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Matt Clearing

@cuboidblues

Katılım Kasım 2012
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Novara Media
Novara Media@novaramedia·
“I don’t know if the left totally realise how close we are to having a complete overtake of fascism in this country.” Critical theorist and Green party member Louisa Toxværd Munch says the left needs to offer a unified alternative to Reform in Makerfield – and if that alternative is Andy Burnham, she's happy to back him.
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Matt Clearing@cuboidblues·
@owenjonesjourno They need to sort out their vetting BEFORE choosing to stand in a high profile by-election. It’s elementary.
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Owen Jones
Owen Jones@owenjonesjourno·
The Greens' membership has exploded in size in a very short space of time. But they desperately need to prioritise sorting out their vetting. The other thing is that we need to deal with conspiracist thinking on the left. It's not socialism and leads to very dark places.
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Union Jacked 🇬🇧 💪 🌹@UnionJacked__·
The Green candidate had been retweeting neo Nazi accounts and positing anti semitic conspiracy theories. That’s genuinely why he’s had to resign immediately. You couldn’t make it up 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ But good news for Burnham!
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Matt Clearing
Matt Clearing@cuboidblues·
@RossMurrayWill1 @UnionJacked__ @AndyBurnhamGM If you’re asking for my advice, I’d say read The Telegraph and The Guardian. That way you get an overview of differing perspectives. If you want news about Manchester, then sure, read the Manchester Evening News. It’s useful to check for updates to stories from 2024 though.
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Saganism
Saganism@Saganismm·
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” — Bertrand Russell
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The Lucky Heron
The Lucky Heron@LuckyHeronSay·
Is Andy Burnham just Keir Starmer with better glasses and a northern accent? #Makerfield
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James Meadway
James Meadway@meadwaj·
The sad truth is that tweaking the fiscal rules will make little difference to the deep economic problems Britain faces - low investment, low productivity - high government debt, much owed to the rest of the world - rising costs of essentials & major international exposure 1/2
Alex Wickham@alexwickham

***EXCLUSIVE*** Andy Burnham fully rules out changing Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules if he becomes PM At the weekend his team had left it open whether he might change them in future But tonight his spokesperson tells Bloomberg he is explicitly ruling out any changes to the existing fiscal rules AND crucially Burnham is now also ruling out exempting defence spending from the fiscal rules to spend more on the military He had floated that idea in a Bloomberg interview a few weeks ago but his spokesperson tonight says he won’t pursue it This is a big attempt by Burnham’s campaign team to reassure markets who were spooked on Friday by his potential premiership But it may risk disappointing some on the left who had hoped for a more radical fiscal policy It may also mean tax rises are the likely main revenue raiser in the event Burnham wants to increase spending

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Saganism
Saganism@Saganismm·
“It especially annoys me when racists are accused of 'discrimination.' The ability to discriminate is a precious faculty; by judging all members on one 'race' to be the same, the racist precisely shows himself incapable of discrimination.” ― Christopher Hitchens
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Matt Clearing@cuboidblues·
@owenjonesjourno @AndyBurnhamGM I’m willing to give him a chance to change the Labour Party. If he doesn’t, then nothing’s changed. But if he does, Labour might just be palatable enough for the Greens to form a coalition government with in 2029 in order to oppose the Tories/Reform. 🤷‍♂️
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Matt Clearing@cuboidblues·
@joecguinan @FromSteveHowell I’m willing to give him a chance to change the Labour Party. If he doesn’t, then nothing’s changed. But if he does, Labour might just be palatable enough for the Greens to form a coalition government with in 2029 in order to oppose the Tories/Reform. 🤷‍♂️
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Joe Guinan
Joe Guinan@joecguinan·
The soft left, in their infinite wisdom, have thrown in with Burnham before he’s even committed to anything beyond vibes, leaving him feeling free to triangulate right before he even has the Makerfield candidacy let alone the leadership. At this rate Starmer will stay in place.
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Matt Clearing@cuboidblues·
@afneil Yes Andrew, entire industrial communities losing their economic purpose almost overnight had no long term effects whatsoever. Mines shutting, industry vanishing and skilled jobs disappearing didn’t lead to lasting social and generational damage at all.
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Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil@afneil·
Except that it purports to claim that the area (Makerfield) has been a victim of 40 years of Thatcherism (that’s what Burnham seems to be running against, which means he’s also running against the Blair-Brown government, of which he was a part). Yet the backdrop to his wandering shows rows of neat, well-kept, substantial semi-detached homes, with plenty new cars in the driveways and a vibrant high street, despite all the road works improving it. Oh yes and a state school so good he sent his kids to it. Put simply — the pictures clash with his words of victimhood and deprivation.
Lewis Goodall@lewis_goodall

One of the most effective bits of political communication on the left I’ve seen in a long time. A message and a powerful messenger.

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Chris Corney
Chris Corney@ChrisCorney1·
@JackMac_82 @GarryOw11803872 @cuboidblues This is going round in circles. As I said above, if Corbyn's Labour could win 60% why on earth couldn't Greens win? Maybe a longshot this time, not impossible though. And even if you cant win, so what? Are greens going to stand down everywhere you dont fancy your chances?
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Matt Clearing
Matt Clearing@cuboidblues·
@jimthegiant Trying not to upset the bond markets and he’s running in a seat where two thirds of people voted to leave.
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Union Jacked 🇬🇧 💪 🌹@UnionJacked__·
Attlee was not really a man of the radical hard left. He was much more Labour establishment than Jeremy Corbyn was. And yet, most people would agree he was the best and most left wing PM we have ever had. In the same spirit, I think @AndyBurnhamGM has potential to be the same 🌹
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Matt Clearing@cuboidblues·
@BritishGayMNWO @ChillaxBcn He’s previously said he hopes we rejoin at some point and has acknowledged that Brexit has been damaging. I think given the fact that he’s running in a constituency where two thirds of people voted to leave, he’s wise to steer clear of the whole thing for now.
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