Jyoti Wilkinson

Socialist Trade Unionist | Member of the Labour Party | Occasional writer | Corbynista | Has been described as having the subtlety of a hammer | Father to Cerys

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

After an extended break from Twitter - I'm back. Here is my latest piece for the @M_Star_Online on why socialists need to stay in the Labour Party

https://t.co/DVpAxjIIKD

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

If somebody could throw him, along with his fetishisation of the British Empire in next. Thanks.

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

A new form of the Taliban was born in the UK today. Unless we get moral leadership quickly our cities won't be worth living in.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

Tbf - He is on the ball here.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

The Prime Minister has treated the British people with contempt.

One rule for Dominic Cummings, another for everybody else.

[Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3]

Polls are bullshit. I'm also looking forward to the next clutch of them.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

@philbc3 @MrBenSellers @saffie @dazzlepups @Skybluerick1 @Steve_Cooke @janepickering99 @annharvey22 @catherinebuca @Hardeep216 @Hepworthclare @paulewart23 Cheers. Today has been the funniest twitter event for a while

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Gotta love the follow up tweet

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

If anything could sum up the mood of a nation.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

This has just been tweeted from the UK Civil Service account.

This is the craziest political weekend for a long time.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

Four years ago today, Junior Doctors were out on Picket Lines - it's almost as if we had been saying for ages that Austerity will lead to complete and utter catastrophe.

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@philbc3 @janepickering99 Oh I have been catching up on the bad takes. Dan Hodges is as spectacularly bizzare as ever.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

@philbc3 @janepickering99 Tbf I took a 6 month break from twitter. However, I am usually quite confused

[Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3]

A lesson for Labour from David Cameron during 2008.

He didn't blunt his criticisms. He didn't mumble "now is not the time." He spent the crisis articulating a narrative of Labour failure and its responsibility for the crash.

If Labour doesn't do the same now, we're screwed.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

It is going to take far more than tinkering. A few sackings here and there will not suffice. We need total root and branch reform of our system.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

Thread - If you think the culture that has become apparant through the findings of the recently leaked Labour Party report is limited to the top tier of politics you are wrong. This culture has permeated through and been allowed to fester like a malignant sickness at all levels.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

Anybody who has suffered because they have committed the crime of being young, female, BME, LGBTQ or simply being working class will have experienced this.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

It's been a shocking week for Labour members, with reports that some party officials worked against the party, its members & its voters.

Next week we need to see real progress from the Labour Party leadership in how its investigation will deal with all the issues raised.

[Laura Smith @LauraSmithCrewe]

I stand with @JennieGenSec who despite having to deal with the biggest bunch of treacherous snakes in @UKLabour has remained completely dignified and focused. Don’t let them bury the #LabourLeaks It’s bullying of the worst kind and sabotage of a Labour Government. Fix it Labour

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

During my time away from twitter, I have missed Dan and his bizzare takes.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

This is probably a daft question. But I wonder if just for once people on the liberal Left might want to step back and just have a think about why their constant attacks on Boris don't work. Literally just have a discussion about it. Then just go back to normal if they like.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

14,000 dead - the economy on the cliff edge, and the public sector in desperate need of PPE.

I think we need a little bit more than calls for an exit strategy at this point in time.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

I urge the government to publish their exit strategy.

Millions of people are playing their part. In return, the government needs to be open and transparent with the public about how it believes the lockdown will ease and eventually end.

My letter to @DominicRaab:

[Chris Doidge @BBCChrisD]

Labour's leader in Derby, Lisa Eldret, is to step down.

A meeting's likely to be held (virtually, perhaps) in May to decide her successor.

Deputy leader Baggy Shanker has declared his interest in the role.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

2/2 Democratisation of both the PLP and internal structures are urgently needed. Democratic accountability should be given to the membership. Both the arguments for Open Selections and electing the Gen Sec ate now stronger than ever.

[Jyoti Wilkinson @JyotiWilkinson]

1/2 It is quite clear from the leaked reports that the internal structures of the Labour Party are in desperate need of reform. This sort of culture cannot be allowed to manifest itself again.