Portfolio person. OBE for fairness. @refugeesathome, Once BBC/C4N Editor. #girlyswot #rootlesscosmopolitan #DoGooder #oldbat #angrybird

Acton, London
Joined January 2009
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Replying to @lou3ee
London is not just safer than New York, it is safer than all US cities and states.
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The collapse in violent crime over three decades has been one of the most striking developments of my lifetime. News is about what’s going wrong, and rightly so. But the bigger picture also matters From today’s figures:-
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The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full - Violence at lowest since records began in 1981 - Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds - Robbery: record low - Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak. - Shoplifting up More:- comment.press/lawless
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Having watched ITV’s undercover investigation into Reform UK, I’m struggling to understand how the party can recover from such a damning exposé. More disturbing still is the willingness of its supporters to defend the indefensible.
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Widespread institutional racism, xenophobia, sexism and hardline ethnonationalism. Reform has not cleaned up the party in any way. These bigots and extremists are being let through, in some cases because leaders in the party have turned a blind eye. Instead of tackling these major issues, Reform has attacked those uncovering it. This is unacceptable. No party seeking power should operate like this.
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This Reform expose is exactly as I expected it to be, and as shocking as I expected it to be. This is who they really are. Anyone with a basic level of intelligence has known this for years. #itv #exposure #ReformUK
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You can’t be English if you’re brown. You can’t be British if you’re Muslim. Reform UK is just a bunch of racist bigots with nothing to offer the British people but racism and bigotry.
Zia Yusuf is not British, a Reform UK activist suggested in remarks that were filmed during an undercover investigation. The party activist, who aspired to become a Reform MP, noted that the party’s home affairs spokesman was Muslim, adding: “You cannot be a Muslim and British… it’s like oil and water” 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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Sara Nathan retweeted
Yesterday 8 of us removed 93 bags of rubbish and 61 bags’ worth of large items from a section of the #GrandUnionCanal towpath in Southall & adjacent path. This is a bit much and we feel should not be left to volunteers. @deirdrecostigan we’d love to discuss preventative action!
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Reform says “a handful” of bad apples slip through vetting. It’s not a handful. We’ve exposed Reform councillor after Reform councillor, and many of them are still in the party. Here are some of the worst 👇 hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/1…
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And Reform's statement said their councillors behaved "inappropriately" as if they'd made trivial breaches of manners. And surely Ticey lost his credibility a while ago when he said lawyers conducting Reform inquiry into C4News doc would be "independent"?
Remember what Reforms initial response was to what we've all seen today. It wasn't to condemn or disown the party members exposed. It was to attack the journalists exposing it.
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That is the job of investigative journalists, Ben. That’s how they manage to hold people and parties and companies and public servants to account. Not just Reform. This how it must work. This type of journalism is to be applauded, not maligned.
Obviously some really unacceptable comments in the ITV story this evening, and it's worth saying that Reform HQ have already taken action where it's needed, investigating and removing people where their comments simply are not compatible with our values. Sometimes people can make legitimate points but phrase them wrong, and on some issues people are genuinely angry about the state of the country and they say things that are crass. That happens. However, it's also true that some comments are just abhorrent and unwelcome, and in those cases Reform has acted swiftly through disciplinary processes. There's no room for those things in our party. Whilst we continue to develop an increasingly robust vetting process, nobody can vet people for things that they might say in the future. A handful of individuals have slipped through the net, and that's a huge shame because it damages us all. However, as someone who works with our senior councillors every day I want to say that our party is filled with outstanding and dedicated people who are determined to fix our country and their communities. We can't let the tiny minority of bad derail all of the good, or let it deter us from that mission. It's also worth saying that, whilst accepting that some of these comments are totally unacceptable, the practice of a journalist lying their way in to people's trust, securing a job with the party with lies and dodgy documents, and secretly filming people with a view to publicly humiliating them is also abhorrent. I've never seen ITV or anyone else stoop to that level against any other party or organisation. It is not fair and surely cannot be legal to obtain those positions of trust by deception, for this purpose. I sincerely hope that some action is taken on that front. This cannot become an acceptable journalistic practice. Tomorrow I'm on the road meeting Councillors from the South West, supporting them to deliver key local objectives and helping them represent their residents to the best of their ability. That's the focus, and it's important to not lose sight of the fact that across the country Reform-run Councils are delivering major savings, lower taxes and better services for local people. That's why I'm doing this, and that's why so many of our councillors are working so hard every day. We carry on.
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The scary thing is that there will be people watching ITV News' expose of the racism and misogyny amongst those elected Reform politicians and thinking "what's wrong with that?".
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Two more houses attacked in Salford because the idiots thought they was HMOs holding migrants but they was family homes, @andyburnham please do something about these idiots before they seriously hurt someone
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When I pointed out last week Reform were now using rhetoric borrowed from the National Front people said I was exaggerating. This week they're stealing policies directly from the BNP. theguardian.com/politics/200…
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Robert Jenrick now talking about using “lethal force” to stop the small boats. Reform have lost their minds.
🚨"Deploy the Royal Marines into the Channel. If they need to use lethal force then they'll be able to do so. I think the problem would come to an end within a matter of days." @RobertJenrick says Reform is the only party with the "courage" to deal with the crisis. @JuliaHB1
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This might be humour, but it's also spot on.
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Just appalling! Am hoping many of these are bots not real British citizens.
961 laughing reactions to a report that 109 migrants have died, including 15 children, after a boat capsized. Read that again. Fifteen children reportedly lost their lives, and hundreds of people thought the appropriate response was laughter.
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This by @Dianewriter is really worrying for our Syrian friends, who are terrified at being returned to a volatile country full of dangers - who have integrated, contributed & built lives for themselves here. @EASEealing could lose its trustee/treasurer theguardian.com/politics/202…
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The notorious #ElizabethLine is back to its old habits of daily delays & excuses. Late running engineering works; shortage of drivers; random signalling faults; trespassers. We’ve had them all this week. Can nothing be done @TfL @BassamMahfouz
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Sara Nathan retweeted
Acton Central bookswap looking unusually well-stocked and appreciated:
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