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John Fletcher ๐๐น๐ป๐ฆ
@wireinthebrain
Long time Labour activist and retired politician. SUNCT survivor.
Coventry ๊ฐ์
์ผ Aralฤฑk 2013
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@RosieDuffield1 But still no clue as to how to pay for a reduction in VAT.
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@wireinthebrain The long term effect of the Chancellor NOT supporting small businesses is far worse. More youth unemployment, tourism areas like mine in longer-term decline, etc etc.
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And you havenโt got a clue how youโd pay for it Rosie.
Rosie Duffield MP@RosieDuffield1
Tory friend jokes "you're a Tory now?!" re: post about VAT rates. Wanting small independent hosp businesses (mostly training/employing young people for hospitality) to thrive over corporate chains shouldn't exactly be seen as non-Labour! Apparently they're all about growth...?
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@ShabanaMahmood The grooming gangs were a completely imported problem.
There is a simple solution Shabana: deport the Pakistani rapists, deport their family members who failed to report them, and stop allowing in migrants from Third World countries to the UK.
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The grooming gangsโ scandal is one of the darkest moments in our countryโs history.
The independent national Inquiry will now begin its crucial work to uncover how these crimes were allowed to happen and root out failure wherever it occurred.
There will be no hiding place for the predatory monsters who committed these vile crimes.
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@LadyVictoriaD @ShabanaMahmood The Tories had an enquiry, and then ignored every one of the recommendations, leaving Labour to pick up the pieces.
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@ShabanaMahmood LIARS Your party did everything it could to cover up this scandal and never wanted an Inquiry.
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@JustScott77 @ZackPolanski @zarahsultana You should try being one of Sultanaโs constituents, and trying to get her to answer your emails.
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@ZackPolanski Disappointingly I voted Labour, but there was very little choice, Tories were corrupt, Reform had bad candidates, I don't even remember Lib Dem, Labour had @zarahsultana and she spoke sence. Labour have really let me down. And my Lab MP is shocking.
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Labour voters are now those who are financially best off.
This is because Labour have turned their backs on the working class to placate the wealthy.
The unions have noticed and are liking what they see in a Green Party committed to workers right and affordability.
Daisy Eastlake@daisyeastlake
๐ข EXC: Zack Polanski will target trade unions with appearances at conferences as part of a Green Party strategy to win over core Labour groups disillusioned with Sir Keir Starmerโs leadership The Green leader has spoken to ten unions, including some officially affiliated with Labour, across health, education and culture sectors He is set to make five keynote speeches at union conferences in an attempt to win over members One Green source said Polanskiโs goal was to stop the unions funding Labour, rather than getting them to back the Greens outright Polanski told @thetimes that a โcrucial partโ of replacing Labour as Britainโs main left-wing option for voters was to โconnect with the organised labour movementโ thetimes.com/article/4c6085โฆ
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@tomst7 @ZackPolanski The largest expansion of workersโ rights in a generation and workers have been betrayed? What planet are you on?
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@ZackPolanski If you can make real promises to support workers in their rights, pay, terms and conditions then youโll get union folk over to the Greens relatively quickly. Labour have betrayed workers and their roots. The question is: how truly left-wing are the Greens?
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Pride in place funding. Warm homes discount. Large NMW increases. Workers rights bill - parental leave, paternity leave, bereavement leave, right to flexible working, day 1 statutory sick pay, breakfast clubs, childcare expansion, renters reforms, planning reforms,
Zack Polanski@ZackPolanski
Labour voters are now those who are financially best off. This is because Labour have turned their backs on the working class to placate the wealthy. The unions have noticed and are liking what they see in a Green Party committed to workers right and affordability.
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@BobHRoss @JonD_Chadwick @michaelwhite Actually, theyโre implementing their manifesto. You know, that thing they were elected on? You just donโt like the improvements.
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@JonD_Chadwick @michaelwhite It's weird because they are doing a lot of unpopular things now and the mess is getting worse ๐
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FT case for keeping Starmer, unheroic but sane. โ itโs never true that things cannot get worse.โ
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@JonD_Chadwick @michaelwhite Who? Name me just one Labour MP who could take over and do better than Starmer.
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@michaelwhite I don't think Starmer should fight the next election
But the government have to do a lot of unpopular things to fix the mess of the last 15 years, including Brexit
Better to let him take the hit, and bring someone else in nearer the GE
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Viviane posts these updates regularly. If you're not already following her, might be worth considering? Then repost - astonishing how many ppl challenge me to 'tell me one thing Labour's achieved since it came to power'.
Viviane: ๐นLabour led by Keir for me@LaindonFEMINIST
We cannot rely on our media to tell us what Labour are doing. Hereโs 11 positive announcements from the last 5 days that are unreported. Itโs our job to make these known far and wide. #DoingTheMediasJob #LabourAchievements #FixingBritain
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@thejodiefry @ChampionshpTalk Now tell us about the penalty decisions weโd have had if thereโd been VAR this last year. Iโm counting around half a dozen.
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@ChampionshpTalk Hate it
And absolutely keep it out
Thr championship is sacred, the joy unbridled - donโt ruin it
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How do you feel about VAR, and would you like to keep it out of The Championship? ๐ค
#efl #skybetchampionship
Henry Winter@henrywinter
Premier League fans deliver damning verdict on VAR. 75% of 7,946 fans polled by the Football Supportersโ Association โdidnโt support the use of VARโ. Too long, too forensic, too much of a joy killer, fans say. Findings shared with Premier League and PGMO. 92% of fans surveyed โagreedโ that โVAR has removed the spontaneous joy of goal celebrationsโ (82% of them โstrongly agreedโ). 85% of match-going fans โstrongly disagreedโ with the notion that โVAR makes watching football more enjoyableโ. And 83% of those watching on TV. 85% of match-going fans โstrongly disagreedโ that โVAR decisions are generally resolved in a reasonable amount of timeโ. Echoed by 83% of those watching on TV. Only 18% agreed that โVAR has improved the overall accuracy of refereeing decisionsโ. 72% are โconcerned about the expansion of VAR beyond its current remitโ. 79% โstrongly disagreedโ with the suggestion โthat the match-going experience is better with VARโ. 67% โstrongly agreedโ that they preferred โwatching games that are played without VAR to games with VARโ. 84% โstrongly supportโ goal-line technology. 34% โstrongly opposedโ to the idea of a challenge system (two per game per team). โThese findings back up the FSA's previous survey in 2021, where fans expressed misgivings about the introduction of VAR,โ says Thomas Concannon, @WeAreTheFSAPremier League network manager. โThe vast majority are reporting the same concerns five years on - the loss of spontaneity when celebrating goals, and an overall worsening of the match-going experience. We have shared the survey results with the Premier League and PGMO, and look forward to discussing its findings with them.โ Fans surveyed of all PL clubs and all ages (Under-18 to 65+).
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@BBCNews @JakeBenRichards Iโve spent the last year (at least) complaining about poor refereeing in the EFL. VAR was supposed to put a stop to that. But if itโs the same referees reviewing their colleaguesโ mistakes, then there will be no improvement.
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75% of fans oppose VAR in Premier League, says FSA bbc.in/416aTW2
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โLook, if youโre going to be an immigrant in another country, you have to learn to obey the laws.โ
- The Daily Mail, every single bloody day.
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Jane Fonda and Joan Baez at a No Kings rally today ๐
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@christopherhope Labour MPs have implementing the manifesto they were voted in on. What a shocker!
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This is an astonishing fact from todayโs Sunday Times. At least 224 out of 257 new Labour MPs elected in July 2024 came from either charities or communications/lobbying agencies, or were formerly โpolitical employeesโ. It explains so much about Labour backbenchersโ priorities.
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@Bazza73617427 @nazirafzal I grew up on a council estate, son of a Raleigh cycles worker and a dinner lady. Most of my peers didnโt pass the 11+ exam so didnโt go to grammer school as I did. I was the first in my family to go to university - a result of Labour expanding the number of universities.
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@nazirafzal More facts in the 1970s Labour destroyed working class kids opportunity to better themselves by forcing comprehensive education, and watered down exams on to them. Then watered down the value of a degree.
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Some Facts:
The National Curriculum was introduced by the Tory coalition Govt in 2014
Braverman was in Govt for the next 9 years & did nothing to change it
She says what we she thinks will win her & Reform votes & does F*** All when in a position to do something
Donโt trust her
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@StrudwickEmily How are you proposing you will โchange the systemโ?
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@forwardnotback Custard AND ice cream. Now thatโs a real Tim pudding! Keep recovering well - we need you on here for a long time to come.
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UPDATE
Ambulance is guaranteed for 130pm
So my last dinner in Portsmouth
Roast beef followed by syrup sponge, custard AND ice cream
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@NTForwardFocus @LBC @lewis_goodall His phone was stolen
He reported it to the police, and informed them it was a government phone
He also reported it to the relevant people in the civil service.
Exactly which protocols were not followed?
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@LBC @lewis_goodall You did better with this than Trevor this morning. The facts appear to suggest that protocols weren't followed. Until all the facts are known, the assertion that it's all just a ridiculous conspiracy theory won't wash.
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โHeโs not some geezer down the pub - heโs the Prime Ministerโs chief of staff!โ
@Lewis_Goodall responds to Bridget Phillipson's suggestion that coverage of Morgan McSweeneyโs phone is โgetting ridiculousโ.
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