Labour ppl split over Amersham - either it was a harbinger of #ProgressiveAlliance or a disaster caused by Starmer... I can see elements of both... 1/ Tactical voting easier if party loyalty already frayed ...but look at the context...
2/ In SE England there are already numerous local de facto #ProgressiveAlliance s... spreadsheets shared between council candidates deciding where to put the effort etc...
3/ But this was also a stunning mass rejection of the Tory "my mate will get permission to build an extra house in your back garden" culture - which *really matters* in southern England...
4/ It shows there is a viable coalition of voters to kick the Tories out in 2024 and Labour needs a strategy to build it. I said B4 - if you can't make the party into the coalition, you need @labourlewis PA strategy

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19 Jun
Please read Tribune's latest attack on the #ProgressiveAlliance - it contains all the vacuous counter-arguments you are ever going to need... let's demolish them one by one... jacobinmag.com/2021/06/uk-pro…
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Tie 2 is a tough one...
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1/ ... the core conceit of British racism is that the system is not racist: having an empire, running the slave trade, allowing systematic police racism had no long term effect ... medium.com/mosquito-ridge…
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