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Here's the real story of this Budget, the can being kicked down the road. This Labour government is apparently planning spending cuts on most areas of public service spending of 2.6% per year between 2028-29 and 2031-32.
Pull the other one. It's got bells on.
Cllr John Cope retweeted
Nigel Farage today says Raheem Kassam is ‘not a former chief of staff’ - which is news to all journalists who previously dealt with him as his former chief of staff
"The circus goes on & on and it will never stop, because this is who Reform politicians are
"To those who say unite the right, we are not uniting with that
"People deserve better than that and we are going to give them better than that
"Character, conduct, & standards matter"
'Do you think it's racist'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was questioned on #BBCBreakfast after his former senior aide Raheem Kassam called Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch as a 'Nigerian scammer'
bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cp07jz…
Cllr John Cope retweeted
👀 ‘One Reform insider said senior party figures now believe they could be heading to just 15 per cent in the polls as soon as next month based on their current trajectory.’
Another big poll boost for Kemi: Tories overturn huge Reform lead to be main opposition party again trib.al/Slr72GQ
Cllr John Cope retweeted
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 24% (-3)
CON: 23% (+3)
REF: 21% (-1)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 11% (=)
via @YouGov, 11-12 Oct
(Changes with 5 Oct)
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Conservatives list Labour-Green administrations in local government. Will the party now take action? They say they will....
Burnham says no deals with the Greens - has he forgotten about local government ⁉️
Sheffield: Two-party joint administration - Labour and Green Groups
Warwick: Green–Labour coalition; both parties hold cabinet positions
Lewes: Green–Labour Co-operative Alliance; current council records confirm both group leaders hold cabinet responsibilities
Havant: Labour-led coalition with Greens and Liberal Democrats
West Oxfordshire: Liberal Democrat-Labour-Green alliance, renewed in May 2026
North Somerset: Partnership of Liberal Democrats, Labour, Greens and independent groups
Rother: Independent–Labour–Liberal Democrat–Green alliance
Runnymede: Joint administration containing Labour, Greens, Liberal Democrats and residents/independents
West Suffolk: Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens within the Progressive Alliance, governing in partnership with independents
Labour just don't get it.
Cllr John Cope retweeted
Ukraine’s freedom is not President Trump’s to bargain away.
He is wrong to ease sanctions on Russian diesel, wrong to blame President Zelensky for prolonging Putin’s war, and wrong to undermine a nation fighting for its right to exist. Russia is the aggressor. Always has been. Reward Russia, and we should expect to see more aggression, including from other countries. We can also kiss goodbye to any just and lasting peace.
This is why Conservatives have stood with Ukraine against Putin. Ukraine’s future belongs to Ukrainians. They alone have the right to choose their president, and we stand with President Zelensky because he fights not for himself, but for the survival of his country and his people.
🔴 Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/…
Cllr John Cope retweeted
It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel.
If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
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The strongest section of Kemi Badenoch's speech so far:
"To those who say “unite the right”... we are not uniting with THAT. I don’t want to live in a country run by people who threaten journalists, call veterans traitors and debate whether my mixed-race children are English.
"I don’t want to explain to my son, when we’re watching our brilliant England team play football, that some people don’t think our black players are English.
"I remember back in the day when Ian Wright and John Barnes were playing - nobody was questioning whether they were English. We certainly didn’t have sitting MPs questioning whether they were English.
"We must not let these people take us backwards. That is not the country we are. I don’t know whether you’ve noticed, but I am black. I am British. I’m proud of my country, I’m proud of our history."
Cllr John Cope retweeted
Looking forward to pretending I'm still youthful enough to comment on the problems facing young people!
Can't wait to get stuck in with @marchong_joanna @kafkaswife @JoePJRobertson @john_cope
No Country for Young Workers: What's coming for the next generation?
@marchong_joanna @JoePJRobertson @CarolineElsom @john_cope @kafkaswife
Really looking forward to @ukOnward's party conference panel on how we save young people from drifting onto welfare and get them into good jobs and great careers.
Stellar panel with @JoePJRobertson MP, @marchong_joanna , @CarolineElsom , and @kafkaswife 👏🏼
Really looking forward to this 👇
No Country for Young Workers: What's coming for the next generation?
@marchong_joanna @JoePJRobertson @CarolineElsom @john_cope @kafkaswife
Cllr John Cope retweeted
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 26% (-1)
CON: 23% (+1)
RFM: 22% (-1)
LDM: 11% (+1)
GRN: 9% (=)
RES: 4% (=)
SNP: 3% (+1)
Via @Moreincommon_, 28-31 Aug.
Changes w/ 21-23 Aug.
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We want to thank @JamesCleverly for his support and friendship as we’ve worked together to ensure the voices of our members have been heard throughout the Party, especially as we continue the ongoing journey of party renewal.
Led by @VictoriaAtkins & @HarrietCross_MP, Conservative MPs, MSPs, Senedd members & the @CCACllrs are calling on Andy Burnham to reverse the damaging Family Farm & Family Business Taxes 👇
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Tories are the only electable party, claims billionaire donor who defected to Labour in 2024 - as he brands Burnham's policies 'piffle' trib.al/subCfZK
Cllr John Cope retweeted
'There is little more dangerous to Britain’s prosperity than a Liberal Democrat MP.
'For all of the party’s moralistic grandstanding on the national stage about matters of climate change, diplomacy and, for some reason, Fifa, the party proves time and again it is little more than a cover for the selfish, the petty and the tragically short-sighted.'
Read @jamesbaxterd's full analysis: telegraph.co.uk/money/consum…
