Be absolutely ready. Tories are about to go in all directions to save themselves at the next election. We need to review some of the most obvious strategies they will use: 1/14 Go harder right and double down into full hate crime mode. This is Suella Braverman and Lee Anderson, obviously. They'll exclaim it all went wrong because we didn't Brexit hard enough, too many human rights etc etc 2/14

Here's something that I think we need to talk about -
Gangs targeting people for watches in London. Stay with me on this thread if you will. Why is this important? 1/25bbc.co.uk/news/uk-676081… This is important for lots of reasons. It's a violent crime - an armed street robbery at knife point with a high value attached to it. As deplorable as that is it's a signifier - a canary in the mine - and it signals so much more. 2/25

As usual the right-wing fattened and wealthy commentariat are "Shaking with anger" about demonstrations to end hostilities in Gaza - utilising (with not an ounce of self reflection) Remembrance Day as a reason to silence the protest... 1/15 They wear their poppies as a symbol of their nationalism, and supposed patriotism - but in reality simply continue to adopt the most hypocritical positions in order to hate poor people, the vulnerable and people of colour, and to protect their own interests 2/15

How come every service in the UK is ridiculously expensive, and yet despite the supposed 'efficiency' of the private sector, the quality and reliability of the service provision is absolute dog shit? 1/8 Somehow, whenever the Tories and their mantra of 'fiscal responsibility' take over for any extended period of time, we end up with greater levels of inequality, rising unemployment, inflation, terrible public services and corrupt and unethical government. 2/8

First of all the Bibby Stockholm barge was more expensive than other housing options. It was secured without taking bids from other suppliers or options. This to me suggests that it was driven by a determined ideological stance on how asylum seekers ought to be (mis)treated 1/13 It was then planned to overload the barge to 200% of it's recommended capacity to further reduce the quality of living conditions and create further risks with respect to both fire and evacuation. Public representations from the Fire Service unions was ignored. 2/13

I'm worried about this. Really worried.

Will we have a free & fair election to choose our next government in the UK? The Tories know that they are universally unpopular, they know that they won't win a general election. Their leader has no mandate. they carry on regardless. 1/18 You can go down that list and tick off where we currently stand in the UK. It is sickening. All my life I was told that it couldn't happen in the UK - but the last 13 years have been a master class in just how to push a country down a road, one step at a time... 2/18

Keir Starmer is the Labour equivalent of Nick Clegg. He's a Tory. Either a coward who is afraid to fight, or he's a sympathiser who believes that he can do what they do, but do it better. Either way he's of no use to the opposition, and he won't change anything in power. 1/12 Will he challenge the boats narrative that has been constructed by the Tories? No. He will uphold it and he will continue to promise to 'stop the boats'. 2/12

Watching the free-market 'thinkers', who said that a bakery should have the right not to serve a gay couple with a wedding cake, contort themselves into saying that a bank is not allowed to refuse customers due to a lack of shared values - quite something to behold. 1/8 Frothing at the mouth, some Brexiteers are aghast that a bank might have noticed that Nigel Farage has a public profile & reputation for racism, far right politics, links to questionable financial sources, and a propensity for loving a dubious crowdfunding opportunity. 2/8

This is not trending and it needs to be. The distraction media is working. The government have approved a £1.7 billion magic money tree project to put a 2 mile tunnel in the vicinity of Stonehenge that threatens it's world heritage status. So much is wrong with this. 1/6

https://twitter.com/dave43law/status/1680194892948013057

First of all - yep they've found another £1.7 billion. Poverty for the masses but when they need to, low and behold, £1.7 billion for a project. My question: which Tory party donor, sponsor, member or friend got the contract and how? 2/6

Britain as a country has always been deeply divided with class boundaries entrenched by monarchy, public schools & other gate-keepers to advancement in key professions (such as law and medicine specifically). I don't ever remember it being as corrupt faced as it is today. 1/11 What I think we see today is a flaunting of what was kept behind closed doors. There is a confidence in the corruption and the backroom deals - specifically about how untouchable the perpetrators feel - irrespective of how damaging their actions are. 2/11

I anticipate that Nigel Farage may soon leave the UK to live abroad. He is likely to claim that he was hounded out by the 'woke elite' who shut him down. He'll assume the role of Lord Haw-Haw broadcasting from abroad propagating his vile right wing bullshit. 1/6 In truth, his grift will continue. His bank accounts haven't been shut down by a 'woke elite', just like the wheels didn't fall off his car 'because of an assassination plot'. There is something wrong with his money and where it comes from. 2/6

There are 12 things that I talk about regularly with young people who are struggling in mainstream schooling. I wanted to write a tweet thread about what those 12 issues are - they are not in a particular order - but they frequently become an important conversation... 1/ Treating teachers as people and not as teaching robots. It sounds funny, but for some children/young people visualising their teachers doing normal human things is disconcerting and it changes how they interact with their teachers in the classroom. It helps. A lot. 2/

I know that I'm an 'anyone but the Tories' advocate - and I've always been clear that I'm not a Labour party member BUT @Keir_Starmer has lost my vote with his talk about the EU and Single Market. I'm sorry. He has. He has to win it back and I don't know how he can. 1/9 If I feel that way, and I never claim to speak for the majority, I must imagine that other people feel the same way. It is crushing to see the only viable alternative to the Tories behaving as wannabe Tories in tone and rhetoric. 2/9

I'm not a monarchist, but I think the real opportunity offered to the monarchy has been wasted. I couldn't help but think that every robed and medalled aristocrat looked more and more disconnected from the reality of life in Britain. 1/7 There was an opportunity for Charles to come out and say "Monarchy is an evolving concept - we must keep moving forward" - do away with the horses and carriages, the military uniforms of family members, the ostentatious jewellery... 2/7

I don't think it's a good start to the reign of any monarch to:
a) Spend £250 million of public funding on their self aggrandisement in a cost of living crisis
and
b) tolerate the arrest of legitimate dissenters exercising a peaceful protest
#NotMyKing 1/9 If anything sends a message that the thinly veiled care and regard for 'one's subjects' is absolutely false and cosmetic, it's exactly what we are seeing on this bleak day for democracy. 2/9

George Osborne. If one nasty Tory politician has slunk away and avoided the consequences of his behaviour it has to be George Osborne. The architect of austerity himself. Surely the man who left the nation poised for the ultimate protest vote: Brexit? 1/24 I haven't seen much written about him recently, but let's have a little look? Well, like most good Tories he absolutely loves a alias. 'Boris Johnson' (Alexander de Pfefell Johnson), Iain Duncan Smith (George), Grant Shapps (lol). Osborne's real name is Gideon. 2/24

Yesterday I wrote about Jacob Rees Mogg - a prominent harmful Tory. Today I want to remind people of another who is becoming forgotten - Iain Duncan Smith - with a majority of just 1,300 votes. 1/24 IDS, not to be confused with 'irritable bowel syndrome' (IBS) which is infinitely preferable, is literally a evil an person. He administrated £12 billion in cuts to the Department of Work & Pensions. Here he is cheering and fist pumping for hardship: 2/24

It's time to take a close look at Jacob Rees Mogg isn't it? This man has nothing that isn't condescending to offer - with his rock solid belief that any conclusion he comes to must be the correct one. Of late this disgusting Tory has gone into darker places however 1/20 First of all - let's get the double standards out of the way. Nobody does double standards quite like Jacob because he wants to wave them in your face. If you accept them, you know your place (beneath him) and that gives him that righteous glee that he loves 2/20

As ever, looking to history clarifies so much. The crisis of monarchy in 1917 (George V) absolutely tells you why the royal dynasty is not as it is branded 'a family' - but is and always has been an organisation of a dynastic and inherited nature. We need to understand more 1/24 Monarchy wasn't described as 'the royal family' until the practise was encouraged under Queen Victoria - mainly as part of subtle reforms and branding changes brought about by Prince Albert. It was always - and has always been - a dynasty. What is the difference? 2/24

Just about every part of our country is crumbling and in a state of wild disrepair, but the Tories, whenever asked, simply ask you not to believe your own eyes & ears. Disregard your personal experiences because all is well and getting better. #GTTONow 1/ Doctors - GPs - are in crisis. I know GPs as close personal friends who, having qualified recently regret their career choices & they are looking at other options. I know student doctors in their penultimate year who are getting ready to work in the financial sector instead. 2/20

Don't let anything distract you from the need to remove Boris Johnson from Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Be devoted to the cause. Here's the facts on the opportunity to unseat Boris Johnson and how you can help in a real and material way to achieve this: 1/24 Uxbridge and SR is a marginal by the standards of today. Wakefield by-election of 2022 saw Nadeem Ahmed (Con) defeated by Simon Lightwood (Lab). A majority of nearly 5,000 votes overturned with a 12.7% swing. 2/24