Watching Farage spew his lazy, dangerous hatred of Muslims on Sky was so depressing yet predictable. As a British, scottish, Indian Muslim I was proud to swear my oath in the Lords to my king & country on the Quran. We need some decency back in our politics not this ugly division

It’s almost as though this policy hasn’t been properly thought through and has been written on back of a fag packet (now that cigs aren’t going to be banned)

This was from earlier this year, when the head of the army was publicly slapped down because Number 10 thought suggesting the need for #nationalservice was alarmist 🤷‍♂️

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I know political campaigning is tough - but:
DON’T let the microphones be set up so you are filmed with a crane coming out of your head
DON’T be filmed underneath an exit sign
And as for going to visit where the Titanic was built…….

Sorry. Just run that one past me again…..

Ooops…….

Bravo. Massively impressive public servant. Deserves all the accolades that come her way. There are great people who work tirelessly on both sides of the House of Commons, whose achievements - sadly - get eclipsed by some of the less honourable members

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