Old Father Tim

I think the Media misjudged the #SolidarityWithStarmer in the electorate. They believed their own hype. Which is the trouble with being in a bubble.

People feel better off and can see money being invested in our Country. People are not mugs. They can see Starmer is decent and on their side.

This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC

LBC Radio (@lbc) on Threads Reacting to Keir Starmer’s speech, Andrew Marr says it’s about time someone challenged the ‘online smearing’ of the country.

Hi Ellie, hope this should provide some comfort to him.OFT
www.threads.com/@lbc/post/DP...

Ellie,I'm a Labour Party member and can assure you I for one will not be voting fo your hard earned rights to be taken from you. I also know that I am not alone. Your profile tells me all I need to know about your value to your country. Take care. Regards. OFT

Quick recap. No mass exodus from private to state schools. No exodus of non Doms. No mass redundancies from leading businesses but recruitment a bit shaky. Mortgages down. Interest rates down. Growth up a tad. But consistent. Starmer doing well on int stage. NHS improving. LABOUR

My daughter, a GP receptionist. 2 sons 6 & 2. Since Labour her min wage has ⬆️making her £20 pw better off. In Sept 2 yr old gets 30 hours. She’ll be able to earn £240 a week more in term time. Her 6 year old in breakfast club and wrap around after school care. This matters a lot to young families

1. Michelle Mone in Court being sued for £122m unusable PPE plus storage plus interest 2. Sickle cell patients to get better treatment after £9m boost 3. £500m boost for hydrogen to create thousands of British jobs 4. Additional £96m for the Crown Prosecution Service 5. 1st time in 17 years, the NHS cut waiting lists in the month of April. 6. Funds for crackdown on fraud, bribery and corruption 7. Agreement on Gibraltar with EU 8. Extra £29bn for NHS 9. Free breakfast clubs extended to every primary school pupil in England 10. Free school meals in England extended to all children with a parent on UC. 11. £39bn over ten years to build social rent, affordable rent, and shared ownership homes 12. The £3 cap on single fares in England is staying for two more years. 13. £2.3bn a year to repair ageing school buildings 14. Abortion decriminalised in England

Been a full on week for Labour. I’ve gathered just a few highlights. Most important in my view, is Mone. Being held accountable for her failed PPE supply. I hope we get our money back. Daylight robbery under Labour does not pay

The Labour vision is to get the infrastructure repaired/in place. Build more homes, improve wages, sort transport and get more investment in UK . Alongside a better performing NHS. They need to start promoting this vision everywhere.

How a 'Populist' Media Has Mainstreamed the Far Right Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent 'public opinion' - they simply reflect the radical right views of those 'who own and run them', argues Julian Petley

How a ‘Populist’ Media Has Mainstreamed the Far Right

“Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent ‘public opinion’ – they simply reflect the radical right views of those ‘who own and run them”

bylinetimes.com/2025/04/29/f...

@wolvesfc.bsky.social !?

1. Government backs world-leading trial of cutting-edge technology to diagnose bowel cancer 2. New standards for smart appliances to save consumers money on their bills 3. People in Wales set to benefit from £10m investment aimed at improving local work, health, and skills support 4. Government’s Help to Save scheme now open to 550,000 more people to help with cost of living 5. £80 million to support GPs in getting patients care in the right place, rather than being sent to hospitals 6. £ 43.7 billion of private investment into UK’s clean energy industries since July 7. £120m funds for Sudan 8. £45+million on new technologies to boost Britain's food security 9. £20m financial support available to British businesses involved in exporting 10. further sanctions against an Iran-backed organised crime network. 11. A 12-week consultation on proposed welfare/back to work green paper is underway 12. The MoJ hits target to recruit 1,000 additional probation officers

Busy time over Easter break for our Labour government. Here’s the top ten initiatives now under way from the last week. Not even including the new breakfast clubs 👏👏👏

Call me old fashioned but I like listening to Evan because he provides information which helps me make my own decisions. I rely on the quality of his journalism to colour in the complicated picture surrounding a subject. Pandering to right wing diktats is not the answer. Just give us the facts fcs.

Call me old fashioned but I like listening to Evan because he provides information which helps me make my own decisions. I rely on the quality of his journalism to colour in the complicated picture surrounding a subject. Pandering to right wing diktats is not the answer. Just give us the facts fcs.

Farage accused of peddling 'nonsense and lies' - as he predicts 'the new Brexit' The Reform UK leader also vowed to be Britain's equivalent of Elon Musk by cutting excess council spending if his party claims victory in next month's local elections.

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but..

news.sky.com/story/farage...

Well AWFTV maybe it's time for www.wolvesrecords.com
to pull out their finger and promote a competition amongst the fans to find a suitable original song. There should be enough interest out there for a budding songwriter fan. Otherwise the chorus of Aurora - Running with the Wolves for starters.

British Steel on a razor’s edge: inside Starmer’s Scunthorpe rescue mission There were suspicions, legal wheezes and a plan to divert a ship to Gibraltar to seize cargo, as ministers’ anxieties rose

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What a time for a Government to act with joined up thinking.👏

Any particular tuning there Garron?

Kemi Badenoch has supported Israel deporting two British MP's saying, "I'm not surprised Labour MP's were removed."

How utterly disgraceful.

Sounds like a plan

Wolfie, think you might have scored an own goal there😏😟 but in fairness to you, under GON I did have my doubts about Sarabia but under Vitor think he plays with more confidence. His passing game has significantly improved.

How's this work? @andrewgoodwin.bsky.social :

'China is one of the largest foreign holders of US debt, second only to Japan. As of May 2024, China-based investors held $768.3 billion worth of US government debt. '

Maybe they could demand their money back?

(Expecting this to get lost in the ether)

Wolfie, a big part of that is down to the arrival of Agbadou. He is pivotal. I've said it before but couldn't the South Bank create a chant along the lines of 'Agbadou do, do, push us further up the league' or something like that. Think he has definitely earned a chant of some description.😁😏

How's this work? @andrewgoodwin.bsky.social :

'China is one of the largest foreign holders of US debt, second only to Japan. As of May 2024, China-based investors held $768.3 billion worth of US government debt. '

Maybe they could demand their money back?

(Expecting this to get lost in the ether)

Can’t pay? He’ll take it away! Reform will scrap the NHS and replace free healthcare with private health insurance.

Nigel Farage would love to take us & our NHS down the American route!

Never support or vote for Reform!

#NigelFarage #ReformUK

List of Labour pledges this week

This week’s list of Labour’s pledges. It’s a big week and none of this amplified by MSM. Please search for more detail all can be verified. My points have to be succinct to fit on list. Happy Friday!

I'm somewhere in the middle of this. I live on a shitty council estate and my wife is disabled and so are a number of her family.

It needs to be easier to get those benefits. I'm sick of banging heads with imbeciles.

But also it needs to be harder to game the system. ... more

If you'd spent your time reading up on TW you would know that they borrowed £3bn off institutional investors at 9.75%.(Source - excellent BBC2 doc on Thames Water aired last night) But hey ho please don't let your ignorance get in the way of slating a Gov trying to sort a mess they have inherited.

I know we are a team but I'm sure there is only one bloke who is going to keep us up and that is, as everyone keeps saying, Cunha 🤔.. (Sorry Gareth, not sure, but is that how you spell Agbadou🤭😉)

Think that was pretty close Gareth, are you a mystic in your spare time. Nice one son. Couple of queries that I have -how's it going to go with the Saints and will we stay up?