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8 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The following audio features Starmer's full answer to Jeremy Vine. Which was about the withdrawing of the whip.

The 'action' he referred to was, very obviously, this:

theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
1. The NEC suspended Corbyn.

2. Subsequently, Starmer refused to give Corbyn the whip back when his suspension was lifted. As is any party leader's prerogrative.
All of this, of course, goes back to the BoD's 10 Pledges. Which completely bound the hands of any Labour leader who accepted them in full.

That's what made Corbyn's comments foolish. Not wrong - he's entitled to make them! But politically, he likely knew what would happen.

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11 Mar
This thread is about my experience of men. Toxic men. It's only based on personal experience so it's bound to be flawed - and I'm not about to hold all men responsible for those toxic men I've often encountered. I've been a victim of them too in my own way.
Before I start, I want to make one thing very clear. Nothing in this thread is intended to detract in the slightest way from what is, fundamentally, a women's conversation. Because women suffer at the hands of toxic men every day.

It's intended to ADD to it.
Because men also suffer at the hands of toxic men in a way which is more or less never discussed. Men who suffer from toxic men are essentially invisible. I know I've suffered as a consequence of that; so do others. Many of them.
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9 Mar
I have the utmost respect for @jaketapper: his and CNN's coverage is magnificent.

But as he's someone who calls out fake news and the breathtaking, lethally dangerous irresponsibility of other stations, the hill he's chosen to die on re: OFCOM is bizarre.

OFCOM *is* independent
Jake: you shouldn't confuse ingrained American mistrust of government with healthy, necessary independent regulation.

Your industry is completely out of control. Thousands upon thousands have died thanks to its misinformation. ALL industries need regulation.
And with the utmost respect, you're commenting on something you clearly know next to nothing about. It's not a good look.
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4 Mar
Right now, and for the next few months too, Labour is completely and utterly at the mercy of events. That's partly not its fault; but it's partly its fault too.

These remain unique circumstances in which the opposition just isn't given a hearing - and politics is over Zoom.
The advantage that gives the government is enormous.

1. The media won't report the message even if there is one

2. Politics by Zoom is far too staid for anyone to get excited or enthused by anything really. It'd even prevent the public getting to know a good opposition leader.
That leaves the government and its incredibly pliant media apparatus constantly making the political weather. On everything. Against the backdrop of a public which just wants to get through this - but can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.
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4 Mar
Do pigeons gossip with each other? "Here, you want to check out Shaun's Balcony: it's the best restaurant in town".

I've had SEVEN different pigeons visit this morning. 😍 Including five at the same time - and a hilarious defeat for Alpha Male bully, who flew off in retreat.
He did his best to poke and squawk his way to balcony domination. He failed. 🤣

Memo to Alpha Male bully: this is a socialist balcony, and greed will not be tolerated.
Today's episode of Pigeon Street, incidentally, provided the perfect lesson on why joining a union is a good idea.

A couple of weeks back, Alpha Bully saw off his competition because the latter was outnumbered: three (Alpha, his mate and their offspring) against one.
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4 Mar
Uruguay has de facto universal healthcare Michele. Everyone who wants to be covered is covered.

The only issue is informal workers not in the system - who the government obviously want to be in the system. Tracking them down is the challenge.
All private hospitals except one - the British Hospital, which is the best and most expensive - are effectively part of the public system. All employers and employees choose a 'mutualista' (provider) and get the same coverage as someone paying privately.
Americans are always shocked when they come here and find how incredibly cheap healthcare is. In Uruguay, the concept of 'pre-existing conditions' barely exists at all. Where it does, it's only for over-70 expats.
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3 Mar
A note on the personal allowance, frozen at £12750 until 2026.

When New Labour came to power, it was £4045 - and STILL only £5225 a decade later. Disgracefully, indefensibly low, and an indictment of Gordon "50p for pensioners/scrap the 10% tax rate" Brown.
The only major rise in the personal allowance throughout Labour's time in charge was from £5225 to £6035 when Alastair Darling was Chancellor. Credit to him for that.

Quickly increasing it was, of course, a Lib Dem policy in 2010, which the Tories quickly realised was popular.
So it hit 10K by 2014, a year earlier than even the Lib Dems had planned, and had hit 12.5K by 2019: a remarkable increase over one decade.

A personal allowance of just over 1K a month strikes me as pretty reasonable when inflation remains low.
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