Sam Tarry

Former Labour MP | Trade Unionist | Labour Party Activist 🌹Podcast: Next Week in Westminster:

[Sam Tarry @SamTarry]

Thank you to Ilford, my hometown of forty years, the place that made me who I am.

Thank you to my staff and all my supporters in Ilford and across East London.

My work for the people who need a transformative Labour Government is not done.

Now to win a Labour Government. 🌹

[Next Week in Westminster @NWI_Westminster]

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[Next Week in Westminster @NWI_Westminster]

Westminster is back. 🏛️

Sam and Marcus reflect on the ups and downs of a torrent of party conferences, and speak to @neal_compass, Director of Compass, and @matt_vickersmp, Deputy Chairman of @conservatives

🎧 New episode of Next Week in Westminster, out now.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.

I will not be silenced.

[Jeremy Cliffe @JeremyCliffe]

🇩🇪: SPD reclaiming national symbols from AfD; Linke-Green-SPD coalition forming in Berlin

🇫🇷: Pupils protesting eloquently for change

🇪🇸: Sánchez harnessing housing protests to fight election as underdog

There is life yet in the European left.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

This @LRB piece from @DowningAm is just a fantastic tour d'horizon of Britain's energy system. A must-read for anyone hoping to navigate the coming decade. Remember: energy is more or less EVERYTHING! https://t.co/CpcX5uysA3

[Laurie Macfarlane @L__Macfarlane]

Andy Haldane and Will Hutton argue that we can have public control over water without public ownership.

The key is to create new privately owned “public-benefit companies”.

But there are some issues with this argument.🧵 https://t.co/iHfecP5fd4

[Will Lloyd @Will___lloyd]

Never seen a “western civilisation” politician in Britain do anything like this when they’ve had power, or propose it when they don’t have power

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

This is why I'm in New York.

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Today I started my morning in New York in the best possible way: a walk through Central Park with Prime Minister @andyburnham. 🌳

[Macklemore @macklemore]

Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Yesterday was an absolute whirlwind.

We finally saw a record number of MPs step up and support public ownership of water, something I’ve spent years fighting for.

To top it off, I got to chat with @BeckyHill, who dropped by to show her support, look me in the eye, and say, “This is the Hill I’ll die on.”

Public ownership of water is closer than ever. Help us get to the finish line by adding your name 👇

[Husam Zomlot @hzomlot]

“We welcome this decision as a turning point in the UK–Palestine relationship and commend Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband for their leadership in translating recognition and international legal obligations into effective action to uphold the territorial integrity, sovereignty and viability of the State of Palestine.”

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

The UK will stand up for what is right.

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

Boss making you resign to save himself?

Join a union.

[Verbatim @Verbatim_Media]

Our yearlong investigation reveals Nigel Farage courting illicit funding as part of a plot to bring foreign money into British politics, orchestrated by his top aides and caught on hidden camera.

[Dan Roach @DanielRoachLFC]

He’s good at this isn’t he? Love how he took no shit about the 80s and Thatcher towards the end in this. He speaks for me and so many others who are sick to death of being ripped off in this country.

[George Eaton @georgeeaton]

Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period: air pollution deaths have fallen by 40% since 2019 and children's lung health is improving.

Sadiq Khan deserves credit for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after the Uxbridge defeat. https://t.co/WoClf1JUr0

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

I’m giving thousands of pubs, clubs and music venues a 20% cut in business rates.

I won’t stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and ‘For Sale’ signs.

They’re the heart of our communities and it’s time we backed them.

[Miguel Morenatti @MiguelMorenatti]

Llevo dos horas apostado a la otra parte del estadio con un objetivo 600 mm para hacer esta foto....!

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

This document should keep you awake at night.

The govt’s National Risk Register now ranks losing our drinking water alongside a PANDEMIC as one of the two biggest threats facing the country

This year, in the right-hand document: The chances of “Catastrophic impact” on our drinking water supplies - up to a one in four chance.

Last year, same document (on the left) rated it a minor risk. Bottom of the chart.

So what changed? Nothing changed!

Water is still in private hands and depute the Water Special Measures Act deteriorating rapidly.

This is where 36 years of privatised water has brought us.

Tens of billions handed to shareholders. Over £60 billion of debt racked up on water assets that should belong to al of us.

Leaking pipes. No new major reservoirs. Sewage in our rivers, on our beaches, in our sea.

They didn’t invest. They extracted. And now the state’s own risk experts are telling us the tap water could go.

And the regulators? They watched. Fines for pollution became a business expense. Thames Water’s creditors are now asking for their pollution fines to be written off. You couldn’t make this stuff up!!!!

So let’s cut the crap about ‘tougher control’ of water companies. We’ve tried that for 36 years. It ended with drinking water on the national risk register next to a pandemic. You can’t regulate a cash machine into caring about you.

There’s one answer. Bring water back into mutualised public ownership. Run for people, not profit. Answerable to bill payers, not bondholders. Every single pound going back into the pipes and reservoirs we should have built decades ago.

Water is life. And yet we’ve watched it turned it into a payday.

Time to take it back.