Tipped to be next leader of Northern Ireland's DUP: "a young Earth creationist who believes the planet is only 6,000 years old"https://t.co/j64Mn280BQ
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) May 1, 2021
"When I walked into that room, I knew she was finished”: The inside story of how Arlene Foster was savagely deposed. Her fall, & what comes next, is ultimately about far more than Mrs Foster or whoever succeeds her; it is about the future of the UK. https://t.co/m7HNreCySx
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) May 1, 2021
Dead End: Arlene Foster, the NI Protocol and Europe via @RTENews https://t.co/ZXdO9crQxI
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) May 1, 2021
No place for #misogyny in politics. No place for it anywhere! This is the same DUP councillor who said coronavirus was God's punishment for the introduction of marriage equality. pic.twitter.com/gIziFK6jq2
— Amanda Ferguson (@AmandaFBelfast) May 1, 2021
Two more DUP Scenarios:
— Tim McKane (@timmckane) May 1, 2021
1) The protocol is not perfect , but we can make it work, create jobs, grow the economy, work with Ireland, and move forward. 2) We can get the kids out, start a protest, blame Ireland, shrink the economy, but we’ll get the TUV voters back.
A Border Poll on what question? A Unitary State with 1 Parliament in Dublin, A Federal Ireland with 2 Parliaments in Dublin & Belfast & a Federal Assembly in Armagh, A Confederal Ireland with 2 Parliaments and a Council of Ireland, Dual Sovereignty or the GFA II with Powersharing
— Gerry Bridgett (@GerryBridgett) May 1, 2021
Is 50% +1 enough to win a #borderpoll?#Sindo : 81% of those polled in the Republic & 74% of those polled in Northern Ireland believe either a two-thirds or almost three-quarters majority is needed for a #BorderPoll result to be accepted. pic.twitter.com/mQrPmWxiiK
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) May 1, 2021
Meanwhile…
Johnson has told friends that he needs to earn about £300,000 a year — twice his salary — to keep his head above water, while a former No 10 insider said it was “received wisdom” that he is permanently broke. https://t.co/s3JydMTo2J
— Times Politics (@timespolitics) May 1, 2021
"Westminster insiders say that Boris Johnson’s decision to personally brief newspaper editors and make angry attacks from the despatch box this week point to a Prime Minister who is losing control as well as his cool."
— A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR (@acgrayling) May 1, 2021
The PM's £200,000 flat renovation is the equivalent of 85,500 free school meals.https://t.co/AuIxAg5o9C
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) May 1, 2021
Of the 150,000 people believed to have died of COVID-19 in the U.K., about 60 per cent died during the second wave of the pandemic, when Boris Johnson was slow to order a lockdown. “The bodies piled high in their thousands.” https://t.co/LyFCGjnmHS
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 1, 2021
EXCL Donald Trump’s flagship international resort claimed up to half a million pounds in UK taxpayers’ money via a Covid-19 job fund – despite making scores of redundancies during the pandemic. Union officials are demanding a govt investigation. Thread 👇https://t.co/eFTZlLX87o
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) May 1, 2021
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WALLS CLOSING IN ON TRUMPWORLD?
Trump allies worry Giuliani raid sent 'strong message' to ex-President's inner circle – CNN Politics https://t.co/gpbOHk4n5q
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 1, 2021
Significant. Giuliani is essentially extorting the Ukrainians to make a public statement at the "right time" of a Biden investigation so that Biden would not win the Dem nomination. Trump feared Biden more than any other. Rudy is a criminal and a traitor. https://t.co/CXHSDCoCcJ
— Richard Signorelli 🌱🇺🇦 🌊 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 (@richsignorelli) May 1, 2021
If the transcript between Giuliani and Yermak is this bad, imagine those of the Trump and Putin calls.
— Alexandra Chalupa 🇺🇦 (@AlexandraChalup) April 30, 2021
Also, Rudy Giuliani is lying. His involvement in the “blame Ukraine”
Kremlin disinformation warfare operation dates back to at least 2016. Manafort planned it even earlier. https://t.co/KSDC5Sg077
A judge has ruled that Jared Kushner’s apartment company violated Maryland’s consumer protection laws. The violations were “widespread and numerous.” https://t.co/Akoiz8Dudf
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 1, 2021
The latest twist in the Matt Gaetz story is, per @AdamSerwer, a world-class violation of the Stringer Bell Rule: https://t.co/QwlZoRNLP5
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) April 30, 2021
“Matt Gaetz is entitled to the presumption of innocence, but he is not entitled to sit on the House Judiciary Committee. That is an honor and a privilege,” says @RepTedLieu.
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) May 1, 2021
“Leader Kevin McCarthy must remove Matt Gaetz from the committee immediately.” https://t.co/2W2HZjLvdm
I haven't lost hope of seeing Trump in jail someday, but for now, this is a fairly poetic end for him. https://t.co/P9rA1IUiSg
— Tom Doran (gypsum.fantastic on Threads) 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 (@portraitinflesh) May 1, 2021
Watching this report on perfectly healthy middle-class Americans who won’t get the vaccine purely for political reasons, we really need to stop calling it “vaccine hesitancy“ and start calling what it is: aggressive, malevolent narcissism
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 1, 2021
With vaccination rates lagging in red states, Republican leaders have begun stepping up efforts to persuade their supporters to get the vaccine shot. https://t.co/hPcdQrPB8Y
— ABC News (@ABC) May 1, 2021
The Fed helped fuel a stock market boom that benefited wealthy Americans — and left behind everyone else https://t.co/PMiG2nOvaL
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 1, 2021
Newsmax settles Dominion lawsuit, issues apology over election conspiracy theories https://t.co/Rg0oMdRM2S
— Salon (@Salon) May 1, 2021