Editor of @labouruncut, follower of all things Weller. Truth bullet: The Style Council were better than the Jam
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My bit @LabourUncut on why the Labour gloom is being overdone. Progress on what *really* matters to voters - cost of living and NHS - is being ignored for SW1 psychodrama. History shows that if this progress continues, Lab will be well placed to win again labour-uncut.co.uk/2025/07/0…
In defence of the Labour government’s first few months: A decent start that is underestimated because of endemic political ADHD - Me @LabourUncut on the totally unrealistic expectations heaped on a new govt labour-uncut.co.uk/2025/01/0…
New from me @LabourUncut - the political upsides for Labour of Nigel Farage: He splits the Tory vote, drags the Tories way too far right and will unite the fragmented left wherever Reform are challenging to take a Labour seat labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/12/2…
Cracking stuff from @Samuelsdale
Starmer crushed the Labour Left. That is why he won says @Samuelsdale labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/07/0…
This is smart - if the polls are right and the SNP gets a kicking on Thursday, blowback in Holyrood will mean early Scottish govt elections v likely
The Tories will not be the only party to collapse on Thursday, so prepare for another election very soon…north of the border says @rob_marchant labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/06/3…
Genuine question (seriously): what's the expected return from 6 weeks of canvassing effort in a seat that won't have had support in preceding months/years given its such a big Tory majority
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Last call on why the ground game's wildly overrated. TL;DR it gives a 2-3% boost in a seat but resources often misdirected becos targeting happens years out, polls move near the elex, frontline shifts and seats most in need go without. Me @LabourUncut labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/06/2…
Trigger warning: I've criticised the #labourdoorstep. The ground game is wildly overrated in politics and makes almost no difference to the final result. Me @LabourUncut labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/06/2…
The purge of hard left candidates might look like factionalsim, but it reflects a hard-headed realism from Team Starmer about how close some votes will be for a future Lab govt and the limited powers of the whips in modern politics. Me @LabourUncut labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/05/3…
The real damage from Sunak's National Service plan is what it says about the Tories to voters: that they are weirdo headbangers, ignoring the public's main concern on the cost of living, for some fringe obsession. And doing it incompetently. (1/2) labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/05/2…
This doesn't just undercut Tory messaging, it means that when Labour accuse them of wanting to do mad things to the country, voters will pause and think "Hang on, there might be something to that" (2/2) labour-uncut.co.uk/2024/05/2…
New @labouruncut from me: Labour high command planning for TWO elections – 2024 and 2026 – with ‘the longest and most expensive ever rolling general election campaign’ labour-uncut.co.uk/2023/10/0… 👇
I reviewed the Labour's new policy document for @labouruncut . The exam question it needed to answer was What does a Labour government do when there’s no money to spend? A half-way decent answer in there, but it's buried labour-uncut.co.uk/2023/09/1…… 👇
I reviewed the National Policy Forum document for @labouruncut . The exam question it needed to answer was What does a Labour government do when there’s no money to spend? There’s a half-way decent answer in there, but it's buried labour-uncut.co.uk/2023/09/1… 👇
Keir Starmer's Hayman Island moment beckons. Good. Shouldn't be any no-go areas for Labour across the media. Couple of quotes from me in @adamsherwin10's excellent piece
Starmer seeks place in The Sun as Labour leader steps up wooing of Rupert Murdoch inews.co.uk/news/politics/ke… @theipaper @LabourUncut @AtulHatwal @DavidParsley50
New from me @LabourUncut on why last week's reshuffle showed that Labour's old right is in the ascendancy NOT the Blairites labour-uncut.co.uk/2023/09/1… 👇
Have to say, I found this genuinely shocking. 150 selections!
Labour still has a problem with black men (and its getting worse) - @paulw56 with the shocking news that after 150 parliamentary selections, Labour hasn't selected a single man of Afro-Caribbean heritage as a PPC labour-uncut.co.uk/2023/09/0…
This is v good. The right comparator for Labour isn't 1997 but 1964, with all that brings
Power cuts, military superpowers in conflict, and Labour taking office in the midst of economic meltdown – could it be 1964 all over again? asks @decmchugh75 labour-uncut.co.uk/2022/10/1…
This is a great piece, LTNs are toxic for London Labour councils, there will be a price to be paid in the locals next year
Stormy waters lie ahead for Labour in local government, most of all in London where the conflict over 'Low Traffic Neighbourhoods' brings overtones of Brexit says @paulw56 labour-uncut.co.uk/
Labour can WIN the next election. Here's the plan from @labouruncut. Download it now labour-uncut.co.uk/wp-conten…
This is important. Underneath the top level polling a huge opportunity for Labour is opening up. Voters think Labour is better for their wallets than the Tories. Can't think when this has happened before. If Starmer can tackle Lab's negatives, the elex could be v competitive
Revealed: New polling shows most swing voters believe their household finances will be better under a Labour government than the Tories - analysis of exclusive polling from @atulh labour-uncut.co.uk/2021/10/0…