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Walking with the Women Against the Far Right bloc marching in protest at Tommy Robinson’s ironically named ‘Unite The Kingdom Rally’. One of the chants: Unemployment and inflation are not caused by immigration!” #TommyRobinson @thenerve_news #StandUpToRacism

They got rattled by a van with a big screen saying, “Immigration Makes Britain Brilliant,” featuring the faces of people like Mo Farah and Dua Lipa.

Throughout parliament Labour has ignored progressive voters In Makerfield Burnham should be made to work to win over all voters. That’s not achieved by the Green Party not standing a candidate Let the voters decide. Not party apparatchiks

The worst part of Covid was that 20 million people died

🚨 NEW! Our report out today concludes rent controls can ease the pressure on renters, without jeopardising the private rented sector. A rent control could: - Make renters nearly £1200 a year better off by 2030 - Reduce the housing benefit bill by £600m Here's how 👇

Eight Makerfield wards voted last week. Results: Reform: 50.4% Labour: 22.7% Green: 10.9% Conservative: 9.9% Lib Dem: 3.8% Other: 2.2%

@iAyushiRajput @PolitlcsUK He’s whatever Worcestershire needs him to be.

@PolitlcsUK Christian Bale as Worcestershire Council Leader? Kemi just suspended the Dark Knight.

🚨 BREAKING: Kemi Badenoch has suspended the Tory leader on Worcestershire Council after entering a coalition with the Greens to overthrow Reform UK control It led to a Green councillor becoming leader of the council

Leyton Orient erasure. Green.

@AdamRamsay @greenbenali Knock knock … Who’s there … Interrupting pirate … Interrup … Arrrrrrr.

In 2014, Clive Lord, one of the early members of PEOPLE, the predecessor to the Green Party, wrote a blog denouncing me and @greenbenali as “pirates” boarding the party, encouraging it to talk more about social justice. Delighted to see m’hearty in the London Assembly.

@jane__bradley @CANADALAND @thenarwhalca @FrontBurnerCBC @CanadaIsBoring @globeandmail @nationalpost @TorontoStar "The Game" by Ken Dryden, so you understand hah-key. Rooster Coffeehouse on Broadview Avenue is nice, followed by a walk eastwards to Withrow Park and then up to the Danforth.

Canadians, pls send book tips to add to this intimidatingly large pile to help me understand politics and culture in Canada. News-wise I’ve been enjoying @CANADALAND @thenarwhalca @FrontBurnerCBC @CanadaIsBoring & ofc @globeandmail @nationalpost @TorontoStar. But I want more!

Some news: I’m moving to Toronto this summer to become The New York Times first Canada investigative correspondent! Incredibly excited to be part of our expansion in Canada, led by the indefatigable @MatinaStevis . DMs open for all tips (stories or Canada advice) and coffees 🇨🇦

Remember when we didn’t constantly need to post screenshots of bond yield charts 🫠

Brilliant summary from @TheEconomist

@SamCoatesSky I’d love to see age breakdowns posted with every opinion poll. The only reason @reformparty_uk is in any way competitive is over-60 voters.

YouGov / Sky / Times RefUK 28% (+3), CON 17% (nc), GRN 16% (+1). LAB 16% (-2), LDEM 13% (-1),

@KayBurley His policies may have been among the best for the country? Jury trials, Winter Fuel Allowance, keeping the two child benefit cap for 21 months, closing legal migration routes.

I have never been a fan of Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Top politicians need to realise it’s not just the message, but how you sell it that cuts through to the public psyche. His policies may well have been among the best for the country and some undoubtedly were but Sir Keir never seemed able to land them with the public. Voters rarely reward policies they don’t emotionally connect with. Yesterday’s reset speech didn’t help. What exactly was he trying to tell us. Now, in what could be the death throes of his tenancy in No 10 after less than two years at the top, I do find myself feeling for him. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps and reached not one but two of the highest offices in the land. So, as the wannabes circle the Cabinet table this morning, positioning for what may come next, spare a thought for a man who genuinely wanted to make a difference, but never quite mastered the art of making his case. Fair?

@patrickwintour File under “good Green problems to have.”

From Islington Tribune “It’s an unexpected result in Finsbury Park where Labour have lost two seats to the Greens. Amu Gib’s team are visibly disappointed – they only managed to get just over 500 votes. The Greens meanwhile have picked up around 1,200 each despite only being paper candidates. This is coming as quite a shock to them – they didn’t expect to be rocking up to the councillor induction tomorrow. Greens are now apologising to one of the candidates who have been unexpectedly been elected. ‘You’re going to be great, we’ll support you’ they are being told.” Oops.

With Reform UK threatening to open migrant detention centres in Green constituencies, by 45% to 19% Britons say it is unacceptable for governments to base decisions that affect individual constituencies based on how people there voted Results link in replies

Strikingly, less than 14% of those voting Greens or Reform say they would return to Labour and the Conservatives if they failed to deliver. 31% say they'd look for a new party, 27% say they'd stick with Greens/Reform, 11% say they would not vote.

🧵 We @StrategyMerlin partnered with @MrLeeCain Charlesbye to look at the public mood ahead of the local elections. Across the next few days we will showcase the findings and what they mean for our politics...

@dizzy_thinks £15/hr x 160 hrs a month x 12 months = £28 800 gross, not £31K a year.

Let's be clear, they're talking about a minimum wage of £31,000 per year for anyone in any full time job. It's mental and will kill business, and where it could be afforded will cause massive wage inflation. It's economically illiterate insanity.

@ItsAndyRyan Natasha Lyonne erasure.

There's an irony that the American Pie films were teen sex comedies with a big young cast but arguably the two people whose careers benefitted the most out of it were Jim's Dad and Stiffler's Mom.