This country is in the grip of a child abuse and domestic abuse epidemic.
Every day across England, women and children are raped, abused and beaten.
In most cases, the perpetrators have never been anywhere near a small boat or a dinghy.
Please wake up.
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It's annoying when MPs speak about "voting with my conscience" regarding the assisted dying bill. We don't elect MPs to vote with their conscience. We elect them to represent us, and the wish of their constituency. That's why it's called a Representative Democracy.
You know the Demensia Zsar that Burham and Cooper have announced ?
It was already agreed to by Starmer Government along with a frailty framework as recommended by Casey's previous report.
I'm imagining just how popular Starmer would be now if the same Labour PR machine now over promoting Burnham had got behind Keir, the best leader we had in years.
Instead Labour decided that he wasn't one of them, and so briefed against him.
He was head & shoulders above Burnham
It's my personal opinion that no leader in the UK, however principled and well intentioned, will succeed in bringing about the radical changes we need without taking on the issue of media ownership.
Labour had to begin by cleaning up after 14 years of neglect, clearing the ground before they could even think about walking
Easy to hit the ground running when you're the last runner in a relay race and all you have to do is wait for someone already winning to pass you the baton
The richest 0.0005% of people in the UK own 25% of everything.
An increase from 5% just 20 years ago.
These billionaires pay almost no tax.
This is the Welfare that is unaffordable.
There is no such thing as a ‘senior Reform UK source’. They’re not a ‘source’, they’re either a politician or their spin doctor. Cloaking this nonsense in the language of investigative journalism is an insult to everyone. They should be named or told to shut the fuck up.
@Imogenlemon02@UKLabour@andyburnham They think my resignation is due to personal issues. Completely ignored my comments as to the fiasco of ousting SKS. Just to make matters worse I'm still receiving emails from them. It's as if they've ignored my resignation and are carrying on as if nothing has happened!
Cabinet positions should be given to the people who are the absolute best people for those positions.
You’re public servants.
It’s country first, not mates first.
#burnham
@lewis_goodall He had no chance with the MSM attacking 24-7
Who paid for your C4 Hit job?
Why didn’t you scrutinise Farage to even 10% of the level KS was subjected to?
If the MSM boys club hadn’t hung @carolecadwalla out to dry we wouldn’t be living this dystopian populist nightmare anyway
You had to be sacked from cabinet for feeding the press with stories to undermine the government we fought for Lucy, why the fuck would anyone Labour trust you now?
No @LucyMPowell let’s not rewrite history. It doesn’t work since it’s plain clear on the government website.
This isn’t @andyburnham plan. This was @Keir_Starmer’s
And it may seem to you very smart kicking Starmer out so that you lot can benefit from the results of the foundation he laid but many of us are paying attention.
Maybe, if you were at least honest and openly say: Burnham will continue what Starmer started, we could even accept it.
Instead, you choose to blatantly lie and celebrate @andyburnham for a plan he had no input on, trying to make it appear as it is his new proposal.
And this does really stink.
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Dear @LucyMPowell ,
Thank you for your email.
I must admit, however, that I found its opening rather insulting.
You write that Andy Burnham was "elected" Leader of the Labour Party. He was not elected by Labour members. He was installed without giving the membership any say in the decision. To present that as a democratic mandate is, at best, misleading, at worst an utter insult to our intelligence.
You also write that Andy is acknowledging something "politicians too often avoid". He may instead wish to acknowledge something politicians should avoid even more often: uniting behind closed doors to conspire against an elected party leader and prime minister.
That is why his leadership begins with an original sin. Whatever he may achieve in office, the fact remains that his authority rests on bypassing the very members who are now being asked to rally behind him. Seriously? I believe you're taking people for granted, and that is yet another insult.
That stain will not disappear simply by asking us to forget how he arrived here and your role in it. We won't.
You speak about Labour's "mission". But this mission was not Andy Burnham's. It was the programme Labour members voted for. It was the programme carried into government by the leader we elected. If that democratic choice can be overturned without consulting us, why should members have any confidence that their vote, their voice or their trust matters at all?
Finally, you ask me to persuade others to join the Labour Party.
Why would I encourage anyone to join a party that has just demonstrated to its own members that they can be ignored when it matters most?
The only reason I may do so is to ensure there will be more voices wanting to see the whole lot of you traitors out the door when the day will come. And hopefully it will.
Respectfully,
Alessandra
@RhonddaBryant Chris, lots of us who supported Labour through thick and thin have left. We feel betrayed. We feel we cannot support Burnham, Powell Haigh etc given the plotting and subsequent coup. This wasn't democratic. It was bullying behaviour. That's not Labour.