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@BBCNews Do you always say “real name Dave Poulden” whenever you mention Zack Polanski? Why not?

Eleven 'far-right agitators' banned from UK ahead of rally, government says bbc.in/4ua02an

@paulmasonnews You’re a despicable old has been who’s been simping for Stalinism for so long it’s amazing you still bother. Bugger off.

Tomorrow, we should stand WITH the government, WITH the Metropolitan Police, AGAINST the fascist drunks and hooligans who will urinate their way from Euston to Whitehall in support of an insurrection fantasy - a moment of peril for our democracy...

@MyNewsIreland @joshxhowie Fuck off moron

@joshxhowie And imagine how easy it would be stop? Just stop the ill ago land grabs and slaughtering innocent women and children. Simple 👌🏼

My synagogue by the way. So that’ll be a nice fun morning. With the most virulent Jew-haters in the country.

@Keir_Starmer You’re a liar, a tyrant and you have no legitimacy. Resign and call a GE before you become even more hated.

I’ll always champion peaceful protest. But the Unite the Kingdom march organisers are peddling hatred and division. We’ve already blocked visas for far-right agitators who want to come here to spew their extremist views. They don't speak for the decent, fair, respectful Britain I know.

Huge congrats to Roxy. Not only was Sall’s appeal thrown out, it was ruled that she DIRECTLY discriminated against Roxy and has to pay her double the damages. A massive loss for bigotry starobserver.com.au/news/giggle-v-…

@Theleftorwright @infinity__oo It is a law of the internet that when a reply starts with a patronising, sarcastic term of affection, everything that follows will be 🐂 💩

@infinity__oo Sweetie, it's obviously difficult for you to understand. Yes, there is such a thing as a trans woman. Trans people have existed throughout millennia. Trans women live their lives as women, and are accepted in society as women. That's all you need to know.

No, I don’t respect any men who make a mockery of women, or who call themselves any kind of women, or who go places meant only for women

@polblonde @Fox_Claire @AndyBurnhamGM I sympathise with Leftist TERFs who were reluctant to abandon Labour after 14 yrs of Con govt. But now we can see there is no Labour shangri-la, can we all pull together against these misogynists?

Burnham criticised the Supreme Court ruling in the FWS case. Is this still what he believes? @AndyBurnhamGM

JASON TICKLE IS A MAN! Pass it on. #IStandWithSallGrover

@labourlewis What we need is work to pay. What we need is the govt to work 1st for citizens and not for immigrants legal or illegal. An immigrant in zone 1 social housing is an insult to British people commuting in for an hour or more, if you don’t understand that you understand nothing

I know the news Andy Burnham has a route back to Westminster will divide opinion. So, before anything else, I want to speak plainly – to Labour members and voters, to those who have left us, and to anyone on the centre-left, whether you vote Green, Lib Dem, or are simply looking for a politics that hasn't given up on you. Last week's local election results were, for many of us, existential. Not disappointing. Not a setback. Existential. Look across Europe and beyond at what happens to social democratic parties that refuse to step outside the economic orthodoxy of the last forty years – the one that hollowed out our public services, privatised what was ours, drove inequality to indecent levels, and cleared the ground for the authoritarian right to march into. That is the path we are on. Keir Starmer has refused to see it, and the country cannot afford another general election spent finding out the hard way. So let me be direct. The Prime Minister should set out a timeline for an orderly transition. I have said this before. I say it again now because the stakes have changed. Reform is not a protest – it is a project. And it will not be beaten by a Labour Party that mistakes managerial caution for strategy. As regards Andy, I want to set down here that I do not see him as some kind of messiah. Far from it. As someone who has been around frontline politics for more than twenty years, he has made his fair share of mistakes. But for the last ten years he has been a serious, grounded, and effective Mayor of Greater Manchester. The party and the country need their strongest players on the pitch, and he has a great deal to offer at a moment when the national stage has rarely mattered more. I hope the NEC will listen to the overwhelming view of the Cabinet, the PLP, the membership, and the unions, and let Andy stand. And I hope and believe the people of Makerfield will send him back to Parliament. But that is not a given. We know Reform will throw everything at this by-election. We must do the same and then some. Reform have spent a year being told they are inevitable. Makerfield is where we find out whether that is true. Every advance has a limit. This is where we set it. Millions of people, including my constituents in Norwich South, need this government to succeed. They need housing, working public services, secure jobs, water and energy that serves them rather than extracts from them. That work is not finished. But the honest truth is that stopping Reform and rebuilding the country is bigger than any one party. It will take a progressive politics willing to listen, willing to cooperate where the public interest demands it, and willing to drop the tribal habits that got us here. The country is ahead of us on this. It is time we caught up. Makerfield is one of many places where Labour has lost trust. It is an area Andy knows and has lived in for many years. If selected, he will work hard to win that trust back and make the case for a Labour Party worth voting for again. That case has to be made not only to people who once voted Labour, but to everyone who believes the answer to Reform is a serious, democratic, social alternative – not a paler imitation of the politics that created the problem. This by-election is not about one seat. It is a test of whether Labour understands the moment we are in. No single party is going to stop Reform on its own. The progressive majority in this country is real – but it is scattered across Labour, the Greens, the Lib Dems, nationalists, independents, and millions of people who have stopped voting altogether. Our job is not to demand they all come back to us. It is to earn the right to work with them, on shared ground, for a shared future. To former Labour voters: come and talk to us again. To Green and Lib Dem voters: we are not enemies. To Labour members and MPs: this is the fight. Let's get on with it. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@ModernTalmud God willing…

Personal Note: Friends, I will be going back into the hospital tomorrow for a potentially life-saving surgery and would appreciate any tehillim/prayers if you are so inclined. I hesitate to give this out, but my Hebrew name is Yaakov Shmuel ben Malkah (You know it’s serious when I’m sacrificing my anonymity 🫤). God willing, I’ll catch up with you on the flip side of Shabbos. Love to all ❤️

@BasilTheGreat He’ll have nothing better to do, but he’ll be shit obvs.

Amazon have confirmed the search for the next JAMES BOND is underway Who would you like to see play the character? Wrong Answers Only 👇

@OnlineTutor3293 No you sad impotent…teacher

@MayBritt44 google Ruth Parry you ignorant tart

“A fear of getting involved in an argument meant that Labour, in particular the Prime Minister, didn’t make arguments” Conservative Michael Gove says changing “the face” of Labour is “not enough”, and that having a “sense of purpose” is “critical to success” #bbcqt

@BenedictSpence @JChimirie66677 It isn’t the gods who demand it, it is the Greek chorus

It’s now everyone’s duty to vote Reform wherever Burnham stands. For the banter timeline, for the drama, whatever reason you like. The gods demand he is punished for his hubris.

@thinkdefence I’m rooting for complete paralysis for the next 3 years

Am I the only one rooting for Starmer 😀

@benellery Do give over, you can hide your address. He’s just an idle feckless con artist and grifter.

EXC: Zack Polanski has admitted he did not vote in last week's local elections. He previously indicated he cast a postal vote in Hackney before spending polling day campaigning in Wales. However, the party confirmed that he had not registered because of fears for his safety.

@OnlineTutor3293 @bbcquestiontime @michaelgove I really don’t like Gove but he raised standards so I’ll draw my own conclusions

@bbcquestiontime 'schools are now very different to when the coalition came in, in 2010' Not half you rancid scheming b*stard @michaelgove teachers that couldn't quit due to you and Wilshaw, some have topped themselves #BBCQT

@sanchezcastejon Yeah you tore your country apart over Marxism and were a fascist state for 50 years. We won’t be taking any lessons from you.

Quienes consideran que ondear la bandera de un Estado es “incitar al odio”, o han perdido el juicio o han sido cegados por su propia ignominia. Lamine solo ha expresado la solidaridad por Palestina que sentimos millones de españoles. Otro motivo más para estar orgullosos de él.

@lukeakehurst I thought a change of leadership meant a general election is a moral imperative? Surely the whole labour front bench agrees with that?

Nothing that has happened today is remotely proportionate or reasonable behaviour this far out from a General Election scheduled for 2029. This level of internal game playing risks driving us into a General Election within months, as well as causing months of deep political instability that have real world consequences for the economy and national security. I am, to put it mildly, unimpressed.

@AndyBurnhamGM In the words of the Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke. “They can’t find a good word for you, but I can, Twat.”

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election. I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics. Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic. Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures. However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people. Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place. I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that. Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again. ENDS

@10DowningStreet @jamesmurray_ldn @DHSCgovuk James, let’s kill Granny, Murray. Secretary of State for Killing and Neglect

The Rt Hon James Murray MP @JamesMurray_ldn has been appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @DHSCgovuk.