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John Miles retweeted
A lot of local and regional news outlets are doing a great job naming those appearing in court
These are the accounts that should be amplified not accounts using the situation to build a following
NEW: A thug shouted "s***houses" before he punched a police officer in the face during the violent riots in Southport. He will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court later this month. W/ @adameverettecho.
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John Miles retweeted
THREAD: The work of change has already begun.
10 things @Keir_Starmer’s Labour Government has got done after just one week in power 👇
ALT Photograph of Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside Number 10 Downing Street. Text reads: 10 things Keir Starmer’s Labour Government has done after just one week in power
Like everything else contained in The Unfinished Revolution, this is an excellent point.
The political dynamics around 'No! Labour can't possibly continue the same approach we had fallen into by the end of our time in government in a haphazard way in prisons' are reminding me of Blair's foreword to the Unfinished Revolution.
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John Miles retweeted
Time for the policy specialists to step up and the political correspondents to retreat. We need to understand what’s being proposed and whether it’ll work, not endlessly opine on whether Labour will face threats in 2029
John Miles retweeted
My piece for The Observer today on being the only journalist in the room with Keir Starmer and his family on Thursday night, when their lives were changed forever. theguardian.com/politics/art…
I’d assume it was deliberate bad faith rather than idiocy - but they’re literally sharing a screenshot of the quote that *includes* the bit about it being a Friday thing. They’re not trying to hide the Friday thing, they just entirely missed it. Becuase they’re idiots.
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Keir Starmer: I’ll carve out time to spend with my children after 6pm on a Friday.
Blithering idiots: Keir Starmer said that he’ll knock off work every day at 6pm.
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This is excellent.
“It matters whether or not a government is failing, but it also matters whether or not an opposition, and especially an opposition’s candidate for prime minister, is someone voters are prepared to give the benefit of the doubt to.”
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This is one of the reasons why I think the £2k stuff is different from the "£350m for the NHS" during the referendum.
The below is easy to understand, quick to get across and reflects badly on Sunak. Rebutting the £350m required trying to explain the EU budget rebate, CAP etc.
Two quotes:
Rishi Sunak: "Independent Treasury officials have costed Labour's policies and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for every working family"
Treasury Permanent Secretary: “civil servants were not involved in the production or presentation of the Conservative Party’s document”
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Until this morning, rebutting the attack required a lengthy, difficult-to-understand explanation of why it’s garbage. Now, Labour spokespeople can just point to it being something Sunak demonstrably lied about and move back onto what Labour wants to talk about.
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Not convinced by the “Sunak being found to have lied about who drew up the £2k figure is good for Sunak actually - because it means more coverage of the £2k attack” argument floating around.
The £2k attack is one of the Tory’s two main messages. It’s getting covered regardless.
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BREAKING: Sunak is going to take a day off the trail tomorrow in a highly unusual move so early in the campaign. He will spend it at home in talks with his senior aides. But the Tories insist this is NOT a campaign relaunch. theguardian.com/politics/art…
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Back of an envelope calculation...
By my count, there are 81 current Tory MPs who were elected prior to 2010. Of those, 31 are standing down and 23 are currently on course to lose their seats.
That'd leave just 27 Tory MPs with *any* experience of opposition after the election.
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In what world would a government think that’s the way to get the kind of coverage/doorstep reception necessary to turn a 20+ point polling deficit around?
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This feels so self-evident to me that I’m amazed people are considering it as a possibility.
Asking your activists and staff to cancel Christmas plans to knock on doors/work instead. Asking journalists to cancel Christmas plans to cover your campaign.
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No party is ever going to run an election campaign over Christmas. No party is ever going to leave themselves open to accusations, during an election campaign, that they “ruined Christmas”.
“I’m starting to think this is not an election year after all.”
🖊️ @JonnElledge
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