Will never understand the stupidity of leaving the EU. 'Thick' refers to Brexit and not necessarily to the voters, who were lied to. Stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Jul 23 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Thread🧵 on the importance of balance in politics...
For a long time I've been subtly pushing a message of the importance of balance in politics.
How very far left or far right views will so often be met with a reaction and/or play into the hands of the opposition 1/
and even to hostile/enemy states.
It's one of a few reasons why Corbyn was always going to be such a disaster for UK politics.
It's why Starmer (who I have issues with over Brexit) was so successful in the recent election. 2/
Jul 10 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
Thread about this.
I understand the feeling about Gaza because there have been some horrible images coming from there. But the behaviour of so many 'free Palestine' supporters on Ukraine is pretty sickening and not the behaviour of good people.
These people like to call out hypocrisy, and again I can understand why to some degree (when it comes to Western leaders). But Ukraine and Gaza shouldn't be compared.
The Ukrainian government never decided to torture and kill Russian civilians chanting God is Great 2/
Nov 18, 2018 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
People may have noticed that my recent tweets focus on criticising @UKLabour and in particular @jeremycorbyn. This thread explains why and the reason why I believe all remainers should make it clear that they won't vote @UKLabour again while he is leader. 1/
In 2016 he put in what can only be described as a very lacklustre campaign for remain. He didn't appear in big tv debates, he talked as much about 'the need for EU reform' as he did the reasons to remain. Some say he deliberately undermined remain:
