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Gavin Henry @gavinhenry.bsky.social · 2d

@russincheshire.bsky.social I just finished reading #babysbreath by Russ Jones. I can thoroughly recommended it, a cracking first novel written with great sensitivity and a compelling twist at the end.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 50m

It's available as an ebook through other platforms - Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple etc. I just have less control over the price

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Baby's Breath by Russell Jones

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5h

The one-week sale of Baby's Breath ends tomorrow, so get it while it's still £1.99.

Better yet, get it when it's £3.99, so I earn a little bit more money. Yay!!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Superb"
"Excellent, unputdownable"
"Crackles with tension"
"Wow, just wow, what an ending"

www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

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Dill Childs @furiousteddy.bsky.social · 5h

It's a great read. I really, really hope there will be more....

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5h

The one-week sale of Baby's Breath ends tomorrow, so get it while it's still £1.99.

Better yet, get it when it's £3.99, so I earn a little bit more money. Yay!!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Superb"
"Excellent, unputdownable"
"Crackles with tension"
"Wow, just wow, what an ending"

www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 4h

It's 4 years to an election, and Corbyn is 76 now. He has 2 MPs, one of whom he's in conflict with. He has zero on the ground election staff.

Paint a picture of how he wins.

Explain how he's the future of the left, rather than Polanski.

Honestly. Explain it.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks!! I'm writing, hope to have another book out around Christmas

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Dill Childs @furiousteddy.bsky.social · 5h

It's a great read. I really, really hope there will be more....

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 4h

And frankly, if he doesn't realise he's harming his own side, he's too foolish to vote for.

If he does realise, and does it anyway, he's beneath contempt.

Your old road is rapidly ageing
Get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5h

And you can say I'm being a defeatist or antiCorbyn all you want. But unless you can explain how that guy is the future of the left, I don't think I'm being remotely unrealistic. It's a daft move for the left to cling to him, when Polanski is standing RIGHT THERE.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5h

If you think Corbyn can win (it's 4 years to an election, he's 76 now) explain to me how.

Show me the road that leads to an 80 year old 2-time loser with 2 MPs, one of whom is in conflict with him, winning power.

There isn't one.

So stop following that path. It's a dead end.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5h

I want a good, successful, progressive government that helps people from the background I grew up in - poor working class. That's what I want.

Corbyn will never EVER provide that.

It's not antiCorbynism, it's realism. He can not win, so he's a distraction from those who can.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5h

The one-week sale of Baby's Breath ends tomorrow, so get it while it's still £1.99.

Better yet, get it when it's £3.99, so I earn a little bit more money. Yay!!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Superb"
"Excellent, unputdownable"
"Crackles with tension"
"Wow, just wow, what an ending"

www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not arguing that his beliefs are wrong, or that Labour should stay as it is - they definitely shouldn't, it's a disaster for them AND the country.

But for god's sake, can the left abandon magic grandpa. He is not the future of progressive Britain. He should stop trying to be.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

He managed to cause a schism in a party with no name, no policies, and only 2 members.

I have no doubt he's a lovely man, and a good constituency MP, and maligned by the media. But he's not the person the left should rally around. He's yesterday's double- failure.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

I've heard that too. But it remains a fact that 66% of UK voters rank Corbyn between "Bad" and "Absolutely terrible". Only 17% have a non-negative view of him. And that was before his hilariously embarrassing party launch in which ... to remind you ...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

You'll excuse my cynicism: I heard all of these arguments made with absolutely sincerity and endless data for two years, while I argued that it was an misreading of the reality, and Corbyn slowly, predictably led Labour to its worst result since the 1930s.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

I don't entirely deny that, although Starmer won a massive majority, and Corbyn didn't, which slightly undermines your argument. However, yes, Starmer is fucking this up hugely. But that doesn't mean Corbyn is the answer. 66% of voters think Corbyn is on the scale between bad and absolutely awful.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want to be that guy who gives maths lessons, but 66% is not a minority.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

And as for those discussions...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New Green leader Polanski distances party from electoral pact with Corbyn

Leftist would need to see ‘very strong arguments’ before agreeing a deal with party launched by ex-Labour leader

www.theguardian.com

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

Where did I say people are stupid? I'm just reading poll data. That's what people think. Two thirds of them think he's bad or appallingly bad. I'm not saying they're stupid, I'm agreeing with them. You aren't.

If we're at the "insults" stage, I'm off.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

All politicians have pos and neg polling, but they tend to be soft pos and neg, susceptible to change.

But the neg for Corbyn is rock solid and huge. As immovably neg as Farage. He can only bring harm to an (otherwise) largely positive or soft-neg Green party.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

And I'm not talking about 17% voting for Corbyn. I'm talking about 17% having non-negative feelings about him. There is no polling on his party, because it's literally too small to affect the data.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

It's taken 50 years for Greens to become something like a recognised political force, in a landscape designed to make it near impossible to start a new party. I'd argue it's irresponsible or Corbyn to do what he's doing. HE is the one splitting the vote, not Polanski.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

But I maintain that it would be (and the polls very much support this) a disaster for the Greens if they aligned themselves with Corbyn. The man scares off 4x as many voters as he attracts. Unfortunately his 17% are blind to that reality, and won't let him slip into the obscurity he deserves.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I repeat, I just cannot see it happening.

I get that you like Corbyn (or at least, you've spent a lot of today arguing that he's worthy of joining a progressive coalition).

But politicians can read an opinion poll. And that's why it's not gonna happen. You disagree? Fair enough.

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