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Ian Jackson πŸ—ΏπŸ˜·πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🩺🚲

@drijackson.bsky.social

Retired Anaesthetist & covid vaccinator. Still have IT role in NHS and in Day Surgery Internationally. Proud Scot, support independence. Long Covid urgently needs research. Brexit is a disaster. Recently caught cycling bug - carbon frames are amazing.

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😬well saved

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It's almost as if it would be a good idea to listen to someone who has won multiple elections - governs one of the world's most important cities and economies, with probably the most diverse constituents anywhere in the world. Are you listening, Keir Starmer!!!

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The Green victory in Gorton and Denton is important because it adds to the pressure for Labour to stop trying to ape Reform. That needs to happen, because to avoid a right wing populist government, socially liberal voters need to be prepared to vote tactically between Labour and other socially liberal parties in a way that is at least as efficient as tactical voting between Conservatives and Reform. As long as Labour acts and sounds like Reform on social issues, that is just not going to happen. But equally the anti-right wing vote needs a strong Labour vote, because it is highly unlikely that socially liberal parties can defeat the right without it. [3]

The Green victory in Gorton and Denton is important because it adds to the pressure for Labour to stop trying to ape Reform. That needs to happen, because to avoid a right wing populist government, socially liberal voters need to be prepared to vote tactically between Labour and other socially liberal parties in a way that is at least as efficient as tactical voting between Conservatives and Reform. As long as Labour acts and sounds like Reform on social issues, that is just not going to happen. But equally the anti-right wing vote needs a strong Labour vote, because it is highly unlikely that socially liberal parties can defeat the right without it. [3]

The bottom line….
Please god listen, Labour.
For all our sakes you must genuinely rethink and reset. Stop gaming your moves through the nasty prism of the rightwing media and speak to your core voters instead. They can come back but only if they believe in you again.

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Wow

What a story.

But there is no corruption in Britain, right?

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Nigel Farage’s history of spurious election fraud allegations.

2014: Farage claims voting fraud happening β€œon a third world scale”, no evidence found.
2015: South Thanet elections, Farage fraud allegations dismissed.

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We need a global assessment of avoidable climate-change risks To understand the urgency of emissions reductions, policymakers and citizens need a full analysis of what is at stake.

We can shout about the coming #climate threats, but governments are hiding their heads in the sand (or most likely, hiding the risks to maintain the status quo)

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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This is madness. The Israeli state is so deeply embedded in not just ours but many countries political landscape that this is the reaction.

They have infiltrated and spread for years. This is about the state NOT the people.

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Streeting is a disgrace and has done little to honestly help the NHS. Cancelling important projects just in case they cause negative publicity.

Tone deaf to what we are looking for. Carry on with your direction and you will be out of power before you know it!

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Agree with Sarah πŸ’―.

They truly are misguided and need new direction.

Streeting, Starmer, Reeves and Mahmood either change direction or guarantee they serve only once.

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Maybe it’s you that’s wrong, Wes.
Maybe you’re just not appealing to anyone much.
You’re not convincing Reform voters but, in pandering to them, you’re pissing everyone else off.
Progressives have had a decade of being scorned and ignored. Don’t criticise us for minding and doing something about it.

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Bill Clinton walked into that closed door deposition with a line meant for the history books. β€œI’m here today for two reasons. The first is that I love my country. And America was built upon the idea that no person is above the law, even presidents, especially presidents.”

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Totally agree Alan. Exasperation is a good description - not sure who they are listening to in their 'workshops' or whatever they do.

I have noticed a few vocal Labour MP's on here today being very clear that Starmer needed to go.

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Done Gerri.

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End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

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The Northern Lights in Canada are really the most beautiful thing in nature to see in the world.

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woody from toy story says " oh no " while wearing a cowboy hat Alt: woody from toy story says " oh no " while wearing a cowboy hat

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Labour MP Clive Lewis doesn’t hold back on the Gorton and Denton result in this interview with ITV

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I saw it originally at the cinema but went to see it live last week here in York. It really is a tour de force by Jodie and I have no idea how she manages it. Totally drained is a good description I find it hard to put into words. Part of me thinks it should be seen by senior pupils in schools.

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Obscene.

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