The Wilderness Years

Examining the challenges that face the UK Labour Party, and political parties in general, in trying to balance power and principle.
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[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

It should be easier to apply for PIP and benefits should be going up and not down.

[Anushka Asthana @AnushkaAsthana]

Exclusive- we can reveal details of the Government's welfare shake up. Over £6bn saved in total, 5 of which come from making it harder to get Personal Independence Payments, PIP will also be frozen next year so no rise with inflation & overhaul of out of work benefits as well 1/

[Julia Suzanne 🇬🇧🐈‍⬛🥂🍹 @juliasuzanne76]

I may be in a unique position in being reliant on benefits (caring for an autistic child) while also being a member of the National Policy Forum. My commission covers the DWP so I will be making my feelings known about the proposed benefit reforms at the earliest opportunity.

[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

Unjustifiable.

[ITVPolitics @ITVNewsPolitics]

Even those with extreme disabilities will be worse off under Labour's plans for £6bn of welfare cuts.

https://t.co/NSKwJrUgA9

[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

John Prescott has passed away aged 86.

[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

This just shouldn't be happening. It's a bad look, stop doing it. Why is that difficult?

[Kevin Schofield @KevinASchofield]

Yvette Cooper on the morning broadcast round for the government.

Her husband Ed Balls presenting on Good Morning Britain.

This could be interesting.

[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

Get on with it Bob.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Darren Jones, "If I believed nothing would change.. I wouldn't be sat here today.. I would go off and do something else, other than sit in front of audiences on national TV trying to set out how we're trying to change things"

"Are things hard? They absolutely are.. But you have to lift your head.. You're trying to improve people's lives.. To make Britain a better place to live in and to work"

"You have to believe in our democratic system otherwise you lose all hope" #BBCQT

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

@trussliz The red line is Liz Truss’s line, the black line is Rachel Reeves’ line

[Tides of History @labour_history]

“Previous budgets pursued the short term interests of the few. This budget advances the long term interests of the many”.

The last time that Labour delivered its first budget in office - “Equipping Britain for a Long Term Future” (July 1997)

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

In the last week, Labour hit a crucial milestone on getting rid of hereditary peers, unlocked £1bn funding for social housing insulation, initiated plans to regulate buy-now-pay-later lenders and started to coalesce around an HS2 replacement. Barely any chat about this at all.

[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

It's a good job the Tories went for a long contest to make sure they reached the correct decision.

[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

@SpaJw They might also change the threshold for challenges I suppose.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

One Labour MP texts to ask if the Tory leadership result needs to be declared as a gift...

[JWExTheSpa @SpaJw]

Labour has been stupid: 1. For going to the trough in the first place. 2. For not realising that the Tory press would crucify them for it. That they did not do the same to Johnson in 2019 is very obvious. But that’s how things work in the UK. Labour should have realised this.

[The Wilderness Years @wildernessyrs]

Good.

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

Labour will lean into hope at first conference in power for 15 years https://t.co/N2nl5VMyfV

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

It was a good dialogue with the Chancellor, we chatted through lots of issues. I made my points as you'd expect and she listened and I listened to her too. I can't promise any outcomes from it - but I can tell you I felt heard.

[Owen Winter @OwenWntr]

Harris overtakes Trump in our net favourability tracker with @YouGovAmerica

[(((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten]

JD Vance is making history as the least liked VP nominee (non-incumbent) since 1980 following his/her party's convention. He's the first to have a net negative favorable rating.

Not surprising given how weak he ran in Ohio in 2022. Far worse than the average Ohio Republican.

[Drew Linzer @DrewLinzer]

We @Civiqs started tracking Trump vs. Harris two weeks ago. Normally this info is paywalled, but this deserves sharing:

- Through 7/21, Biden trailed Trump 46-44 nationally; Harris was ahead 48-46. Trump is stuck at a ceiling of 46. Harris gains from 3rd party/undecided voters.