Lou Derry🌹 🇬🇧 🇺🇦
@louderry
Never voted Tory. http://Louderry.bsky.social
“I was 16 when that picture was taken… I’m not fussed about it.” Times Radio’s @Jo_Crawford confronts Homeland member Callum Barker, an organiser of the Epping protests, with a picture of him holding up a copy of the Unabomber's manifesto. #TimesRadio
If the men draped in flags outside hotels are concerned citizens, protecting “our women”, rather than racist opportunists… Where were they during the Wayne Couzens protests? Protests that were almost exclusively attended by women. There wasn’t a St George’s flag in sight.
Labour ministers clinched the Indian Trade deal within 10 months of power The final deal does not change immigration policy beyond facilitating visa routes allowing up to 1,800 extra visas for Indian chefs, musicians and yogis a year theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
We promised 1,000 more GPs this year. We've delivered double that. 2,000 new GPs hired — delivering millions more appointments and making sure the NHS is there for everyone, whenever they need it. Our Plan for Change in action.
❗ You know what is driving British businesses and the wealthy away? ⚠️ Brexit buff.ly/tMIfvxU
📊 Ref lead of 4pts Westminster voting intention REF: 27% (-1) LAB: 23% (+1) CON: 17% (-) LDEM: 15% (-1) GRN: 11% (-1) via @YouGov, 20 - 21 Jul Chgs. w/ 14 Jul britainelects.com
Good to see a journalist hold a Reform councillor to account. We need to see much more of this scrutiny from the media.
“Yes, definitely. I’m suggesting crime is out of control.” “That’s just plain wrong, isn’t... it’s in long term decline.” @StephenSackur confronts Reform councillor for Westminster Laila Cunningham over her party's “deceitful rhetoric.” #TimesRadio
It would be a gift to the world if Brigitte Macron could bankrupt Candace Owens forever. Thank you, 🇫🇷.
Bittersweet end of the school year as I found out that an ex-student took his own life on Thursday. He was 19. He was bright, kind, and he loved literature. Boys…please start talking to people. Get help and support. We are here for you. Your old English teacher is heartbroken.
The news today should have been about the huge trade deal worth over 6 BILLION to the UK but instead it’s about far right thuggery stoked by media and politicians. Disgusting. Well done @Keir_Starmer for all your hard work. Millions of us are thankful. @LBC @ShelaghFogarty
Between 2019 and 2024, Reform UK received £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers. Best for Britain 🇬🇧
Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train on a xylophone is proof why every school needs a fully funded music program
I see that #Reform's Jenkyns says she doesn't believe in #ClimateChange or #RenewableEnergy. That must have come as a big surprise to ... Andrea Jenkyns.
Surprise, surprise it turns out Sarah Pochin(Reform MP) was lying about a street in her Runcorn constituency.
Sarah Lancashire CBE. Sarah received her CBE for services to drama on Tuesday at Windsor Castle🎖️
🚨Do you really want to do that Kemi? 🇦🇷"Statistics show that for the first half of this year, almost 53% of Argentina’s 45 million people were living in poverty – a two-decade high – up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023." theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
Fatima’s UK Campaign is back on the road — and the message is loud and clear: Too many care-experienced young people are being set up to fail. 🏠 Housing isn’t a luxury — it’s a lifeline. 💥 This week, we secured another young person a key to their home. A safe space.
The @Conservatives in Northamptonshire continue to go from bad to worse. Phil Larratt, former cabinet member, now also in court on sex charges. northamptonchron.co.uk/news/crime/fou…