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Chris Williamson: Nine years ago today…
Chris Williamson
23, May #BrokenSystem

Chris Williamson: Nine years ago today…

Nine years ago today, @NewhamIndParty were part of the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn. Some of them travelled up from London to campaign for me in Derby North, which I successfully contested as the country's most Corbyn-centric candidate in England's most marginal seat. Less than two years later I was suspended from the Labour Party for challenging the anti-Semitism scam and for defending grassroots activists who were being traduced by the genocidal Zionist lobby. I was also criticised for defending high profile victims of the witch-hunt like Ken Livingstone and Jackie Walker. Two and half years after that photograph was taken, the Corbyn project lay in tatters and the path had been cleared for the Starmer regime. Starmer and his cronies have been so appalling that they've cleared the way for the political spivs and fraudsters in Reform. Tragically, those days of hope that were exemplified in that 2017 campaign, were squandered by Jeremy Corbyn and the liberal left inside the Labour Party who bent over backwards to appease a bunch of Zionists who were hell-bent on destroying Jeremy's leadership. That experience should serve as a cautionary tale to @ZackPolanski and the Green Party, who seem to be making the same mistakes that Jeremy Corbyn and the liberal left made by seeking to appease the Zionist lobby. That strategy is doomed to fail. The only hope that Polanski and Greens have is to confront the Zionists head on and never make any concessions to these bad faith actors. If you give Zionists a millimetre they will always take a mile.
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Alex Wickham: NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read…
Alex Wickham
23, May #BrokenSystem

Alex Wickham: NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read…

NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read Is Andy Burnham Labour’s saviour, or is it just… vibes? — The last week has been fascinating. Burnham has had a bumpy start. He’s boxed himself in by committing to the fiscal rules and Labour’s manifesto on tax. It significantly limits his room for manoeuvre to deliver his promise of change. — Some in Labour worry he’s already trapped by the same political and economic constraints that hampered Keir Starmer. While there’s no doubt he polls better and has more energy, they stress he isn’t a messiah who can fix all their problems. — Burnham performed 5 u-turns this week: on rejoining the EU, on the fiscal rules, backing a hardline immigration policy, reversing his trans views, and ditching a 50p top rate of tax. An MP on the left says he looks inauthentic. Another compares it to Starmer’s safety-first Ming vase strategy. — More clarifications are coming. Allies say it’ll be difficult to drop Starmer’s Brexit red lines on the single market and customs union before an election, and that it’ll be hard to fully nationalise energy and water. Ambitions are being scaled back. — A supporter says he’s being sensible and scraping the barnacles off the boat. But it shows he knows he has the same problem as Starmer losing votes both left and right, and he has a similar response: picking policies that appeal to each side. — So what’s different? Tax rises on capital sound likely, but that won’t raise much money and he’s now ruled out touching the big taxes. Some in Labour worry about the impact on growth and investment of a virtue-signalling tax policy. — One MP warns that by loudly promising “real change” but not giving himself the room to deliver it, Burnham could quickly see the public turn on him, just as they did on Starmer. The criticism doing the rounds is that he is just Starmerism with vibes and a northern accent. — There are growing concerns about the lack of serious planning Burnham has done for No10. His policy platform is erratic. His political operation is threadbare and largely consists of Ed Miliband’s team. MPs are appealing to Burnham to quickly expand his circle to avoid the sort of factional warfare that did for Starmer. — Some MPs also worry Burnham might immediately enter an economic downturn and new cost-of-living crisis just as he becomes PM, which the public will inevitably blame him for, preventing a honeymoon period. Some think he made a strategic error going so soon and should have let Starmer take the pain coming in the next six months. — Some MPs also want Burnham to stop getting into fights on Twitter, which he has been doing all week, raising eyebrows. His supporters say he’s a unity candidate who can attract voters from across the political divide. This campaign is already putting that to the test.
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Daniel Lacalle: The US does not need to bow…
Daniel Lacalle
23, May #WarSpillover

Daniel Lacalle: The US does not need to bow…

The US does not need to bow to Iran’s threats. Every day, the “Hormuz weapon” loses power as American oil production, exports, and alternative routes make the global energy system more resilient. Tehran can rattle the chokepoint, but it can no longer hold the world economy hostage. When a supplier or infrastructure owner stops understanding its position and starts using its initial advantage to damage and blackmail its customers, it is really signing its own death warrant. What looked like dominance becomes a countdown to irrelevance. Graphs via Bloomberg and BNE Intellinews.
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Pouria Zeraati: Important/ Trump's post…
Pouria Zeraati
23, May #WarSpillover

Pouria Zeraati: Important/ Trump's post…

Important/ Trump's post: 'Just now had a very good call with Mohammed bin Salman from Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Zayed from the UAE, Emir Tamim bin Hamad from Qatar, Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Minister Ali Al-Thawadi, Field Marshal Asim Munir from Pakistan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan from Turkey, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi from Egypt, King Abdullah II from Jordan, and the King of Bahrain; about the Islamic Republic and all matters related to a peace agreement. A large part of the deal has practically been negotiated and arranged, just needs to be finalized between the United States, the Islamic Republic, and the other countries I mentioned. Apart from that, I also had a call with Bibi Netanyahu that went very well. Now the details and final parts of the agreement are being reviewed and will be announced soon. One of the important parts of this agreement is that the Strait of Hormuz will be opened.'
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June Slater: When you take over a position…
June Slater
22, May #BrokenSystem

June Slater: When you take over a position…

When you take over a position in a company, existing staff show you the ropes. They help during teething period, until you find your feet Very sad to see experienced councillors slapping democracy in the face as their hostile attitude towards new inexperienced councillors entering the chamber impedes the new councillors learning . Find out yourself ... Go look it up ... That's your problem.. That would be disciplinary in the real world. But councils have had their cosy world turned upside down . Their ridiculous spending plain for all to see . I'll take inexperienced and a good heart over protectionism any day of the week. Good luck to all the Reform newbies who have entered the world of debt and destruction and have the courage to try and put it right .
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Philip Proudfoot: My thoughts on the vaccine remained…
Philip Proudfoot
22, May #TrendShock

Philip Proudfoot: My thoughts on the vaccine remained…

My thoughts on the vaccine remained the same throughout the whole lockdown shit show. Take it or don’t take it. It’s your choice. If the vaccine worked, it meant that the only people an unvaccinated person was putting at risk was another unvaccinated person. If an unvaccinated person was putting a vaccinated person at risk then the vaccine didn’t work and was a waste of time. Andy Burnham here was another politician displaying a complete lack of critical thinking and following the mass hysteria.
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Alex Wickham: Exclusive with @EllenAMilligan…
Alex Wickham
22, May #StarmerCrisis

Alex Wickham: Exclusive with @EllenAMilligan…

Exclusive with @EllenAMilligan @europressos The UK-EU summit pencilled in for next month may be postponed until July because of the UK leadership crisis Starmer had held high hopes for the summit, framing it as a big moment to push for closer ties But the Burnham/Streeting move to defenestrate him has hampered officials’ work to prepare Planning has proved difficult to negotiate because Brussels doesn’t believe Starmer’s government will be in place in the coming months, sources said In any case, French and German officials say Britain has to change its red lines on the single market and customs union if it wants a meaningful reset
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