The BBC creates the careers of people like Emily Carver. Formerly of shady and opaquely-funded think tank, the Institute for Economic Affairs, now apparently a Tory columnist. But her greatest source of legitimacy is her designated seat on #PoliticsLive , as her cover photo shows.
Jo Coburn: What do you say to people who can't literally afford basic food items... like that cheese sandwich?
Ann Widdecombe(Reform): Don't have the cheese sandwich
Rachel Cunliffe(New Statesman): So you would let the children go hungry
#PoliticsLive
#PoliticsLive Tom Hunt’s comments on the publics attitude to immigration is not backed up by the polls.
Sarah Jones(Labour MP) - 'The Tories might be good at a slogan, but they're rubbish at running the country.... everything is worse than it was in 2010.'
#PoliticsLive
If you had a vote in a British General Election, which political party would you vote for? 🇬🇧🗳️
Please Retweet for a wider polling sample.
#PoliticsLive #PMQs #Newsnight
“Party at Chequers this weekend gang. Don’t tell the plebs”. Can’t wait to see Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages. #PoliticsLive
#PoliticsLive Emily Carver's back with her inexhaustible supply of right wing horseshit, why BBC, why?
Ex Tory MP Ann Widdecombe was on #PoliticsLive today saying that inflation is being driven by workers wage demands and this creates a wage price spiral.
She said the same on Jeremy Vine last year. Fortunately she was alongside Eddie Dempsey.
#PoliticsLive #foreignstudents
Great to have an expert on hand.
Instantly factchecks Tory columnist #EmilyCarver
Reveals as complete bollocks her confident assertion doubting whether foreign students return home after visas expire.
Data shows they do return home.
Pippa Crerar Rather than trying to get yet another Tory cabinet sacked for a speeding ticket, shouldn't you as an investigative journalist be asking the question 'Where is Nick Brown? 'complete silence on MSM strange.
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Nigel Farage looks hideously old. But, he's 1 year younger than Brad Pitt & 4 years younger than Gary Lineker
I sh!t you not. That's what #Fascism does to your looks folks
#Peston #PoliticsLive #Newsnight
