Ann Barnes retweeted
Where does @LucyMPowell think schools can find £10,000 in an already overstretched budget? Any Head Teacher will tell you that £10,000 is not a relatively relatively small amount. She obviously hasn't worked in a school. 🤨
Ann Barnes retweeted
Rape Unit's in Police Stations are polices brought forward by Starmer
Burnham had nothing to do with it and like everything else Starmer GOV has done he makes out it is his - we'll see if Burnham actually delivers.
Ann Barnes retweeted
His barrister claimed that Russell Brand is 'a changed man''.
However, as a KC points out: if Brand truly was a changed man, he'd have pleaded guilty to spare his victims the trauma of a court case, & also he'd have acknowledged his crimes & expressed remorse.
Ann Barnes retweeted
Amen to the judge.
Brand’s lawyer is trying to argue he’s a changed man and his crimes happened years ago.
The judge simply said "To say 'He got away with it for 17 years' is not necessarily a huge piece of mitigation, is it?"
Ann Barnes retweeted
So #RussellBrand gets 10 yrs in jail
The most chilling form of arrogance is believing your power gives you ownership over another’s body.
Fame is not immunity
I remember the courage of those who spoke when silence would be easier & the weakness of those who stood by & did nothing
Ann Barnes retweeted
Not half as speechless as I was when I realised they’d been controlling what I as an elected Councillor was seeing, without informing or discussing with me.
I read the reports coming out of Manchester this morning and I am genuinely speechless.
Andy Burnham’s old political machine has just been caught secretly intercepting and censoring emails sent by the public to elected politicians.
What were those emails actually about? A resident was asking hard questions about the £55 million in taxpayer loans Burnham handed to Abu Dhabi property developers when he was Mayor, with zero affordable housing requirements.
Instead of letting elected councillors read the concerns of their constituents, unelected bureaucrats quietly diverted the emails straight to the legal department to be buried.
The politicians had absolutely no idea their personal inboxes were being filtered by the state.
The council claims they had to intercept the messages because of potential litigation. It is a complete lie.
Internal correspondence proves the city solicitor asked for this specific resident to be blocked months before any legal threat even existed.
You vote for local representatives to hold the system accountable. But the second a citizen asks where Burnham sent public money in a Gulf state property deal, his political syndicate builds a secret digital firewall to protect the investment.
This is not a functioning democracy. This is a captured corporate cartel running a cover-up for the Prime Minister, and the national media is letting them get away with it in broad daylight.
Ann Barnes retweeted
So Burnham's plan for 'ending 40 years of neoliberalism' is being written by a Yank management consultancy firm? 😂😂😂
You couldn't make this shit up.
Interesting that parts of the 10 year plan are being outsourced to Boston Consulting Group, where James Purnell used to work.
Story by @KatieTarrant_
thetimes.com/article/8a202a0…
Ann Barnes retweeted
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I read the reports coming out of Manchester this morning and I am genuinely speechless.
Andy Burnham’s old political machine has just been caught secretly intercepting and censoring emails sent by the public to elected politicians.
What were those emails actually about? A resident was asking hard questions about the £55 million in taxpayer loans Burnham handed to Abu Dhabi property developers when he was Mayor, with zero affordable housing requirements.
Instead of letting elected councillors read the concerns of their constituents, unelected bureaucrats quietly diverted the emails straight to the legal department to be buried.
The politicians had absolutely no idea their personal inboxes were being filtered by the state.
The council claims they had to intercept the messages because of potential litigation. It is a complete lie.
Internal correspondence proves the city solicitor asked for this specific resident to be blocked months before any legal threat even existed.
You vote for local representatives to hold the system accountable. But the second a citizen asks where Burnham sent public money in a Gulf state property deal, his political syndicate builds a secret digital firewall to protect the investment.
This is not a functioning democracy. This is a captured corporate cartel running a cover-up for the Prime Minister, and the national media is letting them get away with it in broad daylight.
Ann Barnes retweeted
So 3 RW panellists on @MarkUrban01 @SkyNews all saying ONLY area to raise money for defence is
Cut spending public services
Pensions (state not private ones like theirs)
Benefits
Still calling pensions as part of “benefits” and never from wealth or their taxes
Right
@LBC
Ann Barnes retweeted
This is a day that will be remembered in California’s history and resonate globally for years to come. Responding to calls from Clemency California, Amnesty International, and more than 40 international organizations, Governor Newsom has announced a decisive and powerful step away from the use of the death penalty – the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment.
The death penalty should be abolished, everywhere. Today marks a significant moment for human rights in California and across the country, but it is not the finishing line. The world is watching, and this decision is showing that progress is possible, and the United States, which remains among a small group of 17 countries that continues to carry out executions, can move beyond the death penalty.
ALT The image shows an California Governor Newsom. The text reads: "Gov. Gavin Newsom will commute all of the death sentences in California. 548 people currently sit on the state's death row." The top left corner shows a yellow location pin icon next to the word "California," and the bottom right corner displays the Amnesty International logo.
Ann Barnes retweeted
Yes, what will happen with the next PM - will they open a No 10 in Essex or Newcastle or Devon ., ?
Utter waste of millions with zero mandate to do it.
Just so “Andy” could give his donors revenue and have the most expensive WFH in history.
Close it down.
@SkyNews @LBC
Ann Barnes retweeted
Police reform is long overdue. We need a model for policing that is fit for the modern world and ensures that police services can make our communities safer.
This must include mergers and greater collaboration between police services.
It must strengthen local policing units.
Ann Barnes retweeted
AndyBurnham really is ridiculously full of himself. Now declares after couple of foreign trips ‘’Britain is back” after “a difficult decade”Then country commands “unique trust among nations”. Well if so it wasn’t done in a mere 100 days!! If someone deserves credit it’s Starmer
Ann Barnes retweeted
Brand has been convicted of rape, i care not a jot for him. My thoughts are with his victims who hopefully get a small piece of closure from this, he has ruined his life but he has also ruined theirs, only one of them made the decision to do it though and it wasn’t them. 🤬
Blimey! Had to sit down.
Louise Haigh’s donations and perks include:
£50,272.33 from the Trevor Chinn, Martin Taylor, Gary Lubner funded/Morgan McSweeney run consortium Labour Together.
£598 in tickets and hospitality from the Betting and Gaming Council for a play-off final at Wembley. ⚽️
£352 in tickets and hospitality from @Betfred for the World Snooker Final at The Crucible.
£560 in tickets and hospitality from @WilliamHill for a race meeting at Doncaster. 🐎
£2,462 in tickets and hospitality from @PRSforMusic for the Glastonbury Festival. 🎸⛺️
£1,580 in tickets and hospitality from NBC Universal International for the @BAFTA awards. 🎭
£1,521 in tickets and hospitality from @Channel4 for the @BAFTA awards. 🎭
£900 in tickets and hospitality from @UK_Music for the Glastonbury Festival. 🎸⛺️
£380 in tickets and hospitality from @PRSforMusic for the Ivor Novello Awards. 🎵
£370 in tickets and hospitality from @UK_Music for the Ivor Novello Awards. 🎵
£1,840 in tickets and hospitality from @Channel4 for the @BAFTA awards. 🎥
@andy4makerfield @UKLabour #LabourGravyTrain
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Ann Barnes retweeted
It's time to ban:
"I've been very clear"
"We need an honest debate"
"I've come here to listen"
"I have full confidence"
"A breathing space for today and fresh hope for the future"
"Growth in every postcode"
"We're going to do it the Labour way"
"Let’s focus in a laser-like way"
Ann Barnes retweeted
Deal arranged by Starmer and delayed by Burnham’s illegimate coup…
Bravo Burnham, the food deal with the EU is a key first step on the urgently required reset of UK' arrangenents with our neighbours. Of course, the Brexiteers will go into meltdown, but we can't let their anger stand in the way of what is essential & rational. We simply can't flourish without a new relationship with the EU. Go for it Andy!
Ann Barnes retweeted
I’m fed up with certain politicians saying we need to “respect” the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
A decision by a narrow majority 10yrs ago that turned out to be a disaster does not have to be respected.
If a democracy cannot change its mind it ceases to be a democracy.
Ann Barnes retweeted
The only surprising thing would be if anyone is surprised by this ..
Police Officers having rest days cancelled to provide cover for 'Number 10 North' ..
"There aren't enough volunteers to work overtime to cover these things, so the force is having to cancel rest days constantly." lbc.co.uk/article/number-10-…
