Alex Snowdon
@AlexSnowdon8
District Secretary of Northumberland NEU | English teacher | Socialist | Author of 'A short guide to Israeli apartheid' (published by Counterfire).
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13-08-2022 23:14:21
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I know those closely involved in Mayor Jamie Driscoll’s campaign will be hurting a bit right now, but they should be very proud. It was always going to be tough, but 126,652 votes for a candidate with no political machine behind them is very respectable & part of a (re)building of the left.
Commiserations to Mayor Jamie Driscoll for a valiant campaign against a soulless machine. Sorry he fell short, but he planted an important flag. There is no way the thin gruel being served up by Starmerite Labour is anything like an adequate response to the crisis. We must prepare for that.
I wrote about what I’d been reading, for the The Guardian. Now: editing’s important. I’m happy to be edited and I welcome it. But isn’t it funny how it’s always the same word that gets edited out? theguardian.com/books/2024/may…
Dear everyone in the North East, please make time to get to a polling station tomorrow.
Vote independent, vote Mayor Jamie Driscoll.
“The only polling data we have shows Mayor Jamie Driscoll in a statistical dead heat with The Labour Party, suggesting that the race may come down to turnout on the day. But whether he wins or loses on 2 May, his challenge is a harbinger of things to come.” tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/jamie-…