Rob Instrell @robinstrell

Flawed human. Zero resistance to a cheese and wine do. North West, England Joined October 2013

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

a week ago

@InsideLucysHead This was a story first told by Ronald Reagan but with Democrats as the parents. It’s a great story and I love it .

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 weeks ago

@andyburnham Hmmm. Doesn’t sound like you have put yourself in the shoes of PCHarper’s widow does it?

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@DeclanGCarey @MENnewsdesk It’s not free though is it Declan? Has anyone asked her at that same announcement how it will be funded and which part of the budget will be slashed to pay for it? Has anyone asked her why and what benefit it will deliver aside from popularity with young voters?

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 weeks ago

@mollygiles2015 The real tragedy here Molly is that 3 out of 4 eligible voters did not vote at all. The winning candidate got 15% of the electorate wanting her in. Is that really a mandate? But you are right. It could so easily be Reform on those opposition benches!

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Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan

2 weeks ago

If we rank the heroes and villains of the slave trade, the Church of England stands (alongside Quakers and Methodists) close to the top of the heroes’ table. William Wilberforce, who pushed through the legislation to extirpate the foul business, was moved by his Anglican faith. So was John Newton, the former slave trader who repented, composed Amazing Grace and ended his days as a Church of England curate. Thanks to them, and to hundreds of thousands of ordinary churchgoers who lent support to their campaigns, Britain not only abolished slavery in the parts of the world it controlled, but poured its blood and treasure into a long, gruelling and ultimately successful war against the slave trade everywhere else. Does that story smack too much of patriotism and of “white saviour complex”? Well, the hundreds of young British men who, acting on their faith, gave their lives to hunting down slave ships after 1807 were white and, in this case, were literally saviours. So were the Anglican missionaries who penetrated the African interior, often dying of tropical diseases, seeking to persuade local potentates to free their chattels. So, arguably, were the taxpayers who gladly approved the spending of 1.8 per cent of GDP annually between 1808 and 1867 on global eradication: the most expensive moral foreign policy in human history. That was meaningful restitution. Britain had been a player in the slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. When, like John Newton, it saw that it had been wrong, it sought to make good that wrong by liberating as many remaining slaves as it could, diverting ships to hunt down the Guineamen even at the height of its life-and-death struggle with Napoleon. If slavery is your issue, you could help complete the Church’s abolitionist mission by taking the campaign to the countries where human bondage is most prevalent today: North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Afghanistan. But that does not carry the kudos of self-reproach.

Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan

2 weeks ago

The Church of England led the world to abolition. It is arguably the single greatest practical Anglican achievement. You can’t find a single word to say about that?

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

4 weeks ago

@JamesCleverly More of the same from Labour leadership. Not surprising in the least. Starmer had more knives in his back than Julias Caesar and Burnham was his Brutus!

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

4 weeks ago

@phileckersley_ Really well said Phil. Time to show the region what sensible policy can achieve.

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City Hall Conservatives @CityHallTories

2 months ago

The Deputy Mayor for Culture didn't seem to like it when @Councillorsuzie listed all of the freebies the Deputy Mayor has enjoyed in the role...

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@nigelmp Honestly …. on a serious note. We have the most serious economic challenges, a disastrous chancellor and damaging policies with huge security and global risk on our doorstep. Yet here we are with the PM in waiting talking about moving house. I utterly despair.

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Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp

2 months ago

Jonathan Hinder is right and the Secretary of State is out of his depth and completely wrong !

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@benonwine @Mike_Fabricant Robin Unreliant

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Andy Burnham @andyburnham

4 years ago

I think this hashtag needs to be trending tonight, don’t you? #GeneralElectionNow

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4 years ago

#GeneralElectionNow

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@NotFarLeftAtAll Mould

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@Anna_Soubry You don’t get it do you? How out of touch you are with reality that you define anyone who disagrees with you as far right. People are sick too. Sick of the political class like you who think they can control the narrative.

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@joekirrane @nigelmp Actually you are incorrect. Nigel was a Deputy Speaker the House and as such a member of the Privy Council. That is a lifelong honour and so he retains the title of Rt Hon for life as does every other politician in similar positions.

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@GeorgeFoulkes @Keir_Starmer Well let’s be honest. It’s not as if he hasn’t had much practice lately.

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Colonel Bob Stewart @BobStew47806216

2 months ago

In his resignation letter I note that Al Carns , Armed Forces Minister, has also added that he was quitting too because of the continuing Government supported hounding of Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in our courts. Absolutely. For goodness sake Government back those who put their bodies on the firing line for all of us.

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Andrew Neil @afneil

2 months ago

This is an outrageous, disgraceful smear on John Healey — and an outright lie. There are a ton of ways to finance more for defence — starting with net zero — without taking a penny from schools or hospitals. Reeves should be ashamed of herself for allowing this nonsense. Suggests she’s really desperate.

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

2 months ago

🚨 NEW: A Treasury source attacks John Healey for resigning as Defence Secretary "Let's be clear on what John is asking for: cuts to schools and hospitals" h/t @e_casalicchio

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@Hepworthclare Don’t worry about the impact this resignation has on destabilisation. Unless you missed it there is a bit of a kerfuffle in a constituency called Makerfield that has been brewing for a fair while. The stabilisation ship has already sailed and sunk. With all hands on deck.

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Rob Instrell @robinstrell

2 months ago

@Anniepop2027 @LBC @BBCNews It’s an entirely unselfish act and principled. A rare thing in politics to see MPs in his position speak truth to power and then act accordingly. He may have more but not enough. Up to five times more spent on social security than actual security. A disgrace.