Benjamin Butterworth

‘Dont build an airport, the Britons will escape’

Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas

Almost 90% of flights from Luton are taken for leisure - in other words British tourists taking their money out of the country to spend abroad. Expanding Luton is not good for UK growth & certainly not good for nature & the environment. Why doesn’t Labour understand that?

Councils that block pubs and clubs from opening later could see their decisions overturned under new powers. "Too often, we have seen the complaints of a vocal minority of objectors promoted over the need for our country to grow - we are determined to change this." This is spot

Predators act in plain sight. And those in power know, they just don’t care. Until someone takes them on. What incredibly brave women.

Channel 4 Dispatches @C4Dispatches

Dispatches reveals one of the people alleged to have made Al Fayed’s abuse possible, introducing young women to the Harrods Chairman for the purposes of sexual abuse. Warning, this video contains distressing themes and discussions of sexual abuse. https://t.co/5jf1Y4pWFv

RT @GBNEWS: ‘The damage to our economy since we chose to leave the European Union is far greater than a 10 or 20% tariff on our goods expor…

RT @albieamankona: An unforgettable evening at the Savile with the legendary @skygillian & @AvaSantina @CameronDLWalker @JoshRomOnAir @benj…

Baby Boomers are the richest generation to have ever lived, they had stable jobs for 40 years, 30% are worth £1m & they have taken from the state 130% of what they paid in. And as thanks they ring up the radio fuming that millennials want to have the homes they were handed. The

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Julia Hartley-Brewer speaks with caller Georgina from London who clashes with journalist Benjamin Butterworth over rising bills in Britain. “Benjamin cannot defend the present government and the way things are going!” @JuliaHB1 https://t.co/2z2FsYiShm

Reviewing the top stories on @SkyNews this Sunday morning with @AgnesChambre 🗞️ 📺 https://t.co/dIjBIAn8DL

New advert above Ronnie Scott’s famous jazz bar in Soho.. https://t.co/19HCztnXSM

Benjamin Butterworth @benjaminbutter

Westminster Council is being taken to court because it refused to let a jazz bar have a 1am license in… *Leicester Square* Police claim it could cause a public nuisance. A public nuisance is this patronising, anti growth over regulation of any adult having fun.

RT @shepadore: Benjamin Butterworth argues that politics today isn’t about policies - it’s about who can shout the loudest on social media.…

It is manifestly absurd that we see chancellors desperately trying to cut a few hundred million pounds from benefits - often hitting needy people - while the triple lock pensions adds £11bn to public spending this year alone (and it’s already £165bn a year).

RT @jamiemroberton: Exclusive: Domestic abuse victim took her own life after receiving messages from her abuser telling her to kill herself…

Why do so many of these far right shitposters turn out to be sex offenders and woman beaters?

Metro @MetroUK

Ex-Premier League footballer Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting his wife at home https://t.co/CzkKD7oCf2

Shocking it took 11 months for the Met Police to act. Had @narindertweets not been high profile & determined I suspect police would have dropped this. Long delays for justice causes such distress to victims and some just give up. It's totally wrong. https://t.co/1daXUjccm4

He said "someone should kill" Sadiq Khan, to be precise. If Gary Lineker had tweeted that someone should kill Suella Braverman, do you think The Telegraph would defend him and his OBE on the front page?

The Telegraph @Telegraph

🔹 A multimillionaire backer of Reform was threatened with being stripped of his OBE over a social media attack on Sir Sadiq Khan. Read more here ⤵️ https://t.co/V7RcxvWGN2 https://t.co/xrh0p5Lev8

RT @JAHeale: Flowers at Keith Palmer’s memorial to mark eight years since his murder https://t.co/GSDUyVSfjO

RT @maitlis: (“But her emails…”)

The Met opposed a jazz bar having a 1am license next to *Leicester Square* because it says “vulnerable” club-goers could become victims of crime like illegal taxis & mobile phone snatches. The logic of this is extraordinary: Londoners should prevent crimes taking place by simply