Edward mac Cargill
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Liberal Socialist and Prog Rock fan
Liberal Socialist and Prog Rock fan
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A Your Party insider tells PolHome: "The entire thing makes an excellent case for left Labourism and highlights the positive side of the constraints imposed by a) the whip, b) the ability to face outwards always, rather than fight to the death with your ostensible comrades."
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
“End The Witch-hunt”: The First 24 Hours At The Chaotic ‘Your Party’ Conference
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural conference of ‘Your Party’, the new political party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Su...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A Your Party insider tells PolHome: "The entire thing makes an excellent case for left Labourism and highlights the positive side of the constraints imposed by a) the whip, b) the ability to face outwards always, rather than fight to the death with your ostensible comrades."
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I was teaching a class yesterday on the 1984-85 miners' strike. Here's an extract from Kinnock's speech to the 1984 Labour Conference.
Whether you agree with him or not, it's a sustained argument for the parliamentary road to socialism.
Now we get single-sentence paragraphs on "national renewal".
Whether you agree with him or not, it's a sustained argument for the parliamentary road to socialism.
Now we get single-sentence paragraphs on "national renewal".
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I was teaching a class yesterday on the 1984-85 miners' strike. Here's an extract from Kinnock's speech to the 1984 Labour Conference.
Whether you agree with him or not, it's a sustained argument for the parliamentary road to socialism.
Now we get single-sentence paragraphs on "national renewal".
Whether you agree with him or not, it's a sustained argument for the parliamentary road to socialism.
Now we get single-sentence paragraphs on "national renewal".
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And I think this is where the problem is. You don't have to give intellectual speeches - few people would listen or engage. But you have to be able to think your way through to your positions and policies. Which Blair did.
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And I think this is where the problem is. You don't have to give intellectual speeches - few people would listen or engage. But you have to be able to think your way through to your positions and policies. Which Blair did.
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The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.
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I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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I find it horrifying how many people support the two-child benefit cap, knowing that it forces children to live in poverty. Sometimes the voters are morally dreadful and you need to ignore them
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I find it horrifying how many people support the two-child benefit cap, knowing that it forces children to live in poverty. Sometimes the voters are morally dreadful and you need to ignore them
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beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
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Lancashire Day commemorates the day when Lancashire first sent representatives to attend the ‘Model Parliament’ of King Edward I in 1295.
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lancashire Day commemorates the day when Lancashire first sent representatives to attend the ‘Model Parliament’ of King Edward I in 1295.
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Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Give it about a week before people are back to claiming Labour are right wing
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Give it about a week before people are back to claiming Labour are right wing
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Budget quite literally taxes the rich and even contains a actual wealth tax (with a lower threshold than Zack's fantasy one) but, you know, facts arent that important to him
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Budget quite literally taxes the rich and even contains a actual wealth tax (with a lower threshold than Zack's fantasy one) but, you know, facts arent that important to him
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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What happens when one no longer desires even desire? What is it not even want wanting?
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
What happens when one no longer desires even desire? What is it not even want wanting?
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Speaking to Labour MPs tonight, most seem pretty happy about the Budget. Relief, plus delight at the two child benefit cap being scrapped.
One showed me their local CLP whatsapp group popping off with happy members and offers to help canvassing. Which they'd not seen for...a good while.
One showed me their local CLP whatsapp group popping off with happy members and offers to help canvassing. Which they'd not seen for...a good while.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Speaking to Labour MPs tonight, most seem pretty happy about the Budget. Relief, plus delight at the two child benefit cap being scrapped.
One showed me their local CLP whatsapp group popping off with happy members and offers to help canvassing. Which they'd not seen for...a good while.
One showed me their local CLP whatsapp group popping off with happy members and offers to help canvassing. Which they'd not seen for...a good while.
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Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
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I mean I've been very critical of the government and of Starmer and Reeves but I am actually a Labour member for a reason and this *is* a Labour budget with Labour values, and yeah I'll take that for today thank you very much.
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I mean I've been very critical of the government and of Starmer and Reeves but I am actually a Labour member for a reason and this *is* a Labour budget with Labour values, and yeah I'll take that for today thank you very much.
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Before, Zack Polanksi comes out of the woodwork screaming "wEaLtH TaX", a surcharge on homes over two million pounds is a wealth tax.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Before, Zack Polanksi comes out of the woodwork screaming "wEaLtH TaX", a surcharge on homes over two million pounds is a wealth tax.
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Utterly juvenile and unparliamentary antics from Kemi Badenoch during her response to the budget.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Utterly juvenile and unparliamentary antics from Kemi Badenoch during her response to the budget.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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Sensible decision. The Bonapartist menace still stalks the continent.
Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sensible decision. The Bonapartist menace still stalks the continent.
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On budget day, think of George Ward Hunt, who delivered his only budget in 1868.
On arriving in the Commons he discovered that he'd left his speech behind, & had to run home to get it while MPs sat grumbling in the Chamber.
That is why chancellors show the red box to journalists before setting out
On arriving in the Commons he discovered that he'd left his speech behind, & had to run home to get it while MPs sat grumbling in the Chamber.
That is why chancellors show the red box to journalists before setting out
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
On budget day, think of George Ward Hunt, who delivered his only budget in 1868.
On arriving in the Commons he discovered that he'd left his speech behind, & had to run home to get it while MPs sat grumbling in the Chamber.
That is why chancellors show the red box to journalists before setting out
On arriving in the Commons he discovered that he'd left his speech behind, & had to run home to get it while MPs sat grumbling in the Chamber.
That is why chancellors show the red box to journalists before setting out