@faryarshirzad Seems a bit counterproductive and delusional to declare that the bill is "ready for final action" unless the final action you're envisioning is losing a floor vote.
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The Senate has been working for a year to make the CLARITY Act a bipartisan success.
70+ pages of additions to address law enforcement capabilities and establish new consumer protections that build on the already overwhelmingly bipartisan House version (remember, 78 Dems voted for Clarity last year).
Grateful for all of that work, and for @LeaderJohnThune's continued urgency to bring this important priority to the floor.
Thanks as always @morningsmaria @cherylcasone!
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@bennyjohnson Benny, you do realize he is mocking Trump here, right?
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Ferrán Torres, who scored the game winning goal at the World Cup, is wearing a “Make Spain Great Again” hat right now at the victory parade in Madrid.
This is amazing.
The media’s heads are going to explode 🤣
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@NextBestPicture Alpha Gang would be a very weird movie for Telluride. Maybe Fantastic Fest premiere?
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Films going to Telluride:
Alpha Gang
Club Kid
The Debut
Elsinore
Everest: The Other Side
Fjord
Gentle Monster
Ink
La Bola Negra
A Long Winter
Minotaur
Tender Loving Care
Tenzing
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@GiteshPandya As someone with 2pm Thursday tickets, I sure do hope that today is still Wednesday.
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@LozzaFox @andyburnham @UKLabour @Nigel_Farage The best way to have a referendum on Farage's totally ridiculous by-election is to endorse the ridiculous candidate, Binface.
Yes, Binface is a joke. But so is Farage. And a much worse joke.
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So let me get this straight, everyone turned up to Makerfield to give @andyburnham some legitimacy as he gets crowned leader of the @UKLabour politburo, but when @Nigel_Farage tries to pull the same trick, the establishment runs like cowards.
There’s a serious conversation to be had on the “right” a conversation @Nigel_Farage may not want to have, but the voters of Clacton deserve to be heard, rather than used to upset Westminster.
It’s a shameful dereliction of responsibility and duty to ignore a perfectly legitimate by election.
Britain is on the brink. Where are the @Conservatives and more importantly where is @RestoreBritain?
I’m not sure politicians refusing to turn up to elections is a great look.
Especially given as politicians are employed by the electorate.
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@HolmesJosh Fair criticism, but good luck getting a Republican operative to admit that the Republicans are in exactly the same dark place.
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A guy walks into a race with a Nazi tattoo and it was the third sexual assault allegation that concerned them. For today’s Democrat party, the problem isn’t an alleged rapist, it’s an alleged rapist who can’t win.
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@KevinASchofield Starmer is a lot of things, but setting a totally normal and sensible leadership timetable is def not because of "revenge."
Burnham can't have both coronation AND September. Never made any sense. He'll have to pick one.
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Which is precisely what Team Burnham did not want.
Starmer’s last act of revenge?
Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot
NEC will open nominations for new leader on July 9th - after the Nato summit. If there are no other candidates expected Burnham to be in Number 10 by the following week.
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@iainmartin1 @KevinASchofield Exactly. Somebody is not going to get what they want here.
And I assume that someone is Burnham getting his September wish. End of July seems far more realistic.
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How on earth is this reported three month “orderly transition” supposed to work? A PM being forced from office has to handle the NATO summit, the row over big defence cuts, perhaps a fiscal/gilts crisis and all the while his successor figures out a plan and puts together an alternative government? In the full glare of the media with the public not consulted. I don’t get it.
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Labour MPs being pestered with two emails and a text for a group photo with a by-election winner is "excessive" and "not normal" according to two backbenchers.
David Maddox@DavidPBMaddox
Labour MPs have all received an invite from the PLP to all join Andy Burnham for a photocall in parliament at 3pm on Monday. While described as “normal” for welcoming a by-election winner, one MP noted: “let the coronation begin.” independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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@MrHarryCole Not sure you're the audience, Harry.
But either way, approximately a million times better than anything coming out of Keir's mouth lately.
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For The Great Communicator this was a terribly delivered speech
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@BethRigby To quote US politics, "the long national nightmare continues."
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NEW: PM visited Labour HQ today & he’s coming out fighting. Starmer acknowledges tough results and that “it’s not been easy circumstances in last 10 days”
Makes it clear he’s carrying on with the job “to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country”
Says he’ll support the candidate in Makerfield 100%
Also uses the remarks to highlight his record - 2 child benefit cap, renters’ rights, NHS lists - and make point that many people just want govt ‘to get on with it’
Full quotes:
“I just wanted to come here to Labour Party headquarters to say a big thank you to you. The election results were not the ones that we wanted, they were really tough. But you worked your socks off.
“It’s not been easy circumstances in the last 10 days. But you have just got on with the job that we asked you to do.
“If you look at just some of the figures that came out last week. We had growth figures that were the best in the G7. That's because of the hard work that we've done in government. On the economy we've got ourselves into a good position, having inherited a real basket case from the last government.
“The NHS figures were really good, which again vindicates what we did, which was invest in the NHS, which is what we said we would do.
“And that's on top of all the other things… The Employment Rights Act. The biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation.
“And then of course all the work that we are doing around child poverty, of which I am really proud. What a game changer that will be for a whole generation and will be measured for years and years to come because the children will feel the impact for the rest of their lives. They will have chances they wouldn't otherwise have had.
“The election results tell us that people are frustrated, they don’t feel that their lives have changed quickly enough.
“We need to build up the urgency of what we do. We need a bit more hope in there. And we need to remember at all times what we are here to do. We were elected to government to serve the people of this country.
“And I remind myself every day that in July 2024 millions of people voted for us to come into government, to get on with the job, to govern, and to bring about the change that they want.
“So I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country. Delivering for the very many people who voted us into office, who are saying, ‘just get on with it, get on with the job, get on with the change that I need to see in my life’. And that is what I am going to be doing.
“We now have an important by-election coming up. It is Labour versus Reform. We will know very shortly who the candidate is. Whoever they are I am going to support them one hundred per cent and I want every member, everyone in our movement to support them. A Labour candidate to beat Reform. That is the fight that we are in.”
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@nickstirkster @alexwickham Ok, and it's only taken him 28 months to obliterate Labour's popularity. Did you sleep through the local elections? Labour needs a new and credible leader. Wake up to reality.
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@krf7 @alexwickham He just won a Democrat election 28 months ago. Cry harder
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Keir Starmer will not set out a timetable for his departure, David Lammy says
People familiar with the PM’s position confirm that is correct, contrary to some speculation in recent days
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@SophyRidgeSky Surely he meant "delusional" not resilient. He has no power and no loyalty. He is prioritizing himself over labour and the country.
He can't even replace the multiple Ministers who are conspiring against him. Nor would he have had the influence to block Burnham from running.
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Keir Starmer won’t set out a timetable for his departure - very clear from David Lammy, I think this kills any speculation he could do it ahead of Makerfield
“Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life…There will be no timetable”
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@pegg_craig @therealmissjo @ideapharma @IamChrisTurner @British_Airways A fresh piece of paper that says "Thanks!" in large text.
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Hey @British_Airways - my wife and I received excellent service from Elena on our flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow on Saturday night… My wife was very keen to give her the ‘golden ticket’ we’ve had in our account for a while. But we can’t find it anywhere. Has it been retired?
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@iainjwatson In the scenario where Keir has NOT set out a timetable of departure, then yeah it's really easy to imagine that the next six weeks will be a humiliating, slow-motion rebuke, potentially capped by the ultimate humiliation of being ejected immediately following Burnham's triumph.
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How has the mood shifted in Labour & how will Andy Burnham fight the by-election? If Keir Starmer doesn’t stand down, then in a constituency with a big Reform vote will he have to say ‘Vote Labour to change its leader’ and run against its record in govt? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@benrileysmith It seems a bit hard to imagine him winning a Reform-favored seat without explicitly running against Starmer.
Will be humiliating for Starmer if he hasn't already out a timetable.
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Curious phrasing from Burnham on the leadership issue.
"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."
Calling for no immediate putsch while the campaign goes on.
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Andy Burnham@andyburnham
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
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@patrickkmaguire To state the obvious, Burnham will run vocally AGAINST Starmer's leadership. Won't be much of an uphill climb for that message.
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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%
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