Patrick O'Connell

I write things occasionally

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

We have a student loans system which, on a *massive scale* actively embeds injustice and inequality both between and within generations. And the government apparently has no interest in reforming it.

[Josh Housden @JoshHousden]

I want public spending

[james @jacomus]

halsey impersonates tommylife of norwegian butter crisis fame for her upcoming album, 'the great impersonator'

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

Does this seem right to you? ⚖️

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Privatised water. The biggest con job in British history.

[Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother]

Anyone know what the Labour government after the second world war did?

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

The lack of enthusiasm for Labour at this election really is striking.

Among those who plan to vote Labour tomorrow, the party is much less well-liked than in 2019, 2017 or 2015 (no data before that).

Quite a flimsy voter coalition that could unravel in the absence of results.

[DisappointedIdealist @DisIdealist]

This is a direct quote. Not a paraphrase. This is a Tory Billionaire saying Starmer has removed any left in the Labour Party and made it into a party which is entirely in line with his own unchanged right-wing Thatcherite views. And Labour are celebrating this. Just remarkable.

[Faiza Shaheen @faizashaheen]

I am standing as an independent candidate for Chingford & Woodford Green at the General Election on 4 July.

For more info: https://t.co/JNQ62RjmrX

Sign up to volunteer: https://t.co/2t6uTsMJLh

Let's do this!

[Gary Younge @garyyounge]

@UKLabour You must know ousting democratically selected people of colour & replacing them with people of the same colour that you’ve chosen is straight from the colonial playbook? Because we do. It doesn’t make you less racist; it makes your racism more cynical. #StandwithFaiza

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

Natalie Elphicke was suspended from the House of Commons for trying to improperly influence the judge in her now ex-husband's sexual assault case. She was welcomed with open arms onto the Labour benches.

Neil Coyle made racially disparaging comments to a journalist of colour, and had a complaint of sexual harassment upheld against him. His apology was accepted, and he was welcomed back into the Labour Party.

Barry Sheerman, a pro-Starmer MP, joked how there'd been a "run on silver shekels" when two Jewish businessmen missed out on peerages. He apologised, and there was no further action.

After doing everything that was asked of her, and apologising, Diane Abbott has been ritually humiliated under Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party. The UK's first black, female MP has been left hanging by the party she has served for decades, and clearly held to a different standard than her white parliamentary colleagues.

Would you trust the Labour Party on handling racism fairly while in government? I certainly wouldn't.

[j @jrc1921]

'Why should voters trust Keir Starmer when he's either ditched, or rolled back, so many of his original promises?'

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Both Labour sources and some Tories are saying this is the most jaw-dropping moment of the week: the claim that Sunak misled a grieving mother about introducing legislation in her son’s name. ‘Psychotic’ says a Labour source. ‘Staggering’ says a Tory…

[George Eaton @georgeeaton]

England is the *only* country in the world with a fully privatised water and sewerage system. https://t.co/12RG9yGM8t

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Your regular reminder that solar farms take up less of the UK than golf courses - even on a pathway to net-zero

https://t.co/hyoP2pvG9G

[Marl Karx @BareLeft]

Absolutely incredible that Labour's response to the potential collapse of the privatised water scam is "can't be bothered tbh".

[Sharon Graham @UniteSharon]

Peter Mandelson earns his corn working as a consultant for private corporations. 

His constant attacks on workers' rights seem to be driven by his personal financial interests as well as his outdated desire to see Labour reduced to a 1990’s neoliberal tribute act... 1/3

[Joe Skeaping @JSkeaping]

Child poverty in the UK hit a record high yesterday

[Karl Hansen @karl_fh]

Lindsay Hoyle's failure to call Diane Abbott at PMQs is further proof that he is a compromised figure and unfit to continue as speaker.