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Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 5:39 am
by refitman
Morning all.
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 6:29 am
by refitman
Have fun at the gig Sky.
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 6:48 am
by 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 .
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 8:37 am
by 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.
https://bsky.app/profile/benansell.bsky ... d4i2ong22k
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 10:57 am
by 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
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 10:58 am
by Frog222
UKIP enjoying itself --
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 11:59 am
by 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 "
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 12:43 pm
by refitman
The Labour collapse in Hackney is quite something
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 2:01 pm
by Frog222
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 4:09 pm
by refitman
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 5:20 pm
by refitman
Arse. Barnsley council has gone Reform. Labour -32, Reform +37. No Green councillors (only 1 on my ballot).
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 5:26 pm
by refitman
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 5:33 pm
by refitman
Cataclysmic!
Re: Friday 8th May 2026
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 6:31 pm
by Frog222