Friday 8th May 2026

[refitman]

Morning all.

[refitman]

Have fun at the gig Sky.

[Frog222]

I listened to odd bits of the BBC Radio all-night coverage .

Nick Robinson hectored Baroness Jenny Jones about so many Green campaigns highlighting the Gaza Crimes. She was even told off for using the genocide word .

His 'argument ' was that foreign policy had nothing to do with the quality of local government , to which she replied that the government's moral authority counted in any election, and Labour's was at rock bottom for so many voters .

[gilsey]

Good morning.

Ben Ansell
‪@benansell.bsky.social‬
We will know much more about inter- and inter-bloc switching over the course of the day. But ultimately if you are losing in both directions it’s because people think you are crap. Pivoting one way or another won’t help you if the total consensus is you’ve stuffed it.

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[Frog222]

Since being forced out over a spent conviction, Haigh, known for her Northern straight-talking and bright hair, has become a backroom power-broker by reviving the soft-left Tribune group, a talking shop that bridges Labour’s mainstream and its hard left. Securing the support of its 100 or so MPs is crucial to aSince being forced out over a spent conviction, Haigh, known for her Northern straight-talking and bright hair, has become a backroom power-broker by reviving the soft-left Tribune group, a talking shop that bridges Labour’s mainstream and its hard left. Securing the support of its 100 or so MPs is crucial to any leadership tilt.

Lots of gossip, would Burnham really manage to get pas the NEC, etc etc

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/secre ... en-4398843

[Frog222]

UKIP enjoying itself --

[Frog222]

Just before 9AM Robinson did give a Reformist a good grilling,
Amusingly the opposite tack to his go at the Greens __

" You have no Foreign and Defence spokespeople "

[refitman]

The Labour collapse in Hackney is quite something

[Frog222]

[refitman]

[refitman]

Arse. Barnsley council has gone Reform. Labour -32, Reform +37. No Green councillors (only 1 on my ballot).

[refitman]

[refitman]

Cataclysmic!

[Frog222]

ReplacementS!








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