“I take my responsibilities seriously. I did not lie” - UK politics June 23 on

Presumably also going to be a candidate somewhere other than Ashfield. Maybe Barnsley East or whatever it will be.

Why not Ashfield? He's forever boasting about everybody there agrees with everything he says, especially men in pubs.

This cunt selfowns more than most

Anderson he says his parents, who are both nearly 80, said they would not vote for him unless he joined Reform UK. He says he must not let them down.

I'm wondering what colour his face will be come the election, every time I see him it seems more and more purple.

Anderson is a stooge designed to take hear from the Tories and I wouldn't be surprised if he has a plan of this kind with some Tory election guru. Similar to the deal with Farage's last party to stand down in 2019. It's all such a pathetic, transparent pantomime.

*heat, deal rather than plan

That could very well be the case.

but what if it was black people?!

EXCL: The Conservative party’s biggest donor said looking at Diane Abbott makes you “want to hate all black women” and the MP “should be shot” - by ⁦@rowenamason⁩ ⁦@matthew_weaver⁩ ⁦@Direthoughts⁩ https://t.co/nMrwLFJcUa

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) March 11, 2024

Statement regarding recent media reports:

Frank Hester accepts that he was rude about Diane Abbot in a private meeting several years ago but his criticism had nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin. The Guardian is right when it quotes Frank saying he abhors racism, not least because he experienced it as the child of Irish immigrants in the 1970’s. He rang Diane Abbott twice today to try to apologise directly for the hurt he has caused her, and is deeply sorry for his remarks. He wishes to make it clear that he regards racism as a poison which has no place in public life.

https://i.imgur.com/iAYqIGK.png

What an absolute piece of shit

And Diane has been a trailblazer, she has paved the way for others, she’s probably faced more abuse than any other politician over the years on a sustained basis.

Guess who?

The arsehole who stole the whip off her?

Time to rerun that An Awful Shower Altogether poll.

A new spin on "some of my best friends are..."

He’s an international businessman, he travels widely overseas - he does a lot of a business in Jamacia, he does business in Malaysia, in Bangladesh - so he’s not a racist.

Chris Mason
Political editor

A shake of the head from Diane Abbott as the Speaker calls the final question - indicating she will not be called.

The Commons has had an extensive conversation about Abbott, without hearing from the Independent MP herself — despite her clear desire to speak.

As PMQs finishes, both Stephen Flynn, the SNP Westminster leader, and Keir Starmer have gone to the back of the chamber to talk to her, as have a succession of Labour backbenchers.

Couldn't have her speak over this important business

Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh asks the PM whether he agrees that there is only one party that has "the will, the inclination and the determination to stop mass illegal and legal migration - and that is the Conservative Party!"

"Let's unite our movement and do that!" he exclaims to loud cheers.

Rishi Sunak responds by saying he agrees with Leigh, and attacks the Labour Party saying that Keir Starmer would scrap an immigration policy "even when it was implemented and working".

Semi-sentient Toby Jug "Sir" Edward Leigh

to give him his full title

Sounds about right

Its obvious why. Labour have treated her as badly as any tory donor. That is an entire report by a KC about starmer's party's racism, and it specifically mentions the treatment of Diane Abbot.

Allowing her to talk would lead to embarrassment for starmer, so it was prevented.

— vob (@voblat) March 13, 2024

I just voted in a poll on the Express website in order to see the results! Research purposes only in other words.

Here are the results:

Should the Tories give Frank Hester's donations back after racist remarks?
Yes 17%
No 82%
Don't know 1%

This is true. https://t.co/tKWS1LgvGi

— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) March 13, 2024

Readers of the Express strike me as people who aspire to one day being allowed to read the Mail

Keir Starmer taking shots at Ice T? What's next - are we gonna see Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, or Joe Biden go nuclear on Wiley or Kano? "'Ps and Qs' is a threat to democracy, which is slipping, that's slipping..."

It's fake.

the stuff about him being a racist, Jimmy Savile enabling drunkard is true enough, though.

Drunkard? That's new!

it's not new, he's got the raddled complexion and a track record of mowing down delivery people and fleeing the scene

He’s put on at least 20 lbs since the leadership contest and it’s all beer and red wine.

Being a boozed up tub of lard is his only redeemable feature tbf

He is shockingly bad at the farage 'real man in the boozer' thing though.

His local is a nice pub but it’s probably a bit less nice when Keir and half a dozen Special Branch are in there.

speaking as a boozed up tub of lard i agree with Tom

absolutely devastating blow to sunak's credibility here, his credibility cannot be reclaimed after this

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— Jonathan Ashworth (@JonAshworth) March 15, 2024

rare w for rishi on this one

Money well spent there, Labour Party.

I'd feel embarrassed for them if I didn't vehemently despise them so much.

this is him here

Guess where I was this morning 🐔 https://t.co/BPPhqn7kDG pic.twitter.com/r3ezHrN7gD

— Lewis Warner (@thelewiswarner) March 15, 2024

oh it's a Labour Students/Young Labour type creature who is behind the mask, maybe the next Wes Streeting.

it's not often you see so many people with no mates all lined up like that

Who are these people and what do they actually believe in?

they believe that a Labour government would be a good thing, so obv not people with any kind of principles or political convictions at all.

The Chief culture writer at The Guardian has predictably low standards for language:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/15/labour-leader-arts-keir-starmer-background-culture

"He spoke about playing the flute in his childhood – of all the effete-sounding instruments! – and talked about the arts as something enriching, personal, transformational. “Everyone here will know that feeling,” he said. “Of losing yourself, and finding something new in that space art creates. These encounters with art and culture change us for ever. They certainly changed me for ever.”"

When not only reversing austerity, but showing the merest hint of ambition for the people, is a fantasy.

"Rayner, of course, had been Corbyn’s shadow education secretary; the James Joyce-loving former Labour leader actually did have an arts strategy, however much of a fantasy, with its promise to increase funding for the arts to European levels, some may consider it now."

The vibes consent machine is in full gear now, it's only gonna get more nauseating until the election

Like spraying air freshener over a dog turd

of all the effete-sounding instruments

it's a pretty eyebrow-raising thing to say for a "culture writer"

I think an arts or culture journalist should also be au fait with popular forms of expression and Chig really isn’t. I would’ve liked to see what a Miranda Sawyer take on this would be, since she’s married to a character actor, has been a Turner Prize judge, and would’ve mentioned the PPCs coming from various pop groups at the very least.

Kieth loves football grass, flutes and ethnic cleansing. One hell of a combo

I bet the little shit has never heard of raahsan roland kirk