Special thanks to Leonie Cooper AM, Bassam Mahfouz AM and Elly Baker AM for joining us on a brilliant canvass in Balham this afternoon.
There was a great turnout in support of our fantastic candidates in Balham, South Balham, and Trinity.
Reminded of Miliband's best line
Attended this partly to see what kind of people attend this kind of thing. As any political scientist could’ve predicted, it was largely home & car owners & the middle aged who mostly seemed to object to local change. The 2 reform cands were absent while 1 of the Greens was hiking in the Himalayas.
Best wishes and good luck, Preston Labour
Alan Johnson, best PM we never had, featured in tonight’s Commons Confidental newsletter for @Independent subscribers
An organisation’s culture is set by its leader, Starmer dislikes making an argument for anything (because he’s bad at it) and that attitude spreads all the way down the party.
#OtD 14 Apr 1919 in Limerick, Ireland, a general strike was declared in protest against the declaration by the British military of a ‘Special Militarised Zone' in the area. The general strike saw the creation of the short-lived Limerick Soviet stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8537...
"Brazenness is a real key attribute to good shoplifters," said Adam Ratcliffe, operations
The FT careers advice section is getting pretty wide ranging these days www.ft.com/content/fdab...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.
“We want to live in a free, European Democracy. After 16 years of sorrow, corruption and Russian influence. We have had enough”
The organisers & singers at the massive Budapest concert told me why Orban has to go.
Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6.
Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity.
Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe.
We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.
CLES is 40 🎉
To mark this moment, our former director and chair, Michael Ward, reflects on how the threat of the abolition of the Greater London Council and other metropolitan counties led to the birth of CLES 🐣
🔗 cles.org.uk/cles-at-40-f...
A GLC project. The clue is in the year. #GLCworkingforLondon
"Trump is a man-child playing with matches — the world’s most powerful military — in a gas-filled room."
Trump Has a Way Out of the War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
Just finished reading 'coming up short'. The challenges facing the US Democratic party are very like those facing the British Labour Party - the same erosion of traditioal working class support, the same rise of far right populism.
Thanks Bob
MW
Reading Bob Reich's memoir,'Coming up short'.It's about the US Democratic Party losing it's working class support - but very relevant to the existential challenges facing Labour in Britain
CLES began as a collective response to difficult times for local economies ✊
Today, in an age of permacrisis, our purpose matters more than ever 🌍
We’ve rebranded for the first time 20 years - a renewal for what comes next 🔥
@sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes 👇
cles.org.uk/cles-at-40-r...
CLES has a fresh new identity 🌱
From today, we are the Centre for Local Economies - an independent think tank and charity that puts economics in its place 🏘️
🔗 www.cles.org.uk
Reading Bob Reich's memoir,'Coming up short'.It's about the US Democratic Party losing it's working class support - but very relevant to the existential challenges facing Labour in Britain
Starmer announces that the UK is pursuing closer EU relations:
“Brexit did deep damage to our economy. And the opportunities to strengthen our security and cut the cost of living are simply too big to ignore. We want to be more ambitious. Closer economic cooperation. Closer security cooperation.”
Tuesday
TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History.
NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN
Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊
#NO_KINGS
Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings
Today and everyday, we say No Kings in America.
Here's what we must do next.
Early estimates of the London march against the far right today range from 50k [early police rough estimate] to several hundred thousand ['Together alliance' organisers] - Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
The crowd is growing here in St. Paul Minnesota at the State Capitol. There are about 40k people here right now with multiple marches still coming. The temperature has warmed up to a balmy 39 degrees, the sun is out and everybody is having a great time. ❤️#NoKings
Holy New York.
The Signs, the Chants, the Crowds: No Kings Protesters Take Over the Country Again #MotherJones
