Jayne Dillon

New YouGov polling. That’s a peak for the Greens. Amazing how a good communicator with vision can turn around a party’s fortunes.

RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 17% (-3)
CON: 17% (=)
GRN: 16% (+1)
LDM: 15% (=)

Also Labour’s lowest in a YouGov poll.

Britain's housing market has been broken by years of government inaction on building genuinely affordable homes, exploitative landlords, rip-off rents and stagnant wages.

We urgently need rent controls and the biggest council house building programme in generations to end this crisis.

Five Reform UK councillors booted out of party in Kent It comes after a damaging video leak of the Kent County Council leader shouting and swearing.

To lose one KCC councillor, Mr. Farage, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose five looks like carelessness.

James O'Malley v @jamesomalley.co.uk & Muted by "A Very British Bigotry" I fully accept that things are Not Good at the moment for the Labour Party, and I personally find some of the more Blue Labour stuff a bit grim, but I'd like to hear someone explain what the strategy should be that results in the government retaining a majority. Will Jennings @drjennings.bsky.social • 1h It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.

It is not our fucking job to worry about Labour maintaining a majority when they’re a bad government.

Just 7000 more GPs needed because recruitment doesn’t mean retention

2500 is number recruited but only 1500 (1000 full time equivalent) retained

But worse other GP roles cut as no funding for practices

You can’t make it up! Unless you’re Wes Streeting, DHSC & Labour spin ‘doctors’

Watch my latest video on why I need your mandate to be the strong Deputy Leader you want:

Fixed it for you, Wes Streeting.

“NHS reforms our worst mistake, Tories admit” front page of the Times from 13 Oct 2014

The Times front page from exactly 11 years ago. Those Tory reforms wasted £50B over a decade and ushered in the greatest assault on public health in NHS history. Experts warned them. They refused to listen. That’s why the Tories are done. Labour should take note.

#SOSNHS

Very informative discussion with Gordon Brown and the leading child poverty charities yesterday about the urgent need to lift the 2-child benefit cap.

Doing so would lift half a million children out of poverty.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

One of the best parts of my job since the election was getting to know and supporting our brilliant new MPs make their mark. They are our strength.

See why so many are voting for me to be Deputy Leader.

is nobody on her side even mildly perturbed by her talking about how she can threaten GOVERNMENTS.

Lucy Powell tells Labour it can’t sugarcoat how badly things are going Frontrunner for deputy leadership addresses rally as opponent Bridget Phillipson pledges ‘second Labour term our children deserve’

Unity of purpose comes not from command and control but by taking people with us & winning the argument. 

As a full time Deputy Leader I will tell a stronger story about what Labour is for, whose side we’re on, the good things that we are doing.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I thought about that for a while but in honesty I just dont think that's the case- I think they genuinely think their stupid ideology is correct and somehow that's worse than the idea they're just cynical wankers.

Literally WHY is Labour so set on doing every single fucking thing wrong every day. It’s like they’ve set themselves a challenge to just be the worst people.

I watched several documentaries about life in the 1970s & ‘80s & what struck me most was how people looked so much older than their years then. It was also striking in Britain & Ireland that people’s views were almost all centre left & informed by solidarity.

Right back at ya @roswynnejones.bsky.social What a lovely piece!

The truth is Ros spends every day campaigning against injustice, championing real heros, giving voice to the voiceless & tackling division wherever she sees it. Honoured to call you my friend.

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Powell vows to talk tough with No10 and says Labour can't 'out-Reform Reform' Labour deputy leadership hopeful Lucy Powell called for a 'course correction' after a bumpy first year - but said she won't be 'throwing bricks' at Keir Starmer if elected

Ballots begin to go out in the Labour Deputy Leadership election tomorrow.

Read my interview in the Mirror about what kind of Deputy Leader I will be.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Bosh!

Truth bomb from Zack Polanski
#BackZack

I'll be a listening, full time Deputy Leader, ensuring the voice of our broad movement is at the heart of what we do.

Join my campaign:
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Billy Bragg: ‘My Old Man Used to Say to Me “It’s Not the Skinheads You Want to Worry About, It’s the Skinheads in Suits You Want to Worry About”. That’s Who Reform Are’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition

The musician, known for his political activism, speaks to Josiah Mortimer about why progressive patriotism isn’t about flags and how the absence of Brexit in political debate worries him

The Results of the SEA Ballot for the Nomination of Deputy leader were as follows:

Turn Out 53%

Bridget Phillipson 16%

No Nomination 19%

Lucy Powell 68%

The SEA has therefore nominated Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party

The NEC did not advise members.

Eco-tycoon Dale Vince backs Lucy Powell for deputy Labour leader with £15k donation Vince is founder of ecotricity and outspoken on the environment

Delighted to have Dale Vince's support. One of our leading entrepreneurs and progressive voices. My campaign is bringing people together across our movement who know we need a full time Deputy unafraid of having the difficult conversations when we need to change course 👇🏻 inews.co.uk/news/politic...

'I’m not afraid to have difficult conversations when we need to change course' Labour deputy leadership candidate Lucy Powell says she recognises voters have been 'exasperated because of some mistakes we’ve made' in article for The Mirror

I really want this government to succeed, but despite early achievements, we aren’t being heard.

I would be a strong independent choice for Deputy Leader, working full time, championing our movement and government.

My article for the Sunday Mirror

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - Lucy Powell: People have lost sense of Labour's values - BBC Sounds Lucy Powell on being sacked by Starmer, and why she now wants to be his deputy.

Had lots of good feedback on my #PoliticalThinking interview earlier this week.

On BBC Radio 4 tonight at 17:30 in full or listen now

We discuss: showing whose side we're on, telling a unifying story, not tacking one way, Gaza, 2 child benefit cap & more www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The worst thing about our current world is that we’ve elevated boring arseholes who make making money their entire personality as our leaders.

"We were given a big mandate in 2024...we have to show the country we're on their side and will bring about the change they want...if we don't I fear for our democracy...we have to prove the model and I want to help to do that" speaking to Mick Robinson for #politicalthinking

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