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27 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
This is so disappointing. I am so angry. Obviously a stitch up between the leadership & the Unions apparachiks so the leadership can pretend to have clean hands. Old stalinist tactics.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
Now those who believe in injecting a dose of PR in our dying political system have only one option: desert Labour, vote Green or Liberal Democrats
The contempt shown for CLPs, for young people disaffected by politics, for all voters disenfranchised in constituencies where our awful voting system ensure the same party always win, is revolting. There is only one winner tonight: the Conservative party. One loser: democracy
This fossilised Labour doesn't deserve to win. Resign, tear up your card, join another party or not. But above all do not vote for those bastards. This is the only thing they will understand. This is the only power you have but it is a great power.#PR #Labour4PR

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Give it a few years, a fall of sterling, a rise of interest rates and it will be the IMF again.
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Interesting thread by Paul Mason. But...
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"For it’s vital to recall that, despite claims to the contrary from some Brexiters since,Brexit was not sold to leave voters in terms of ‘sovereignty’ at any cost. They were promised that, at the very least, it had no costs and that, actually, it would mean lower prices,
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Excellent piece by John Harris. The main issue with our politicians is their mediocrity & lack of experience of good strategic planning except in the basic sense of party politics. They all appear to be completely out of their depth without any coherent

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The rest of the UK had no such luck, with the government forced to pay an undisclosed but doubtless hefty chunk of our money to a US company to keep two CO2 plants open, because … Brexit
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