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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks James - would it be ok to DM you?

Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone else out there whose CLP is working with Hope not Hate on campaigns? Would be interested to understand a bit more.... @jamesdaustin.bsky.social @csav55.bsky.social @drc1649.bsky.social ??

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 2d

I don't give a toss about his teeth. I do care that he makes stuff up for a good headline (exactly like Farage in fact). The BBC #MoreorLess exposed him for talking nonsense about tax and wealth. Being great at PR is a huge asset - I just wish he had some others, like knowledge and integrity.

The Rascal King of Gregging @therascalking.bsky.social · 3d

He just doesn’t miss. That line at the end was pure gold.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 5d

'Home' in Wales, and having some 'interesting' political conversations. Surprised at how many sound people are taken in by Polanski (think I've put them right on that one now!) But a reminder that we have to keep talking politics outside of our member huddle. Including on the doorstep!

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 5d

Hoping members will focus on uniting not dividing, when they come to cast their votes in the DL election. The time for self indulgent foot stamping is over.....it's shoulders to the wheel time.

Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 5d

As your Deputy Leader, with a seat at the Cabinet table, I will unite our party and put the heart and soul of the Labour movement into our government.

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 6d

Tories will abolish stamp duty to “revive the housing market”

First time buyers don’t pay it anyway (up to £300k) & the fact the average UK house price is 10x the average salary is the problem, not £5k stamp duty on a £300k house! And then there’s the £24bn lost tax revenue…

Totally deluded 🤦‍♀️

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 8d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe the answer to political apathy, trust, and populism is for everyone to be a local councillor for a few weeks.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 9d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 8d

Love these....

Ralph Berry @rdrberry.bsky.social · 8d

Another few hours with the light table and gear reviving #lostnegatives from the 1930's found by a friend
Glimpses of a lost world of suits and hats .
Works of passion and skill ; whoever you were ...
#Filmphotography

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 9d

As Deputy Leader I will push our government to be bolder, to go further and be the voice of members at the Cabinet table.

Give me a mandate to do more, not give permission for more division and disunity.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A united Labour party is making Britain work better for all. We cannot allow our mission to be disrupted | Bridget Phillipson

I’ve delivered for tens of thousands of schoolchildren, lifting them out of poverty – as deputy leader I can deliver for all, says education secretary Bridget Phillipson

www.theguardian.com

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 9d

Since 1980, the ECHR has heard just 29 UK immigrant deportation case, and the UK won 16 of them. Quitting will make no material difference to immigration, just weaken protections for absolutely everybody in this country. But Farage and the Tories know that.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 9d

if that HIGNFY Euan Blair fuckup had been about a right-winger it'd have had full front-page scandal coverage in the Mail followed by frontpage coverage across the board for the next week, days of "BBC in crisis" headline coverage by the BBC, and parliamentary questions about Tim Davie's future

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 10d

Deeply proud to be backed by Alan Johnson, a giant of the Labour movement.

The deputy leadership is a choice between a strong government true to our values and ready to win again, or the divided party for which Farage is desperate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Alan Johnson backs Bridget Phillipson for next Labour deputy

The former home secretary said that the No 10 favourite was one of the party’s ‘star performers’ and her rival Lucy Powell would ‘destabilise’ the leadership

www.thetimes.com

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 10d

Great little thread ⬇️

Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11d

Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”.

That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.

A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 15d

"Nigel meets tens of thousands of people on an annual basis."

Just amazing then how many of them are called Nathan Gill.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 14d

If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks to members for your questions at the hustings.

I’m standing to be your voice at the Cabinet table – to push for progressive policies, to put our values into action, to get a mandate for tackling child poverty.

If you want that change, back me.

www.backbridget.com

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 15d

Divided parties don’t win elections, so they can’t change our country.

As your Deputy Leader, I will unite our party, put our values into action and deliver the change our country needs.

Sign up 👉 backbridget.com

Bridget Phillipson for Deputy Leadership

Together we can restore opportunity and hope to working people and build a stronger Britain. #BackBridget2025.

backbridget.com

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 14d

Can we all start playing grown up politics now, please, and vote for a DL that will help us deliver, unite and get stuff done? Time for student level protests is over....we all need to get stuck in to some real work.

Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 15d

Divided parties don’t win elections, so they can’t change our country.

As your Deputy Leader, I will unite our party, put our values into action and deliver the change our country needs.

Sign up 👉 backbridget.com

Bridget Phillipson for Deputy Leadership

Together we can restore opportunity and hope to working people and build a stronger Britain. #BackBridget2025.

backbridget.com

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chesterchap.bsky.social @chesterchap.bsky.social · 16d

Ryder Cup ………….

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 16d

More integrity and skill in Alan Johnson's little finger etc....(and a straight talker as well)

Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 17d

“Andy Burnham has been told by an ex-Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson to go and find a television camera and rule out challenging Starmer for the leadership”

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Andy Burnham given brutal leadership advice by Alan Johnson on BBC

Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson said the Greater Manchester Mayor, who has said MPs have urged him to run for the leadership, was not doing the country 'any favours'

www.mirror.co.uk

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Kevin O’Connell @hibou2.bsky.social · 17d

People act like ID cards are some dystopian horror.

Do you have a passport? A licence? Mortgage? Nectar card? Clubcard?

Are you on Facebook? TikTok? Instagram?

An NHS number? Do you drive a car? Rent? Are you on the council’s records?

WHAT IS THE ISSUE SOMEONE HELP ME HERE

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Shane @shane11.bsky.social · 16d

This is really grating and ensures another day where Labour will have to spend talking about Burnham and his ego.

He should come out and say he wants to be an MP again to challenge or stop this daily navel gazing.

They’ve got to look and talk to the country not fight a civil war.

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Shane @shane11.bsky.social · 17d

A powerful reminder despite his faults the man the PM is.

The donkey farm buying for his parents, the bloke who cleaned his brothers flat out after he died despite been PM, the guy who steamrolled over a Whitehall machinery who didn’t want this.

He’s 10x the person of last Tory PMs and Farage.

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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 17d

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