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Feb 12, 2020 13 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Who knew the general election defeat was coming? Lisa and Emily put their hands up. Keir and RLB don't. #BBCNewsnight
Lisa Nandy seems very nervous.
Starmer seeks to "correct the record" on the "idea that we haven't spoken out" on antisemitism. Thornberry says she and Starmer both spoke out in shad cab. Asked, Rebecca didn't? "Rebecca did, I think you’ll find," RLB says. "Sorry, I don’t remember," Thornberry says smiling.
None of the candidates say they would abolish private schools. Notable.
With talk of how Labour wanted to "nationalise everything" and "get rid of tuition fees" with "no idea how to do it", Lisa Nandy is really helping Keir Starmer pitch left (while helping herself to the votes of those Corbynsceptics for whom his platform is now too left-wing).
Lisa Nandy strongest when talking about immigration. "I think you can win the argument on this." Links this to her family background.
Starmer talks about his recent family experiences with the NHS and what those nurses would think of this debate. RLB reiterates that while she is personally in favour of FOM, "the reality will be very different" and Labour must "fight to make sure new immigration system is fair".
RLB on trans rights pledges: "We need to protect rights of trans people… It’s not legitimate to put anybody’s rights up for debate in our party." Transphobic to talk about biological sex? "It depends in what context. To refer it in a transphobic way, of course it’s transphobic."
RLB: "I am a firm believer in self-ID. We need to end the discussion on this." On whether Labour members should be expelled for certain views on gender: "It would be assessed on a case by case basis."
Thornberry confirmed she hasn't signed pledges because: "It talks about hate. And I got in trouble recently talking about hate... To discuss certain organisations as hate organisations, I have some problem with."
Nandy confirmed she *has* signed the pledge, saying: "We’re in danger of overcomplicating this."
Starmer says what he has said before: "Trans rights are human rights... Treating it as a political football does everyone a disservice." Not pressed on whether he would sign pledges.
Erm, immediately after saying on #BBCNewsnight (not broadcast live) that she hadn't signed the pledges and had concerns about them, Thornberry has tweeted this:

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Jun 6
NEW: Labour drops case against ex-staffers

"The Party is discontinuing its legal claims against Karie Murphy, Seumas Milne, Georgie Robertson, Harry Hayball and Laura Murray on a ‘no order as to costs’ basis. The five welcome the resolution of the claims."
The Labour Party has dropped its lawsuit against five ex-staffers who had been accused of leaking a controversial internal report: politicshome.com/news/article/l…
Labour NEC member Mish Rahman accuses Labour of spending "millions of pounds in members’ money" on pursuing the case so far that "could have been spent on the general election": politicshome.com/news/article/l…
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Nov 6, 2023
I’m at an event by the Centre for Social Justice, “From baby boom to baby bust”. Miriam Cates says polling shows 92.4% of UK young women want to become mothers but 69% of young women believe waiting til 35 to start a family is no problem despite fertility stats.
Cates says she was surprised by how toxic the response was when she talked about this subject in parliament. She says Rosie Duffield was supposed to be on the panel but hasn’t joined today as she fears for her safety due to the controversial nature of the discussion.
IDS from the audience says migration is neither the answer nor a problem. He says he has 4 children, all nearing or over 30, and only one grandchild, so he can see this play out in his family. He is concerned about parents who want to stay home being punished via the tax system.
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Jul 27, 2022
NEW: Sam Tarry has been sacked
A Labour Party spokesperson said:

“The Labour Party will always stand up for working people fighting for better pay, terms and conditions at work.
“This isn’t about appearing on a picket line. Members of the frontbench sign up to collective responsibility. That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions.
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Jul 27, 2022
I’m told “There hasn't been anything from LOTO ahead of the latest set of strikes.” i.e. there was no fresh warning from the Labour leadership to frontbenchers not to join picket lines. Whether there is a reaction to Sam Tarry’s decision to join one today remains to be seen.
It’s summer recess and some of the frontbenchers who might have been joining Sam Tarry on the picket line today - after joining last time - are currently away.

Labour whip Nav Mishra is in Cyprus with the Royal Air Force (along with other MPs) 👇
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Jul 25, 2022
It's been more than three months since I moved to @TheHouseMag, where I'm interviewing parliamentarians of all parties and writing features on all sorts of subjects. Here's a lil thread on highlights so far... 🧵
I was particularly pleased with this feature, speaking to Labour MP Andy McDonald and Conservative Duncan Baker about opening their homes to Ukrainian refugees – personal stories with heart: politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
Another story with a lot of heart – I spoke to the fascinating Anoosheh Ashoori, his wife Sherry and MP Janet Daby about his experience of being detained in Iran, ongoing fight for those left behind and feelings towards Boris Johnson:
politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
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May 16, 2022
Keir Starmer is addressing the PLP tonight at an in-person meeting.

“Two and a half years ago people said Labour was finished,” he says. “After the Hartlepool by-election last year, we all felt the profound disappointment that we weren’t yet where we needed to be.”
But Starmer says the local election results showed “red shoots” – “not just the red shoots of recovery… but the red shoots of a new beginning”

Labour is “now fighting its way back to government”, he says
Starmer gives special thanks to Anas Sarwar for Scotland results and to Conor McGinn and Shabana Mahmood for “disciplined, focused, positive” campaign
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