Chris Rumfitt
@chrisrumfitt
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Founder & CEO of @we_are_field; patriotic centre-left Labour; Man Utd ST holder.
Joined July 2009
RT @ianvisits: A private golf course will close and a public park with lakeside walks will double in size. And people objected. https://t….
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Exactly right. We need to look again at all the benefits the well off older people get and reassign that spending onto the struggling young.
Should older people get free travel on public transport?. Demographer Paul Morland says it’s “crazy” when some young people struggle to pay their rent. Listen to Radical with @AmolRajan on @BBCSounds.
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RT @Geoff_Pearson: Last year's football disorder statistics showed a rise in arrests but a drop in reported incidents. This year, arrests a….
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RT @AnnieEaves: Christ, before this becomes a thing, not that it’ll stop it: Yes it was a horrendous penalty shoot out. And that is by wome….
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This is all true and yet huge numbers of people still oppose building all these things….
Britain saw itself as a rich country in 2008. But rich countries don’t remain rich by standing still. Britain hasn’t built a reservoir since 1992, a nuclear power station since 1995, or a new motorway since 2003.
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This Afghan refugee story is huge and yet THIS is the homepage of the BBC website… have they taken leave of their senses???
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So he’s costing them less than we’ll end up paying for M’buemo. Hmmm.
🚨 Exclusive: Arsenal are expected to pay an initial fee of €63.5m for Viktor Gyökeres with a further €10m in add-ons. Sporting no longer have to pay a 10% agent commission, which was required in their original €70m+€10m asking price. The removal of this has allowed
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This is a proper proper scandal. All football fans have got to stand with Palace on this.
🚨 OFFICIAL: UEFA announce Crystal Palace won’t be playing in the Europa League next season. Palace to play in the Conference League per UEFA rules.
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RT @lewis_goodall: As ever, endless nonsense spoken about this. Your money has not already been taxed. Inheritance tax isn’t a tax on your….
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If Labour isn’t willing to sort this out, then another party will. And they’ll do it in a way far less appealing to Labour MPs. It’s time for the government to double down on welfare reform and for Labour MPs to get serious.
🚨NEW: Sickness benefit claims have hit 3k per day, with costs soaring and the potential of millions wasted. New CSJ analysis finds inactive claimants could still receive £1,000s more than post-tax earnings even after Govt reform. We're calling for a new approach to welfare👇
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This is it….
President Macron speaking at Guildhall,. "The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union". "We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
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Christs sake we need to bite the bullet and end this madness. Raise the pension age for all, and means test it. No single reform could do more to improve our fiscal position.
NEW. OBR fiscal risks report:. - Triple lock is costing treble what it was initially assumed to cost when introduced in 2012… . - £15.5bn a year rather than £5bn a year and is . - State Pension on course to cost 7.5% of the UK’s entire GDP within 50 years, was 2% in 50s, now 5%.
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👏👏👏.
Tories are pushing to allow football fans to drink during matches (as is allowed in eg rugby and cricket). They say, 'This ban is stuck in the 80s and it is time to back responsible fans and boost our clubs.'. Amendment to Football Regulator Bill would kickstart a consultation.
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My memories of 7 July are of course of terror and fear which lasted months on public transport. But also immense pride at the resilience Londoners showed.
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No-one who lived in London at the time will ever forget what happened 20 years ago almost to the minute as I type. That day, then 28 July, then the weeks and months that followed saw London respond to the worst thing that could have happened by being its very best.
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So Arsenal are buying Gyokeres and we’re in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Kinda says it all right?.
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