I’m struggling to see leaving NATO and co-operation with Corbyn as a popular platform.
Political Researcher in Parliament and have worked for MPs. Ipswich Town supporter. #SlavaUkraini Vice Chair of Leicestershire Labour Local Government Committee. South Leicestershire Labour Party Secretary
770 followers 615 following 3,897 posts
view profile on Bluesky
I’m struggling to see leaving NATO and co-operation with Corbyn as a popular platform.
The government will consult on banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16s due to negative impacts on children's physical and mental health.
The right-wing press inhabit a very strange parallel universe that thankfully is ever-shrinking. Just how bonkers do you need to be to think that this is the news? The tiny flecks of spittle must lodge in their eyes…
No, sadly. Well, the Chief Whip can remove the whip from Labour MPs for poor discipline.
Well I don't work for or speak for the Government, so please don't judge your levels of confidence on my responses! 😂 Fair point you make though. There is always a more pressing crisis that emerges that takes up parliamentary time.
He shouldn't even be in America. Parliament was sitting today.
I don't know answer to that. But because Tories have disproportionate number of peers for opposition, I doubt they would be able to replace theirs in equal numbers when one leaves for whatever reason (retirement, death etc).
Much needed. It isn't hypocritical. Whilst the House of Lords is being reformed, the Government has to be able to get its business through in the meantime.
Nonsense. Plans to reduce Lords in size are ongoing. But there is a huge imbalance in Peers. The Govt need to be able to get through its business in the meantime.
Tens of thousands more criminals will be tagged and monitored over the next three years. It is the biggest expansion of tagging since the adoption of curfew tags in 1999 with an extra £100 million being invested into electronic monitoring – an increase of 30%.
Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
I mean it could have been worse... former hypnotist.
Twenty-six cutting-edge projects aimed at improving passenger experience on the railway have launched, supported by a multi-million pound funding package by the Department for Transport (DfT).
Eight new areas join pilot scheme reducing child trafficking victim decision times from 471 to 101 days, helping children access support faster.
Green Party of England & Wales Leadership Election Result: Zack Polanski: 84.6% ✅ E. Chowns & A. Ramsay: 15.4% Turnout: 24,265 (37.6%)
Zack Polanski new Green Party Leader. Wins by 17,000 votes. They will lose many mainstream supporters now.
Millions of people across the country will have greater access to jobs, education and public services thanks to a £104 million government funding boost, which will be shared with communities outside England’s major cities.
The UK has announced emergency funding to support families affected by the devastating earthquake which hit Afghanistan.
The Sentencing Council will be unable to issue new guidelines without the explicit approval of the Justice Secretary, strengthening democratic oversight of the body. The approval of the Lady Chief Justice will also be required before new guidelines are issued.
Sickening footage from Nuneaton tonight, where a Sky News interview with a local businessman was disrupted by racists hurling abuse. Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
Sian Berry presenting the case for the Greens tonight on #Newsnight. However, if Zack Polanski is elected as leader tomorrow, the party's pitch will completely change to hard-left activism.
Imagine you, as someone who is immunocompromised, will be happy with this more than the average person.
The circus at Leicestershire County Council continues.
2nd night in London, 2nd travelodge. Could rest now and stick on a film... or watch @alexsobel.co.uk deliver a select committee report statement.
Baffling when he started on Saturday. Guess Szmodics is viewed as being ahead of him and maybe CMs can play a bit more forward.
One of the UK’s leading supermarkets has introduced a big pay boost for its store assistants today as Aldi becomes the first supermarket to pay staff over £13 per hour.
The government will remove red tape, allowing doctors and pharmacists to prescribe flu medicines year-round to reduce winter pressures and protect the NHS
So gutted about this as I don't think he is worse than our current defence. Been a superb representative for the club and a true Ipswich lad through and through.
The government is investing £12.6m to boost UK agri-tech, building on clever innovations to cut costs, drive growth, and secure farming’s future.
@toekneee.bsky.social @shane11.bsky.social @ringwodian.bsky.social
Total garbage.
Today the Prime Minister is bolstering the Downing Street operation as this government delivers on the country’s priorities.
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments
Professor John Van Reenen has been appointed by the Chancellor as an adviser on economic growth.
The government has delivered its pledge to fund childcare for 30 hours a week – saving parents £7,500 a year per child, and putting more money in their pockets
New corporate criminal offence of 'failure to prevent fraud' will hold large organisations to account if they profit from fraud.
Passengers can sign up for digital rail ticket trials on East Midlands Rail and Northern trains.
Never heard of Popeyes so giving it a go. Found one in Waterloo (old Maccies) and saw one in Luton too. First time in England for restaurants?
Reform disgracing local Government in my county of Leicestershire. And now electing people in their own local party with disgusting views.
Reform UK candidate Colin Lambert, a teacher, has previously been criticised by parents for stirring racial tension and marching with far-right activists. Yesterday, he spoke at another event, which, predictably descended in to chants of far-right slogans: www.rochvalleyradio.com/news/local-n...
Said many times, I would happily have immigrants coming in and getting rid of racists every day.
Billions of pounds will be pumped into the UK economy following Norway’s decision to select British warships for their Armed Forces – securing thousands of jobs in Britain for years to come.
Hundreds of thousands of children will benefit from improved attendance, calmer classrooms and government support as the Education Secretary tells parents to join a united effort to get children at their desks and ready to lear
UK announces new life-saving support for pregnant women and new mothers, and menstrual hygiene kits for thousands of women and girls.
Taliban Tice defends Reform UK ban on speaking to Nottinghamshire Live
Reform councillor suspended over 'racist' posts at Epping hotel protests
Meh performance from #ITFC again today, but signs of improvement. Wouldn't have deserved to lose the game, and with plenty of new signings to be integrated, I am very hopeful!
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is warning criminals that they face prison as it cracks down on the illicit trade in unlicensed botulinum toxin products, commonly referred to as Botox, used in cosmetic procedures.
Government should hang their heads in shame for... winning a legal argument?? Trying to paint the Lord Justice as a Labour supporter to discredit the ruling is seriously dangerous.
🚨🚨BREAKING: Most of Trump’s global tariffs ruled illegal by U.S. appeals court We have no kings in America 🇺🇸🇺🇸
BBC embarrassing itself again. It's an open and shut case; you can't wear a council badge to a political event. Why are they given space to claim they're very special patriotic people and the rules don't apply to a tiny demonstration the vast majority of the city hated search.app/tS7Dt
YouGov did a poll on the same day as this BMG one and had Reform on 28%. Obviously Reform are doing well at the moment but that doesn't require getting riled up by potential outlier polls.
At the same, the Government needs to be much more vocal at confronting the racism and absolute nonsense coming from Reform. BBC, Sky and others won't give us a fair hearing so we need to be on constant attack while highlighting our own successes.
Not surprised when it is constant fawning over a far-right party. Every day...
Completely unacceptable and hopefully located and arrested. They even stated it was basically done just because they disagree with their views. "We have targeted Policy Exchange today not in response to any particular action". Cowards.
"We have targeted Policy Exchange today not in response to any particular action" So essentially this group of criminals think that they can just attack anyone that they disagree with?
It is clear that the Govt will have failed if Asylum Hotels are still open by the end of the Parliament. But that's the commitment. The Tories opened them in the first place. Reform want a Taliban Tax. Labour are resolving issue in a grown up way. An issue that only exists because of the Tories.
Major food businesses will discuss the government’s new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU that will cut costs, slash red tape and support their profits, with the food security minister Daniel Zeichner.
Statement on the latest Russian attacks against Ukraine
A Devon jail is set to almost double in size as the Government ploughs ahead with the largest prison building programme since the Victoria era.
Rule of law 1-0 Rule of mob
The Home Office and hotel owners Somani have won the second part of the appeal, which was against the granting of the interim injunction That means the injunction has been quashed and asylum seekers do not have to be moved out by 12 September. The full case will be heard in October
The Home Office has won the first part of its Court of Appeal case against the temporary injunction requiring asylum seekers to be moved out of The Bell hotel in Epping That only relates to the High Court decision to refuse permission for it to join the case, but ruling on injunction still to come
Police chief attacks Reform UK promise to scrap equality policies as ‘ludicrous’
The Defence Secretary met Japanese PM Ishiba and his counterpart, Minister Nakatani, while welcoming the Carrier Strike Group deployment to Tokyo
A huge announcement on vaccination by the Government. A free chickenpox vaccination will offered for first time to children across England on the NHS from January.
Prayer doesn't work
Perhaps rather than praying they could introduce gun control legislation that stops children getting killed.
Darnell Furlong and Iván Azón both signed today. Very positive moves! #ITFC
Small food and drink exporters across the UK are set for a major boost in sales thanks to substantial package agreed with the EU.
Ellen Thinnesen announced as new Further Education Commissioner
NEW: The government has announced that this session of parliament will last until spring 2026. Among other things, that means that the assisted dying bill has another 7-8 months to complete its passage through the Lords, increasingly the likelihood of it becoming law.
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the UK on the initiation of the snapback process
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has summoned the Russian Ambassador following the abhorrent strikes on Kyiv overnight which killed many Ukrainian civilians and damaged the British Council and EU Delegation offices.
Work begins at Fife yard to build £8 million transport barge to be used for naval ships construction
Bet you never thought you'd be typing that sentence... Don't you think that it just sounds like such a patronising statement? 😂
Government to create ground-breaking new genomics population health service, with nurses in leading roles
3 chips for every player Morecambe have signed over the past week? Sounds fair to me!
Reoffending by burglars, robbers and thieves has been cut by 20 percent thanks to the tracking of their movements with tags, a new report has found.
Trade Minister visits Japan and South Korea to boost trade and promote Trade and Industrial Strategies
The far right is screwing up the best dogwhistle it’s managed in years. Putting up flags on lamp posts and daring mainstream politicians to object was clever. It’s escalating to graffiti – which the public hates – and overt political messaging, which isn’t deniable. And on other people’s property.
This bullshit can't be normalised. We simply have to call it out. Completely unqualified people in charge of policy in the US which affects everyone globally. A party in the UK which wants to create a Taliban Tax to deport people back to their deaths. Appalling.
UKHSA and NHS England call for parents and healthcare workers to catch up on children’s missed vaccinations as schools start the autumn term.
Working families in the North West will benefit from a new UK-EU food deal which will slash red tape and costs for food businesses, helping them to keep the cost of weekly shop down and create more choice at the checkout.
People in North West England are benefitting from £154 million in government funding to develop specialised capabilities to enable the disposal of the UK’s civil plutonium inventory.
New facility based in Darlington to springboard novel RNA therapies – which could help tackle cancer, heart conditions, infectious diseases, and more.
Minister for Europe Stephen Doughty MP announces upgrade of the UK-Armenia relationship to a strategic partnership during visit to Yerevan.
Drivers can now enjoy £3,750 off 2 new Ford electric cars from today (28 August 2025) as the Ford Puma Gen-E and Ford e-Tourneo Courier, as well as 4 other models, become eligible for the government’s Electric Car Grant (ECG) scheme.
MHRA approves UK’s first new type of antibiotic for urinary tract infections in nearly 30 years
Whilst the Reform Circus continually comes out with more crazy policies, this is what the Labour Government is getting on with. Working parents set to save £7,500 a year as government will cover 30 hours of childcare next month, setting kids up to achieve more in school.
They were happy to fawn over his disgraceful policy announcement, but then the day after they don't acknowledge the u-turn on their front page. The Mirror doing journalism properly.
One poll 4 years out from an election get a front page in the Metro. Anti-Labour story, whereas yesterday was a positive Reform story on the day they announced their Taliban Tax. And Metro are neutral supposedly.
Make Manchester United and Rangers do a manager swap.
Much context needed here. This phrase is used at report stage and committee stage in Commons, when speaking to a specific clause or amendment. Remember, the Tories did sweet nothing in Parliament in 2024 so that is why it was used so little.
Reform’s Darren Grimes contacted by police after 'racism' claims www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2542188...
Great for us, but literally came out of nowhere and very surprising
Marcelino Núñez is a superb player, so if we sign him from the scum, it would be an amazing signing!! #ITFC
Aware that as someone who isn't currently an MP, I can be more blunt in saying that than you probably can!
The public seem to think an MP should be wasting their time answering random policy questions which they likely don't even have a view on. Job of an MP is to scrutinise and make legislation!
The way Tice keeps going on about this, you'd almost think he'd received £2.3m from people with links to fossil fuels and climate change denial. Oh, hang on...
