Unelected bureaucrat David Cameron explains how we need the Rwanda plan because of Brexit 🤦‍♂️

Anushka Asthana, 'Hand on heart. If this had come up when you were PM, would you have gone with this Rwanda policy?'

David Cameron, 'We had a situation where you could return people…

If a Rwanda flight does take off…

Your bills will still be as expensive

Your wait for a GP/hospital bed will still be as long

Your court date will still be as delayed

Your taxes will still be as high

…but we will all be more more morally & financially bankrupt as a nation

The Rwanda bill passed, proving UK democracy, and its safeguards, are a sham.
A policy not in the manifesto, described as batshit by the minister responsible for it, which embeds a lie in law & sticks 2 fingers up to the Supreme Court, has been rammed through by an unelected PM.

“We will sit here and vote until it’s done” Sunak says.

He’s not talking about solving the sewage issue or ensuring teacher recruitment is where it needs to be or getting NHS waiting lists down so people aren’t in limbo or in pain. No he’s talking about his rancid Rwanda scheme.

‘Labour is the true party of English patriotism’ 🙄 why aren’t I posting much atm? Because whilst I hate the Tories with a passion, I feel lukewarm at best about The Labour Party & Liberal Democrats. I’m practicing ‘if you don’t have anything nice to say..’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

More #greenwashing from City of Doncaster Council boasting about being a “Tree City” whilst selling off public land at Rose Hill to a developer and letting them chop down 1,100 grown trees & woodland (see pics below). The hypocrisy is breathtaking. Ros Jones - Mayor of Doncaster Ed Miliband #ClimateEmergency

Dear Kate Garraway, just a note that the British person who now lives in Tenerife protesting about the amount of tourists visiting the island isn’t an ‘expat’, he’s an immigrant. Perhaps that’s the number the government should be looking at reducing instead 🤔 #gmb

I haven’t been very active here recently as I’ve been really busy at work. But I still like to scroll & check in with you all! Not long now until we’ve got the Tories out & we can start lobbying a Labour gov for the changes we want to see. What to start with though? 🤔

David Miliband goes far further than any policy outlined so far by Labour towards closer working with the EU. He said:

🔴 The UK has lost influence since Brexit to become just one of many “middle powers” in the world David Miliband

🔴 In order to reverse the decline, the UK needed…

Just come across a FB group called ‘Keir Starmer KN0B not Knight’ with 15k members. Reading down the Daily Fail type shares I now know where all the racists & generally awful people like to hang out! Need a shower now.

Its a pleasure to welcome Andy Burnham to York & continue talks on how as mayors we can work collectively to achieve great success for both our regions.

From transport, housing to adult ed, I look forward to working with Andy & bringing a fresh start to York & North Yorkshire

Happy Easter! Here’s to it being the last one under a Conservative government for (hopefully) a very very long time 🐣

An interesting shared line is 'I'm not whipped by any political party'.

Ben Houchen is in the House of Lords.

In the 29 votes he's taken part in since becoming a peer, Lord Houchen has coincidentally voted the same way as the Conservative whip each time.

The taxpayer could end up paying more than £4m after a High Court judge ordered South Tees Development Corporation and Teesworks Ltd to pay a port company’s legal costs after they brought unsuccessful litigation over land access rights.

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I'll be answering questions about all things Teesworks at midday today for The Yorkshire Post.

Still time to get your questions in 👇🏻👇🏻
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70% patient satisfaction with NHS in 2010

24% patient satisfaction with NHS in 2024

The past 14 years have given us five Conservative MPs: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak. They all said to trust them with the NHS 🤷‍♀️

Please stop voting Conservative, you're destroying our…

Just watched Dereks Story 😭😭 Social care needs fundamental change akin to the founding of the NHS The Labour Party need to set out their long term vision for the huge changes urgently needed. Access should be easy, carers properly supported & as a society accept we need to pay for it

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The chair of parliament's Business Committee, Liam Byrne MP, has written to the author of the Teesworks report to ask if she thinks her panel had the powers or time to find evidence of corruption.

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I spoke with South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard yesterday about his new scheme to give every child under 5 who needs one a free bed.

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Very much looking forward to watching Dereks story with Kate Garraway on &
ITV tonight. Her honesty about their ❤️, loss, fighting the system, the scale of money needed means I’ll have tissues at the ready. Thoughts are with all carers today, you’re incredible.x