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Mike Craven retweeted
Asking Jews to pass a purity test and renounce self-determination according to a perverse interpretation arbitrarily applied, isn't just an extreme position, it’s a racist one.
That’s before we consider the Green party is now backing violent dismantling of Israel.
Very strong and welcome statement
BREAKING: Bridget Phillipson responds on behalf of Labour to the racist and antisemitic motion today. It’s strong and she doesn’t mince her words to be fair.
Bridget Phillipson MP, Chair of the Labour Party, and Minister for Women and Equalities, responds to the Green Party’s vote on Zionism at the Green Party Conference, said:
“It is shameful to vote against a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and to condemn the vast majority of British Jews and Jews around the world as racist for supporting Israel’s right to exist. It is fundamentally wrong and the leadership of the Green Party must make clear that this will not be their position moving forwards.
“The Labour Party has always been clear that criticism of the policies of the Israeli Government is not antisemitic, and the Labour government has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank. But today’s vote at the Green Party Conference crosses a line and should be condemned across the political spectrum.
“This vote underlines how important it was that we changed the Labour Party from top to bottom and ripped out the scourge of antisemitism from within the party.
"The Labour Party and the Labour Government will continue working every day to ensure our Jewish communities are safe, feel safe and have their rights upheld, as well as making sure we rid our society of antisemitism once and for all.”
Mike Craven retweeted
NEW REPORT: Painting The City Red by Christabel Cooper and Dan Mead.
Labour has a problem in our cities.
Once dominant across metropolitan Britain, Labour’s support has fallen sharply - while the Greens have made significant gains in many of the places that should be among Labour’s strongest.
Our new report asks why, and what Labour can do about it.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Mike Craven retweeted
Does it matter that @andyburnham is a Catholic? Britain’s new prime minister thinks his left-of-centre politics and his religion are intertwined. Does that mean God cannot be a conservative? By @Cravenma thetablet.co.uk/features/doe…
Mike Craven retweeted
Labour members are more likely to think that welfare spending is too high than the general public.
In today's substack our Director of Political Strategy, Christabel Cooper, examines our latest Labour members polling.
Finding that not only has the composition changed since the 2020 leadership election, the membership now has some surprising views on welfare and defence spending.
Read more here: thinklabour.substack.com/p/l…
Very sad news. Peter was a very old friend from when he was John Prescott's number 2 in the shadow Transport brief in 1983. He was a great Labour character and a tremendous parliamentarian. Love to Lynda and his family. RIP
I like this format. It gets to the point a lot quicker than the usual white paper. gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Mike Craven retweeted
This is an edited audio clip which deliberately and fraudulently misquotes me speaking at a meeting with local residents last year.
What I actually said and confirmed by a resident who attended the meeting was “I don’t care who stops the boats, as long as they are stopped”
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Mike Craven retweeted
‘Mostly, I sit at the back …’ Ed was a big part of our lives, and the peace and courage with which he faced death stirred and helped form us. We’re heart-broken. @The_Tablet tribute to Edward Stourton thetablet.co.uk/features/mos…
The fact that none of these Cabinet appointments leaked is impressive. If they manage to maintain that level of discipline, that will materially improve government.
I worked with Ed over a number of years on @The_Tablet related issues. Lovely, kind and intelligent man who will be sorely missed. #RIP
Very sad to hear the news about dear colleague Ed Stourton. He helped me with great patience and kindness learn the ropes on @BBCR4Sunday - & we were fellow trustees @The_Tablet and fellow RCs. A huge intellect and great heart. Praying for him and his family this morning.
Mike Craven retweeted
What if we thought about political leadership the way every other sector does?
This is a fascinating piece from someone who has spent a career developing leaders outside politics. Rather than asking whether Andy Burnham has the "right personality", it asks a better question: how do great leaders grow, adapt and build resilient organisations?
Our new substack offers a refreshing perspective on leadership, culture, crisis and authenticity that Westminster rarely hears.
thinklabour.substack.com/p/l…
If true, this would be a very good move. James has more and wider experience than anyone Andy could appoint. He has been a local councillor, an MP, a minister, a BBC executive, a university Vice Chancellor and chief executive of a very successful business.
Mike Craven retweeted
It's not just the exploitation of a tragedy.
JD Vance's picture of Britain - where migrants have led to a crime surge - is the opposite of the truth.
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This isn't really surprising. Even at the height of Thatcher and her anti-union reforms, millions of trade unionists voted Tory and in some such as pre-Unison NALGO, Tories were sometimes ahead of Labour.
EXC: New polling reveals Reform now winning as many union members as Labour
Unite’s Sharon Graham tells me: “Damning but not surprising”
GMB’s Gary Smith and two affiliate GSs for urgent course correction on policy
Farage to unions: affiliate to Reform
thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
Mike Craven retweeted
Gary Lubner: ‘I don’t want to be known as Labour’s biggest donor’ thetimes.com/sunday-times-ri…
Mike Craven retweeted
Brexit is a disaster, here’s how you can actually fix it. Not fantasies of re-litigating the past, but a whole new substantive settlement focused on growth and living standards that answers the question for a generation.
My column in @ObserverUK 👇
observer.co.uk/news/business…
Mike Craven retweeted
When I organised @JewishLabour’s conference in 2024, we had to report this woman to the Police for threatening to bomb the venue
It made headline news and was reported on by the BBC
Why are these people attracted to the Green Party? Why does Polanski welcome their support?
Mike Craven retweeted
- Two-thirds of Reform's money is wired from Thailand
- Ben Delo, pardoned by Trump for breaking money-laundering rules, has given £4m.
- Farage's secret £5m bung
A new model of politics is meeting an old model of transparency. With dangerous results: times-comment.com/farage123
