#Starmer

Thread:Back in 2015 I fought tooth & nail to get Corbyn on the ballot and for him to win. I did it because I was convinced a more radical socialist
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Good on the Tories but as ever with the Guardian there’s no reckoning with the Labour right. Until there is, the Party will struggle. They are an institutional roadblock to
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@BethRigby "R number & case nos. will inform pace of easing lockdown. On new cases, told by senior figure cases running at about 16k a day. Aim is to reduce
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Don't mind Starmer even if he's a bit dry but it just feels like when politics people are all breathlessly saying "the adults are back in the room" it's because
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Time to celebrate the departure of Comrade Corbyn with a new thread:Prominent Figures of the British Political Left as Cloppa Castle Characters. #ThankYouJeremy #OhJeremyCorbyn1. Diane 'Abacus' Abbott 2. 'Red' Ken
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The centre left have Labour back.On both sides of Atlantic, it's been shown the populist left can't yet win majorities. But it does have the young, and will have the
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Let's torture ourselves some more in lockdown. What are the best pubs in London? Right off the bat, for me, some of the best:-The Ivy House-The Southampton Arms-The Duke (near
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THREAD: Why Keir is right about the second referendum policy *with data*TLDR: Most leavers who defected from Lab would have done so anyway. But failing to back a PV would
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Johnson’s “build build build” speech was good politics. Yes as been documented already on social media, it was full of lies, reheated old “promises” and fake numbers. But it sets
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I've just read chapter about LOTO 'interference', including pushing for harsher action on Livingstone. Are we going to get acknowledgement that loads of folk now waving this report kept demanding
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Keir Starmer's first act as Labour leader is to apologise for antisemitism in the party: "Antisemitism has been a stain on our party. I have seen the grief that it's
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If labour are serious about winning in England again, Keir Starmer must show that he understands the values of this land's working class. Here are some of my ideas of
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My dad's shift from Thatcher to Starmer (thread)Just had a long, very interesting talk with my dad about politics and about his political history. As I've said on here before,
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threadThe it factor1. Politics & law. Being good at one doesn't automatically make someone good at the other. When we had 'forensic fortnight' & the press in raptures over Starmer
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I’ve finally figured out who Keir Starmer reminds me of why the fuck does my brain remember problematic david firth cartoons from decades ago and not where I left my
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@Keir_Starmer chose not to publish details of the donors to his leadership campaign until the polling had closed. Why was that? Let's look at the donations and the donors. The
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