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Gary Younge on Labour racism
"when Labour lambasts Sunak for his unprincipled & unconvincing response to Hester’s comments, it does not do so in defence of Abbott: those now in charge of the party hv been complicit in insulting her for years. Nor is it motivated by combating the levels of anti-Black racism in politics: almost a year after his report came out, Forde lamented that no one from the party had even contacted him to discuss his recommendations."
#LabourParty

IMO, Momentum made an initial misstep when it excluded non-Labour Party members shortly after it's foundation.
Editorial: #Momentum — and the entire #Labour left — are at a crossroads | Morning Star

✊ The UAW Has Set Its Sights on the Anti-Union South
#labour

The UAW Has Set Its Sights on the Anti-Union South
The South has long remained a nearly impenetrable citadel for labor. Fresh off of the success of its Big Three strike last year and looking to organize an Alabama Mercedes plant, the United Auto Workers wants to storm the castle.

I think this says all you need to know about Keir #Starmer's #Labour party, no?
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It will always remain for some that call themselves Labour supporters, or of the 'Left', a matter of some shame that a Labour Government is elected.
I'm never sure whether this is out of a reluctance to take responsibility or that the random twitches of reality threaten their particular doctrinal purity.
It is not enough that a government is elected but that the government be of exactly the right kind of policies.

I bet the Tories are wishing they’d trademarked conservatism right about now.
https://www.politico.eu/article/margaret-thatcher-david-lammy-visionary-labour-united-kingdom/

Margaret Thatcher was a ‘visionary’ says Labour’s David Lammy
The shadow foreign secretary’s words are likely to infuriate the left of his party.

"money at a scale rarely seen in #Labour politics had already changed the party’s future, setting #Starmer on the path to Downing Street"
The Corruption Behind Starmer’s Rise Has Finally Been Exposed | Novara Media

The Corruption Behind Starmer’s Rise Has Finally Been Exposed
Details are starting to emerge of the most secretive and dishonest leadership campaign in the history of British politics.

#OwenJones: "…after a 14yr stretch of #Tory rule, just as #Labour looks set to reconquer No 10 by a landslide, I’ve just emailed the party cancelling my membership.

"Pat McFadden... claims 'a better future for the Palestinian people would be a really high priority for Labour' in government.
"So prove it: demand an arms embargo, call out the wave of repression against #Palestine solidarity activists, condemn the government bid to ban the (BDS) movement. Reverse Starmer’s decision to drop

Labour's weaknesses are opportunities to demand better

Vänsterprofilen Owen Jones (typ britternas Daniel Suhonen) överger Labour och manar sina många följare att rösta på de gröna eller på oberoende kandidater i årets val. #owenjones #Labour

I bet the Tories are wishing they’d trademarked conservatism right about now.
https://www.politico.eu/article/margaret-thatcher-david-lammy-visionary-labour-united-kingdom/

Margaret Thatcher was a ‘visionary’ says Labour’s David Lammy
The shadow foreign secretary’s words are likely to infuriate the left of his party.

"Pat McFadden... claims 'a better future for the Palestinian people would be a really high priority for Labour' in government.
"So prove it: demand an arms embargo, call out the wave of repression against #Palestine solidarity activists, condemn the government bid to ban the (BDS) movement. Reverse Starmer’s decision to drop

Labour's weaknesses are opportunities to demand better

Interesting graph that underlines my point about #Labour winning because #Tories are haemorrhaging support.
Labour vote was slightly higher in 2018.
Who was the leader then?

Interesting graph that underlines my point about #Labour winning because #Tories are haemorrhaging support.
Labour vote was slightly higher in 2018.
Who was the leader then?

Never thought I'd see the day. Owen Jones quits Labour. Apparently there is such a thing as a Labour Party too right-wing for Owen Jones.
He quits and recommends people vote Green or Independent.
#ukpol #labour #owenJones #green

Listening to several political podcasts from assorted British commentators this week, there seems to be a consensus that the #SNP's #GazaCeasefire motion was primarily a cynical ploy to embarrass #Labour…

"the #SNP used their Opposition Day to present a motion demanding, crucially, an immediate ceasefire and ending the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. #Labour was now in a bind. Public opinion was now too overwhelming"

"the #SNP used their Opposition Day to present a motion demanding, crucially, an immediate ceasefire and ending the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. #Labour was now in a bind. Public opinion was now too overwhelming"

Labour copying Tories' flawed economic framework
"Why is Labour still using the self-defeating, discredited ‘maxed out credit card’ analogy?
"It is one thing to U-turn on a modest green transition programme. It is another to do so using mendacious Tory economic paradigms"
Yanis Varoufakis in the Guardian.
#LabourParty #Tories #economics #YanisVaroufakis