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📣TONIGHT📣 Join our reading group in Durham. Dip in or become a regular! Even if you haven’t read the book or the chapter, you’ll probably learn something new and maybe even make a few friends. #readinggroup #durham

@PolitlcsUK The lack of genuine introspection here is astonishing, but true to form. A huge swing away from Labour and Starmer blames the voters. Not a good look.

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs to explain why Labour lost the Gorton and Denton by-election Dear Colleagues, The result in Gorton and Denton is deeply disappointing. Instead of a Labour MP who can be a local champion delivering for Gorton and Denton alongside a Labour Government and a Labour mayor, the people of Gorton and Denton now have a representative who is more interested in dividing people than uniting them. We have to learn lessons from that, and we will. I know this is a tough result for our movement but I still want to thank you for everything you did to support our brilliant candidate Angeliki Stogia. She did a fantastic job and Gorton and Denton deserved to have her as their MP. We’ve seen the true colours of Zack Polanski’s Greens in this campaign. The Greens were able to capitalise on an endorsement from George Galloway to win over enough voters to push them over the line. Their willingness to welcome Galloway's divisive, sectarian politics is a sign that the Greens are not the harmless environmentalists they pretend to be, and their position on legalising all drugs shows how unstable this electoral coalition is. It cannot survive a general election campaign. It hurts, but this is the kind of result that we have often seen parties of government face. In by-elections people can make their voice heard without risking a change of government. I get it: people are rightly impatient to see the change they voted for. It’s my job to make sure that happens. And I’m working day in, day out to see it through. Over the coming months, people will feel the benefit of the long-term decisions this government is taking. Look at the good economic news we’ve had in the past week: inflation and borrowing coming down, retail sales and business confidence rising, energy bills falling. And look at the policies that are going to make a difference in people’s lives in the coming months: the landmark Employment Rights Act, money off energy bills, the cruel two-child limit scrapped, more free breakfast clubs opening, Pride in Place funding coming through, NHS waiting lists continuing to fall. It will show what we’ve been saying from the outset of this year: the country is turning a corner. These are all Labour policies, putting Labour values into action - policies no other party would or could deliver. The Greens may have won here, but they simply do not have the resources, the activist base or the local knowledge to replicate this victory across the country. We’ve seen that before. We’ve seen it with the Lib Dems, who have often won mid-term by-elections against both the Conservatives and Labour, but never been able to come close to winning nationally. We’ve seen it with George Galloway, who won two mid-term by elections but held neither of those seats in a general election. We will continue to warn of the risk the Greens pose: the risk of extreme policies like legalising all drugs and pulling out of NATO that most voters strongly reject, and the risk of splitting the progressive vote so that Reform come through the middle. The next election is too important to let that happen. It’s a fight we can win, and we’re going to win it. Best, Keir

Incredible result! Congratulations Hannah Spencer who ran a brilliant campaign that inspired progressives all across the country. A huge people-powered effort which is going to be a pivotal moment in British politics. #gortondentonbyelection

Hoping the good people of Gorton and Denton vote love, over hate today. #gortondentonbyelection

Out and about in Gorton and Denton today was the @TheGreenParty @JamieDriscollNE - and he said don't just rely on the party making the country work for you, get involved and do it yourself 💚💚💚

Six of the project companies – owned by infrastructure investors HICL and InfraRed Capital Partners – were penalised by NHS trusts for poor performance during the same period, yet still recorded tens of millions of pounds in profit. 2/2

Privatisation of key public services only helps rich investors. everydoctor.org.uk/reports/fix-ho… 1/2

Majority on tour in Manchester, working hard to get Hannah the plumber elected as the Green Party’s first northern MP. #gortondentonbyelection #majorityontour

Timely and essential viewing. Book tickets here: tynesidecinema.co.uk/event/molly-vs… 2/2

Molly Vs THE MACHINES - a new feature film exposing the model of ‘surveillance capitalism’ employed by Big Tech is playing at Tyneside Cinema on March 1st - followed by a conversation with Carole Cadwalladr, Ian Russell, director Marc Silver and Molly’s friends. Bookings 👇 1/2

📣TONIGHT📣 Free session Ben Sellers at People's Bookshop (uk.bookshop.org/shop/peoplesbo…) in Durham. No need to register, just turn up. #communityorganising #communitywealthbuilding #durham

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📣TONIGHT!📣 6pm for Majority Film Club at Gosforth Civic Theatre, showing this brilliant film (definitely not a documentary) about an authoritarian state that burns books! Sign up below or simply turn up tonight.

Stage 2 of Majority’s support for @TheGreenParty campaign to win in Gorton and Denton. Eddie, Tony and Ron spent the day leafletting and door knocking with the brilliant Hannah Spencer. Theres a palpable buzz here. Look out for our return election week. #GortonandDenton

Majority members out in force for the unity rally in Newcastle today. Great atmosphere of love and solidarity. Geordies are black and white! Let’s not let hate divide us. ✊🏽 #UnityRally #Newcastle #antiracism

Jamie Driscoll's latest article: It’s not just one bad apple, it’s a rotten system. facebook.com/share/18GDSNeJ…

Some detail on the funding of Labour Ministers and MPs.

See how it works yet??

.@NCLGreenParty candidate and #Majority leader @JamieDriscollNE takes aim at wealth extractors in North East. #BBCPoliticsNorth