Michael Rowley retweeted
I Just Left the West Bank: What Israel is Planning is TERRIFYING @OborneTweets
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Michael Rowley retweeted
He sounds like a neo-Nazi @piersmorgan, not sure how you can continue to feign outrage over that description. What else would you call your pal’s rhetoric here? It’s pure white supremacist, Neo-Nazi racism.
Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."
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Michael Rowley retweeted
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
India said NO to Starlink.
Musk thought he could throw a public tantrum and bully India into handing him a telecom monopoly, but he completely miscalculated.
Thanks to Trump’s reckless betrayal of global allies and cozying up to dictators, the world is waking up to a imply cannot trust America—or its arrogant billionaires—with your national security anymore.
Fareed Zakaria:
“Elon Musk picked the wrong moment to lecture Indians.
Frustrated that Starlink had not been cleared to launch in that country, he accused the government of protecting Mukesh Ambani whose telecom network Jio will launch its own satellite service.
Musk cast himself as the champion of ordinary Indians against one of the country's richest men. It backfired. India's government dismissed his accusation as baseless.
An influential nationalist group close to the ruling party went further demanding that Starlink be kept out of India altogether citing national security. Media and online reactions were similarly hostile to Starlink.
Musk did not understand that in India as in much of the world, trust in America is collapsing. Indians have watched as Donald Trump has discarded 25 years of bipartisan outreach to New Delhi in favor of cozying up to Pakistan and its de facto dictator Field Marshal Asim Munir.
They have watched Trump essentially abandon Ukraine, where the military version of Starlink has been suspiciously restricted, thus crippling Ukraine's military response to Russian aggression.
Would India define itself in another crisis with Pakistan? Would it want its armed forces to be utterly dependent on a US satellite system controlled by Trump?”
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Michael Rowley retweeted
NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Trump, "I'm not in love with Norway. Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a sh*thouse country"
My view:
That is the language of a president throwing a tantrum because Norway didn’t give him the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent response is to insult an entire country as though it personally owes him a medal.
It is crude, petty and revealing.
And the comparison makes his outburst look even more absurd.
In 2024, Norway’s gross government debt was about $62,600 per person, adjusted for purchasing power.
America’s was about $106,400.
Norway gives its residents universal healthcare coverage, while the US spends around $14,885 per person on healthcare and still doesn’t guarantee coverage to everyone.
Public universities in Norway are tuition-free for Norwegian and EU/EEA students; in the US, students commonly face substantial tuition bills.
And Norway has built an enormous sovereign wealth fund, worth 21.3 trillion kroner at the end of 2025, investing the country’s oil wealth for future generations.
Norway isn’t perfect, and its system has costs and trade-offs. But on public finances, healthcare access, university costs and saving national wealth, it has made choices the United States could learn from.
Trump’s insult sounds less like a serious judgement of Norway than envy and wounded vanity: a president attacking a country that has managed to provide things America still struggles to deliver for its own people.
My view:
That is the language of a president throwing a tantrum because Norway didn’t give him the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent response is to insult an entire country as though it personally owes him a medal.
It is crude, petty and revealing.
And the comparison makes his outburst look even more absurd.
In 2024, Norway’s gross government debt was about $62,600 per person, adjusted for purchasing power.
America’s was about $106,400.
Norway gives its residents universal healthcare coverage, while the US spends around $14,885 per person on healthcare and still doesn’t guarantee coverage to everyone.
Public universities in Norway are tuition-free for Norwegian and EU/EEA students; in the US, students commonly face substantial tuition bills.
And Norway has built an enormous sovereign wealth fund, worth 21.3 trillion kroner at the end of 2025, investing the country’s oil wealth for future generations.
Norway isn’t perfect, and its system has costs and trade-offs. But on public finances, healthcare access, university costs and saving national wealth, it has made choices the United States could learn from.
Trump’s insult sounds less like a serious judgement of Norway than envy and wounded vanity: a president attacking a country that has managed to provide things America still struggles to deliver for its own people.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet. He just seems to have trouble pronouncing it when it's my name.
I don't care how he pronounces my name. I don't even care that he remembers my whole name. Because he can just go on and call me senator after November.
I don't care how he pronounces my name. I don't even care that he remembers my whole name. Because he can just go on and call me senator after November.
EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet. He just ronouncing it when it's my name.
I don't care how he pronounces my name. I don't even care that he remembers my whole name. Because he can just go on and call me senator after November.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
In 2016, Boris Johnson waved a Cornish pasty while promising Brexit would give Britain control over immigration.
His government ended free movement and introduced a new visa system. Under that system, long-term arrivals reached 1.469 million in a single year,
By 2023, 82% of from outside the EU.
The shift was stark: fewer EU arrivals, far more non-EU migration, and record numbers overall.
Nigel Farage also said he preferred immigrants from India and Australia to eastern Europeans.
Brexit changed where many migrants came from.
It didn’t deliver the lower numbers Leave voters were promised.
His government ended free movement and introduced a new visa system. Under that system, long-term arrivals reached 1.469 million in a single year,
By 2023, 82% of from outside the EU.
The shift was stark: fewer EU arrivals, far more non-EU migration, and record numbers overall.
Nigel Farage also said he preferred immigrants from India and Australia to eastern Europeans.
Brexit changed where many migrants came from.
It didn’t deliver the lower numbers Leave voters were promised.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Angela Rayner, "We're ten years on from the Brexit referendum"
"We've see the damage that has been done (by Brexit) - 20% down on exports"
"We should be having an honest conversation how Britain can get the best deal going forward"
"This is about where we are today, how it has nd how do we go into the future.. And that has to be based on facts"
"I remember the Brexit debate. I remember the promised made to the British people: leave the EU, more money for NHS, better economy - people haven't seen that realised"
"What Prime Minister Andy Burnham and I want is that we have an honest conversation the facts"
"It won't be a conversation like in 2016, because we've left the European Union. We can't go back. But what we can do is say how can we provide a better solution"
#RejoinEU
My view:
For ten years, Brexiters have peddled the fantasy that leaving the EU would make Britain richer, stronger and more prosperous. They promised more money for the NHS, greater economic opportunities, less bureaucracy and a thriving economy.
Where are those promised Brexit dividends?
Instead, we've had weakened trade, damaged businesses, lost investment, reduced opportunities and an economy burdened by barriers we deliberately imposed on ourselves.
The OBR estimates Brexit will leave Britain's productivity 4% lower and exports and imports 15% below where they would otherwise have been.
These aren't imaginary costs. They affect jobs, wages, tax revenues, public services and living standards.
Yet the architects and cheerleaders of Brexit continue making excuses, blaming everyone but themselves and refusing to accept responsibility for the damage.
Britain cannot build a stronger economy while deliberately distancing itself from its largest trading partner.
If we're serious about growth, investment, innovation and opportunity, rebuilding our relationship with the EU is one of the most powerful steps we can take.
And we shouldn't settle for half-measures that leave us following European rules without having a democratic say in shaping them.
We should be discussing full EU membership, restoring freedom of movement, removing trade barriers and giving British businesses and young people opportunities they have unnecessarily lost.
Rejoining won't solve every problem overnight. But continuing to defend a failed economic experiment certainly won't solve them either.
Brexit was a political choice. Rejoining can be one too.
We had the sovereignty to leave. We have the sovereignty to return.
It's time to put Britain's future ahead of the wounded pride of those who sold us Brexit.
#RejoinEU
"We've see the damage that has been done (by Brexit) - 20% down on exports"
"We should be having an honest conversation how Britain can get the best deal going forward"
"This is about where we are today, how it has nd how do we go into the future.. And that has to be based on facts"
"I remember the Brexit debate. I remember the promised made to the British people: leave the EU, more money for NHS, better economy - people haven't seen that realised"
"What Prime Minister Andy Burnham and I want is that we have an honest conversation the facts"
"It won't be a conversation like in 2016, because we've left the European Union. We can't go back. But what we can do is say how can we provide a better solution"
#RejoinEU
My view:
For ten years, Brexiters have peddled the fantasy that leaving the EU would make Britain richer, stronger and more prosperous. They promised more money for the NHS, greater economic opportunities, less bureaucracy and a thriving economy.
Where are those promised Brexit dividends?
Instead, we've had weakened trade, damaged businesses, lost investment, reduced opportunities and an economy burdened by barriers we deliberately imposed on ourselves.
The OBR estimates Brexit will leave Britain's productivity 4% lower and exports and imports 15% below where they would otherwise have been.
These aren't imaginary costs. They affect jobs, wages, tax revenues, public services and living standards.
Yet the architects and cheerleaders of Brexit continue making excuses, blaming everyone but themselves and refusing to accept responsibility for the damage.
Britain cannot build a stronger economy while deliberately distancing itself from its largest trading partner.
If we're serious about growth, investment, innovation and opportunity, rebuilding our relationship with the EU is one of the most powerful steps we can take.
And we shouldn't settle for half-measures that leave us following European rules without having a democratic say in shaping them.
We should be discussing full EU membership, restoring freedom of movement, removing trade barriers and giving British businesses and young people opportunities they have unnecessarily lost.
Rejoining won't solve every problem overnight. But continuing to defend a failed economic experiment certainly won't solve them either.
Brexit was a political choice. Rejoining can be one too.
We had the sovereignty to leave. We have the sovereignty to return.
It's time to put Britain's future ahead of the wounded pride of those who sold us Brexit.
#RejoinEU
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Hi Piers, how is Polanski a ‘weirdo’ but not the makeup-caked, bouffant-haired, perma-fake-tanned, ranting, raving, shark-obsessed, toilet-flush-obsessed, nonstop lying, ex Epstein pal, perving-on-his-daughter Donald Trump? How come you never call Trump a ‘weirdo’?
My takeaways:
1) Burnham should go for snap election, he won’t see numbers so good again.
2) Badenoch’s revived the rotting Tory carcass.
3) Reform, as I predicted, have been toast since Farage £5m bung scandal.
4) Ditto the Greens under Weirdo Polanski.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
That's the Tory Jenrick who was elected in 2014
The Remainer Jenrick
The man who was part of the 10 years where the Tories took national debt from below £950billion to £2.7trillion
That's the defector without the balls to face the electorate
Rumour is he will chicken run to a safer seat
The Remainer Jenrick
The man who was part of the 10 years where the Tories took national debt from below £950billion to £2.7trillion
That's the defector without the balls to face the electorate
Rumour is he will chicken run to a safer seat
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Michael Rowley retweeted
American protestor angry at Trump, "I don't care if you are Democrat or Republican.. There's only one devil I
can see, and he sits In The White House"
My view:
That anger isn’t confined to one party. Across America, people are trying to bridge the divide and make a simple s not represent all Democrats or all Republicans.
He represents himself and the people who benefit from his power.
His popularity is real, but so is the growing resolve of Americans who refuse to let party loyalty silence them.
Democracy depends on people speaking up when it is threatened - and standing together, even when they disagree on almost everything else.
can see, and he sits In The White House"
My view:
That anger isn’t confined to one party. Across America, people are trying to bridge the divide and make a simple s not represent all Democrats or all Republicans.
He represents himself and the people who benefit from his power.
His popularity is real, but so is the growing resolve of Americans who refuse to let party loyalty silence them.
Democracy depends on people speaking up when it is threatened - and standing together, even when they disagree on almost everything else.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Terri White, "The reality is, we have seen negative consequences (from Brexit)"
"(Rejoiing the EU) will give us flexibility in terms of trade, skills"
"And this is how young people, especially young working class people, used to experience the world"
My view:
Brexit wasn't political institution. It fundamentally changed the opportunities available to British people, particularly younger generations who had no say in the original referendum but will live with its consequences for decades.
Freedom of movement wasn't just about immigration. It was about opportunity, ambition, education, cultural exchange and social mobility.
For young working-class Britons, the ability to move to another European country, find employment, learn a language, develop new skills and experience a different culture without navigating expensive visa systems was an extraordinary freedom.
And that freedom mattered most to those who couldn't afford complicated immigration processes or the financial advantages enjoyed by wealthier families.
We should also remember that freedom of movement worked in both directions. British businesses could recruit from a much larger pool of talent, while British workers could pursue opportunities across an entire continent.
The Brexit debate has focused overwhelmingly on borders and immigration, while paying far too little attention to the freedoms British citizens themselves surrendered.
The question now is whether Britain is prepared to have an honest conversation about restoring those opportunities, particularly for a generation whose horizons should be expanding rather than contracting.
"(Rejoiing the EU) will give us flexibility in terms of trade, skills"
"And this is how young people, especially young working class people, used to experience the world"
My view:
Brexit wasn't political institution. It fundamentally changed the opportunities available to British people, particularly younger generations who had no say in the original referendum but will live with its consequences for decades.
Freedom of movement wasn't just about immigration. It was about opportunity, ambition, education, cultural exchange and social mobility.
For young working-class Britons, the ability to move to another European country, find employment, learn a language, develop new skills and experience a different culture without navigating expensive visa systems was an extraordinary freedom.
And that freedom mattered most to those who couldn't afford complicated immigration processes or the financial advantages enjoyed by wealthier families.
We should also remember that freedom of movement worked in both directions. British businesses could recruit from a much larger pool of talent, while British workers could pursue opportunities across an entire continent.
The Brexit debate has focused overwhelmingly on borders and immigration, while paying far too little attention to the freedoms British citizens themselves surrendered.
The question now is whether Britain is prepared to have an honest conversation about restoring those opportunities, particularly for a generation whose horizons should be expanding rather than contracting.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
"My uncle invented radar, can you believe it?"
No Donald, I can't, because he didn't. However, your uncle was a clever man. You just got the surname - and a chronically inflated ego, along with verbal diarrhoea.
No Donald, I can't, because he didn't. However, your uncle was a clever man. You just got the surname - and a chronically inflated ego, along with verbal diarrhoea.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Kemi Badenoch and Jacob Rees-Mogg, both Conservatives, criticised Andy Burnham for appearing on Gogglebox
Here's Boris Johnson appearing on Eastenders when he was Mayor of London
The double standards are extraordinary.
When Johnson makes a television cameo, it's a bit of fun. television to support a cancer charity, suddenly it's an affront to public office.
It's criticism for the sake of criticism. An opportunity to be aggressive, dismissive and unnecessarily rude, rather than acknowledge that someone is doing something worthwhile.
Burnham was supporting Stand Up To Cancer. That should transcend party politics.
Not everything needs to become a partisan attack. Sometimes a politician can simply do something decent without opponents desperately searching for a reason to find fault.
Here's Boris Johnson appearing on Eastenders when he was Mayor of London
The double standards are extraordinary.
When Johnson makes a television cameo, it's a bit of fun. television to support a cancer charity, suddenly it's an affront to public office.
It's criticism for the sake of criticism. An opportunity to be aggressive, dismissive and unnecessarily rude, rather than acknowledge that someone is doing something worthwhile.
Burnham was supporting Stand Up To Cancer. That should transcend party politics.
Not everything needs to become a partisan attack. Sometimes a politician can simply do something decent without opponents desperately searching for a reason to find fault.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Reform proving they are truly the dregs of politics
Bit weird right, Robert Jenrick trying to contain his laughing smile while being asked about the ITV sexism racism findings from reform councillors.
Serious party 🤔🤔🤔
Yeah just say you hate women & girls already 🤷♀️
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Brent Hoberman, "Tech entrepreneurs will love it (rejoining the EU)"
"Europe has amazing talent, some of them find it too hard to come here"
"If we want London and the UK to be a centre of technology talent, this would be a good thing"
My view:
Britain cannot aspire to be a house while making it harder to attract Europe's brightest minds.
But Hoberman's concern about 'unfettered' freedom of movement exposes a contradiction.
He welcomes European talent when it benefits technology entrepreneurs, yet becomes cautious when the same freedom applies to everyone else.
Freedom of movement isn't a privilege reserved for highly paid professionals or people businesses consider desirable. It's a reciprocal right that gave ordinary British workers, students and young people opportunities across Europe.
We cannot celebrate the benefits of European mobility for businesses while treating the same freedoms for everyone else as a problem.
The principle should be opportunity for all, not preferential access for the privileged.
"Europe has amazing talent, some of them find it too hard to come here"
"If we want London and the UK to be a centre of technology talent, this would be a good thing"
My view:
Britain cannot aspire to be a house while making it harder to attract Europe's brightest minds.
But Hoberman's concern about 'unfettered' freedom of movement exposes a contradiction.
He welcomes European talent when it benefits technology entrepreneurs, yet becomes cautious when the same freedom applies to everyone else.
Freedom of movement isn't a privilege reserved for highly paid professionals or people businesses consider desirable. It's a reciprocal right that gave ordinary British workers, students and young people opportunities across Europe.
We cannot celebrate the benefits of European mobility for businesses while treating the same freedoms for everyone else as a problem.
The principle should be opportunity for all, not preferential access for the privileged.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Nothing says ‘Keep Britain British’ quite like standing in the rain looking furious while someone behind you celebrates everything that makes Britain diverse.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Left: President Trump, "I saw Obama was in Michigan and the place was empty"
Right: Obama, El-Sayed and Benson walk onto stage and the full house crowd erupts in joy
My view:
Trump’s claim that Obama’s Michigan event was empty is instantly undone by the scene beside it: Obama, pping onto a stage before a packed crowd, greeted with cheers.
A president should be able to face a rival’s popularity without inventing a story to erase it.
Trump’s response is to sneer, distort and insist that what people can plainly see did not happen.
That is not strength; it is the behaviour of someone who cannot tolerate being outshone.
There is a reason he keeps trying to turn public life into a contest over who can command the biggest crowd. He needs constant proof that he is admired, feared and winning.
When reality challenges that image, he reaches for a lie.
The damage goes beyond one false boast.
Every time he asks people to distrust their own eyes, he chips away at the basic honesty a democracy depends on.
He shows no respect for the public, no generosity towards his opponents and no sense of the dignity the office of the President of the United States should carry.
This is a president who mistakes cruelty for strength and dishonesty for politics.
The crowd in Michigan tells its own story.
Trump’s lie reveals him, and it is a tragedy for democracy that our institutions in the western world don't have a mechanism to address and correct politicians who lie so utterly shamelessly.
Right: Obama, El-Sayed and Benson walk onto stage and the full house crowd erupts in joy
My view:
Trump’s claim that Obama’s Michigan event was empty is instantly undone by the scene beside it: Obama, pping onto a stage before a packed crowd, greeted with cheers.
A president should be able to face a rival’s popularity without inventing a story to erase it.
Trump’s response is to sneer, distort and insist that what people can plainly see did not happen.
That is not strength; it is the behaviour of someone who cannot tolerate being outshone.
There is a reason he keeps trying to turn public life into a contest over who can command the biggest crowd. He needs constant proof that he is admired, feared and winning.
When reality challenges that image, he reaches for a lie.
The damage goes beyond one false boast.
Every time he asks people to distrust their own eyes, he chips away at the basic honesty a democracy depends on.
He shows no respect for the public, no generosity towards his opponents and no sense of the dignity the office of the President of the United States should carry.
This is a president who mistakes cruelty for strength and dishonesty for politics.
The crowd in Michigan tells its own story.
Trump’s lie reveals him, and it is a tragedy for democracy that our institutions in the western world don't have a mechanism to address and correct politicians who lie so utterly shamelessly.
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Michael Rowley retweeted
Jenrick absolutely vile on Sky this morning and blatantly in contempt of court.
In protecting his beloved Leader he referenced an 'attack' on Farage's home and te murder of Ann Widdicombe - what he stated was a clear contempt of Court (and not protected by Parliamentary o) - all to defend the £5million for security...
In protecting his beloved Leader he referenced an 'attack' on Farage's home and te murder of Ann Widdicombe - what he stated was a clear contempt of Court (and not protected by Parliamentary o) - all to defend the £5million for security...
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