#Labour

As we await the result of the 2020 Labour Leadership contest, read up on some of the historic battlesFrom the shock death of Hugh Gaitskell in 1963 to the rise
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For 10 years, the Labour Party has allowed – encouraged even – an abundance of malcontents, idealists & refuseniks to inhabit it. Membership has soared but its effect has been
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Controversial opinion. Income is not wealth. Labour need to tackle unearned wealth more urgently than earned income. Doing stuff round the edges for higher income and leaving wealth untouched is
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THREAD:1I am Jewish and pro-Palestinian. I have also been a Labour voter all my life.Corbyn was the leader of the Labour party and it was his duty to take the
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1. (Thread) I know some on the Labour left will be wondering what to do in the wake of Kier Starmer's election. They will be questioning whether their party still
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Minimum wage, vampires, and leeches. (thread on yesterday's parliament debate) 1/ Important statistics from parliament. In Singapore 100,000 workers are paid below $1300 per month. Of this, 56,000 earn less
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Biden fought a robustly centrist political campaign, and heavily defeated the left alternative in the process. He then used that victory to govern with a far more radical agenda than
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I was a Labour candidate in the last local electionsMy team and I worked our arses off. Designing leaflets, canvassing, getting abused. But it was worth it because we had
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quick timeline recap on how Labour failed women and thus the constituents of Hartlepool (all alleged by Ms A in the pleaded case): September 2017: Mike Hill MP offers a
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So a few people have been really pissy at @pimlicat resigning from the Lib Dems. That's up to them, but what I won't accept is the rewriting of history that
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There is a rare opportunity for the UK left. Their policies are generally popular but they don't have a party willing to fight for them, or know how to work
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The Labour Party is not anti-Hindu because of its position on human rights in Kashmir and it's incredibly silly and politically motivated to claim so.Also, what's this dogwhistling about "Corbyn
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Goodbye Jeremy Corbyn. For what it is worth, a bad and stupid person. All leaders will at least purport to want to change the world for the better, this does
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So Labour Cllr Cath Davies in their clear campaign to be the Labour candidate for Mayor veiled as 'CathDavis4choice' open selection campaign. Cath released a video with Helen Smith. Had
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50 years ago today, Barbara Castle guided the Equal Pay Act into legislation, making it illegal to pay women less than men for the 1st time in British history. Women
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The Canadian unemployment rate is set to jump from historic lows to historic highs when @StatCan_eng announces the March numbers on Thursday morning.#cdnecon With help from an amazing programmer, and
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