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A year ago today

A year ago today

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In a political age devoid of decency, the lessons we can learn from Clement Attlee Jon Davis independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Keir Starmer’s Gaza test and the ghost of Tony Blair. Me for Independent Premium independent.co.uk/voices/keir-st…

Really The Labour Party Pathetic childish and if this the way you want to run your campaign - good. It will benefit the Tories

I think James has written a very badly argued piece. He does research & polling, yet does nothing to test some legit critiques of individuals and institutions against what we know about British public opinion on Israel/Palestine.

The disturbing truth: in the aftermath of Hamas' attacks on Israel, it was the British public that were the hotbed of conspiracy theories.

A tale of two 🇬🇧🇺🇸 focus groups 👇

Full ConservativeHome piece: conservativehome.com/2023/10/25/jam…

Blair's departure as PM was triggered on 12 Jul 2006, when Israel retaliated against Hezbollah's kidnapping of 2 soldiers in a cross-border raid from Lebanon; Blair refused to condemn Israel or to call for a ceasefire, as he wrote in his memoir

At the launch of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government KCL Department of Political Economy paper: Why Hasn't UK Regional Policy Worked? - by Ed Balls Dan Turner Esme Elsden Nyash Weinberg 🌹 based on 93 interviews with policymakers

sites.harvard.edu/uk-regional-gr… The Strand Group

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In a political age devoid of decency, the lessons we can learn from Clement Attlee Jon Davis independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Astounding: The Lancet is set to publish a letter from 2000 medical professionals —in which these doctors DEBATED whether to demand a release of hostages, and it “was removed” based on “feedback.”

I guess primum non nocere doesn’t apply to Jews.

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“It’s a secret backlog of people who are still in the country and will need to be dealt with eventually. They’re kind of massaging the numbers.” Colin Yeo via Anna Gross ft.com/content/ac0b95…

Meeting between Labour MPs/peers and Keir/Rayner has finished. Tight lipped attendees did not look happy as they came out. More details to emerge later, surely!

Thrilled to reveal the cover of my forthcoming book on the first Labour government, to be published by Bloomsbury Books UK in January 2024. It's available to pre-order direct from the publisher and other outlets using this link: linktr.ee/thewildmen #wildmen