@adamlangleben.bsky.social
Executive Director of Progressive Britain.
A "pro-Palestine' march passes me in Bath. Perhaps they're good people, I think to myself. The hippyish Quakers I remember from, say, being a member of Bath CND in the 80s. They're not *necessarily* antisemites, I say. So I check out their X feed. And it's awful.
04.10.2025 12:25 — 👍 184 🔁 48 💬 20 📌 10The British left should just ignore the American left. I cannot think of a single useful thing it could learn from it.
20.09.2025 16:21 — 👍 45 🔁 5 💬 10 📌 1
Len's lost the Revolutionary Communist Party.
communist.red/unite-corrup...
Unite the Union not being very subtle... translation: a former employee is criminally f*cked. So much more to say on this bloke when this all comes out.
22.07.2025 14:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I just saw the news about Agnes Slocombe passing. Serving West Hendon alongside Agnes was a tremendous honour. She taught me what proper public service looked like. A passionate and practicing Christian, she turned her values into action with every act. A powerhouse and trailblazer. Very very sad.
14.07.2025 12:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The tragedy of Ken Livingstone. In some moments a great unifier, and at other times the polar opposite.
07.07.2025 21:43 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
"British Stalinism – unlike some of its global south and European counterparts – has a unique quality, as demonstrated by the Corbyn fiasco in 2019: it invariably destroys anything it gains control of." 👏
htsf.substack.com/p/will-brita....
Ouch.
What a story from @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
It was a power play from Sultana to annoint herself his heir! Bouncing the indecisive JC into making a decision. And he still doesn't want to decide.
03.07.2025 22:29 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Make no mistake. This defection is a power play to be the heir apparent to Corbyn, and trying to force Corbyn to play along because JC hates conflict, but can never make a decision.
03.07.2025 22:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The far left internal battles have come, gone and come again. But always the same since 2015.
On the hard left, it's the battle of who speaks for JC. Because he isn't the sharpest tool. If JC is the glue, then whoever controls him, controls the left.
Bouncing him into co-leading is a power play.
“We have done it all, from working in bars to working for fucking Zionists."
Bobby Vylan meant Jews but knows its racist, so switched a word to think he's being smart.
Should win an award. Beautiful.
14.06.2025 08:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Thrilled that my former West Hendon ward councillor colleague Agnes Slocombe has been made an MBE. First Black Woman Mayor of Barnet. A trailblazer. And a constant source of wisdom.
14.06.2025 05:26 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thank you to Ellesmere Port and Bromborough,
Enfield North, Glastonbury and Somerton,
Hammersmith and Chiswick,
Islington North, Richmond Park, Shipley, Streatham and Croydon North, and Tiverton and Minehead CLPs for nominating me for Labour's National Constitutional Committee.
Quite right from Sir Mick Davis.
"The discomfort of scrutiny is a prerequisite for democracy."
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
There should never be any demand that I either support or condemn unless only I choose to. And I choose to condemn but not because someone somewhere tells me I have a responsibility to do so.
21.05.2025 07:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My only differing view is that Jewish leaders hold no special responsibility to speak out or support. This is Netanyahu, Smotrich and Ben Gvir's butchery. Not the Jewish people's. I hold no special responsibility for the actions of Netanyahu. Nor should I.
21.05.2025 07:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Some wise words here from John Ware.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-lost...
Any deal that reduces red tape and makes people feel that little bit better off is a better deal than we have now. The Prime Minister is right to go for a closer relationship with the EU. This government will be judged in the end on living standards, and improving this must be the top priority.
19.05.2025 09:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Worthwhile day on the doorsteps in my home patch of Barnet yesterday. Barnet is London's bellweather borough on the country and Whetstone is Barnet's Pennsylvania. Very important win with one eye on the London elections next year. Whetstone used to be the heart of a super safe Tory ward. No longer!
16.05.2025 05:06 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Polling day step count.
15.05.2025 20:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the first 3 months of this year, the UK economy has grown faster than the US, Canada, France, Italy & Germany 📈
15.05.2025 12:26 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
Lovely time on the #LabourDoorstep in Whetstone for @barnetlabour.bsky.social with @davidpintod.bsky.social @deirdrecostiganmp.bsky.social
15.05.2025 12:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Join us at PB Conference tomorrow:
www.tickettailor.com/events/progr...
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09.05.2025 08:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Edition 2 of Progress Magazine should be landing on doormats in the next few days. Join us at Progressive Britain conference tomorrow to pick up a copy or sign up to become a subscriber.
09.05.2025 08:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Very*
02.05.2025 07:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Results so far just reconfirmed 2024 GE result. No such thing as a safe seat for any party. We have to work for every vote, everywhere. The public are (rightly) ery impatient. But can you read much into the results that we didn't already know?
I don't think so.
