The Stranger in Liverpool

Anonymous commentator on Liverpool. Tweets mostly about local issues/local politics, urbanism 🇪🇺🇬🇧🚉♻️🌳🔶 #radicalliberal #internationalist #progressive

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@cynicalobserves Horseshoe theory. Totally true.
https://t.co/gdJoTKHMa8.?wprov=sfla1

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@cynicalobserves Identity politics has been a tool of the far left and far right for centuries unfortunately. Appropriating group identity creates a political force that is cohesive and exclusionary to outsiders. It destroys the individual by design. If you disagree, you're simply not a Scouser.

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@cynicalobserves Worth comparing. Joanne Anderson's inaugural video is spoken to an unseen interviewer as opposed to direct to audience. It's autobiographical, long winded, uses stock footage and is IMO very unengaging.
https://t.co/TiAxaoelTy

[Liverpool City Council @lpoolcouncil]

🎥 WATCH: Newly elected Mayor of #Liverpool, Joanne Anderson, reflects on making history as the country’s first black, female Mayor.

She tells us what makes her tick and outlines how she wants to make a difference to the lives of residents. @MayorLpool

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@LiamThorpECHO Whoever wins, 70% of those registered didn't bother to vote. Not exactly a glowing mandate for anyone sadly.

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@reatoration Your statements are all completely unsupported by the polling. The economy and health consistently come up as the top issues facing the country when people are asked. https://t.co/BB5wGay9pe

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@reatoration You've made a few statements there that weren't in my original tweet. My point was that this culture war is a rope the Tories want the opposition to hang themselves on. I'm not buying it. And I doubt those who voted Tory in Hartlepool care. They care about jobs and their futures.

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@BimboLimboSpam I swear, this could be live footage. 🤭

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

Just heard a local government officer describe young adults as one of the "hard to reach" groups, whilst later boasting a gleeful ignorance of Tik-Tok and scoffing at social media in general.

Are they hard to reach, or are you the problem?

But sure, more leaflets...

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

The proposal for reducing Liverpool City Council to a four yearly election cycle does nothing to remove the stale political culture that exists in many of our cities wards.

We need a dynamic, multi-party local democracy fighting for every vote. Caller's proposal here is very odd

[Liam Thorp @LiamThorpECHO]

Next Friday, Liverpool will have a new mayor

Their first priority will be the formal response the council must give to the devastating Max Caller inspection report and the major electoral shake-up it recommended

https://t.co/LfZXBg1G3f

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

This isn't exactly a hot take or anything, but we really need to stop with phrases like 'chumocracy'.

It's called corruption.

This reductive narrative, coupled with most of the country being on first name terms with this guy is nauseating.

#PMQs

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@merseynewslive Don't mention it, keep up the good work!

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

I've just came across a brilliant little local site putting out regular content about Liverpool.

Give them some support and head over to @merseynewslive

As Reach PLC homogenise their local news catalogue into clones of each other its refreshing to see @LJMU students stepping up

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@LobsterPot6 Yep, that's first past the post voting for you. Some of them face tougher selection battles within their own party than with the electorate.

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

Corruption within one political party is no justiciation to suspend local democracy. The Tories have zero mandate in Liverpool to consider an intervention like this. Let's not forget however that the rot started with the governing Labour group.

❎ Vote on Thursday, 6th May.

[Liverpool Echo @LivEchonews]

Liverpool Council responds to government takeover reports. https://t.co/QYFO06WOlg

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@TAXIALLIANCELPO Agreed, though there were certainly a bunch of enablers who facilitated the whole affair.

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@LobsterPot6 I don't know, you can stick a red rosette to anything in this city it seems and people would vote for it. It would be nice to see a lot more choice locally. Hopefully this will prompt people to look at the rest of the ballot paper when voting in May.

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

Devastating news for our city.

With local elections coming up, already a year overdue, Liverpool has the opportunity to take out its own rubbish thank you very much.

Are we ready for a Spring clean at the Cunard Building?

The gravy stains on the carpets will be hard to remove.

[Liam Thorp @LiamThorpECHO]

It is going to be a huge and very bad week for Liverpool and its council

Here is how things are expected to play out

https://t.co/IhPcCTNaOE

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

Really good to see that the cities universities were behind this technology, and even better it was put to use locally. This is how we become a smart city. Used responsibly, raw data can be utilised in innovative and life-enriching ways.
https://t.co/PeyiT7Pwph

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@rantingkat @xJenniferRosex Not sure what's going on here, but I'm flattered?

I think I've noticed a few Mossley Hill references from you in the past though @rantingkat, so @xJenniferRosex doesn't seem too far off target!

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

@SeanLXIV Ha, on some twisted level it works!

[The Stranger in Liverpool @stranger_lpool]

There's just been a big debate in my house about what day of the week it is.

We've concluded that we may need to start scratching a tally into the wall with a rusty shiv.

Happy Thursday (?) everyone!