If socialists help deliver an MP for the pro-capitalist Greens in #Runcorn, we'll have created a huge obstacle for ourselves in future first-past-the-post elections. We'll be told to stop splitting the 'left' vote. It's socialism barbarism, comrades. Never forget that. #UniteTheSocialists
If I lived in #Runcorn and there's no socialist candidate I'd spoil my ballot, possibly encouraging others to do the same. That said, I think most socialists will, reluctantly vote Green as the best available, much better than Starmer or Farage, which isn't saying much. #UniteTheSocialists
SCG MPs who want to jump ship from the PLP into a #SocialistCampaignParty in the wake of by-election victories and polls could be criticized for taking too long. However, telling them they missed the boat isn't a good idea. Better late than never. #UniteTheSocialists
I'd like 30 SCG MPs to provoke their suspension and for them, as independents, to coordinate their interventions, further provoking Starmer, potentially into expelling them, thereby triggering the creation of a #SocialistCampaignParty. But it probably won't be so straightforward. #UniteTheSocialists
I can't understand what you're saying. This post implies I don't want people to be radicalized. Of course I do. The opposite is to keep the status quo: in other words, to remain conservative. You fail to distinguish between far left and far right politics. I don't do that. #UniteTheSocialists
I want them both to go. Starmer may sack Reeves but I don't think the PLP will be satisfied with that. I think there'll be a challenge, but not by anyone I want to lead any more than I want Starmer. But the chaos makes Labour weaker. And the weaker our enemies, the better for us. #UniteTheSocialists
Jeremy Corbyn was on #Newsnight one day and #PoliticsHub the next. This is unusual. In general, the UK MSM decides to represent socialists with those who make me scream at the telly or switch channels. These 'lefts' don't represent any socialist. They're Keir Starmer's fig-leafs. #UniteTheSocialists
If George Galloway wins the #Runcorn by-election because TUSC/Transform/Collective boycott it, this will be catastrophic for the prospects of building any united democratic socialist party embracing all of us. Corbyn's activists will no longer take anything we do seriously. #UniteTheSocialists
Labour, Tories, Lib Dems, Nigel Farage are all fighting for pretty much the same vote. And Galloway and Farage are also fighting for a limited pool. This means a real left candidate can emerge through the rest while they're squabbling for essentially the same pro-capitalist vote. #UniteTheSocialists
Listen to Sam Coates on Sky News right now. He's quoting a Labour MP saying that what Rachel Reeves is doing is 'immoral' and he/she will vote against and doesn't care if he/she loses the whip. The question is how many others in the PLP will do that? Also, what about abstentions? #UniteTheSocialists
Jeremy Corbyn is being interviewed by Sophy Ridge on Sky News's #PoliticsHub. This is the first time for ages I can remember anything worth watching on that show other than Sam Coates or a couple of other irregular broadcasters. Everyone should watch this, if you are a socialist. #UniteTheSocialists
The implication is that Starmer and other candidates you didn't mention aren't fascist. All of the rest are also pro-capitalist candidates. Therefore, their ability to resist fascistic policies is zilch, as is proven by their own statements. #UniteTheSocialists
Socialists can't stop Farage winning the #Runcorn by-election by telling voters to vote Labour, Tory, Lib Dem, Greens or George Galloway. None deserve our vote. We need to stop any of them from winning. If there is no socialist candidate, I'll campaign for ballot paper-spoiling. #UniteTheSocialists
Socialists can't single out one candidate in #Runcorn we don't want voters to elect. So far, every candidate is someone we should try to crush at the ballot box. Starmer, Badenoch, Davey, Galloway and whoever leads the Greens today are all backers of dictatorship, and capitalism. #UniteTheSocialists
Given Starmer's 150 MP majority, abstentions won't cut it. Or will they? Depends on how many they are, whether they reach into the cabinet, and how badly Tory MPs want to defeat the govt. Abstentions, in theory, could topple the government, depending on how many vote against. #UniteTheSocialists
I reposted, but want to quote-post too. Socialists should map out everything that could happen, theoretically, the probabilities of each, and how our contributions could make the best ones happen, and lessen the probability that we end up in the worst of all possible worlds. #UniteTheSocialists
There was no possibility the Greens or George Galloway wouldn't stand in #Runcorn, neither waiting to see if TUSC/Transform/Collective were standing. Both could potentially take away many socialist votes. So we need to protect ourselves. Neither represents the politics we need. #UniteTheSocialists
The MSM will avoid TUSC/Transform/Collective's candidate if they can, promoting the Greens and Galloway instead, as well as the other 4 parties. If they give us any interviews it will probably be to exacerbate splits among socialists. This has to be handled carefully. #UniteTheSocialists #Runcorn
Can a united TUSC/Transform/Collective candidate win in #Runcorn when our potential vote may be stolen by the Greens or by George Galloway? If we don't play our cards right we'll be defeated badly yet again, being lucky if we save our deposit. That would be tragic. #UniteTheSocialists
I want a united democratic party. But I'm not sure those I want to recruit are the same ones you want. You seem to think Jeremy Corbyn wasn't pliable enough for those far to his right. I believe the exact opposite. My guess is the parties we each want would exclude each other. #UniteTheSocialists
Collective is totally paralyzed. It can't provide any answers. That leaves TUSC & Transform. But neither seems in the mood for building a party that can attract the quarter of a million socialists who've formed an exodus from Labour since Jeremy Corbyn stepped down as leader. #UniteTheSocialists
I won't RT this because I'm unaware of this expansion of workers' rights, the biggest in decades, allegedly. If there was such a proposal on the table why didn't Keir Starmer vote against? He's as much our enemy as is Nigel Farage. I thought you already conceded that. #UniteTheSocialists
Socialists must debate how to use elections. That's why I'm taking out of mothballs a Facebook group I set up years ago. BlueSky isn't working for us. Elon Musk will ensure our days on Twitter are numbered. If you're a socialist, here's my group: www.facebook.com/groups/41782... #UniteTheSocialists
If socialists haven't closed their Twitter account, I'd advise you to take it out of mothballs and RT all the good stuff there, popular stuff that is getting 1,000s, occasionally tens of thousands of retweets. We need to debate strategy and tactics. We can't do it here - yet. #UniteTheSocialists
My two favorite MPs are Jeremy Corbyn & Zarah Sultana. I invariably RT all their tweets. But they often struggle to get RTs into double figures. Socialists are finding it difficult to make our mark on @bsky.app. Given that fact, I've no choice but to spend more time on Twitter. #UniteTheSocialists
The Collective candidate has to emphasize their democratically-selected status by all socialists living in the constituency. They need to emphasize that unity is strength and, if elected, he/she will join Jeremy Corbyn's Independent Alliance Group of MPs. #UniteTheSocialists
Collective will, alas, be stuck with an independent in this by-election. However, if selected by ALL socialists in the constituency, we can wipe the smile of Keir Starmer's face and Farage's, & Trump's and Musk's. And kick the collective arses of the entire UK Mainstream Media. #UniteTheSocialists
Socialist lauding a 'strategy' of socialists winning elections by everyone standing as independents has a fatally flawed outlook. Given splits on the left, there may be a dozen or more socialist candidates in every by-election. The best will be lost like a needle in a haystack. #UniteTheSocialists
If Collective gets its act together, local socialists can select a candidate backed by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. But it's too late to pick a party label. Even so, they CAN get elected. But that requires all local socialists, including the candidate, doing the right thing. #UniteTheSocialists
Neither TUSC nor TransformPolitics can be allowed to 'represent' socialists in the by-election. The former name is now far too degraded courtesy of decades of lost deposits. We can't waste another opportunity. Transform's election results are even worse. And their name is awful. #UniteTheSocialists
