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Christmas market burnt to the ground - now tell me we aren't under attack standard.co.uk/news/london/f…

I know a few retired couples who have worked really hard & paid taxes all their lives. Not wealthy, who own just regular 2 bed semis or a small bungalow. They go to Spain during the winter months to save on crazy electricity, gas & food bills. Because ours are unaffordable on a pension. And because they can get outdoors in better weather. Are Labour going to steal their houses? We become more Stalin like every single day under this horrid government. If you want to see a government that’s killed more of its own people look to a communist one. I loath the politics of greed & envy. It’s self destructive & ultimately corrupt. As those in charge are never equal to those they control! The rules don’t apply to them.

Does Burnham know what happens when a vulnerable country gets attacked? Without national security, there will be no social security. Prioritising the ballooning benefits bill over our national security is in Labour's DNA.

Free cars for ADHD is not what our welfare system was designed for. Nor can we afford it. @Conservatives will reform Motability so that it's there for the seriously disabled. And we'll invest the savings so that we reach 3% of GDP on Defence.

A great visit to a world-leading business with Kemi. It’s the innovators, risk-takers, and wealth creators who will grow the economy. Only the Conservatives have a common sense plan for growth, and to unite our country.

I’m going to miss speaking to Rod Liddle on Saturday mornings for radio (one of the only people I would get up at 6.30 on a weekend for). When I first started at the Spectator over ten years ago, he was an intimidating force from a distance - the list of admirers of his writing was vast and long. I lost count of the number of interns who would tell me their ambition was very simple: be the next Rod. I remember at Spec parties, various admirers nervously asking for advice on how to approach him - they wanted to pay their respects. He had a habit of sussing out who was being a little too over complimentary or too keen to please - and often letting them know. There was also the time he sold out the Palladium - over 2000 capacity - only for them to change the rules after. But in person, he was kind (though it was worth picking the best time to make a request/call him to suggest a podcast) and most of all funny - and in writing he was the one many hacks envied the most.

imagine liddle was billy unemployed from a sink estate who battered his preg wife thought you should be able to watch kiddie porn wanted to shag school kids what would you think of billy ? how much time would you give billy ?

The honest assessment here has to be that the man was paid to be as much of a cunt as he could about absolutely everything, and he excelled at it because he enjoyed being one. But nobody can say that, because it raises questions about what exactly it is *they* are paid to do.

The first page I would turn to when reading the Sunday times. Always acerbic and always funny.

I was once at a dinner party where Rod Liddle was seated next to someone I thought he was unlikely to agree with. Overheard: Guest: “But that’s not true of all foreigners, Rod. The French-“ Rod Liddle: “Who are AWFUL.”

One of the many privileges of editing @spectator was working with Rod Liddle. He was funny, gregarious, formidably erudite, kindly, wilfully contrarian, inclined to random acts of generosity. /1 (cont..)

loved listening to him on times radio . absolute shock . rip to a person who would speak common sense and challenge the left. god bless rod liddle

Rod Liddle, a British columnist who relentlessly promoted racism, bigotry, and pedophilia, and who was arrested for punching his pregnant girlfriend, has died. Here are some of his "greatest" hits.

Andy Burnham not even warmed the seat in Parliament & already its come out he gave his wife a 4 million contract for EV vehicles. How much more corruption do we have to put up with?

For every young British person hired since 2020, *27* young migrants from outside of Europe have entered the workforce. It's completely mad to have so many people coming from abroad, while young people in Britain struggle to find opportunity. The system is totally broken.

A lot of gay people are better off than straight ones due to fewer family-related commitments aka the power of the 'Pink Pound' Feel free to have your festivals. Just don't expect struggling local authorities to pay for it when most are horrifically in debt They have to afford public services - not parties. As for the flags - LGBT is not a religion. I am sure you'll manage just fine without rainbow standards on public buildings. But feel free to festoon your private property or businesses should you wish Otherwise - be free, be happy! No need to be so blimmin' precious at a time when the economy is tanking and taxpayers' money is needed elsewhere

Henry Nowak’s murderer will be out of prison in just over 20 years. Why did he not get longer? Because the judge ruled that - as a Sikh - he had a “good legal reason” to carry a 21cm “Shastar” knife on the streets of Southampton. This sentence is a joke. Two-tier justice at its worst. I will not let this lie.

I refuse to shop at any store selling women’s cloths that won’t protect the female changing rooms as stated by Uk law. If we use the pound in our pocket shops will stop allowing a minority of loud voices to dictate unlawful policy putting girls & women in potential harms way.

Polygamy is illegal in the UK. But if you’ve married 4 wives overseas and moved here, you could claim up to £78,000 in benefits. Paid for by British taxpayers. That is absurd. Conservatives will end this.

Someone needs to tell this man the law as a service provider! So many @marksandspencer have turned the WOMENs into an ‘anyones’ free for all, but kept the men’s ! Not ok