#BrExit

Steve Gilmore

SteveGilmore17

THREAD. It's clearly popular short-term posturing, and holds a degree of moral weight. But rejecting a pay rise won't make our politics more effective, or our democracy more durable. 1/6https://twitter.com/RichardBurgon/status/13148

Prof Tanja Bueltmann

TanjaBueltmann

It may not look like it now, but I come from as working class a background as one can have. Without FoM the opportunities that made me who I am

Jeremy Cliffe

JeremyCliffe

Most governments in Europe are rooting for a Biden win in #Elections2020 - with the UK and Hungary as two notable exceptions. The UK government is rooting for a

Prof Tanja Bueltmann

TanjaBueltmann

Dear UK,We need to talk.#COVID19 is an unprecedented challenge for all. That includes politicians/governments; we need to recognise that—every choice they have is difficult. But there are things that can

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Excellent piece by the @ConUnit_UCL on the "shocking" collapse of parliamentary govt over the last year. Five changes, in particular, "amount to a fundamental undermining and exclusion of parliament from

Laura Kuenssberg

bbclaurak

Starmer won 56.2% of the vote, Rayner becomes Deputy leader with 52.6% of the vote - this is all happening on line but this is a huge sigh of relief

Elinor Elliot

ElliotElinor

Living in "deep England" for a decade has been an education. Principally in how Englishness attempts to elide Irish culture, when it isn't engaging in outworn and superannuated stereotypes. I

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Imagine you're* Pro-migration; not a Conservative politically How to respond to pro-migrant talk from PM?* See opportunity to try to broaden pro-immig public views?* welcome language/push for gvt policy shifts?*

David Barry

DAOBarry

People so distracted by Covid that they don’t realise what seems to be coming; Some Brexiteers think that any adverse effects of no deal will be ( can be) blamed

Naomi Smith 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

pimlicat

I joined the Liberal Democrats 21 years ago under Charles Kennedy. I was proud to be a member. Proud to be against concentrations of power & wealth, against tuition fees

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

A little Monday morning tale - how the US and EU have been engaged in a low level trade conflict for many years, and how the UK government is being

CrimeGirl

CrimeGirI

I witnessed something the other day I’d like to tweet about because it’s about the interplay between Twitter & real life, so this feels like the most appropriate place to

Congolesa Rice

judeinlondon2

Sauron founded the Brexit party.https://twitter.com/cpoffers/status/1121544872132055041 Radagast the Brown - floating Green voter who is leading Extincton Rebellion but still hates cops so he’s an anomaly Gandalf - reluctant Remainer sick

Dennis Novy

DennisNovy

UK trade with the EU has partially recovered. But the UK continues to lose market share.Let’s compare the UK vs Germany Feb 2021-Feb 2020 Exports to -12% vs

James Ball

jamesrbuk

First tantalising redaction of the #RussiaReport: Big #RussiaReport finding – we need new laws "to tackle espionage, the illicit financial dealings of the Russian elite and the ‘enablers’ who support

Stylstc Clmnst

Sime0nStylites

1. Despite the government’s exhortations many people seem reluctant to go back even to quasi normal life.The first wave was a disaster but now the chance of infection is very