Councillor Minesh Parekh

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Labour have come third in a seat we have represented for the best part of a hundred years. This is the clearest rejection of the leadership yet - and its rightward turn, smear campaigns, and spiteful blocking of Burnham.

Starmer must resign or be removed today, or else risk our permanent collapse.

Drug decriminalisation is backed by public health evidence and harm-reduction principles.

For a party of government to share something so deliberately inflammatory is not just irresponsible, but really dangerous.

Policy should be driven by evidence, not fear-mongering.

Our collapse in support is a direct consequence of Starmerism sidelining members, hollowing out our internal democracy, and creating a political culture predisposed to scandal.

We need a decisive break from Starmerism and Starmer to have any chance of salvaging the remainder of this Parliament.

Andrew Gwynne stood down following his suspension from the party after anti-Semitic, misogynistic, and racist comments he made in a chat named “Trigger Me Timbers”.

This is a direct result of that toxic factionalism. The chat name itself makes light of the idea of member-led accountability.

But we should also remember why this by-election is even taking place.

For years we were told centrally-managed selections would deliver “high quality candidates". In reality, this was an excuse to entrench a toxic political culture fundamentally opposed to democratic accountability.

If Labour lose the Gorton and Denton by-election, Keir Starmer obviously must resign as Prime Minister.

This is a constituency that has consistently elected Labour MPs for decades. Responsibility for any loss will lie squarely at Starmer’s door.

Long overdue.

This is a step in the right direction, but the Labour government needs a complete reset.

Everyone implicated in the Mandelson scandal should stand down, from the top down.

There's so much wrong with this.

Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons, and Labour Together continually bring the party into disrepute.

They all need to go.

Grassroots Voice: The Future We Need A Labour NEC campaign fighting for democracy & socialism

We need a real Labour alternative. 🌹

It's vital we elect NEC reps who will stand up for Party democracy and socialist values.

Make sure to nominate the Grassroots 3 slate in your CLPs.

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Peter Mandelson lobbied, on behalf of the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, to reduce taxes on bankers' bonuses and to pressure a sitting PM to resign.

We need a national inquiry into Epstein's influence and contacts.

This also lays bare the failure of lifelong Lords appointments. Scrap them.

Labour must reverse this decision if it is serious about putting country before party.

We urge the party to reconsider in the interests of taking on Reform and building the strongest possible team in Westminster.

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The leadership faction have abandoned all pretense of ever caring about winning elections.

Blocking one of the few popular Labour politicians, gifting a seat to Reform, out of pure spite.

A disgusting decision that will only hasten Keir Starmer's freefall.

Really disappointing to see this news. Crookes' strength comes from its diversity, and we are clear that there is no place for homophobia in our city.

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‘Standing up to power is not optional when politically uncomfortable. It’s essential’ – LabourList Air strikes in Nigeria. Escalating threats against Iran. And now, following months of military build-up in the Caribbean, the Trump administration has illegally bombed Caracas…

💬 'Now is the time for principles to become practice. We must stand up to Trump.'

‼️Sheffield councillor Minesh Parekh demands Starmer takes a stand in his piece for LabourList...

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The US attack on Venezuela is despicable.

Our government must condemn this illegal attack on the Venezuelan people, enact sanctions against the US, and demand the immediate release of Nicolás Maduro.

Solidarity with the people of Venezuela.

Solidarity with the eight Palestine activists on hunger strikes.

These are prisoners of conscience, being held for opposing UK complicity in genocide.

If they die while David Lammy continues to refuse to meet them he will be directly responsible.

He must free them, and unban Palestine Action.

Sack Morgan McSweeney and nationalise the water industry and you can end all leaks for good.

Nobody wants to strike. But the mismanagement of both of Sheffield's universities has forced people's hands.

Both universities are forcing through job cuts while continuing with a failed management model that places buildings above people.

The strikes must win.
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Yesterday we were told that any moves against Starmer would make the bond markets lose confidence in the government.

Today borrowing costs have risen because Rachel Reeves' tax u-turn has spooked the markets.

Make decisions based on principle, not in relation to fiscal boogeymen.

A Hundred Zohrans Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory shows how socialist figures committed to a local radicalism can shift debate and win big. The British left can build a hundred figures like him — here’s how.

"Local government is where socialist politics can make an immediate difference to our communities. Now is the time to get involved."

Labour Councillor @mineshparekh.bsky.social for Tribune on how Mamdani's win can inspire the Left.

Read here: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/a-hundred-zohrans

Because as important as it is for remembrance to be about honouring the memory of those we lost, it is also about action.

Remembrance is about building the world they fought and died for.

A world free from fascism and a world free from war.

Today of all days, all politicians must ask how they can build a safer and fairer world.

I hope they remember that those soldiers who came back from WWII, created our NHS, established human rights frameworks, and the United Nations Charter, to 'save succeeding generations from the scourge of war'

True remembrance lies in the actions we take to prevent all further wars.

With this global push towards rearmament, with relentless profits for arms companies, it's hard to feel any lessons have been learnt from those two awful wars.

It is only through peacemaking we can honour their sacrifice.

Many in S10 and across our city are without water due to a burst water main.

This - and our hosepipe ban - are because Yorkshire Water fail to maintain our infrastructure.

Last year they:
❌ Lost 95 billion litres to leaks
❌ Dumped sewage 68,000+ times

✅ Nationalisation

Labour's Deputy Leadership Election is a Battle for Democracy More than the soul of the party is on the line, write Ash Taylor and Minesh Parekh.

Labour's Deputy Leadership election isn't a battle for the party's soul - it's a battle for democracy, writes Ash Taylor and Minesh Parekh.

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There wouldn't be repeated protests if the government would stop arming Israel, end diplomatic and trade links, and apply all possible pressure to make the genocide stop.

Sheffield councillor speaks out about racism directed at him and colleagues on social media A Sheffield councillor says that there has been a recent “sharp rise” in online racist comments directed to himself and colleagues.

Really important interview with @mineshparekh.bsky.social by local democracy reporter Julia Armstrong in The Star.

The Facebook comments on @thestar.co.uk and Sheffield Online are an absolute cesspit of racism and hatred.

They either need to police them much better or else shut them down for good.

Over 30 emergency motions on Gaza have been tabled at Labour Party Conference #Lab25.

That is the highest number ever to be tabled in our party's history.

We must end arms sales and diplomatic links, and use every available lever to force the genocide to end.

When has immigration been ignored? It has been a constant over the last decade, from "Controls on Immigration" mugs to "island of strangers".

This isn’t ‘a choice between decency and division’. This is playing into division.

The party of Keir Hardy and Clem Attlee deserves better.