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This excellent scoop by @JoeWatts_ shows why Labour’s only option is to front up and articulate Jeremy Corbyn’s foreign policy programme not try to disavow it: independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
As I wrote yesterday, Team Corbyn is split on whether to concede or defend Corbyn’s associations and beliefs, so they do effectively do neither: newstatesman.com/politics/stagg…
But there is a bottomless pit of these associations and links. The only way to stop them dominating is to place them in a context so they stop being newsworthy.
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The thing about Barry Gardiner's "never interrupt your enemy while he's making a mistake" tweet is, he's right: newstatesman.com/politics/stagg…
Everyone seems to have memory holed the customs union vote, which basically showed that, even on a issue which is peripheral to why UK voted to leave, even when Brexit is safe...there are too many Labour Leavers for Labour to do anything in Parliament: newstatesman.com/politics/stagg…
It's daft AF to say it out loud, but ultimately Labour's Brexit strategy is the inevitable result of the fact they are too divided to shape Brexit in the Commons: newstatesman.com/politics/stagg…
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In the spirit that you should write your stupidest ideas down so you can learn from them later: here's why why I don't see how there can possibly be another election: newstatesman.com/politics/elect…
I just think to get from there to here you have to come up with two things: 1) a speech that the Prime Minister gives calling for one which doesn't make the Tory party look like a bunch of jokers: newstatesman.com/politics/elect…
If you've done that, you also need to write a Brexit policy for the manifesto for an early election that doesn't divide the Tory Party. And if you can't do those things, can't see how there's an election: newstatesman.com/politics/elect…
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This feels more like something out of Parks and Rec but, no, it's real: a Republican Congressman's six siblings have recorded an advert endorsing his opponent.
Though of course the best political video there will ever be is this from the UMP, which is ageing like a fine wine:
Every month a new thing about it becomes brilliant: that the head of the IMF and the current leader of the Republicans are in it. That several of the rising stars in it are now in En Marche.
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At dinner, I learned more about corruption + racism built into society by our masters. A book we discussed (Zinn) was used as part of this "Left" resource's bibliography. I had to share. [A thread]

@BlackSocialists - thoughts on this resource?

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Ok. Because it's apparently necessary that Diane Abbot get her own sidethread, here we are. Let me start off by saying Diane Abbot is in charge of Stand Up to Racism, which as we went over in the main thread is an ANTI-FA group.
Further, here's a reference biography of Diane Abbot's career history. I am very surprised she has made it this far in politics. Given SOME of the stuff I'm about to show you in regards to her controversies. archive.is/e7uRh
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well. i got an answer to that question... " I am very surprised she has made it this far in politics."

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As @theresa_may tells @HouseofCommons it's 'highly likely' Moscow ordered the attack on former Russian spy in Salisbury & most MPs show support to HMG to take strong action against Russia together with West & EU...
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