Sherman who has stated that people want strong fair and impartial journalism. I hope that’s what she brings because her predecessor Jessica Much McKay certainly didn’t.Good luck Maiki.
I’m with Kathy are you ?
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