Germanist, guitarist, struggling gardener๐ถ๏ธ North Herts District Councillor https://nitter.gq/t.co/n3c5PBcw3F
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Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
As world leaders gather for COP31, Pippa Heylings has written an open letter to Green Party members who want to put climate action and nature protection first.
โIf climate and nature are why you got into politics, you have a home with us,โ writes @pippaheylings
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
Today's deal to cut some of the Brexit red tape is a good step, but it won't fix the problem.
If the Prime Minister is serious about cutting food bills and saving our farmers, he needs to be bolder: scrap Labour's red lines and take us into the single market and a customs union.
UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports bbc.in/47VICVG
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
Arenโt you the guy who was jailed for beating up a woman, and then downplayed it as a โteenage indiscretionโ? How on earth do you think you can lecture anyone on this?
I was right there in the Chamber - you can see me. Fact.
I saw Farage put his hands on @CarolineVoaden to shove her out the way. Fact.
Caroline shrieked in shock. Fact.
No physical altercation is featured in the clip that is circulating - it happened in the seconds before. Fact.
Caroline reported this to the Speaker and Sergeant-at-Arms at the time. Fact.
Caroline then got on with her job because she hasnโt got time for this shit. Fact.
Iโve tried to find myself in the video because I remember this pretty clearly.
I think Iโm one row back just out of shot on the left of the screen.
Itโs completely beyond me how and why Caroline has presented herself as the victim here. She was bloody rude and really quite confrontational and she did it for no other reason than Nigel is Nigel and she wanted to give him a piece of her mind.
Anything other than it being a bit of a rush and a squeeze because of the occasion is nonsense.
From what I remember Caroline was both the instigator and the aggressor.
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
This seems like a great time to reshare my favourite Sir Patrick Stewart performance, โWhat has the ECHR ever done for us?โ Itโs just perfect in every possible way โฆ including the ending ๐๐๐ RIP.
๐ฅ The Guardian
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
โIt's absolutely laughable... he was the one that grabbed me and pushed me out the way.โ
Lib Dem MP Caroline Voaden addresses her โaltercationโ with Nigel Farage, which he says led him to miss yesterdayโs Budget.
@TomSwarbrick1
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
I was a witness to the incident between Farage and
@CarolineVoaden
(his pathetic excuse for not attending the budget yesterday).
For the avoidance of doubt and for the information of everyone making all sorts of silly statements: the incident happened BEFORE this footage.
Exclusive:
Nigel Farage's "physical altercation" during the State Opening of Parliament was with the Lib Dem MP Caroline Voaden - and has caused an major row between Reform and the Lib Dems.
Lib Dem sources say Voaden was left "shocked and shaken" after he "shoved" her to secure a place in the procession of MPs to the King's Speech.
Video from the Commons Chamber that day shows Farage and Voaden making their way down from their benches together.
Voaden reported the incident to the Serjeant at Arms and says Farage was asked to apologise - but hasn't.
A Reform spokesman denies any wrongdoing by Farage, saying "it was the Lib Dem MPs being aggressive towards Nigel". Lib Dems say that is "utter nonsense"
Farage said yesterday that the "physical altercation" was the reason he didn't put up a fight to be in the Chamber for the Budget after his prayer card to save a space was removed.
He said he thought that after the row with Voaden, it was "better to avoid conflict".
But in a further twist, a Commons spokesman says Farage's card was only removed because it didn't have a date stamp, which are required to reserve a spot.
Top work by @hope_sapphire here:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10โฆ
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
No I didnโt say that. He grabbed me and shoved me out of the way - I think a colleague said I was sent flying but I wasnโt.
It all happened before this clip
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
This is what a valid prayer card looks like, @Nigel_Farage.
Got one today. Attended prayers. Seat reserved. No altercation required.
Happy to show you how it works sometime.
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
Wait, WHAT??
You mean he LIED to the press and made up a fake story to cover the fact he couldnโt be bothered to go to the budget?
Shooketh. Hope everyoneโs ok, this is brand new information.
NEW:
It has since emerged that Nigel Farage did not attend prayers in the Commons this morning so did not properly reserve his seat
Read more from @hope_sapphire ๐
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
Farage was absolutely able to attend the Budget and chose not to. This man is a walking red flag.
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REACTION: Ed Daveyโs take on the Chancellorโs budget.
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We need a real growth plan with Europe at its heart. Labour must fix the Conservatives' botched Brexit deal by joining the single market and a customs union, and use the billions that raises to cut people's taxes.
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
Hmmm. So 20% of our water leaks before it even gets to our homes due to negligent underinvestment from profiteering water company owners (the kind of people probably on Rupertโs Christmas card list)โฆbut letโs blame immigrants. This is arch wazzockry of the highest orderโฆ
Tom Tyson ๐ป ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ช๐บ ๐ณ retweeted
Then join the @LibDems ๐ธ๏ธ ๐ถ๏ธ ๐
Get back in the #EU, scrap the House of Lords and change the voting system
I agree
@campbellclaret #Today @BBCr4today
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Kemi Badenoch wants to take Britain out of the ECHR โฆ but her own MPs donโt even back her ๐คท
@mpmwilko
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Neither man could possibly have imagined that just one generation later, Europe would be defending itself against both of their future successors.
What is happening is truly unfathomable.
