Mary Brooks

On tele with fellow Labour members speaking about NEC blocking @andyburnham.bsky.social from running www.itv.com/watch/news/w...

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Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race Allies of Greater Manchester mayor say No 10 has ‘chosen factionalism’ as decision leads to a furious backlash

Hey @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, do you think you could be any more stupid?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Just come back from regional conference Ironic that regional Labour Party conference was held at the Titanic hotel as the NEC has just drove into a massive iceberg - however this was an Iceberg that was in plain sight. Inexcusable error.

U turn now

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Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors

Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country.

Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...

Great book forensically cataloguing all the Tories bad deeds in a humorous manner even though it’s not funny at all what they did

The final volume in the horrific but superbly detailed trilogy from @russincheshire.bsky.social arrived in the post today from @bylinetimes.bsky.social signed copy too. Not sure what category it should go under horror, politics or black comedy ?

lol you need a supply of bubble wrap

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

Tories: The End of an Error – Byline Times Shop Tories: The End of Error is the final – please God, let it be final – volume in the satirical trilogy that has catalogued every fib and fatuity of fourteen years of Tory rule. SHIPPING END AUGUST Russ...

Have the Tories finally destroyed themselves?

@russincheshire.bsky.social ‘s last part of his brilliant trilogy.

Get your signed copy before stocks go.

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Omg I’ve only just started vol 1 which is a very fullsome volume are vol 2 &3 as lengthy?

Parents beat VAT on private school fees raid by paying £500m up front Large scale of advance payments could impact government plan to raise revenue, tax experts warned

"People who are 'too poor to pay tax' find a spare half billion quid to pay UPFRONT for something that's entirely voluntary."

There, I fixed it for you.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Russell Jones's Week Moment: Zero Days Since the Last Embarrassment In an exclusive extract from his forthcoming book, 'Tories: The End of an Error', Russell Jones recalls a week in which dizzying levels of Conservative party chaos finally got out of control

"It’s not so much a track record as a skid-mark, so you’d expect the Tories to be ready for action whenever a story emerged about Mark Menzies, but you’d be wrong."

Excerpt from my forthcoming book about the Sunak years, "Tories: The End of an Error"

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

Kemi Badenoch says she no longer sees herself as Nigerian despite upbringing Conservative party leader, who grew up in Nigeria and US, says she has not renewed her Nigerian passport in decades

In a 2024 Telegraph bit, Badenoch wrote it is "naïve [to] assume immigrants abandon ancestral ethnic hostilities at the border ... their feet may be in the UK, but their heads and hearts are still back in their country of origin."

Except for her, or course

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Shocked and v sad about the premature death of fellow Cheshire East Councillor Chris Hilliard who was an Independent Cllr for Lacey Green. Chris was a truly decent person and the Council’s Active Travel Champion.
A great loss to the council and cycling world.

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Is there a violin small enough for this?

Planning deregulation carries serious political risks for Labour The origins of Britain’s planning system are as deeply rooted in the legacy of the great post-war Labour government as the National Health Service and welfare state.

Plans to reform environmental regulations risk irreversible harm to nature.

My amendments to the Planning Bill would prevent this.

Safeguarding nature and building homes can go hand in hand - with an empowered, well-funded planning system.

www.politicshome.com...

Liverpool, May 1966, by Barry Feinstein. When Bob Dylan was playing the Odeon Theatre.

What a despicable bloke

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

Camilla Tominey humiliated on #BBCQT

Gary Stevenson explains how we have given away national assets to rich people, so we should tax rich people

Camilla Tominey dismisses the call to tax rich people by saying everyone pays taxes

Gary Stevenson explains to tax the rich on their wealth

Not technically bankrupt yet , and you should still be getting your black bin collected every 2 weeks as that doesn’t come in till 2026- I agree with taxing the rich

"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance YouTube video by Marsh Family

youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE

Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"

It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.

#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem

Who is the most insane Musk or Trump ? 🤔

You wont find a better summation than this.