Kemi fan. “We are becoming anti-wealth creation, anti-enterprise, anti-success — attitudes that simply hasten our decline” (Andrew Neil)
Essex, England
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Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
UK Parliament has mentioned Gaza more than the NHS or immigration.
In the Commons, Gaza racked up 9,228 mentions in roughly the first 10 months after the 2024 election — more than immigration/asylum (~5,700) or the NHS (~5,300).
A year on, it is still regularly debated: ceasefire, aid, arms, RAF flights, inquiries.
This is a conflict 2,000 miles away with no British troops on the ground, no UK territory at stake, and no direct threat to Britain.
Domestic problems — waiting lists, housing, borders — keep getting ignored.
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
The price of natural gas is the same all across Europe.
That the UK's sky high electricity prices are 'because of the price of gas' is self-evidently untrue. Other countries pay the same gas prices but have much lower electricity prices.
We must look elsewhere for the cause of our predicament
Could it be our 'world-leading' renewables?
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
Insane.
🚨#BREAKING:
The British government announces it will start issuing expedited visas to Gazan students so they can move to the UK & study at British Universities.
The UK will also "establish a permanent framework for more refugee students to come study in the UK"
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
Oh FFS.
Is anyone else getting really sick and tired of our utterly useless government, who just keep giving away our stuff to whoever bloody asks???
Why should British taxpayers subsidise the education of European students???
Pay for your own kids!
thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
Oxford Street is being pedestrianised, so pedestrians can now enjoy the fresh thrill of being mown down by bikes instead of a bus. Another triumph of planning by people who apparently never walk anywhere.
Could they not at least have put in a proper, segregated bike lane? Now pedestrians are left dodging bikes, while phone thieves can help themselves to a ready-made hunting ground. Oxford Street: pedestrianised on paper, free-for-all in practice.
Who thought this was a good idea?
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
Good to see self confessed 'Englishman' @MayorofLondon wearing a poppy.
Well done @HKane
Long-term jobless reject Labour’s £1.2bn back-to-work policy
thetimes.com/article/f8e214e…
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
For anyone not keeping up - the "Summit" in November isn't actually where negotiations take place. The negotiations are happening now, in the background, and have been for many many months.
The "Summit" is where the leaders shake hands and have a press conference.
So more LIES
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
“You just spooked everyone by saying stockpile (for a crisis)”
Andy Burnham:- <Smug look & laughs knowingly>
“It’s a challenging World”
The UK PM treats the Public with absolute contempt after telling everyone they need to “prepare for a crisis” - now we can’t even keep a straight face‼️
The Big Bamboozle
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
All these demands from Burnham about moving closer to the EU - but it wasn't in 'his' manifesto. He either needs to shut-up or call a General Election. It really is that simple.
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
To think that the Prime Minister used to be so strongly against free movement of people in the EU as it was bad for his constituents. Is Leigh that far from Makerfield? (No, part of Leigh went into Makerfield in the last boundary changes).
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
REVEALED: Government Document Admits Pay-Per-Mile Tax Coming for All Drivers order-order.com/2026/10/26/r…
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
This is an outright lie from the Prime Minister, on national TV this morning. Brexit did not cause the small boats crisis. It started three years before we left.
He knows it is a lie.
We know that he knows it is a lie.
He knows that we know it is a lie.
He just doesn't care.
BREAKING: "I will never move ahead of the British public when it comes to Brexit."
The PM has ruled out re-joining the EU within 'this parliament', but he would 'like' to see the UK return in his lifetime.
trib.al/apj80h1
📺 Sky 501
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
The Economist's estimate of Britain's age- and sex-standardised conviction rates for sexual offences by the offender's nationality
economist.com/britain/2026/1…
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
On @BBCr4today Jim O'Neill, former Goldman Sachs chief economist, claims that Britain has suffered economically from Brexit but then tells us that we have the fastest growing economy in the G7.
Typical inconsistent nonsense from an 'economist'.
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
“In a crackdown on benefit fraud, John Healey will announce in the Budget next week plans to deploy 2,000 anti-fraud specialists to job centres throughout the country.”
Suddenly, we have 2000 anti-fraud specialists immediately available?? 🤡
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Helen 🇬🇧 Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three retweeted
‘That’s £190,000 per person…’
‘We could buy them all a house!”
@NickFerrariLBC runs the numbers on the government's pledge to end rough sleeping by Christmas.