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Ive been asked to comment on why @UKLabour was defeated in the #UKelection2019 & so many working class people voted for right wing #Tories. Outsider humility dictates caution in responding, but I have collated some articles containing incisive analyses.They suggest some answers👇
@OwenJones84 argues #Labours loss was combination of mishandling of #Brexit & Corbyns leadership, but that the policies were right.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
This survey👇shows Labours policies in fact do have majority support:
But "Labour did not succeed in turning the big manifesto offer into a short, sharp set of priorities that showed that they would make you ...directly better off" mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
But "Labour did not succeed in turning the big manifesto offer into a short, sharp set of priorities that showed that they would make you ...directly better off" mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
1 petit #thread à partir de cette info "purge des listes électorales" pour démontrer qu'en 2020 et la réélection de #Trump, tout sera d'abord 1 question de différentiels de participation électorale entre communautés et groupes démographiques… 👇
2) On commence par le mystère apparent, évoqué aussi pour l'#UKelection2019, de l'élection de #Trump en 2016 dans un pays de plus en plus divers et multiethnique, sachant que le président sortant est éminemment impopulaire parmi les minorités, et en effet…
3)… aux #EtatsUnis, la composition de l'électorat potentiel reflète la diversité croissante de la société US. En 2016, 31% des personnes en âge de voter appartenaient aux minorités non blanches et en 2020, ce serait 33,3%, un tiers des électeurs potentiels selon le @pewresearch
Nigerian-Born Chinyelu Onwurah @ChiOnwurah Wins First Seat For Labour in the UK election.
Nigerian-born Chinyelu Onwurah won the first seat to be declared for Labour in the December 12 general election in the United Kingdom. #UKelection2019
Congratulations.
#ProudlyNigerian
Nigerian-born Chinyelu Onwurah won the first seat to be declared for Labour in the December 12 general election in the United Kingdom. #UKelection2019
Congratulations.
#ProudlyNigerian
Onwurah took Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central with 21,568 votes, compared to her Conservatives rival’s 9,290.
Onwurah’s victory was swiftly followed by success for Labour’s Bridget Phillipson in Houghton and Sunderland South.
Onwurah’s victory was swiftly followed by success for Labour’s Bridget Phillipson in Houghton and Sunderland South.
Chinyelu Susan Onwurah is a British Labour Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central.
She is Newcastle's first black MP.
Congratulations.
#ProudlyNigerian
@NigeriaGov @DigiCommsNG
She is Newcastle's first black MP.
Congratulations.
#ProudlyNigerian
@NigeriaGov @DigiCommsNG
Our Fellows and Associated Fellows have not only been following #UKelection2019 we have also been discussing this years's #canadaelection2019 and the #SpanishElection ⬇
In October, we saw #canadaelection2019 where @JustinTrudeau #Liberals lost their majority. @ailsa_henderson discusses the decline of brokerage politics and asks what next for #Canadian politics.
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André Lecours @uOttawa also provided analysis on #canadaelection2019 highlighting the issues that shaped the #election and arguing that the result emphasises the divide between Western #Canada and the rest of the country.
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