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Our event ‘Turning the rising Green tide’ in partnership with Hold Fast Labour is starting now in Meeting Room 11a ACC!

Featuring @_karin_c, @johnmcternan, @BellaSankey, @ThangamDebb, and @Scarlett__Mag of @StrategyMerlin.
September 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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.@johnmcternan - Oh no!

#c4news
November 17, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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Lucky Starmer can reap rewards from the Tory leadership race. Convincing opinion piece by @johnmcternan. (Snippet below.) https://www.ft.com/content/b38f733f-005c-4c5e-b8dd-9aef638a534b [£/login/?]
November 4, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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@SkyNews: 📢 Coming up on #PoliticsHub with @SophyRidgeSky...

🔵 Conservative MP @mattwarman
⚪ Broadcaster @NickFerrariLBC
⚪ Former Labour Party political adviser @johnmcternan
⚪ Sir Richard Dearlove

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December 7, 2023 at 5:14 PM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: “The Tories are absolutely finished”

Political strategist @johnmcternan and politics professor @GoodwinMJ debate whether Nigel Farage’s #ReformUK is now the true opposition, not just to the #Conservatives but to the entire post-1997 political consensus, as public support surges. #U
May 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: To win back trust, #Labour must adopt a more measured tone, listen to voters, and meet them halfway, says political strategist @johnmcternan. He points to #Australia’s Labor Party as a model of how progressive governments can reconnect through conversation, not lectures. #UK https://
May 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: #Labour must not shift to the right but proudly defend its centre-left policies like renters' rights, housing, and workers’ protections, says political strategist @johnmcternan. He adds that securing borders requires cracking down on criminal gangs, not just stopping boats. #UK https
June 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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@SkyNews: 📢 On #PoliticsHub with @TrevorPTweets…

🔴 Director of Onward @SebastianEPayne
🔴 Former Labour Party political adviser @johnmcternan
🔴 Former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon

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April 3, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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@SkyNews: '[Young Conservatives] say the way to win an election is to build more houses and legalise weed'.

Former Labour adviser @johnmcternan is asked by @TrevorPTweets about declining Conservative support among young people.

#TrevorPhillips https://t.co/fhIHlpTGAF

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February 11, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Good piece by @johnmcternan on why polling isn't necessarily good for democracy: http://m.scotsman.com/news/john-mcternan-grabbing-all-the-headlines-1-3269987#.UtemNrY3fYs.twitter
December 7, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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Dear @BBCNews:
Re @johnmcternan
We geddit. JM hates #Corbyn's @UKlabour & thinks the party shld be #NewLabour

New voices please

#r4today
November 17, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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@SkyNews: 📢 Coming up on #PoliticsHub with @SophyRidgeSky...

🔵 Conservative MP @mattwarman
⚪ Broadcaster @NickFerrariLBC
⚪ Former Labour Party political adviser @johnmcternan
⚪ Sir Richard Dearlove

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December 7, 2023 at 6:44 PM
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@Telegraph: ✍️ 'If Labour antagonises too many of its progressive supporters, they will have a very hard time winning the next election' | Writes @johnmcternan

Read the column ️⬇️
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/look-out-for-reform-of-left-could-finally-shatter-politics/
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March 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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.@johnmcternan: "It's the end of Blairism and Thatcherism. #Corbyn's appeal is too wide & too deep to be ignored"

BLIMEY

#newsnight
November 21, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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@SkyNews: Is Joe Biden too old to be president?

Former Labour adviser, @johnmcternan, says people are 'picking on' Joe Biden.

He adds that 'his opponent [Trump] is an insurrectionist, a potential fascist dictator'.

#TrevorPhillips https://t.co/fhIHlpTGAF

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February 11, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: #Labour should have led on lifting the two-child benefit cap instead of letting Reform #UK adopt a left-wing policy first, says political strategist @johnmcternan. He argues #Starmer still has time to deliver major reforms and build a strong case for a second term. #CounterPoints htt
May 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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.@JohnMcTernan calls @UKLabour party members "morons" on #Newsnight #r4today
November 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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.@JohnMcTernan shows his contempt for democracy & Labour party mbrs on #newsnight @jeremycorbyn @Corbyn4Leader
November 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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@AlArabiya_Eng: The #Labour government still has time to recover before the 2029 election, but it must urgently improve how it communicates its actions, says political strategist @johnmcternan. He adds that global instability also shapes the challenges it faces. #UK #CounterPoints https://t.co/093He
May 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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@SkyNews: "Every decision about the future of the country at the moment is being discussed in terms of the Conservative Party interest".

@johnmcternan says "nothing is ever 'is it in the national interest?'

#TrevorPhillips https://t.co/fhIHlpTGAF

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December 10, 2023 at 9:19 AM
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Oh no
John McTernan @johnmcternan Follow back Sheer insanity. £4500 a year from a million people with disabilities hasn't gone far enough! Insiders argue further reforms would make the system more fair overall, and that there is public support for reining in the bill for health and disability benefits, which is set to reach £70bn by the end of the parliament. "We didn't go big enough the first time round. The costs are unsustainable," one No 10 source said. "It's a fairness issue but also a fiscal one - how can we spend money on the public's priorities, like schools and hospitals, if all the money is going on welfare?" A second government source said: "We should've done it all in one hit - we didn't go far enough. We've had all the political pain for very little fiscal gain." Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officials believe the government would need to cut a total of £15bn from the benefits bill to make an impact on the rate of growth.
May 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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@SkyNews: 📢 Coming up on #PoliticsHub with @AliFortescue...

🔴 Labour's @SteveReedMP
🔴 Conservative commentator @montie
🔴 Former Labour Party adviser @johnmcternan
🔴 Plus much more

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June 1, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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He advised in Scotland & we lost. He advised in Australia & we lost. Who the hell is @johnmcternan? #newsnight
November 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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The #LabourPurge sounds like another @johnMcternan style #NewLabour 'strategy' that has blown-up in the party's face.

#epicfail

#r4today
November 17, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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.@UKLabour under #Corbyn: Two tribes at war? (@JohnMcternan v @zoesqwilliams) #newsnight #Lab15 #bbcdp
November 17, 2024 at 9:18 PM