Director of Compass “living without illusions without being disillusioned” h/t Gramsci - applies to politics and #CAFC
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This makes me ashamed to be British and ashamed of an @UKLabour government that enacts illiberal attempts to stifle legitimate voices @tribunemagazine @AndreasMalm
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#TUCKOFF - a whole page in the @thetimes on whether your shirt goes in or out - truly the end of times #AllConsuming
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51% for the left bloc and 39% for the right. Yes this has to be argued for and won. But the #ProgressiveMajority can be unlocked via a #ProgessiveAlliance @CompassOffice @AndyBurnhamGM @ZackPolanski
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This is what will happen across the country if progressives divide and let regressives conquer @CompassOffice
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Zygmunt Bauman is my political lodestar and inspiration - read below in the @NewStatesman what he means to me and must mean for left wing politics as we celebrate the century since his birth
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If @UKLabour MPs and members make the same mistake now they made in 2020, backing a candidate who pretends to be soft left to win and then governs from the empty right then the party is probably over
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Another dip into @UKLabour hyper-factionalism, this time analysing the Labour Right with the brilliant @jemgilbert and @ProfAFinlayson
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Hyperfactionalism is stopping good government and killing @UKLabour
New article in @NewStatesman
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Say what you will about #FirstPastThePost it keep the hard right out. Yer right! It’s #Time4PR @CompassOffice @UnlockDemocracy @MakeVotesMatter @Labour4PR @OpenBritainHQ @electoralreform @labourlewis
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There is a #ProgressiveMajority in Wales - let’s work together to beat the #RegressiveMinority @CompassOffice
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This is what happens when the voting system privileges a few voters in few swing seats. We need #ProportionalRepresentation now @CompassOffice @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter @OpenBritainHQ @UnlockDemocracy @BestForBritain
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Without a deep plan and vision @UKLabour were always going to put us on a bullet train to #Faragism - come and build a radical renewal plan with us actionnetwork.org/ticketed_e… @CompassOffice
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What should terrify Labour strategist in Runcorn is that the Green vote went up - even though Green voters knew this might let Reform in. Labour is simply not progressive enough to win even tactical support @CompassOffice
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We live in a democratic system designed for two parties but 5 are now polling in double digits. It causes governing chaos. We need #ProportionalRepresentation @CompassOffice @MakeVotesMatter @Labour4PR @UnlockDemocracy
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Modern consumer capitalism is a wonder to behold. Some people use food banks while others just don’t have enough plastic ducks. The world is seriously quackers.
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What is happening @spectator ? Why on earth are cakes now just made by women? We all want cakeism.
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One poll does not a trend make but the UK is settling into multi party politics in a system designed for two and it will cause chaos. Bring on #ProportionalRepresentation @CompassOffice @MakeVotesMatter @UnlockDemocracy @electoralreform
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It’s just one poll and let’s see if it’s a blip or a new trend but this is extraordinary. @UKLabour 3rd 7 months after a landslide and 5 parties polling in double digits. This is the land of first past the post chaos @CompassOffice @MakeVotesMatter
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When you’ve got 5 party’s with over 10% of the vote in a two party system you get electoral chaos - small movements lead to huge changes in seats. We need PR. @CompassOffice @MakeVotesMatter @UnlockDemocracy @electoralreform
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Incredibly revealing quote in the @thetimes today - some in @UKLabour don’t want us to successfully tackle climate change @CompassOffice @labourlewis
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It’s only one poll, but @UKLabour finding itself behind the Tories AND Reform should send a shudder down everyone’s backs @CompassOffice
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This is what #FirstPastThePost threatens - a hard right majority on 32% of the vote. We need #ProportionalRepresentation before it’s too late @CompassOffice @MakeVotesMatter @Labour4PR @electoralreform @michaelsheen
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Schools not places of joy and creativity , where we learn the most precious of gifts - how we live together - but exam factories to earn and down - @UKLabour has to be better than this @CompassOffice
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Come on @UKLabour give the @LibDems and @TheGreenParty a reason to back you and beat @reformparty_uk and @Nigel_Farage #WinAsOne @CompassOffice - we can stop the slide to right wing populism
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My friend and mentor David Marquand was a giant amongst social democratic thinkers. He will be hugely missed but his ideas will guide us in the chaotic times to come @CompassOffice @LabourList @RenewalJournal
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Are Murmurations Worth It? piped.video/EJ-nMC4ovL0?si=1LOC… via @YouTube @Lukewrightpoet in the finest of fine form
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The UK has the most progressive voters but we get right wing governments and a few low risk @UKLabour ones - here are thoughts on why and what we do - renewal.org.uk/the-left-wing…
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Lovely positive global thinking from @jonathanglennie - have a listen 🙏 piped.video/Fb3JL7c2CXk?si=xQ1e…
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If you want to understand Labour’s past, present and future then read a Century of Labour the brilliant new book by @JonCruddas_1 politybooks.com/bookdetail?b…
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We aren’t related as far as I know but Dom gets the prize for the daftest headline and article of the year.
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Many on the left still think a rising @reformparty_uk poll share helpfully splits the right wing vote. In reality it just shifts everything to the right as the @Conservatives and then @UKLabour play catch up @CompassOffice
H/t @NewStatesman
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Frances Foley of @CompassOffice on great form explaining why democratic justice is a prerequisite of every other form of justice piped.video/PZpVxIKAumo?si=I0Aj…
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A packed @CompassOffice fringe @LibDems with @vincecable, @HinaBokhariLD and @PaulDFollows as a surprise guest. We must win power and change the country together
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Instead of curbing people and individualising social problems can we curb companies that sell us rubbish food or don’t pay enough to eat healthily? @CompassOffice
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One last push for this conversation with me & @johnharris1969 on Labour expulsions and the future of progressive politics.
Hear about my potential expulsion, the history of pluralism in Labour, and the necessity of changing our political system. piped.video/watch?v=Re6C4XnI…
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Watch @johnharris1969 and me discussing @UKLabour expulsions, hope and the future of progressive politics piped.video/Re6C4XnIZOA
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At the launch of #ChildFair by the brilliant @Childrenengland and @Kathy_CEO_CE with a K - what an honour and what brilliant ideas and young people
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Despite all the #ProgressiveTriumphs today loses like this really hurt. We #WinAsOne or #LoseApart @CompassOffice
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This chart from @policyatkings shows the potential for a big progressive #NewSettlement @CompassOffice
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Governments usually recover before polling day. The Reform vote will be squeezed or a deal will be done like last time. The next election is far from a done deal. We need to #WinAsOne @CompassOffice
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. @UKLabour poll lead is dropping. This would give it a very slim majority after one of the worst mid-terms any Govt has ever had. There is 2 years to go. It’s why we need to #WinAsOne winasone.org.uk
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.@UKLabour poll lead drops 5% in a week and heads to hung parliament territory. It’s a big reason why we need to #WinAsOne winasone.org.uk @CompassOffice
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