Then: 'the Labour Party has been a bit scared of making the positive case for immigration for quite a number of years. And I think we need to turn that round'

Now: Starmer tells the toxic S*n he will control our borders & cut immigration

'We welcome migrants, we don't scapegoat them. Low wages, poor housing, poor public services, are not the fault of migrants... we have to make the case for the benefits of migration'

Starmer said we have to make the case for the benefits of migration. When's he going to start?

Yes the Labour Right had a mere 4 years in the party’s long history to hold their nose and support electing a Labour government. What the Labour Right actually did: leadership coups, create alternative parties, campaign for other parties, continually use the Tory press for smears

This is Lyon, France, right now.

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Over the past several years we've become so used to blatantly insipid, incurious client journalism that when a journalist does their job its something to be commented on. But its what all journalists should be doing, all the time.

Ending at the LeedsUni Camp

Here we are, in Leeds, still protesting a genocide in Gaza, what else is it going to take for our so called leaders to stop arming Israel?

Today Keir Starmer really didn't want to talk about Diane Abbott, and when asked what his message is to black & brown voters who might be thinking twice about voting for Labour, he said his message is he's changed the Labour Party.

I guess voters in Bristol Central don't support a Labour politician who whips up fear and hatred towards asylum seekers.

🚨 BREAKING: Greens lead in Bristol Central by **15pts** according to latest MRP projection.

🟢 GRN 52% (+26)
🔴 LAB 37% (-22)
🔵 CON 5% (-9)
🟠 LD 3% (+3)

Via Electoral Calculus / Findoutnow.co.uk, 20-27 May

It feels like this line might have been useful to report at the time, Laura, rather than a decade later.

This is my friend James, standing with the people of Gaza, no matter what.

Thank you james

The host suggests Faiza Shaheen liked antisemitic tweets, but she doesn't say what they were because if she did, we'd all see what a load of rubbish the allegations are. So well done Taj Ali for describing them

And Taj, I'm going to stop you there because you're talking sense

.Taj Ali on the Labour leaderships treatment of Diane Abbott and the context in which it has to be understood

Ex-council leader Nancy Platts has called for an investigation after Labour suspended Lloyd Russell-Moyle. As she was being interviewed to be the party's candidate in #Brighton Kemptown and #Peacehaven , a journalist tweeted that Chris Ward had the job...
brightonandhovenews.org/2024/05/31/for…

Huge crowd out to show local support for ⁦Faiza Shaheen⁩. This is what democracy looks like and it’s exactly what the Labour leadership are trying to shut down.

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