06, May #BrokenSystem

Aaron Bastani: The Labour right would 100% prefer…

The Labour right would 100% prefer being in opposition to a Reform majority govt, with all the accoutrements, than losing 50 seats to the Greens. Increasingly clear. One is temporary, the other is a long term threat. The kind of thing the ‘soft left’ and liberals never grasp.

Aaron Bastani: The Labour right would 100% prefer…

https://x.com/AaronBastani/status/2052060826240983120?s=20

#BrokenSystem

04, May #BrokenSystem

Aaron Bastani: Questionable how healthy it is for politics…

Questionable how healthy it is for politics in the long term that Labour are making the *local elections* about….the NHS. People aren’t daft.

#BrokenSystem

01, May #StarmerCrisis

Aaron Bastani: Keir Starmer thinks a retweet…

Keir Starmer thinks a retweet should disqualify someone from leading a political party, but that appointing the best ‘pal’ of the world’s most notorious paedophile, as Ambassador to Washington, shouldn’t. Be serious!

#StarmerCrisis

30, April #BrokenSystem

Aaron Bastani: The role of British and Welsh...

The role of British and Welsh identity is increasingly central to understanding politics in Wales. Critical to grasp as Labour, who’ve come first in every Westminster election there since 1922, collapse.

#BrokenSystem

25, April #StarmerCrisis

Aaron Bastani: Starmer saying he’ll stay on…

Starmer saying he’ll stay on - and win - genuinely feels like he’s lost his mind. You can find provincial Reform councillors with a much bigger FB footprint than most of the cabinet right now. A tsunami is coming!

#StarmerCrisis

22, April

Aaron Bastani: I’ve had enough…

I’ve had enough. Even if I was in Preston, with amazing candidates, I’d not vote Labour at this point. I’m sick of these incompetent morons calling anyone they disagree racist/evil/devoid of humanity etc They are awful, and Labour needs a lesson.

22, April

Aaron Bastani: The idea that a moderately affluent family…

The idea that a moderately affluent family (by national standards) with two kids is going to be keen to live on a year to year basis in London’s private rental sector is obviously absurd. Why is no major political party standing up for these people? Neither Labour or Tories.

20, April

Aaron Bastani: The latest missive in Iran’s cunning information…

The latest missive in Iran’s cunning information war to win over nationalists and right populists in the West: anti health and safety propaganda.

17, April

Aaron Bastani: True story…

True story. These aren't nation-states, as we understand them. They are as close to provinces of the Roman Empire as is possible in the modern world. The regimes are personalist, but not charismatic - & rest on legal-political authority that rests on a foreign hegemon.

17, April

Aaron Bastani: Given the challenges facing Britain…

Given the challenges facing Britain & social democracy, not least the likelihood of Reform being largest party at the next election, blindly pushing Mandelson to be the Ambassador to Washington - regardless of the costs - is completely unforgivable. The Labour right are awful!

16, April

Aaron Bastani: Vestas, Lego, Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)…

Vestas, Lego, Novo Nordisk (Ozempic), Orsted, Carlsberg. Denmark is 6 million people and has huge/innovative companies. That’s true across the Nordics, which - per capita - have more billionaires than Britain. Poses challenge to right…and left!