#Westminster

1. Labour is dying in its heartlands. It’s hierarchy has moved from organised shop-floor worker groups, who worked on behalf of their community & local people, to careerist money grabbers
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The government's new contact tracing service finally launches tomorrow. Two weeks later than planned. Two and a half months after we gave up on test and trace the first time
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THREAD:THIS IS PAINFUL1. I should feel somewhat relieved with tonight's poll showing the most likely outcome in the GE is a working majority for the Tories. But I feel concerned
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1. So distressing to read of care experienced people, most young but some not so young, struggling with loneliness, isolation, poverty, & more during #Covid19uk. This curse is causing so
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Ian Byrne, new Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby, tells the @socialistcam rally that there should be "no going back to the incestuous relationship with Murdoch and MPs writing in
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What can Greater Manchester learn from approaches to social security policy in the devolved nations? Take a look at the four short essays GMPA has published today in partnership with
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The future of the union currently rests on the shoulders of one man: Richard Leonard.Unless the leader of the Scottish Labour Party quits, nothing can stop the SNP from winning
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Nigerians: your petition is currently being discussed in the Westminster hall in the UK. RT Hon Theresa Villiers opens the floor with the premise of the endsars movement. She mentioned
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My reaction to Labour's defeats - from Hartlepool to Hillsborough... (as its £ here's a summary of the action points)... 1/ Labour must adopt a £190bn Biden-style tax, borrow and
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I've written to @BorisJohnson and @RishiSunak setting out @theSNP's calls for a £98billion+ fiscal stimulus package, and the devolution of financial powers, to protect our public services, put money in
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“In what should be a badge of shame for @theSNP, the @IndexCensorship named Scotland alongside Brazil in a report on the erosion of Freedom of Information globally during coronavirus.”https://twitter.com/heraldscotland/status/1262682911
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#heritageofprotest a thread on the history of protest meetings and public space I'm going to use Kennington Common as a case study here, as it has a long history that
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A thread on why @MarcusRashford is the Tories' worst nightmare: He has a simple message: - Children living in poverty are going without food;- They rely heavily on schools for
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What is happening in Scotland matters to the whole of the UK @indypremium https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/editors-letters/scotland-independence-brexit-nicola-sturgeon-polls-snp-a9613801.html Two polls (admittedly both from
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THREAD 1-81/ Moments before Prince Philip's death was announced, BBC Scotland broadcast a news bulletin in which Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross attacked Nicola Sturgeon for allowing hospital discharges into
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Towns are sexy in UK polisci, aren't they? Let's talk a little bit about the super-sexy Towns Fund https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/towns-fund-prospectus (1/n) As @estwebber and @georgegrylls reported this morning, the Per
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