Leveson Inquiry 2, or it’s just meaningless whinging
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Leveson Inquiry 2, or it’s just meaningless whinging
Good thread by @TorstenBell on Xitter
(he's very quiet on BlueSky), debunking all the media nonsense about the OBR "boxing in" the Chancellor, & other myths:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
(he's very quiet on BlueSky), debunking all the media nonsense about the OBR "boxing in" the Chancellor, & other myths:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
Thread by @TorstenBell on Thread Reader App
@TorstenBell: Quite staggeringly confused debates about fiscal rules and the @OBR_UK "boxing the Chancellor in" over the last few days. A few clarifications as the Budget looms 🧵 Confusion 1: Lots of ...
threadreaderapp.com
March 5, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Good thread by @TorstenBell on Xitter
(he's very quiet on BlueSky), debunking all the media nonsense about the OBR "boxing in" the Chancellor, & other myths:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
(he's very quiet on BlueSky), debunking all the media nonsense about the OBR "boxing in" the Chancellor, & other myths:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
Is Tulip’s flower wilting over Bangladesh corruption claims? bit.ly/4agGTKL and I do wish spokespeople would not say claims are ‘refuted’ when in fact they are just denied. @TorstenBell also being considered it says
Downing Street ‘considering candidates to replace Tulip Siddiq’
The Treasury minister has referred herself to the prime minister’s ethics watchdog over links to her aunt’s ousted Bangladeshi regime
bit.ly
January 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Is Tulip’s flower wilting over Bangladesh corruption claims? bit.ly/4agGTKL and I do wish spokespeople would not say claims are ‘refuted’ when in fact they are just denied. @TorstenBell also being considered it says
MISSING A HUGE OPPORTUNITY?
Energy companies scammed billions from us. We’d like our money back!
@UKLabour @RachelReevesMP @TorstenBell @RichardBurgon @darrenpjones
Energy companies scammed billions from us. We’d like our money back!
@UKLabour @RachelReevesMP @TorstenBell @RichardBurgon @darrenpjones
October 29, 2024 at 2:48 PM
MISSING A HUGE OPPORTUNITY?
Energy companies scammed billions from us. We’d like our money back!
@UKLabour @RachelReevesMP @TorstenBell @RichardBurgon @darrenpjones
Energy companies scammed billions from us. We’d like our money back!
@UKLabour @RachelReevesMP @TorstenBell @RichardBurgon @darrenpjones
500 jobs going at Admiral, and a government minister is "deeply disappointed."
What did he think would happen when Labour made employing people this expensive?
#GrahamDavid #Satire #Comment #TorstenBell #Admiral #UKPolitics
What did he think would happen when Labour made employing people this expensive?
#GrahamDavid #Satire #Comment #TorstenBell #Admiral #UKPolitics
September 28, 2026 at 9:05 AM
500 jobs going at Admiral, and a government minister is "deeply disappointed."
What did he think would happen when Labour made employing people this expensive?
#GrahamDavid #Satire #Comment #TorstenBell #Admiral #UKPolitics
What did he think would happen when Labour made employing people this expensive?
#GrahamDavid #Satire #Comment #TorstenBell #Admiral #UKPolitics
Please get it right - it is not under £35,000 it is up to and including £35,000 bit.ly/3TeY1J4 there are uncertainties about the plans but that is not one of them. And btw @TorstenBell some millionaires will still get it as there is no capital test!
Rachel Reeves winter fuel U-turn leads to tax rise warning
All pensioners with an income under £35,000, a total of nine million people, will receive up to £300, but the chancellor is yet to explain how she will fund it
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Please get it right - it is not under £35,000 it is up to and including £35,000 bit.ly/3TeY1J4 there are uncertainties about the plans but that is not one of them. And btw @TorstenBell some millionaires will still get it as there is no capital test!
March 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is absolutely good economics. No one gets themselves out of a hole by digging downwards. Tory #austerity destroyed the economy. We need to invest to grow.
#TorstenBell
#TorstenBell
Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister
Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This is absolutely good economics. No one gets themselves out of a hole by digging downwards. Tory #austerity destroyed the economy. We need to invest to grow.
#TorstenBell
#TorstenBell
A #WASPI Question asked in the House yesterday by Iqbal Mohamed MP and the Minister's reply. Is that a satisfactory answer from @TorstenBell, do you think?
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A #WASPI Question asked in the House yesterday by Iqbal Mohamed MP and the Minister's reply. Is that a satisfactory answer from @TorstenBell, do you think?
A thoughtful critique of the Tony Blair essay from @TorstenBell - a govt minister who has done the deep thinking & policy work
#TonyBlair #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour
#TonyBlair #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But…
institute.global/insights/pol...
institute.global/insights/pol...
The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country
In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
institute.global
May 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A thoughtful critique of the Tony Blair essay from @TorstenBell - a govt minister who has done the deep thinking & policy work
#TonyBlair #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour
#TonyBlair #LVIPolitics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #Labour
.@TorstenBell #Remedy via
✅Alternative Dispute Resolution-#ADR
✅Temporary Special Measure-#TSM
✅Ministers must Deliver
✅#CEDAW Articles 4&8
✅#CEDAWinLAW invited @leicesterliz to meet round the table;the only #Legal⚖️& Lawful route forward to #Mediation #50sWomen #JusticeNow
✅Alternative Dispute Resolution-#ADR
✅Temporary Special Measure-#TSM
✅Ministers must Deliver
✅#CEDAW Articles 4&8
✅#CEDAWinLAW invited @leicesterliz to meet round the table;the only #Legal⚖️& Lawful route forward to #Mediation #50sWomen #JusticeNow
July 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
.@TorstenBell #Remedy via
✅Alternative Dispute Resolution-#ADR
✅Temporary Special Measure-#TSM
✅Ministers must Deliver
✅#CEDAW Articles 4&8
✅#CEDAWinLAW invited @leicesterliz to meet round the table;the only #Legal⚖️& Lawful route forward to #Mediation #50sWomen #JusticeNow
✅Alternative Dispute Resolution-#ADR
✅Temporary Special Measure-#TSM
✅Ministers must Deliver
✅#CEDAW Articles 4&8
✅#CEDAWinLAW invited @leicesterliz to meet round the table;the only #Legal⚖️& Lawful route forward to #Mediation #50sWomen #JusticeNow
Labour minister jeered as he's confronted over WASPI 'betrayal' . @TorstenBell convinced no one with his defence of the indefensible @UKLabour position on #WASPI compensation.
Labour minister jeered as he's confronted over WASPI 'betrayal'
Newly-appointed Pensions Minister Torsten Bell was sent out to face angry MPs and campaigners to defend the decision not to award compensation to WASPI women
www.mirror.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Labour minister jeered as he's confronted over WASPI 'betrayal' . @TorstenBell convinced no one with his defence of the indefensible @UKLabour position on #WASPI compensation.
So much misinformation around today on who will be affected by changes to inheritance tax - and lobbyists pretending the data isn't clear to obfuscate. We have detailed data on estates so the truth is in fact very clear if you care to look 🧵
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I heard he had a name change so had to repost..
#benefits #PIP #cuts #UKpolitics #TorstenBell
Fuck off
Torsten Bell-End
#benefits #PIP #cuts #UKpolitics #TorstenBell
Fuck off
Torsten Bell-End
March 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I heard he had a name change so had to repost..
#benefits #PIP #cuts #UKpolitics #TorstenBell
Fuck off
Torsten Bell-End
#benefits #PIP #cuts #UKpolitics #TorstenBell
Fuck off
Torsten Bell-End
Fascinating graph shared by Torsten Bell over on X/Twitter showing average happiness of British men & women by age. As Torsten says "Men absolutely love being teenagers. And everyone likes being retired."
Source: twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
Source: twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
January 12, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Fascinating graph shared by Torsten Bell over on X/Twitter showing average happiness of British men & women by age. As Torsten says "Men absolutely love being teenagers. And everyone likes being retired."
Source: twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
Source: twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
July #WokeratiBookClub read
“Great Britain? How we get our future back” by @TorstenBell who just so happens to have been elected @UKLabour MP for Swansea West recently
“Great Britain? How we get our future back” by @TorstenBell who just so happens to have been elected @UKLabour MP for Swansea West recently
August 12, 2024 at 7:18 PM
July #WokeratiBookClub read
“Great Britain? How we get our future back” by @TorstenBell who just so happens to have been elected @UKLabour MP for Swansea West recently
“Great Britain? How we get our future back” by @TorstenBell who just so happens to have been elected @UKLabour MP for Swansea West recently
...a 3.1% drop in average household income
As ever with #Conservatives party before country
twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
As ever with #Conservatives party before country
twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
Tweet by @TorstenBell
twitter.com
November 23, 2023 at 12:49 PM
...a 3.1% drop in average household income
As ever with #Conservatives party before country
twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
As ever with #Conservatives party before country
twitter.com/TorstenBell/...
I've never conformed to stereotype, TorstenBell
. Miserable until I was in my mid-30s & found my way to journalism, got a staff job. Shit-canned in my mid-50s and now endure an insolvent, unhappy old age. Data always tries to cash cheques the bank of reality won't pay
. Miserable until I was in my mid-30s & found my way to journalism, got a staff job. Shit-canned in my mid-50s and now endure an insolvent, unhappy old age. Data always tries to cash cheques the bank of reality won't pay
January 14, 2024 at 10:17 AM
I've never conformed to stereotype, TorstenBell
. Miserable until I was in my mid-30s & found my way to journalism, got a staff job. Shit-canned in my mid-50s and now endure an insolvent, unhappy old age. Data always tries to cash cheques the bank of reality won't pay
. Miserable until I was in my mid-30s & found my way to journalism, got a staff job. Shit-canned in my mid-50s and now endure an insolvent, unhappy old age. Data always tries to cash cheques the bank of reality won't pay
#TorstenBell
You just look at this blokes image and see #Tory yet he is #Labour and the new pensions minister
And his credentials show no empathy with pensioners. Another one who pits us all against each other and leaves the fat cats alone
You just look at this blokes image and see #Tory yet he is #Labour and the new pensions minister
And his credentials show no empathy with pensioners. Another one who pits us all against each other and leaves the fat cats alone
January 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#TorstenBell
You just look at this blokes image and see #Tory yet he is #Labour and the new pensions minister
And his credentials show no empathy with pensioners. Another one who pits us all against each other and leaves the fat cats alone
You just look at this blokes image and see #Tory yet he is #Labour and the new pensions minister
And his credentials show no empathy with pensioners. Another one who pits us all against each other and leaves the fat cats alone
I was listening to an interview with Torsten Bell MP recently where he made the pithy comment you can no longer "earn your way to wealth" - a point I see he made on Twitter a few years ago. x.com/TorstenBell/...
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December 29, 2024 at 7:22 PM
I was listening to an interview with Torsten Bell MP recently where he made the pithy comment you can no longer "earn your way to wealth" - a point I see he made on Twitter a few years ago. x.com/TorstenBell/...
Good thread by @TorstenBell on Xitter (he's very quiet on BlueSky), debunking all the media nonsense about the OBR "boxing in" the Chancellor, & other myths:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
Thread by @TorstenBell on Thread Reader App
@TorstenBell: Quite staggeringly confused debates about fiscal rules and the @OBR_UK "boxing the Chancellor in" over the last few days. A few clarifications as the Budget looms 🧵 Confusion 1: Lots of ...
threadreaderapp.com
March 4, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Good thread by @TorstenBell on Xitter (he's very quiet on BlueSky), debunking all the media nonsense about the OBR "boxing in" the Chancellor, & other myths:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17646...
2/2
It’s no surprise rabid #TorstenBell is so out of touch,his registered interests,record he did 10 HOURS of WORK for #TheObserver for a MASSIVE £826.69!
That's MORE money PER HOUR than his #Government EXPECTS PEOPLE to be able to SURVIVE ON for a WHOLE damn WEEK.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
It’s no surprise rabid #TorstenBell is so out of touch,his registered interests,record he did 10 HOURS of WORK for #TheObserver for a MASSIVE £826.69!
That's MORE money PER HOUR than his #Government EXPECTS PEOPLE to be able to SURVIVE ON for a WHOLE damn WEEK.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
The arrogant Labour MP from Newsnight got over £82 for just ONE HOUR of work
The arrogant Labour MP from Newsnight got over £82 for just ONE HOUR of work from Canary on 20 March 2025
www.thecanary.co
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
2/2
It’s no surprise rabid #TorstenBell is so out of touch,his registered interests,record he did 10 HOURS of WORK for #TheObserver for a MASSIVE £826.69!
That's MORE money PER HOUR than his #Government EXPECTS PEOPLE to be able to SURVIVE ON for a WHOLE damn WEEK.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
It’s no surprise rabid #TorstenBell is so out of touch,his registered interests,record he did 10 HOURS of WORK for #TheObserver for a MASSIVE £826.69!
That's MORE money PER HOUR than his #Government EXPECTS PEOPLE to be able to SURVIVE ON for a WHOLE damn WEEK.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
This week’s recap:
Parliament has spent no time talking about the 430,000 overseas pensioners suffering under the frozen pensions policy.
@TorstenBell
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
Parliament needs to change its priorities.
#EndFrozenPensions
Parliament has spent no time talking about the 430,000 overseas pensioners suffering under the frozen pensions policy.
@TorstenBell
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
Parliament needs to change its priorities.
#EndFrozenPensions
April 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This week’s recap:
Parliament has spent no time talking about the 430,000 overseas pensioners suffering under the frozen pensions policy.
@TorstenBell
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
Parliament needs to change its priorities.
#EndFrozenPensions
Parliament has spent no time talking about the 430,000 overseas pensioners suffering under the frozen pensions policy.
@TorstenBell
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
Parliament needs to change its priorities.
#EndFrozenPensions
UK leaders know all about frozen pensions:
❌ @TorstenBell knows frozen pensions are unfair
❌ @RachelReevesMP knows they’re unethical
❌ @Keir_Starmer knows they’re unjust
So why are 400,000+ British pensioners still being ignored?
#EndFrozenPensions #UKPolitics
❌ @TorstenBell knows frozen pensions are unfair
❌ @RachelReevesMP knows they’re unethical
❌ @Keir_Starmer knows they’re unjust
So why are 400,000+ British pensioners still being ignored?
#EndFrozenPensions #UKPolitics
July 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
UK leaders know all about frozen pensions:
❌ @TorstenBell knows frozen pensions are unfair
❌ @RachelReevesMP knows they’re unethical
❌ @Keir_Starmer knows they’re unjust
So why are 400,000+ British pensioners still being ignored?
#EndFrozenPensions #UKPolitics
❌ @TorstenBell knows frozen pensions are unfair
❌ @RachelReevesMP knows they’re unethical
❌ @Keir_Starmer knows they’re unjust
So why are 400,000+ British pensioners still being ignored?
#EndFrozenPensions #UKPolitics