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#NewsPenguin
#TwitterQuiz
answers for Sunday May 12 2024 in a thread, quote tweet answers to follow
1. Goblets of Fire
2. Purple
3. Sergeant Tibbs
4. Me at the Zoo
5. Brown
6. Apple
7. 15th
8. Thomas Gainsborough
9. 8
10. Capricorn
11. Devon
12. New Zealand
13. Nathan Evans
Saw something lovely as I was eating my Sunday dinner earlier
A young couple sat at the table next to me
They looked and sounded like a couple just starting out and it was probably their first meal out together
I asked the waiter for the bill
I needed to leave before I said something like “please let your love last forever”
On the way out I said to the waiter “that was a lovely touch”
He replied: “we’ve all been that young man”
Sometimes life is lovely
The end
🚨🚨🚨WOKING🚨🚨🚨
I have been celebrating the demise of the tories, one thing has stood out for me and it is the behaviour of Steve Dorsett (ex Cllr)
A great example on how to accept defeat
This morning I suggested that
@RosieDuffield1
was mistaken - I’m happy to correct that - she wasn’t
Here is the intimidation and bullying in three screenshots
I hope
@CommonsSpeaker
@Keir_Starmer
and
@UKLabour
will now investigate Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s behaviour in parliament
Any MP, and certainly a Labour MP, who engages in victim shaming and accusing a woman of exploiting her own sexual assault and abuse shouldn't just be removed from the
@UKLabour
front bench they should have the Whip removed
On the Costa Coffee row:
@bindelj
is right: a woman was thrown out of a Costa shop because she was breastfeeding
Are we not allowed to breast feed but you are allowed to celebrate a woman having breasts removed for reasons of social contagion and vanity? It's absolutely bonkers'
'I've got my lines!'
After answering, 'I don't know', to a caller's question on voter IDs, Shadow Minister Darren Jones receives a text from Labour to clarify the party's position.
After MPs voted overwhelmingly for a general election Anna Soubry stood up to say the majority of MPs didn’t really want an election
@CarolineFlintMP
’s reaction is great
And so was the waiter ...
He came left and came back with my wine and turned to the couple and said “I’m sorry I forgot to say - the roast beef comes with a complimentary glass of house champagne”
I was close to hugging the waiter
Her: Really that would be lovely
You’ve got to really feel for Tracey Cox, a body language and relationships expert, who yesterday claimed Meghan and Harry are still enjoying the “honeymoon period” and will not bring a Royal child into the world until at least 2021
#RoyalBaby
#DailyExpress
I understand that passionate debate is at the heart of our or any democracy but this wasn’t about the debate, it doesn’t matter which or what side or any argument you are on, intimidation is wrong - there is absolutely no excuse for the changing of seats, it was a deliberate
Her: (looking at wine list) let me pay please
Him: Please let me this is my treat - I promised
Her: Well you choose but I’m happy with water or maybe a coke
Him: if you are sure
Her: Certain - this is lovely
Him: So are you
(At this point I almost standing up cheering them on)
So
#MoralMaze
Michael Portillo hits the bail on the head:
“You cannot protect women's rights and boundaries in law if you have no definition of a woman”
That is a very good starting point for any discussion
“In the area treated there is no sign of activity”
So the treatment has worked - I now enter the “repair phase”
Twitter has been my ‘rock’ during this time, it has helped me normalise it all and more importantly has been supportive and picked my up when I was low
Thank you all
The waiter returns: “have you decided yet”
Him: I’ll have roast beef and a glass of water please
Her: Me too
Him: Please have wine or they do cocktails
Her: I’m fine with water, we can go to a pub after - my treat
If he had squeezed her hand any tighter he would’ve crushed it
Pointed out by someone I know from a locked account
Today there was a female only, women only, lesbian only march, celebrating lesbianism these people protested
Once we would’ve called that homophobia
If you don't get it yet, you're either a bit (deliberately?) dim or homophobic
She said: We could share a starter
Him: No you have one - I will just have roast beef
Her: me too
Him: Have whatever you want
I was cheering him on and she was trying so hard forvthe meal not to cost too much
The looks they gave each over across the table were amazing
I went back to the table as glasses of champagne arrived and she said “This is perfect thank you so much”
He replied: “My bother and his wife come here - that said it was good”
She raised her champagne glass and took a sip - he just stared and looked totally lost in the moment
The two glasses of water arrived and he said: “I’m just going to the loo”
He hadn’t been gone two seconds and out came her phone
I have never seen such excited text messaging - her smile was huge as she sent the text
As he looked at the menu his faced paled slightly, but I guess that could’ve been the lighting
Him: Are we having a starter
Her: Are you sure, let’s split the bill
Him: Have whatever you want
He reached out and held her hand
It was lovely
As they were eating I noticed the waiter chatting to the manager and looking over - at me with no food and an empty glass
The waiter comes across smiles and says another glass of red
Me: yes please
But I wasn’t really concentrating - I was watching a young couple in love
On the evening of May 11, 1994, John Smith made a speech including the words "The opportunity to serve our country, that is all we ask".
The next morning, May 12, he was dead, an
@UKLabour
giant, taken from us far too soon
RIP
He was insistent that she could have ‘whatever she liked and he was paying’
She blushed as she asked “are you sure”
He replied “of course”
The menus arrived and her smiling face turned very serious
He came back and I’m sure I felt the electricity as he stood beside momentarily before he sat down
The meals arrived and he picked up his glass of water and said ‘cheers’
She smiled (again) and raised her glass
The waiter arrived and asked ‘would you like to see the wine list’
He said: Yes please
He looked at the wine list (I think it is overpriced) and I’m sure I heard a gulp as he passed it to his love and said “you choose”
Sajid Javid (Telegraph): "Despite the changes, he insists that people in crowded enclosed spaces should continue to wear masks, and if someone is not doing that, frankly, they're just being irresponsible, they're not playing their role as a responsible citizen"
As I’m on a bit of a rant night tonight
@UKLabour
has always been a party that supported women and sex based rights
It always should be
Our values and history screams this
It really isn’t that difficult to understand
This tweet annoys me
I come from a working class background
I was constantly told to "Know my place"
I didn't become a lawyer or barrister but I did ok (I think)
Aspiration is important - I want sons/daughters of nurses and toolmakers to see
@Keir_Starmer
as a beacon of hope
Good to see Wes Streeting putting in a good shift for
@UKLabour
on
#BBCBreakfast
Calm and measured, it is right and to expected that journalists will ask questions about Starmer and Durham, the way to deal with the questions is with clear and consistent answers
One last thing: every person who claimed JK Rowling was 'weaponising her abuse' or "any abuse is awful but..." should look at that Sun front-page and accept the responsibility for it - no ifs, no buts, this is your abuse staring at you from the front-page of a national newspaper
That Guardian story about the flag is best ignored
It is a story that runs almost every year and has run since the 70s
It is a flag for all not a flag for of of the far right
I'm off to bed but will leave you with this: if you think that voters who vote for a party you don't support, do so because they are 'deluded' 'poorly educated' or 'thick' you might be part of the reason they no longer listen and vote the way they do
Watching someone ‘working from home’ in Starbucks
Having quite a row with her manager on her phone
Apparently working from home is boring and she needed to see people to keep her from going mad
Everyone has moved away from her as she loudly explains “I might not even have it!”
A personal 🧵- good news
Some of you will remember I was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer of the tonsil bed, neck and tongue and without treatment I had 6-18 months to live but my consultant Mary Lei at
@GSTTnhs
said she believed it was curable but obviously no guarantees
On a train and a child has been coughing for most of the journey - an hour so far
Drink, sweets, and gentle words from mum and dad haven’t worked
If anything the cough is getting worse
If you are criticising the Duchess of Cambridge laying flowers and paying her respects to Sarah Everard on Clapham Common today my guess is that you are simply looking for an argument
This is the
@guardian
tweet promoting the
@tom_watson
interview - harmless enough and it runs with a quote from the interview
The interview talks about toxicity in politics
What happens next ...
Morning Twitter ahead of
#PMQs
Angela Rayner is a woman
Angela Rayner is from a working class background
Angela Rayner has an accent
Keep your sneering, sexist, classist, comments to yourself
Thanks
Have a lovely Wednesday
I'm not going to get into the wider issues tonight, I find it incredible that
@LabWomenDec
meeting in Brighton have had to meet in 'secret' to be safe
Regardless of your views, this cannot be right, I hope this is the last
@UKLabour
conference this is happens at
I remember standing with the women being demonised as ‘terfs’ and worse when they were part of the “a woman’s place in in a trade union” campaign
When they were fundraising to support the miners strike
When they were “women against the poll tax”
Why are we letting them down
“Are you in my constituency [do you live in this constituency]”
Answer: No
The most important part of the exchange, a well organised day trip to disrupt a constituency campaign session, and not connected to the local community
“How do you feel about Israel turning off the water? Rachel, would you be able to live without water?” Labour's Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, was confronted by residents about her stance on Israel’s war on Gaza while she was campaigning in Leeds.
Can you imagine the uproar if a group of gay men held a gay rights march and people protested and shouted abuse at them and yes it used to happen and it was wrong
Why is it so different for women and lesbians
Some would say the answer is ‘men’
‘Nut milk’ is NOT milk
Drink it if you want or have to for dietary/intolerance reasons but please stop calling it milk - it is water that has crushed nuts in
Same goes for o*ts
Look at it this way: if I boil potatoes in water and remove the potatoes I’m not left with potato milk
I often criticise Wes Streeting but this is a masterclass in clear, honest comms about that £28m thing, not only does he defend it the change, he lays the blame for crashing the economy where it belongs and adds real life human elements to the change to make it relatable
.
@jeremycorbyn
's reacted to
@Theresa_May
's announcement that she will step down in June.
The Labour leader says he "understands the stress she is going through" but he "doesn't recognise" her "description of the country".
Live reaction here:
And I want you to ask yourself these questions tonight:
If a woman tweeted this thread what would the reaction have been
If as an example a female MP from any party dated to speak this truth what would the reaction be
Then ask yourself why there is a difference
This from Starmer on
@LBC
made me smile
“Some Labour leaders like being in the warm bath of a room full of Labour supporters who clap and cheer the whole time, I don’t”
And once you start attacking sex based rights you attack
Equal pay
Maternity rights
Sex discrimination rights
Pension rights (still ongoing)
Maternity rights
It all comes tumbling down
I’m a bit confused
I was talking to a neighbour (obvs social distancing observed) and he was moaning about the mess the herons were making
I agreed it was getting worse and he said “do you ever stop to think that you taking photographs is encouraging them” 😳😳
None of this translates as being ‘anti trans’
None of this is hate
It is simply recognition that women as a sex based class exist and their rights are important
If you turn the stabbing of an MP into an internal factional argument or attempt to justify it by talking about ‘austerity having consequences’ you are part of the problem in today’s politics not the solution
Something I don’t understand about
#Jamaica50
deportations - if they are being deported for crimes that carried more than a one year custodial sentence as Priti Patel has claimed
Why wasn’t Rolf Harris deported after serving three years of his sentence of five years nine months
You can disagree with JK Rowling, you can say that she is wrong without accusing her of exploiting her abuse
If a trans person spoke of abuse and said it had informed and influenced their views on life anyone who said they were exploiting their abuse would be wrong
My view is there is a movement that is best described as a ‘lesbian erasure’ movement - nothing to do with trans rights but everything to to with erasing lesbians and attempting to drive them out of society
Thanks for listening - this is important to me
Come on, fess up. What did we all do in a past life to end up with a lying duplicitous self-serving charlatan who manages to combine being both shameless and shameful as Foreign Secretary? Because it must be pretty fucking bad.
Hey
@jack
@TwitterSupport
Now the tribunal judgment is published in the Yaniv ‘waxing tribunals’ please can you urgently review all of the Twitter bans on people who stood up to Yaniv and called out her horrific racially motivated behaviour and targeting of women
Thank You
Something I need to get off my chest
This isn't about Clapham or Brixton or London
It isn't about housing estates
It isn't about lighting
It is about men attacking women
And that can and does happen everywhere
Gordon Brown was voted out of Downing Streeton a lie that he and he alone was responsible for the global economic crisis - a lie spread by tories, supported by many Lib Dems and then echoed by many in
@UKLabour
who should’ve know better
You don’t know what you miss ‘til it’s gone
Sitting having a quiet pint in a beer garden and a bloke and his g/f are discussing/planning his ‘surprise’ proposal to her at a party tomorrow
So far they have agreed he should wait until everyone has finished eating
Apparently Jenny and Chris already know …
Remember this all started with an SNP stunt
Labour as is their right tabled amendment
The government joined in by tabling an amendment meaning three votes would take place
Speaker decided all amendments would be heard
Nasty debate followed
Government withdrew their amendment
A bloke with a beard stands up at a Labour Party Conference, Yes a Labour Party Conference and condemns women for meeting, calls them bigots,applauds this intimidating women and Conference applauds
What is it with woke men with beards that makes them hate women
Personal: One year on, finally through the 18 month barrier thats been a constant chattering monkey on my shoulder
This week has been weird, laughing with my GP, amazing staff checking I’m ok, the ‘survivor guilt’ horrible and staring at the date… but here I am - wonky but here
A personal 🧵- good news
Some of you will remember I was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer of the tonsil bed, neck and tongue and without treatment I had 6-18 months to live but my consultant Mary Lei at
@GSTTnhs
said she believed it was curable but obviously no guarantees
And why ate women underrepresented at all levels in society
It isn’t a choice
It is a historic discrimination against women and their role in society
It isn’t their choice it is all based on their sex
That is all there is to it
So the next time anyone asks why women as a sex based class are important tell them, remind them - these aren’t ancient struggles for rights they are recent history and still go on
For me it goes way back and the ‘women’s right to choose’
It is about women having agency
It is about women being equal
Not told what that have to or should accept
Women are at the heart of our movement and always should be
As a man I learned that at an early age