1/9 Thread..
Today I saw the best of Merseyside and the worst of it.
Sarah-Jane Morton, a @UKLabour councillor for Liverpool Clubmoor (an area I know well), called her party leader @Keir_Starmer a ‘Brylcreemed sh**house’... liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
Today I saw the best of Merseyside and the worst of it.
Sarah-Jane Morton, a @UKLabour councillor for Liverpool Clubmoor (an area I know well), called her party leader @Keir_Starmer a ‘Brylcreemed sh**house’... liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
2/9 She talked about a ‘class war’ and warned Starmer and his deputy @AngelaRayner for their jobs’.
As adolescent brain farts go it was right up there with the best of them...
As adolescent brain farts go it was right up there with the best of them...
3/9 I was a teenager in Liverpool in 1985 when class war warriors ran the city (I supported them).
They declared war on council workers by sending redundancy notices in taxis late at night.
Ordinary people always end up as collateral damage when the class warriors open fire...
They declared war on council workers by sending redundancy notices in taxis late at night.
Ordinary people always end up as collateral damage when the class warriors open fire...
4/9 I came across Sarah-Jane on Twitter a few months ago.
I had written a story about Tony Caldeira, who founded textile maker Caldeira on a stall in Great Homer St Market. He now sells his goods as far afield as the US and employs dozens of people at a factory in Knowsley...
I had written a story about Tony Caldeira, who founded textile maker Caldeira on a stall in Great Homer St Market. He now sells his goods as far afield as the US and employs dozens of people at a factory in Knowsley...
5/9 Tony is a fantastic success story and is now creating more jobs in the next few weeks.
In her tweet to me, Sarah-Jane dismissed him as ‘that Tory who makes cushions’.
In the same thread she was also slagging off Luciana Berger, obviously...
In her tweet to me, Sarah-Jane dismissed him as ‘that Tory who makes cushions’.
In the same thread she was also slagging off Luciana Berger, obviously...
6/9 After seeing her post, today, and feeling embarrassed at how she could represent this brilliant and diverse city, I despaired at how our reputation suffers because of this kind of stuff.
Then I took part in a webinar, organised by Mersey Maritime, which lifted my spirits...
Then I took part in a webinar, organised by Mersey Maritime, which lifted my spirits...
7/9 During the webinar we heard about how resilient Merseyside’s maritime sector had been during the COVID-19 crisis, keeping us supplied with food and medical goods.
We learned how the maritime sector in the city region is worth £4.2bn and supports more than 52,000 jobs...
We learned how the maritime sector in the city region is worth £4.2bn and supports more than 52,000 jobs...
8/9 They talked about growth in the global maritime sector to $3 trillion over the next decade and how Merseyside was well placed to benefit.
Like Tony Caldeira, and politicians such as Joe Anderson and Steve Rotheram, these are grown-ups looking to create jobs and prosperity...
Like Tony Caldeira, and politicians such as Joe Anderson and Steve Rotheram, these are grown-ups looking to create jobs and prosperity...
9/9 I'm Liverpool born and bred. I’m fed up with plastic revolutionaries & pointless rallies, appropriating the character and essence of this city for their own factional ends and the 'class war' that will never happen.
#Liverpool doesn't need them. @UKLabour doesn’t need them.
#Liverpool doesn't need them. @UKLabour doesn’t need them.
