Big crowd for Socialist Campaign Group rally, hosting among others, Jeremy Corbyn
They’re still singing his song
Barry Gardiner talking about shortages on the shelves: “I remember when Margaret Thatcher said that only happened in the Soviet Union. It’s happening here, in Boris Johnson’s Britain!”
Now chants of “Back Barry’s Deal!” (On hire and refire)
Crowd spilling far outside the tent

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29 Sep
Snap thoughts on the speech

-Consciously echoed style, themes of previous leaders- especially Wilson, Blair, Kinnock.
-lots of White Heat Wilsonianism in particular.
-grounded in domestic issues/public services
-decent delivery, best I’ve seen from him
-but too long.
-despite length was short on specifics. Perhaps not necessary at this stage.
-length meant danger was of veering from subject to subject without much sense of priority or grander vision.
-But to some extent I think that’s deliberate. Starmer is not necessarily a man with...
-... a novel sweeping vision, what he is, or at least, the message his team clearly want to project, is a man with a plan. A more boiler plate sense of social democracy. And they’re leaning into his technocratic air. His seriousness, sobriety- a conscious contrast between...
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29 Sep
Standing ovation as Keir Starmer takes to the stage

Here we go...
“Prime minister- Either get a grip or get out of the way and let us step up and get on with it.”
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28 Sep
Completely packed conference event with Jeremy Corbyn and Barry Gardiner- says he absolutely should be restored to the Labour whip
Describes Andy McDonald as a very good friend and close colleague. Says AM “went through a lot of trauma yesterday” and that he “fully supports him.”
Corbyn says he “had a series of private conversations” with Andy McDonald yesterday (before he resigned)
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27 Sep
Tribune rally opened by @zarahsultana: “Want to open this rally with solidarity for our comrade Andy McDonald.” (Cue enormous applause). Says the current Labour leadership is “shameful.” Attacks the “Blairites.” #Lab21
Sultana attacks the “Blairite clique” which she says is dominating the leadership, “gathering in drinks receptions with Peter Mandelson” [boos] “reliving the 1980s and 1990s.”
More cheers when Sultana says “it’s an absolute disgrace that the leadership have let a scum newspaper have a stand at conference this year.”
Read 24 tweets
27 Sep
NEW: Big news from Brighton- Shadow Cabinet Minister @AndyMcDonaldMP has resigned. He says his position was “untenable.” Blames Starmer’s office for instructing him to go into a meeting to argue against £15 min wage. Says Starmer is not honouring the pledges on which he ran.
To be clear Starmer pledged a £10min wage not £15 when running. But left has been accusing Starmer all week (and before) of retreating from his campaign pledges more broadly and running the party in a v different way than he outlined in the campaign (with some justification).
McDonald has been unhappy with the direction of the party under Starmer’s leadership for some time. But he could barely have chosen a more explosive moment or style in which to resign.
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27 Sep
Absolutely packed house for @lisanandy in conversation fringe event
Lisa Nandy on SPD coming first: “it’s been a really stunning result for our sister party- it’s really great news...I was on a panel with Olaf Scholz last year when it didn’t look like SPD had any chance. I think the biggest lesson is never, ever believe that it’s not possible.”
“We think there could be a general election in 2023. That means we could be in power in 18 months time. That’s the lesson I take from the German elections, how quickly things can change. That’s what we should be thinking about.”
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