Andy Birss @1957AJB
Retired lab technician. Science-loving, history-loving socialist-The future is ours! Birkenhead Joined May 2011-
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The 'flagship news programme of the BBC' covers Byron but not poverty or food banks. #r4today @BBCr4today
I've had a 'bad back' @MelJStride and was in agony for 16 months before I could get an operation. You know nothing about the mental and physical damage that does to you. All you want is a headline to show how tough you are. Nauseating. #r4today
Thank god the 'flagship news programme of the BBC' is covering important stuff like radio comedy shows rather than trivia such as the huge numbers of people going hungry and forced to use food banks after 14 years of Tory rule. #r4today @BBCr4today
I bet Sunak has never seen a queue for treatment that he can't jump to the head. People are waiting months and years for treatment to permit a normal working life. As on so many other things, Sunak hasn't a friggin' clue how the non wealthy live.
When I tried to return to work in 2012 after 19 months off with a back injury I looked OK-Any snapshot assessment that @RishiSunak ordered would have said so but I was mentally and physically unfit and required months of rehabilitation (which I got) to be useful. #r4today
I have chronic arthritis but after I have done about 2 hours of exercise in the morning I have better movement of my hands and shoulders. I need to repeat the same in the afternoon. If I was still employed no doubt @RishiSunak would declare me 'fit for work'. #r4today
The normalisation of poverty by #r4today editors and presenters means that when it comes to questioning of politicians this subject is excluded. Just consider-I've never heard a minister asked why there has been a fifty-fold increase in the number of food banks since 2010.
729 teams compete in the @TheFACup. Why is its format being dictated by the @premierleague who represent c.3% of them? Why were @EFL clubs not given a say? Why is the EPL even dictating whether replays are allowed in rounds they don’t participate in? Protest is needed! #FACup
When Angela Rayner has come up on #PoliticsLive @Jo_Coburn has given the panel full reign to speculate. However when a Tory MP is in trouble she attempted to shut down discussion after inviting the Tory peer today to comment. Pathetic bias-Good on @RhonddaBryant though!
1500 cases, over £1bn in payouts. All to protect management who concealed and destroyed evidence
1500 cases, over £1bn in payouts. All to protect management who concealed and destroyed evidence
Tories for a month: BUUUURN ANGELA RAYNER!!!!! Grant Shapps this morning to @KayBurley: “There’s a process in this country where one is innocent until proven guilty - not guilty simply because an allegation is made.” Provided “one” is not a working class woman, evidently.
I suppose that the lead in the @DailyMailUK will be 'Why didn't Angela Rayner stop Mark Menzies behaving in this way?' and @DPJHodges will demand that Ms Rayner take full responsibility for not keeping us informed about what Tory MPs get up to.
Next @JustinOnWeb will find out about Thalidomide, Aberfan, Ibrox, Summerland, Contaminated blood, Grenfell and be equally 'shocked' that nobody important is ever held to account. It is the way that power works in the UK. Where has he been all his life? #r4today
When @Simonhartmp became aware of the allegations against Mr Mark Menzies did he inform the police? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… #r4today
I think it is great that #r4today have normalised the existence of over 2,500 food banks and haven't got the time to cover them. However @JustinOnWeb has a big section of the show on the type of cricket ball to be used in the county championship this season. 'Flagship news?'.
Has @JamesDalyMP reported Mr Menzies to the police for investigation yet? #r4today
Nothing about 2,500 food banks or poverty in the UK but @JustinOnWeb and #r4today obsess about which cricket ball should be used in county championship games. I'm only surprised they didn't ask Taylor Swift her opinion on this subject.
So the @Conservatives have had this information on MP Mark Menzies for months but didn't inform the police? I thought that was all @JamesDalyMP all day! #r4today
So did @JamesDalyMP know for the last few months about the allegations against Mark Menzies? If he did so why didn't he ask the police to investigate? #r4today
Are the police looking for those #Torybadpeople ?
Are the police looking for those #Torybadpeople ?
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@gunsnrosesgirl3 Well, I was allowed a kayak on desert island discs.
If the welfare system is as bad as Sunak says then perhaps he should have a word with the people who have been in govt for the last 14 years.
@christopherhope He's on a moral mission to keep the Telegraph happy.
The ministerial code says all announcements of new policy should be made to parliament first. Parliament is sitting today. Why is Sunak making his announcement on sick notes outside parliament? He’s breaking his own ministerial code.
Ever felt REALLY old? 😬😄
📺 The Sitcom 'Home To Roost' starring John Thaw & Reece Dinsdale made its debut 39 years ago, April 19th 1985 #80s
"Fit note" is a ludicrous phrase. They're "sick notes". Even Sunak had to use those words so that his speech made even basic sense. #wato
"Mother and youngest child only. What is the cost of a 200 mile journey in a helicopter divided by a 3.15am ransom demand in Lytham St Anne's?"
Imagine writing this. Imagine publishing it. Imagine being the woman in question, reading it.
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Brilliant @david_conn - thoroughly deserved
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@1957AJB @BBCr4today They covered Blackpool, and hardly mentioned deprivation.
@lea_ypi @doctor_oxford @DarwinCollege @spectator Sorry you’ve had to experience this horrific objectification in public. Solidarity.
TORY MPs Sunak is the original and official SICK NOTE!!
Stride: You wouldn't expect me to know about Menzies, just because his story is this week's latest scandal. "You wouldn't expect me to know" is an attack before the question, because we do expect him to have been briefed, and those few words are part of the briefing. #r4today
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@Councillorsuzie Stop what you mad, mad woman?
Come super intelligent benevolent space aliens. The time is now. #r4today
Ever seen Tranmere get beat at your beloved Highbury ???? No???? Nobody else on earth has either….
@SkySportsNews Who cares they're not a relevant club
Even as a Liverpool fan, that’s a quality statement from Tranmere that. It’s a joke replays are being scrapped and completely takes away the opportunity of smaller clubs going on a cup run and making memories for fans. Football is on a downward slope and is only gonna get worse.