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[simon @simonreynell]

@DAaronovitch The other end of the political spectrum totally dominates the press & television (as you well know), so this sounds like a very welcome corrective.

[simon @simonreynell]

@withnailjones @jessicaelgot Good guys with best intentions don't support genocide, nor reducing benefits to the disabled, nor authoritarian suppression of protest.

[simon @simonreynell]

@PatrickChristys Hi Patrick, I completely agree with Owen, and will mute you because you're a racist idiot

[simon @simonreynell]

@labourlewis @TheNewsAgents @wesstreeting @lewis_goodall Very well said, Clive. The majority of your fellow MPs & media pundits should be ashamed.

[simon @simonreynell]

@robfordmancs You need to understand that the Labour Together faction who control the party are already briefing against Burnham & will do all they can to undermine him. Internal power politics is more important to them than running the country.

[simon @simonreynell]

@matthewjswalker Why are you pretending to be @michaeljswalker ? What a desperately sad life you must lead.

[simon @simonreynell]

@AbdiDuale_ Incredible. The Labour Together faction have been shite & brought us to the edge of disaster. Now Burnham offers a possible way back (which they don't deserve), & they start briefing against him & trying to undermine him. Imbeciles.

[simon @simonreynell]

@JamesHatherz ....which is a roundabout way of admitting that your Reform candidate was hopeless & showed himself up

[simon @simonreynell]

@Stsantek It's not silly because some Israelis refused to serve, & anyone taking part in a genocidal military campaign should face consequences, or it will become normalised. What's immoral is the Lab supporting Israel.

[simon @simonreynell]

@adamparsons Yes, I remember your complex & so intelligent reports from Germany in the late 30's pointing out that Hitler couldn't be accused of ethnic cleansing because they were also arresting homosexuals, leftists, gypsies etc

[simon @simonreynell]

@getprdone @CarolineLucas @EdwardJDavey @ZackPolanski 1) If Burnham wants to introduce PR, he has time to do it before the next GE, but has said that he won't.
2) What form of PR? He's talked up single transferable votes, which is weighted in favour of large centrist parties and is not truly proportional.

[simon @simonreynell]

@HFalconerMP History will judge you harshly, @HFalconerMP

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@2000Jcc1 @DaisyBlakemore Muted

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@EdaCaz @ZackPolanski Tories won 31 seats, Labour 27, Greens 5. But Starmer banned Labour councillors from forming alliances with Greens, so you got what your leaders dictated. The message is clear: vote Labour and get sectarian shit, vote Green for hope.

[simon @simonreynell]

@AbdiDuale_ Most Labour councillors lost their seats because people are fed up with this lame government. You repeatedly smear the Greens as anti-semitic while supporting Israel's genocide, & progressives are fed up with that too.

[simon @simonreynell]

@DanCardenMP what a sorry disappointment you've been, @DanCardenMP

[simon @simonreynell]

@michael_chessum I also like popular front-type alliances, but I don't think Labour are open to collaborating with 💚. The Party machine is deeply hostile to any force to their left (hence ordering Lab councillors to join with Tories before 💚) and I doubt this will change if Burnham becomes PM

[simon @simonreynell]

@drgerke1 Yes, Burnham isn't as strong as the Labour machine, and they oppose PR. If they become convinced that they'll lose the GE, they *might* accept a single transferable vote system, but that is weighted in favour of centrist parties & is not proportional.

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@Stsantek Lawsuits are far from ideal, but the Party machine is now so undemocratic & accustomed to suppressing discussion & dissent, that there may be no other ways of him pursuing his grievance.

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@leninology He'll give Labour a short-term bounce in the polls, but in 18 months' time people will be disillusioned & we'll be back about where we are now, though with a Reform victory more likely & nearer.