John Spellar

Labour Lord.

Promoted by David Evans on behalf of the Labour Party, 20 Rushworth Street, London, SE1 0SS

[John Spellar @spellar]

with more than a little help from Gordon Brown who was working the phones on his behalf

[Luke Akehurst @lukeakehurst]

@marcusveniquis @AlanJi73069669 @Johnmcternan Ed won a very tough selection battle against Michael Dugher, who grew up in Doncaster.

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

This bullshit is an insult to service personnel and to the industry workers who make the ships, planes, guns and software that keep Putin deterred from attacking us. The labour movement has to grow up and stop deceiving itself that defence = "militarism". I'm glad the Labour Party itself is immune

[Luke Akehurst @lukeakehurst]

Unbelievable nonsense. The military is a public service and protects our whole country, including our civilian public sector, from existential threats.

[John Spellar @spellar]

these days @Johnmcternan is a good guide, he's invariably wrong

[John McTernan @Johnmcternan]

No other Cabinet Minister has a theory of the economy, let alone a political
economy.

At a turning point, Treasury has to turn too.

[Ian Austin @LordIanAustin]

The Green Party want to legalise heroin and crack but ban beer.

These people are completely nuts.

https://t.co/ztwpKeMAHs

[Darren Johnson @DarrenJohnson66]

Bit rich for a party that now happily fields candidates who've been prosecuted for operating an illegal waste disposal facility, or cheered on Hamas or been on demos in support of the Ayatollah to talk about political parties ditching their brand.

[John Spellar @spellar]

It wasn't "difficult" at all , they just couldn't count and wouldn't listen

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

This is what a lot of Starmer’s allies wanted to do at Labour’s 2024 conference but even by then with a summer of suits from Lord Alli it was considered too difficult to do rule changes.

[Ralph Ali @ralphaali]

I'd genuinely appreciate it if someone could explain how a progressive alliance between Labour and the Greens would work.

Almost every Green target seat is held by Labour, so unless this means us unilaterally disarming in 50 or so seats, I don't understand how it could work.

[John Spellar @spellar]

waiting for them to say Lawson's Popular Front ramblings are WRONG and a reinvigorated Labour Party is the best , indeed only, hope for a better Britain

[Kevin Schofield @KevinASchofield]

Andy Burnham’s campaign team desperately trying to distance themselves from Neal Lawson and Compass.

One senior source says: “This is nothing to do with Andy's campaign, it is a Compass project that does not represent Andy. He is fighting to change Labour so we can defeat Reform in this crucial by election.”

[John Spellar @spellar]

well said Luke , same old nonsense comes round once again , demands for a Popular Front with Parties who are dedicated to undermining, replacing and destroying Labour and our traditions, we have recovered before by understanding and responding to, and delivering for,the voters

[Luke Akehurst @lukeakehurst]

Andy needs to distance himself from this nonsense about alliances with toxic parties like the Greens and SNP as quickly as possible: https://t.co/AuMSkcxv9k
We need Labour to deliver in government and win re-election based on its record, not dodgy deals with parties that want to destroy and replace us.

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

A day after two men were stabbed in Golders Green, the latest sign of radicalised antisemitism, @BritishVogue featured a glowing interview with the UN’s chief antisemite @FranceskAlbs
What this piece put in, and more importantly what it left out, reveals how normalised subtle antisemitism can be and - as a journalist, I’m ashamed to say - the media’s own role in it.
I want to show you what I mean:
A 🧵

[Steve Reed @SteveReedMP]

The vile racists I witnessed in Corbyn’s Labour are now in the Greens. Polanski has to get a grip.

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

A mealy mouthed apology for poor timing, rather than poor judgement.

Not remotely serious.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

Nonsense. Governments of all persuasions have often whipped business like this. It’s entirely up to the government to decide. And as a point of fact, there was no vote on referring Boris Johnson as it was decided without division and Johnson didn’t even turn up to defend himself.

[Darren Johnson @DarrenJohnson66]

Three factors at play here:

1. Labour retained moderating forces in shape of parliamentary party and traditional activists. Those are tiny in Greens
2. Greens' vetting is non-existent
3. Corbyn would at least pay lip-service to tackling antisemitism. Polanski doesn't give a toss

[Luke Akehurst @lukeakehurst]

I'm frankly astonished by today's crass briefings calling for @ShabanaMahmood to be sacked as Home Secretary. She's one of the most effective and impressive cabinet ministers and her efforts to control immigration are essential to Labour winning back the trust of voters in constituencies like North Durham.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine has killed thousands of civilians. He’s threatened the use of nuclear weapons. He’s attempting to erase Ukrainian identity and culture. And he’s forcibly deported children.

Zack Polanski should be ashamed of this comment.

[Johanna Baxter MP @JohannaBaxter]

Zac Polanski’s comments that Putin ‘has never threatened to wipe out a civilisation’ are a disgrace.

In March, the UN concluded that Putin’s government is committing crimes against humanity through the forcible deportation of, at least, 20,570 Ukrainian children.

[Darren Johnson @DarrenJohnson66]

The abuse I get from Reform/Restore types and Green/Your Party types every time I post something about supporting the Labour Party. I'm a social democrat passionate about tackling climate change. All your posts do is show me I'm unsuited to the extremes of British politics.

[Darren Johnson @DarrenJohnson66]

For those interested you can read more about my political journey from Green to Labour here.
https://t.co/njBUQSBBsf