Re-elected as Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington. bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b5c…
Hackney, London
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Alf Dubs is right. These are scandalous changes to the immigration and asylum systems and should be rejected.
Chasing after Reform's voters with Reform's policies was always foolish.
After Makerfield, it is competely misplaced.
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One of the key choices facing the next Prime Minister. How to handle relations with Trump.
Some European leaders have refused to grovel before this US President.
They have lasted a lot longer than Starmer.
Trump makes first comments on Burnham
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War bonds are still government debt, requiring interest to be paid, whatever you call them.
If there is going to be more borrowing it should be for health, education, infrastructure or housing that makes people better off.
The lobbying should be rejected.
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The US is trying to reassert its former economic dominance through a combination of trade wars, sanctions and military action.
Peace activists must unite against its plan for global domination.
My speech to @STWuk's annual conference.
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Starmer and Reeves talked a lot about growth through investment and delivered niether.
But this could be an important statement of intent.
Burnham adviser Jim O'Neill calls for billions of pounds in extra borrowing for infrastructure
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The problem with a coronation is that there is no opportunity for collective discussion and debate before we move forward.
The danger then is people invest their own beliefs in the new leader, and may become bitterly disappointed.
This was Starmer's fate.
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There is a lot of myth-making about Starmer's leadership, much of it unchallenged.
It is hard to support the claim Starmer 'saved the Labour party' when he got 560,000 votes fewer than Corbyn in 2019.
2024 was a Tory collapse, not a Labour surge.
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I fully endorse this perspective from Andrea Egan.
We need a Labour leadership that delivers for working people.
Then there is no default to racist scapegoating, as has happened under successive governments.
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Congratulations to Andy Burnham for a great victory! And a complete rout of the far right!
It is completely true we need sweeping change, not just in leadership but also in policies that deliver for ordinary people.
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There are many difficulties posed by tying yourself and your country to an unpredictable, aggressive bully.
But these multiply when they start wars, cause huge damage and then lose.
US officials claim victory and to have averted a worldwide depression
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Andy Burnham winning in Makerfield would be a big blow to Reform UK.
A key reason why every decent person will want Andy Burnham to win.
Burnham win would be a big setback for Reform
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The Times editorial is correct. The assisted suicide Bill is a shambles and is very defective. Its key sponsors, ultimately the Government, know this but are pressing on regardless.
Editorial: Assisted dying bill is shoddy and riddled with defects
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Cutting welfare, public services or pay and raising taxes are all on the table because these people are demanding even more money???
Incredible.
Unbelievable waste and inefficiency at the MoD, says ex-minister Al Carns
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A very dark day for justice.
Upholding the proscription of Palestine Action is a dangerous abuse of counter-terrorism powers.
When protest is treated as terrorism, dissent is criminalised and the foundations of our democracy are weakened.
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The assisted suicide Bill is a dangerous mess of a Bill, with fewer safeguards than when it began. If the exact same shambles is revived, it will face strong opposition.
Labour MP Lauren Edwards to reintroduce assisted suicide Bill
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Some people heard Farage's call for pure rage and decided to burn people out of their homes. Now he wants to use the State to achieve the same ends.
Farage to ban foreign nationals from social housing
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We should all hope there is a real peace deal.
The needless killing of Iranian and Lebanese people can stop. Trade can resume so energy and fertilisers can be delivered. And Trump's inflation might ease.
What we know about a peace deal
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More than 13 million people in Britain are living in poverty. The campaign to cut welfare (or other key public spending) is dishonest.
They should come clean. They are willing to push poverty even higher to fund an unnecessary surge in military spending.
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