Share this page!

Paul Waugh Profile picture
Twitter logo
7 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
BREAKING: Tories win Hartlepool by-election as candidate Jill Mortimer gets 15,529 votes

Labour smashed.
Labour's Paul Williams polled just 8,589 votes.
Tory majority is 6,940.
Story here:
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/conserva…
Momentum co-chair Andrew Scattergood:
"This result is a disaster. In 2017, we won over 50% of the vote in Hartlepool. Now we’ve lost it to the Tories.
Starmer's strategy of isolating the left and replacing meaningful policy with empty buzzwords has comprehensively failed."

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Paul Waugh

Paul Waugh Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @paulwaugh

Paul Waugh Profile picture
9 May
What's always been striking in #indyref2 debate is just how much pro-independence voices *sound* like Brexiteers: national self-determination is ultimately the priority.

Most Brexiteers + pro-indy supporters both vehemently hate the comparison - but do some concede it is valid?
This isn't a comment on the merits of Brexit or Scottish independence. Just that despite the obvious cultural/political differences between the SNP + Tories, they share a central philosophy: self-determination.
And yes, one clear motivator for Scots independence is as a route to regaining EU membership and therefore *sharing* national sovereignty, ie a complex/subtle sense of nationhood. The counter case is you can pool sovereignty within the UK via devolution not independence.
Read 5 tweets
Paul Waugh Profile picture
8 May
One thing about the @AngelaRayner 'sacking': tensions between her and @Keir_Starmer have until now been under the radar and conducted by proxies for both sides.

Will be interesting to see what both say publicly in coming hours. And whether it's plausible.
Gaya Sriskanthan, Momentum co-chair, responds to the news that Angela Rayner is to be sacked as party chair:

"Angela Rayner's sacking is blatant scapegoating."
One ex-Corbyn era Labour staffer: "This Angela decision is probably one of the stupidest political decisions a leaders office has made in a very long time. And that includes putting Richard Burgon on the front bench."
Read 14 tweets
Paul Waugh Profile picture
4 May
No.10 refuses to deny @BorisJohnson asked Tory donors to pay his childcare costs.
Story by @singharj
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-jo…
Dominic Raab dismissed the story as 'gossip' and 'tittle tattle' on Sunday, when asked about this @cazjwheeler story:
thetimes.co.uk/article/can-bo…
Read 5 tweets
Paul Waugh Profile picture
4 May
Feels like @Keir_Starmer getting excuses in early if Hartlepool goes Tory:
"I don’t think anyone realistically thought it would be possible to turn Labour round from worst general election result since 1935 to a position to win the next gen elxn within a period of one year"
He's been saying this a lot of course in recent weeks.
But citing Biden, he starts to sketch out 2024 vision: long-termism on economy; preventive health + linking public services like crime + housing; skills + education; more devolution; culture change to unity rather than division
Read 5 tweets
Paul Waugh Profile picture
2 May
Sad to see last of @Line_of_duty but I really liked the way @jed_mercurio linked incompetence and greed with institutional corruption. Add in corporate culture of restructuring and backside covering and it felt all too plausible.
A 'whydunnit' not just a 'whodunnit'.
A much more interesting and aptly unsettling note on which to end. Bravo @jed_mercurio @Vicky_McClure Adrian Dunbar, @martin_compston + all the team 👏 👏 👏
"Whatever you do, you do it because you care about truth and accountability. You do it because you carry the fire.'
Read 5 tweets
Paul Waugh Profile picture
2 May
Totally true. But my faint hope that there will be another series of @Line_of_duty is now even fainter. This sounds like a valedictory...unless...unless..
My deluded, latest theory/hope: this isn't the final series because (as brilliantly as last week put so many bits of the jigsaw together) there still seem too many loose ends to tie up in one episode (Ted + the Corbetts, Ted and Banks, Ted+ children's home)...And..
....if Osborne is H surely he needed more screen time to help us work out the full extent of his evil.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @paulwaugh has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @paulwaugh!

Read all threads by @paulwaugh

:(