What has Ben Bradshaw been up to today?
Ben Bradshaw is MP for Exeter and a member of the Labour party.
Ben Bradshaw has 78445 followers on Twitter.
I’m delighted @exeterlabour members have selected @steve_race as our parliamentary candidate for the next election when I stand down. I’m confident he’ll do our city proud. My latest @ExpressandEcho @DevonLiveNews column https://www.devonlive.com/news/news-opinion/im-confident-steve-race-exeter-7418494
My response:
“It is unprecedented to have such a powerful affirming statement recognising the validity of same-sex love from so many bishops across the Communion. I have been
overwhelmed with the level of support and concern that there has been for the global LGBT+ community."
at least the government has spent the summer months ramping up insulation of homes and public buildings, the roll-out of heat pumps, and the adoption of other energy efficiency measures
Excellent thread on the Tories’ economic failure & what needs to happen now by one of @UKLabour’s best next generation MPs.
The UK economy is now preparing to enter another recession, with the Bank of England projecting it’ll last as least a year. Inflation will peak at 13% with the costs of every day essentials - food and energy, facing much higher prices. So what should we do? https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1555147310451113985
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Their choices have taken away your choices. 12 years of mismanagement have led to this..#anotherfutureispossible
🗳️🌹 https://twitter.com/TorstenBell/status/1555113537680424962
This IMF chart is (rightly) getting a lot of attention given the UK figures are truly awful. But why are they so bad? Because this is what happens when you add an energy price surge onto a country with our combination of low growth and high inequality
BREAKING: Interest rates up 0.5%, inflation to hit 13%, and forecasts of a recession - further proof the Tories have lost control of the economy. (1/4)
Essential summer reading from Polly Toynbee.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/02/labour-power-keir-starmer?CMP=share_btn_tw
“It is hard to get any other perspective when the mechanism for choosing a prime minister is a competition to satisfy the ideological fetishes of Conservative activists” @rafaelbehr in top form summing up the Tory leadership contest.
Column, on the third candidate in the Tory leadership race and Truss's biggest rival - gravity. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/03/boris-johnson-liz-truss-tory-members
DEFRA minister Steve Double says it’s “difficult to believe” Liz Truss’ claim that her regional pay board policy was misrepresented by the media. But he declined multiple opportunities to say whether he thought she was lying. More on @bbcdevon tonight 📻
Super-impressed with @HelsinkiAirport. No queues, fabulous design, but best of all, they have security technology that means you keep your liquids & electronic items in your hand luggage. No faffing with little plastic bags 👍 😀@SimonCalder
The Johnson Government is so near the end of its term it’s decided it can bring in games. https://twitter.com/brexit_sham/status/1554417700755181568
The state of Tory Britain.
You're not going to believe the answer Jacob Rees-Mogg gives to the question, "what's actually working in Britain today?"
The worst crisis in the NHS’s history.
The Government can’t even meet its own targets for eliminating TWO YEAR waits.
The longer the Conservatives are in power, the longer patients will wait.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/03/ministers-admit-they-will-break-nhs-pledge-on-hospital-waiting-times
The audacity of people who dismissed reports of an invasion as “hysterical propaganda”, opposed weapons transfers leading up to invasion as “warmongering” and effectively called for Ukrainian surrender from day one, who still seem to think their opinion is of value on this topic.
Do you think the people who basically now earn a living off saying "Starmer must resign" once every couple of weeks realise how absurd they look? https://twitter.com/benatipsos/status/1554078830427521025?s=20&t=FrNggQyl5YbhhnR6RlO2vw
NEW from @IpsosUK / @standardnews.
🚨Labour lead at 14 🚨
Lab 44 (+3)
Con 30 (nc)
Lib Dems 10 (-5)
Green 8 (+2)
Other 8 (nc)
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Out of touch, out of ideas, they’ve only got empty promises left. Time for them to go. #Exeterhustings #toryleadershipdebate
While average private school fees rose from £11,100 to £13,600 between 2009-10 to 2020-21, during the same period state school spending per pupil in England dropped from £8,000 to £7,100.
That’s a spending gap of around £6,500 or over 90 per cent. So much for levelling up.
“I represented striking miners for free. Not just sentiment and a photo opp. I backed up my words with action.”
Keir has one mission as Labour leader - to make sure Labour forms the next Government. Only then can we change the country for the better. https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1553470242331967492
Britain is stuck thanks to a succession of Tory governments.
As leader of the Labour Party, I’m focused on getting us into power.
Only then can we deliver the change that trade unions and working people want and need.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-must-go-party-protest-27618354
I’ve seen a confidential document from Lynton Crosby’s lobbying firm which advises Boris Johnson to ride roughshod over every convention and standard of propriety to pack the House of Lords.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/29/boris-johnson-lords-cronies-legitimising-bribery
Britain is stuck thanks to a succession of Tory governments.
As leader of the Labour Party, I’m focused on getting us into power.
Only then can we deliver the change that trade unions and working people want and need.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-must-go-party-protest-27618354
Tremendous thanks to @BenPBradshaw
for his endorsement.
Next week, @YoungLabourUK ballots will be dropping and it will be your chance to have your voice heard!
I'm running to be your next International Officer and would be honoured to have your support.
Would love to see both @RuthSmeeth and @annaturley returning as Labour candidates for next election.
As I warned on Monday, energy bills will rise and rise again, both this year and next. Rishi Sunak built in a loophole into @UKLabour’s proposed windfall tax - that should be cancelled now. https://news.sky.com/story/energy-giants-shell-and-centrica-enjoy-soaring-profits-as-prices-rise-12660367
The Tories are too busy arguing amongst themselves to do anything to help families facing soaring bills.
Only Labour has a plan to tackle this Tory cost of living crisis.
My interview with @lbc on why @Keir_Starmer had no choice but to sack Sam Tarry, unite @UKLabour & focus all our efforts on attacking the Tories & winning the next election.
Labour MP Ben Bradshaw accuses sacked shadow transport minister Sam Tarry of 'really uncomradely and uncollegiate behaviour' and doesn't think Keir Starmer really had any choice but to sack him.
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What neither of the two Tory leadership candidates is talking about after 12 years of them in charge. #NHS
Absolutely shocking. Three days!! https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1552325719895719936
Good for @Keir_Starmer. I like Sam Tarry, but you can’t openly defy the Party leader, break collective responsibility & stay on the front bench. Labour aspire to be the Government. Job of Governments is to solve problems & take tough decisions, not go on demos & picket lines.
When you can’t defend the indefensible https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1552249560193449985
Kwasi Kwarteng walks out mid-interview after being asked about @BorisJohnson's meeting with Alexander Lebedev
It comes after the PM admitted meeting the ex-KGB agent without officials while foreign secretary https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-26/hes-hiding-something-johnson-attacked-over-explanation-of-lebedev-meeting
Seriously impressive operation at @CTAairport this morning when a wad of my cash disappeared from a security tray. Airport police & security staff checked CCTV, found the people (other travellers) who’d lifted it, recovered my money, all in time to catch my flight. Grazie Mille!
Another wow of a video from @UKLabour completely eviscerating the Tory Government.. with their own words!
Play along at home!
This is Brexit
Honoured and delighted to be given the privilege of selection today as Labour's prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the seat of Plymouth Moor View. Thanks to all my supporters and everyone that has made this possible @PlymouthLabour @labourforces
Introducing our 2022/23 committee!
First up, we have our president, Elvis, Vice-President, Katie, General Secretary, Alex, and Treasurer, Carys.
@Bazza73617427 @other_mrs "The UK cabinet office has rejected a £33m proposal to double the capacity for French government passport checks at Dover, dooming UK passengers to long delays at the border post-Brexit." - dec 2020
https://www.cityam.com/govt-rejects-33m-proposal-for-more-passport-booths-at-dover-leaving-longer-queues-more-likely/
The Brexit mood is only partly about hostility to Europe. Mainly it’s about hostility to facts.
Latest column https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/22/brexit-liz-truss-delusion-rishi-sunak-tory-members?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I’m sure @BBC & other broadcasters are aware of their legal requirement to offer @UKLabour equal airtime, given recent coverage has been dominated by the Tory leadership candidates & their proxies, who’ve been in Government for 12 years, extolling their own virtues .
Smart and depressing column by @jburnmurdoch: what's causing the UK's higher rate of chronic illness? A: It's not long covid: https://www.ft.com/content/c333a6d8-0a56-488c-aeb8-eeb1c05a34d2
More fabulous #Brexit benefits currently being enjoyed in & around Dover by British families trying to go on holiday & hauliers trying to do their job. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-62273523
Heavitree Pleasure Ground, Mincinglake Valley Park and Pinces Gardens & Cowick Barton Playing Fields are all nominated for the UK's Favourite Park 2022. Vote for your favourite here: https://www.fieldsintrust.org/favourite-parks/nominations
📢 You nominated in your hundreds and shared stories of parks across the UK close to your hearts. 💚
Now it's time to find the nation's favourites: voting for UK's Favourite Parks 2022 is now OPEN! 🗳️
Russia: "We're telling you openly for the millionth time the invasion is about seizing territory and erasing Ukraine and Ukrainian culture. We've also kidnapped a million Ukrainians and murdered tens of thousands more!"
People: "Ah, yes, I hear you: NATO is bad."
Last week in Thetford Norfolk, birthplace of Tom Paine, Labour took the Boudica Ward seat on the DC from the Tories. https://twitter.com/MrsBurgin/status/1549669051248644097
Thanks for the article @CountryStandard @NorthHertsLab @NEHertsLabour
Best result for @UKLabour, terrible for the country. Two Ministers who excused Johnson's lies & spent 12 years voting for the policies that have wreaked such damage on Britain. Only @Keir_Starmer's Labour can give us the fresh start the country needs #GeneralElectionNow
This is doubly courageous https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/20/daria-kasatkina-tennis-gay-ukraine-russia/
Ministers have laid down tools. With Britain facing so many serious challenges, there is no functional Government, while millions of Brits face being unable to feed their families or heat their homes this autumn. These people are utterly unfit for public office.
Another Secretary of State pulling out of a Select Committee appearance... https://twitter.com/CommonsEAC/status/1549719809817968640
"Daniel is a tireless Labour activist, determined to see a Labour government. I'm certain he would make an excellent South West representative on the new National Labour Students Committee."
Big thanks to the marvellous @BenPBradshaw for his endorsement! 🌹
Which Labour Leader achieved the greatest transfer of wealth to the poor? Tony Blair.
People who depend on a Labour Government need action, not words. https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1549435541015461888
Most of all, the Party needs to decide what it is for and who decides that. Are we a democratic socialist party, run by members and affiliated unions, that aims for a fundamental transfer of wealth and power from the few to the many? Or are we something else?
Diary of a spiteful exit: 1/ sack Gove 2/ appoint pointless new cabinet 3/ Campaign against Sunak 4/ Suspend Ellwood. 5/ Resignation honours to come. Not a gentleman but we knew that.
Do actually recommend watching all 3 mins and 33 seconds of this. From frictionless trade with by far our largest trade partner...to this.👏 Congrats. Trebles all round. #Brexit https://twitter.com/cabinetofficeuk/status/1549323789011410944
Since we left the EU there have been many changes in what you need to do to move goods between Britain and the EU.
👇 Check out the steps traders need to take to ensure their goods move smoothly between the EU and GB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Y2naxoRt4