#THREAD On 16thth April, news broke that a park named after William Gladstone could be rebranded “Diane Abbott Park” by a The Labour Party council, “as part of a slavery review.” This thread is about truth, the culture war, the UK's broken news media, & the amplification of hate.

I have checked the FCDO published transparency records for ministers’ meetings. Johnson did NOT register the meeting with Alexander Lebedev. He cannot have notified his officials.

Nadhim Zahawi founded YouGov, but took no shares in it. A Gibraltar company, Balshore Investments, did instead. Zahawi says this wasn't tax avoidance, but was his father injecting capital into the business. Here's my hunt for evidence. A very lengthy thread:

Anti-Corbyn Labour officials covertly diverted election cash to allies and away from winnable seats, Forde inquiry finds independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

🇦🇺 🧑‍🌾 🇬🇧 Appalling that the Government has deliberately avoided parliamentary scrutiny of its terrible trade deal with Australia. The UK Government vowed to be a global leader for animals but now farm welfare standards are likely to be sacrificed for this quick trade agreement

@KwasiKwarteng

@KwasiKwarteng Brexophiles before brexit "vote to leave the EU because cheap workers are under cutting British wages". Brexophiles after brexit "we changed the law so workers who want better pay can be undercut by agency staff" Anyone still think you were taking back control?

Boris Johnson has effectively left office, with queues at Dover, a Brexit bill of €50 billion, and the EU now suing the UK for trying to unilaterally change the Brexit deal over Northern Ireland. Can anyone with even a single functioning braincell say he got Brexit done?

Simon Calder on Dover chaos. Brexit took effect at the start of last year, but it's only this weekend that we're seeing the really significant problems... as it's simply taking a lot longer to carry out the post-brexit border checks. #BBCBreakfast

Before the Tory Brexit, cars were waved through, now everyone's passport has to be stamped. Truss or Sunak can't even admit it, let alone do anything about it. Blaming France for a hard border is just cynical. Taking back control was a big lie!

A story in five parts: 1. The warning

Travel chaos is ‘the new normal’ after Brexit, British tourists are warned | Brexit | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

This is Brexit

This is the end of the argument. Ironically, it is the absurd GB News having to endure this masterclass in simply articulated, balanced, fact-based, expertise. If you believe any other version of events, good luck tying your shoelaces this morning.

I thought Boris Johnson said there were more doctors and nurses than ever. Surely he wasn’t lying…

Economically illiterate. "Shadow chancellor says policies do not fit within her plans to restrict public spending" - public subsidy has INCREASED since privatisation Leave state subsidising private profit and public ripped off by higher bills and fares independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

All those people queuing at Dover must be so relieved Boris doesn’t think it’s anything to do with Brexit

'Goodfellas' and 'Law & Order' actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83 reut.rs/3BcQ3bP

Over a million views and still trending- just shows how many people are wise to this charlatan and feel betrayed by him. I wanted to say solidarity with Palestine and victory to the RMT until I was manhandled by one of Starmers’ heavy guys. So I’m saying it here !

This is really bad, a culmination and continuation of stripping our rights away, be afraid, be very afraid.