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Labour nervous about Brexit Party threat in the Barnsley seats. Len McCluskey has sent an email out to voters there. Local MPs and councillors were out in force there today, trying to see off attack.

Lab are being forced to fight in places which are supposed to be bedrock.
Labour source on possible significance of #GE2019 : “Without wanting to exaggerate, the long-standing bond between Labour and working class communities in the North may be irrevocably broken.”
I suspect in Barnsley and most seats like it it’ll be alright on the night. Just reduced majs.

If I’m wrong then the consequences of this election will be seismic. Labour will be reduced to an only semi-viable political force.
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Lewis Goodall
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On my to the Sky News Centre for what is sure to be a night to remember.

It’s pouring down. Elgar’s cello concerto playing in the taxi. Feels appropriately dramatic...#GE2019
When I was a kid I loved election programmes. Just loved them. Total saddo that I was.

Not ashamed to say being on them, this my second general, is a bloody dream.
Everyone on the tube is talking about politics. It is both weird and glorious.
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Lewis Goodall
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So...where are we? (Thread)

Journalists saying "we don't make predictions" is as tired as an activist after this December election. I'll make one. But #GE2019 has been revealing regardless of the result. Some things I've learnt on the way.
Firstly: the British public were deeply unhappy at this election. Not so much having it but with the choice they were being presented. They were incredulous and found it incredible. They couldn't quite believe they were having to choose between two men they found so unpalatable.
Nonetheless, it is Conservative resilience and strength that is most remarkable. This is a party about to enter its second decade in govt. Yet it is polling at 40% or more. It is advancing, not retreating. Far from falling from office it might be reaching its zenith.
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Lewis Goodall
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MRP likely Conservative losses. Esher and Walton high up. Higher than Hastings and Rye, with tiny Conservative maj.
But some very low probabilities of Labour keeping some seats which have been red (albeit some getting this paler) for a very long time.
If MRP is right and Labour gain only two seats in this election it would be an historically poor performance for an opposition, which usually wins at least some new ground, even in bad years (they could still be down net). Eg In 1983 Labour gained 4 and in 2001 Hague’s Tories 9.
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Foxxy
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Here is my take on the #GeneralElection2019 and #Brexit and why I will #VoteConservative.
1. Only the Conservatives can beat labour.
2. The Conservatives must get a majority or we will end up with a Corybn majority or minority government.
3. The WAB is the best we will get...
... it's not perfect, it's not the clean break alot of brexiteers want, a CB is impossible for now, but does come back on the table in the event an FTA can't be agreed. Paul eloquently talks about the WAB below.
4. The Brexit party will struggle to win seats. 4 million votes for UKIP in 2015 with a 12% vote share resulted in 1 seat.
5. 9m Conservatives voted for Brexit. 90% back the deal. 98%+ will be loyal.
6. Dont underestimate Labour. They are a very good campaigning...
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Matthew Goodwin
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With the #Brexit Party rumoured to be standing only in pro-Leave Labour seats it begs the question: which ones?
#GE2019 - thread
Based simply on UKIP's 2015 GE result, where there is record of Farage support, then Heywood & Middleton, Rotherham, Dagenham & Rainham, Rother Valley, Hartlepool, G Grimsby, Wentworth & Dearne, Stoke N, Doncaster C, Dudley N, Bolton SE, Don Valley, Barnsley E all good picks
If you scroll down the list, though UKIP is still on 20%+, then you are looking at the likes of Makerfield, Kingston Hull East, Blyth Valley, Barking, Walsall North, South Shields, Barnsley Central, Houghton and Sunderland S, Ashfield
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tony nog #Revoker
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1) Reality of GE choices & Labour #Brexit policy
Below is the proposed Labour #Brexit policy

So the first thing to say about it is it's fundamentally a lie, dishonest from beginning to end, and is likely a pro #Brexit policy

There is no "close relationship to" the SM
2) now of course many of my fellow remainers will be shocked at that statement and will say, quite rightly, that we need to get Labour support to fight #Brexit

That's true, but Labour's position remains dishonest, whether we need them or not
3) firstly, it's clearly nonsense to talk about workers rights & green alignment with the EU because this cannot be protected between governments, a new Tory government could sweep all of that away
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carol hedges
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🇬🇧Did You Know? 1.🇪🇺
You cannot become a member of The Brexit Party; you can become a registered supporter but not a member (check out their website if you don’t believe me), Yes, it’s a political party but what you may not know is that it’s also a private company ...
#brexit
🇪🇺Did You Know? 2🇬🇧
Farage has right to“directly or indirectly, to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors of the company” It’s a company limited by shares (bit.ly/brexit-party-a…), which means that the directors can take any profit out of the company.
🇪🇺Did You Know? 3🇬🇧 By the way, the other director is Richard Tice (badboysofbrexit.com/2018/01/16/ric…), CEO of a £500m asset management group. Men of the people, eh?
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⚢⚧🌸Sakura No Seirei🌸
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#Brexit news for today:

Nigel Adams, Minister for Wales, and Governement whip has resigned the #Cabinet over #TheresaMay's way forward.

1/n
You can hear #TheresaMay's reaction from here

2/n
So the splitting of the #ToryParty continues. Where will it end? And can we expect resignations from #Labour if #Corbyn is seen as giving up too much to #TheresaMay during the discussions tonight.

3/n
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Nigel Marriott
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How can Corbyn get into Downing St at the next election if one comes soon? Here is my thread looking at what needs to change from the 2017 #GeneralElection when #Labour won 262 seats. /1
To become the largest party, Labour needs to gain around 30 seats. It so happens that there are 29 seats where Labour is in 2nd place less than 3 pts behind the incumbent. 21 are held by the #CONSERVATIVES, 7 by the SNP, 1 by #plaidcymru. /2
To get a working majority, Labour needs to gain 61 seats given Sinn Fein don't take their seats. It so happens there are 62 seats where Labour is in 2nd place less than 7 pts behind the incumbent. 45 are held by the Conservatives, 16 by the SNP, 1 by Plaid Cymru /3
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