With only Salford left to declare (😲) the results of the smaller parties in #localelections24 are:

Green Party won 181 councillors
Reform won……….2

Hey, BBC & all! Can you reflect this in your broadcasting please? Sick of hearing so much of Reform!

Will Labour table a motion to halt arms sales to Israel?

Will Labour support the ICJ investigation?

Will Labour change its position on BDS?

Suspend all interaction with LFI?

We won’t hold our breath for any meaningful change from Labour!

Congratulations to the Independents in Oldham who ran a really positive and engaging campaign.

They have shown what can be achieved by well organised and dedicated Independent candidates.

Roll on the General Election ✊🏻✊🏾

The Green Party Candidate, Ali Mothin has won the Gipton and Harehills ward with 3,070 votes.

The Labour Party have severely underestimated the impact that their stance on Gaza would have on their electoral success.

We now gear up for the general election. #BoycottLabour 🥀

According to Sky News’ projection of national vote share based on the local elections, Labour is on just 35% and not on course for a majority despite the Tories collapsing to 26%.

Starmer has treated large parts of Labour’s base with open contempt & lost votes to independents.

A large number of natural Labour voters are very unhappy about the party's stance on Gaza.  labourlist.org/2024/05/local-…

Sky News projection: Labour on course to be largest party - but short of overall majority - in general election news.sky.com/story/sky-news…

. Jonathan Reynolds insinuating Mayor Jamie Driscoll is an extremist. Wow.

He was an engineer, managing director of a software firm, son of British army tank driver & husband to an NHS GP.

Idiotic if you think that’s an ‘extreme’ CV.

The truth? He wasn’t in the clique!

🚨NEW: My Labour inside source claims that the Labour Party leadership are extremely concerned with the prediction of a hung parliament after the General Election. Senior Labour figures are drawing up plans to consider a coalition with the Tories. 👀 news.sky.com/story/sky-news…

One simple first step for Labour decision makers to demonstrate they have listened to what so many people are telling them on Gaza, not just members of the Muslim community but from right across our society, is to demand an end to arms sales to Israel.

In my fifty-odd years as an active socialist I have encountered some pretty nasty elements within the Labour movement, but never have I come across a worst group than Starmer's Labour.

That tweet today is beyond obnoxious.

Labour’s new deal for workers is being gutted.

Next up will be, I suspect, new oil & gas licences in the North Sea and possibly even keeping Rwanda.

The Labour right are…on the right. And Labour’s ‘soft left’ are utterly useless. So expect more of this. ft.com/content/fe1608…

🚨 BREAKING: Labour has DITCHED its 'New Deal for Working People' in the face of opposition from bosses.

Key workers' rights promises have been abandoned: Labour will not ban zero-hours contracts, and it will not enshrine a 'right to switch off' in law.

(Source: FT)

Dan Poulter joins Labour with a CV including ‘Tory Health Minister 2012-15’ - he helped implement the Health & Social Care Act 2012, the most damaging ‘reform’ of the NHS since 1948. Poulter’s ex-party is responsible for one nurse taking their life and 268 patients dying from…

Overrated: Our capacity to impact policy
Underrated: The psychological expertise in informal settings
Carl Walker et al in 2018

bps.org.uk/psychologist/o…

Dan Poulter was an ex junior dr of mine and literally brought in every policy that has destroyed the NHS

He is joining the Labour Party so that post election he can be a medical advisor to the next Labour government.

It worries me what advice he will give

Keir Starmer if…

Beyond awful 💔

This is really good. Huge credit to Louise Haigh for standing firm and pushing forward with what is a hugely popular policy with voters.

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

If you’re ever asked to make the case for public ownership point to Portsmouth International Port.

It employs 5000 people, adds hundreds of millions to economy, will be net zero by 2030 & makes millions for the council each year. Me for Novara Media

novaramedia.com/2024/04/23/how…

Don'r let anyone tell you that the NHS can't be funded.

Govts found £1,162bn (£133bn cash + £1,029bn guarantees) to bailout banks; £895bn QE for capital markets.

They can do the same to help 6.24m people awaiting 7.54m hospital appointments.
leftfootforward.org/2024/04/nhs-cr…