Rebel without a bowel. Political soothsayer. Black-belt in charity shopping. Disability and health warrior. Carpe Diem. Quam minimum credula postero
Aug 9, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
All this "there's no evidence anyone tried to obstruct Corbyn in 2017" when 172 Lab MPs stood up in the house one after the other the year before pretty much to say "I wish to obstruct Jeremy Corbyn." When Blair, Mandelson and Campbell all openly admitted it. #Hilarious
....I could find 50 Twitter accounts of Lab nobility right now, openly committed to obstructing Corbyn all through his leadership. Watson's shadow centrist Party within a Party, Kyle knocking doors in Hove pledging to obstruct him if elected, who needs WhatsApp?
Aug 8, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
In 2016, I banged on and on and on that if we didn't have a proper enquiry into the Corbyn coup then, it would come back to bite us.
And that's *exactly* what's happening now. The same people, taking those same levers, because we didn't act last time.
...had we properly faced the mess the Party was in then - or even sooner, under Ed, who tried to paper over the Brown/Blair chasms, we wouldn't have spent the last 6 years unable to focus on anything but ourselves.
2016 people played very very mean. Of course they would again.
Jun 26, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
I was not truly Labour shocked until this day.
My Mum, 55 years a member, through leaders left & right, fan of Blair, a rare, rare councillor in Tory Herts for Lab in 70s, cancelled her membership today.
She just wanted a unifier.
She thought Starmer had the perfect storm of centrist kerb appeal & socialist polices. He cld reassure the public Lab wouldn't had "grown up", whilst achieving enormous buy-in on policy where Corbyn couldn't. Had he swung as hard at both sides, this wouldn't be happening /2
Mar 30, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A thread if you find yourself caring at home for someone with Covid : 1. Take precautions for yourself. You're no good to them sick or burned out. 2. Be resourceful. Rubber gloves if no sterile ones, makeshift masks, something plastic you cld use as disposable aprons?
3. Regular paracetamol. 4 doses a day roughly 6 hourly. Don't miss any. It will reduce fever and pain and help your body to cope/get less fatigued. 4. Steam. Try to set up steam in the room if poss. Put a kettle in the room and switch it on every 10 mins, sit in a steamy shower
Dec 11, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
So my final election prediction. Sorry it’s just screenshots for now. Headlines : Labour between 265 and 304 seats. Tories 246 to 285. Libs 15-25, SNP 40-45. 1/5 2/5