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Today's THE LONG READ:
Can PR save democracy?
"In the ERS’s analysis of different PR systems, the winner in every case was the minor party ..."
By our own @davmidd
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Can PR save democracy?
"In the ERS’s analysis of different PR systems, the winner in every case was the minor party ..."
By our own @davmidd
creatingsocialism.org/can-pr-save-de… via @Creatingsociali
What was the really remarkable thing about the 2017 Election?
Was it Corbyn ? I suggest not - although he WAS clearly the catalyst ...
Was it Twitter ? Perhaps, although possibly not in the way that you imagine.
What was really, really remarkable, was the NUMBER OF ACTIVISTS.
Was it Corbyn ? I suggest not - although he WAS clearly the catalyst ...
Was it Twitter ? Perhaps, although possibly not in the way that you imagine.
What was really, really remarkable, was the NUMBER OF ACTIVISTS.
BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
TWEETERS ON TWITTER.
THIS is the LESSON that is also remarkable, in that it is almost always FORGOTTEN. 😒
And it is also why the left are so crap at elections.
This was also the lesson of #BatleyandSpen
Forget it, at your peril ... 😒
TWEETERS ON TWITTER.
THIS is the LESSON that is also remarkable, in that it is almost always FORGOTTEN. 😒
And it is also why the left are so crap at elections.
This was also the lesson of #BatleyandSpen
Forget it, at your peril ... 😒
In the aftermath of Labour's win in #BatleyAndSpen, and in particular the many comments thereon, a thread on the huge the challenges the party faces. 1/11
On all sides of the party there are many people who seek to offer prescriptions of what is needed to revive Labour's fortunes. Their views are strongly held. It seems impossible that evidence, of any kind, will shift them. 2/
The problem is that these strongly-held clear prescriptions, clash. Much of the comment fails to acknowledge that all the 'solutions' face loud, heart-felt opposition within the party. 3/
🔴 Batley and Spen by-election: Labour cling on to seat by only 323 votes
Read more: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
Read more: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
🌹The Labour Party has held onto the constituency of Batley and Spen in a tense by-election that threatened to push another of the party’s stronghold seats to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives
Follow our live blog: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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Labour's reaction?
Keir Starmer has praised the 'fantastic result' for Labour's 'brilliant and brave' Kim Leadbeater
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
Keir Starmer has praised the 'fantastic result' for Labour's 'brilliant and brave' Kim Leadbeater
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
Labour's @kimleadbeater holds #BatleyAndSpen by 300+ votes despite 8000 lost to Galloway. “Our voters turned out in droves” official tells me. This was a triumph for @ShabanaMahmood and @HollyLynch5 . They led a fightback. 1/
2/ In #BatleyAndSpen Labour was winning back working class Tory voters from 2019; with a local agenda, a strong local candidate - but losing socially-conservative Muslim voters over Palestine and homophobia...
3/ Keir Starmer still has huge questions to answer. All the bad decisions that put the seat in jeopardy were taken in his office. He had to keep a low profile to achieve this, which is not ideal...
Things Labour could have done to keep #BatleyAndSpen:
@Keir_Starmer visits constituency with @zarahsultana has roundtable on islamophobia.
Starmer goes to Cleckheaton to say Labour got it wrong on Brexit
Give @jeremycorbyn back whip, get him & @johnmcdonnellMP up there (1/2)
@Keir_Starmer visits constituency with @zarahsultana has roundtable on islamophobia.
Starmer goes to Cleckheaton to say Labour got it wrong on Brexit
Give @jeremycorbyn back whip, get him & @johnmcdonnellMP up there (1/2)
Get @jon_trickett @IanLaveryMP & @AngelaRayner in there for several days saying they are bringing Labour back to the working woman and man.
Instead what we get is an insulated bunker, lack of communication & no strategy. He just looks like an extraordinarily bad politician.
Instead what we get is an insulated bunker, lack of communication & no strategy. He just looks like an extraordinarily bad politician.
It’s not rocket science, it’s just that the people running the party of opposition haven’t the first idea about very much and think a nice story in the New Statesman is reality. Just utterly delusional.
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#Tiruvannamalai police bust child trafficking racket, 5 #AblaNari along with 2 helper arrested
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#Tiruvannamalai police bust child trafficking racket, 5 #AblaNari along with 2 helper arrested
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@SriRudyBABA @love_a_man @MyNation_net @MensDayOutIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @RahulGandhi @rsprasad @RajThakre09 @ThakreUddhav @ArvindKejriwal @BJP4India @INCIndia @theShivsena @RSS4India @AITCofficial @HMOIndia @ndtv @News24 @aajtak @ABPNewsTV @dna @republic @mid_day @mumbaimirror @Ani_News @BBC @nytimesworld @Independent @SkyNews @smritiirani @sharmarekha @SwatiJaiHind @fayedsouza @poojabeditweets @BDUTT @Nidhi @sagarikaghose @AnjaliB_ @ShashiTharoor @IndianFeminism @sanket @Rupali02125815 @AshwiniUpadhyay @ShivSena @mynation_hr @GR_Barbarika @Mynation_Wb @Oracle @himantabiswa #CrimeByBharatkiLaxmi - 655
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#Shillong : #AblaNari inside the bank for 3 days in an attempt to rob in Meghalaya, arrested
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#LegalTerrorism
#GenderBiasedLaws
#HelpMeMyNation
#Covid_19
#Pride2021
#Zuma
#Shillong : #AblaNari inside the bank for 3 days in an attempt to rob in Meghalaya, arrested
navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/other-st…
@SriRudyBABA @love_a_man @MyNation_net @MensDayOutIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @RahulGandhi @rsprasad @RajThakre09 @ThakreUddhav @ArvindKejriwal @BJP4India @INCIndia @theShivsena @RSS4India @AITCofficial @HMOIndia @ndtv @News24 @aajtak @ABPNewsTV @dna @republic @mid_day @mumbaimirror @Ani_News @BBC @nytimesworld @Independent @SkyNews @smritiirani @sharmarekha @SwatiJaiHind @fayedsouza @poojabeditweets @BDUTT @Nidhi @sagarikaghose @AnjaliB_ @ShashiTharoor @IndianFeminism @sanket @Rupali02125815 @AshwiniUpadhyay @ShivSena @mynation_hr @GR_Barbarika @Mynation_Wb @Oracle @himantabiswa #CrimeByBharatkiLaxmi - 656
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#Thane : Two women held for running flesh trade racket
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#WomenWhoCode
#BreakingNews
#LegalTerrorism
#GenderBiasedLaws
#HelpMeMyNation
#Pride2021
#Zuma
#Thane : Two women held for running flesh trade racket
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There's been considerable effort on social media to portray @kimleadbeater as much put upon by extremists. The centre left has rallied strongly round her.
But this Labour leaflet, in her name, appealing to (actual or perceived) UK-Pakistani hostility to India is desperate stuff
But this Labour leaflet, in her name, appealing to (actual or perceived) UK-Pakistani hostility to India is desperate stuff
@ZacGoldsmith's appeal to Indian voters when running against @SadiqKhan in 2016 is widely perceived to have been a mistake.
In #BatleyAndSpen Labour now seem to be trying their own variant on the same approach.
In #BatleyAndSpen Labour now seem to be trying their own variant on the same approach.
The dirtiest British constituency campaign I can recall is Salma Yaqoob v Naz Shah in Bradford West in 2017.
The #BatleyAndSpenByelection is running it pretty close.
The #BatleyAndSpenByelection is running it pretty close.
Planning to be out protesting at #LondonTransPride #BatleyandSpen or #FreeThePress today? Here’s our top legal tips to remember - we need you to learn your rights & share these key messages by retweeting! (THREAD)
1. NO COMMENT! You’re usually not required to answer police questions, so don’t. - Say ‘no comment’. This includes ‘friendly chats’, on the streets, in a police van & during interview. PLOs (officers in blue bibs) are trained intelligence gatherers - remember ‘NO COMMENT’
2. NO PERSONAL DETAILS! You DON’T legally have to give personal details when you’re being stopped & searched & you usually don’t need to give personal details to police anyway
The Good People of #CheshamAndAmersham rebel for themselves & for #batleyandspen.
Do not be deceived @Keir_Starmer @EdwardJDavey @sianberry @jon_bartley there is real anger behind the plea. You won't listen at your peril. #AbstentionIsaWeapon
To all a #ProgressiveAlliance RT🧵
Do not be deceived @Keir_Starmer @EdwardJDavey @sianberry @jon_bartley there is real anger behind the plea. You won't listen at your peril. #AbstentionIsaWeapon
To all a #ProgressiveAlliance RT🧵
