Former MP for Eddisbury LibDem, farmer and custodian of land, baby loss and cancer survivor. RTs not endorsement now at https://xitter.cf/t.co/kT8TQeknb0

Joined November 2009
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Yes, Joey. She’s a democratically elected British MP, a former council leader, and she’s wearing a hijab. Which part of that do you find so difficult to accept? Her politics are fair game. Her religion and her clothes are not.
Can you believe this is actually a member of Parliament in the United Kingdom now? Look how she decided to dress for her first day.
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One of our supporters sent us this to help people understand at a glance concerns about the Conversion Practices Bill #BanTheBill
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Men shouldn't be in women's and girls' changing rooms, period. There is no test in existence to determine whether a man is or is not a threat to women before he's committed an assault. Innumerable men who claim to be women have sexually assaulted women. A simple Google search will give you the names and histories. Men as a group pose a threat to women, as a group. The statistics don't change when the men identify as women. On the contrary, there are currently more trans-identified men in jail in the UK for sexual offences than there are among the general male prison population. The reason this man was able to access unclothed women is that Planet Fitness thought it was progressive to let men into women's single-sex spaces. Women have been warning for years that women and girls would be harmed if corporations and institutions decided to placate the trans lobby and admit men to changing rooms and public bathrooms. These sexual assaults were entirely preventable. I repeat: I hope the women who've been assaulted sue.
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"We need to actually admit to ourselves that leaving the EU massively hit our growth, our prosperity - and didn’t solve the immigration problem." In reopening the Brexit debate, is Tony Blair helping or hindering Andy Burnham? @maitlis | @jonsopel
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This needs a lead from politicians. They need to be crystal clear about the law and to tell public bodies like NHS Trust after NHS Trust that are unlawfully discriminating against women by placing male demands for access to their spaces over their needs that it has to stop.
Excl: Transgender rights activists are spreading misinformation about guidance that protects single-sex spaces by claiming it erodes the rights of trans people, the equalities regulator has said. Mary-Ann Stephenson, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said criticism of its updated code of practice had made the “real alarm” felt by trans people worse by wrongly suggesting they had lost protections or would face routine sex checks. Stephenson said women had also been affected by not having access to single-sex spaces. She said: “Women who believe that their right to privacy, dignity or safety have not been properly protected deserve to have those concerns taken seriously too.” thetimes.com/article/5326e9d…
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I listened to Ed Davey on the @BBCr4today this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point. The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial. The case for the triple lock is a worthy one - stopping pensioner poverty. I want that as much as anyone. But pensioners are now less likely to be in poverty than children or working age adults. We talk about fairness, yet our answer is to give the same increase to every pensioner, treating the one choosing between heating and eating exactly the same as the one with millions in the bank. I can see no moral or fiscal case for above inflation rises for millionaires. That money should go where it's needed most - to everyone in poverty, not just one group. It could help fund free personal care, a policy that would disproportionately benefit older people. Ed is right that we shouldn't pit one generation against another. But intergenerational inequality is already one of the defining injustices of our time, and this would further entrench it. Worse, it gaslights an entire generation into believing it's for our benefit. Telling millennials we're keeping the triple lock to help us in 30 years' time is nonsense. We're on course to be the first generation worse off than our parents. We're locked out of the housing market, paying higher taxes, repaying student loans that never seem to shrink, and putting off having children because of the cost of living. I joined this party because I care about fairness and tackling inequality, and that has to include inequality between generations. This line, and this decision, fails on both counts. Ed needs to think again.
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Back British Farming!🇬🇧
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Farms are holding back on reservoirs and other resilience work because it would push the value over the inheritance tax threshold. That’s not planning for the next generation – that’s being forced to choose between the farm surviving the drought or surviving the tax. Scrap the family farm tax in the Budget. In fact, scrap inheritance tax for all.
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🚨 Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger delivered brutal Brexit truths last year: “Putin would’ve been absolutely delighted by our decision [to leave the EU] and so would Xi.” “We’ve made ourselves irrelevant.” “France has effectively eclipsed us.” “Brexit has marginalised us.” Brexit wasn’t Britain taking back control. It was Britain voluntarily surrendering influence, while Putin and Xi watched with delight.
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Good news that the Murdoch press is finally throwing this poisonous grifter under a bus after a quarter of a century of indulging him. The bad news is that it will already have identified new captains to advance the corporate agenda
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage appears to have breached MP rules after failing to declare that convicted criminal George Cottrell paid for his staff, security and social media output before 2024 election [@thetimes]
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It's not just the exploitation of a tragedy. JD Vance's picture of Britain - where migrants have led to a crime surge - is the opposite of the truth. comment.press/vance1234
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To protect jobs and create a level playing field, we use anti-dumping laws to stop imported goods being sold at below cost. AI is being sold at below cost, subsidised by shareholder capital, and its makers say it will cost millions of jobs. Shouldn't we level the playing field?
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In the last 48 hours I’ve been deluged with 100s of vile, misogynistic tweets and death threats. Why? For doing my job: asking @ZiaYusufUK questions about claims by @Nigel_Farage of 2-tier policing. I spoke about this on tonight’s show. Enough is enough. youtu.be/MTrNIyotEHk?si=VElZ…
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Clear steer from the IMF that there is now “limited tax space” in the UK that does not involve fundamental tax reform.
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Brexit has cost us billions in lost trade and left us with a stagnant economy. The Conservatives caused this damage. Labour won't fix it. It doesn't matter who the new Labour leader is - if they won't even join a customs union, they'll fail to grow the economy.
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The level of stupidity and/or cynicism on display here is quite something. If you’re running to be a union leader don’t spout misinformation about the law like this.
It's extremely worrying that this is the level of understanding the General Secretary of @unisontheunion has about the @ForWomenScot judgment, the @EHRC Code of Practice and the Equality Act. An embarrassing jumble of half-baked mistruths.
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retweet if you think this shows #animalcruelty or appalling #animalwelfare. This is Gareth Williams welsh dairy farmer trading as G I W Ltd. These are his pregnant cattle with multiple #TB infections as he breached @APHAgovuk rules re spreading infected slurry
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🚨 @Lord_Sugar in Sun Times “Leaving Europe is the worst thing I have experienced in my whole time in business.” “Johnson and Gove should be in jail. As a chairman I am obliged to tell the truth to my shareholders.” “If I lie it’s a criminal offence. Politicians lie to the public — their shareholders — and get away with it.” “All that bullshit about the 350 million quid going to the NHS after Brexit.” #rejoinEU
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Starmer and Reeves are not kidding when they say this political uncertainty causes economic damage. The only “reset” being achieved at the moment is higher borrowing costs. Result? We’re all worse off. So deeply depressing.
👀UK 10yr bond yields shoot up to 5.1% amid speculation about the fate of the PM. Here's the chart of the past three trading days 👇
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Regicide is a dangerous game to play if you're on the fiscal brink - and UK is more exposed now than under Liz Truss. comment.press/brown
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