Thread by @hackneylad

The biggest story of this election isn't Andrew Neil, TV debates, or any of the media stuff

It's the unprecedented number of people, unpaid and often unacknowledged, hitting the streets every evening & weekend in every corner of the country to campaign for a @UKLabour government

@UKLabour Regardless of where your party sympathies lie, and whatever the outcome on polling day, this is - by a huge margin - the most important electoral development in years

An age of mass spectatorship regarding formal politics has been replaced by a new era of mass participation

@UKLabour We're always being told that the British people are 'anti-politics', especially in the past few years. It's bollocks, and always has been. I don't know anyone who isn't interested in how power and resources are distributed in our society, and how that could change.

@UKLabour For decades, a trip to the polling booth didn't offer much by way of choice when it came to big, bold, important questions about how politics shapes our lives. At this election, there is a real choice on the ballot paper and what do you know - people now want to make a difference

@UKLabour Speak to anyone, anywhere, who has been out on the doorstep in recent weeks (or phone-banking), and ask them about the numbers turning up to volunteer - many of whom have never campaigned in an election before, many of whom have never even voted. The numbers are seismic.

@UKLabour 'Why are people so apathetic? Why does no one care about politics? How do we get people engaged at general elections?'

#GE2019 has provided us with the answer: offer citizens a meaningful, ideological choice at election time, and they'll engage the shit out of it.

@UKLabour On which note, @PeoplesMomentum are helping to coordinate nearly 1,700 (yep, you read that right) campaign events tomorrow and Sunday - the final weekend ahead of the most important vote in a generation

If you care, then join one mycampaignmap.com