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Peter Maxson retweeted
Following the desperately sad news of the passing of former Manchester City captain and manager Tony Book, we reflect on and pay tribute to the remarkable career of a true Club icon. 🩵
Peter Maxson retweeted
Musk’s journey from mostly harmless oddball centrist to committed supporter of fascists is neither interesting nor original. But if the world’s richest man and supposed greatest genius can fall victim to such cringeworthy radicalisation, millions of others can too.
Peter Maxson retweeted
Lib Dems - who’ve made care part of their core pitch - say the review should be completed within a year, not three years.
“Soon there will be nothing left to reform”.
Why the care sector is impatient for the government’s new care commission to come up with answers, rather than just recap the same old problems.
itv.com/news/2025-01-02/care…
Peter Maxson retweeted
Note how Telegraph invokes Trump's view of PM's energy policy and Musk's (very factually contested) view of his CPS record as LEAD front page items... skewing coverage from a right wing US perspective to drive clicks and position.
Peter Maxson retweeted
Reform have 5 MPs
On Thu #bbcqt had Farage on(30 odd times now), & today #PoliticsLive has Tice on
Lib Dem’s have 72 MPs….nothing.
Are the BBC now an official campaign network for Reform?
Peter Maxson retweeted
Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Starlink, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent “X,” he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Trump, he bought him
Peter Maxson retweeted
I’m afraid that I completely agree with @johnkampfner. I cannot understand why this subject has been leading #BBC TV news bulletins. It is a story, but not in my view a story with which to lead bulletins.
Priorities, judgment matter.
Oafish behaviour of ridiculous cooking bloke top story for days. With all that's going on in the world - US, MidEast, Ukraine, unrest in Georgia, elections in Ireland, Romania - seen from afar UK media ever more woefully parochial, led sadly by @BBCNews
Peter Maxson retweeted
Kemi Badenoch criticises the mandate to ban the sale of petrol cars, apparently forgetting that she was the one who introduced it.
Peter Maxson retweeted
What’s the point being made here? The Chancellor is the government's chief financial minister so of course she should be reading The Economist & The Financial Times - both of which by the way are legitimate expenses
Peter Maxson retweeted
This #Panorama #SmartMeter episode is a great illustration of why the Government has never backed a subscription based BBC. Everyone's home, internet and TV setup is *different*, so it would cost billions to get around this nationwide. It will never happen in my lifetime I reckon
Peter Maxson retweeted
It still seems feasible that the Tories will ultimately come round to a Rejoin stance before head-in-sand Labour, still kneecapped by "Make Brexit Work".
“In one measure, closer arrangements with Europe are just common sense, they are a nearby trading partner” said David Davis.
He’s not quick, but he’s getting there. thelondoneconomic.com/politi…
Peter Maxson retweeted
It doesn’t mean we can’t limit the damage because the 1,5 degree max target is an average over 20 Years but getting here this soon is really not good news. Denying Climate Chaos won’t stop it happening. Words do lots of things but they won’t fix this.
Wow. Truly horrifying. I’m so sorry for young people that we’ve failed you beyond expression. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dp…
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Never has this been truer. Labour needs to step up, wake up, show up, and get us back on the path to EU membership, in whatever form can be agreed. Blair was right then and is right now. Come on, sort yourselves out. Your economic growth doesn’t exist.
Peter Maxson retweeted
I don't think I have heard a single journalist mention climate change in the last 24 hours following Donald Trump's victory. This is madness.
Peter Maxson retweeted
Today, I asked the Prime Minister about how he plans to address President-elect Trump's troubling praise for Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine and his reckless stance on NATO.
The UK must lead in Europe to ensure strong support for Ukraine and uphold our shared security.
Peter Maxson retweeted
Well done @EdwardJDavey for asking the question at #PMQs we should all be having an open and honest discussion on right now
With warning’s Trump tariffs could halve UK growth & push up prices @EdwardJDavey asked @Keir_Starmer at #PMQs if he “recognized it’s more urgent than ever to get rid of the damaging trade barriers with Europe put in place by the Conservatives?”
Sit down for the PM’s reply
Peter Maxson retweeted
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala
Peter Maxson retweeted
Most of the questions directed at Labour this week have been fair. The party was really disingenuous in its election messaging on tax, because it did not have the bravery to say what it knew to be true. But I wish the questions directed at the Tories were more specific.
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Whilst this helps brewers/cider makers (but disproportionately benefits huge producers) it is NOT “a penny off a pint in a pub” with other costs rising! 🤬
That’s economically illiterate nonsense. NI & wage rises hugely outstrip any benefit (which in any case goes to producers)
