I’m sorry the government is losing John Healey, but I don’t understand why the government made a fetish of a single figure for military spending rather than aiming for, say, better defence & better defence spending)ie less waste).
We are witnessing the slow death of the prestige career | Alice Lassman
The Guardian
NEW: John Healey quits over defence funding. Devastating letter for the government and Keir Starmer: “You have been unable and the Treasury has been unwilling to commit the resources the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats.”
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On intercity ( that ages me! ) train , headphones on, settling in to listen to the new @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social
A socialist politician travels by train from the North to become Prime Minister ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgI9...
As Starmer turned from the podium announcing his departure I suspect he knows he's been the chief architect of his downfall
Labour is in the last-chance saloon and a heavy burden falls on Andy Burnham to reunite Labour and improve people’s lives
My @theipaper.com column
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Shaun Spiers
I just downloaded the new @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social paper by Mathew Lawrence and Alex Williams - The Productive State: A Framework for Manchesterism.
Read it here: actionnetwork.org/forms/the-pr...
Saw Archers Live in manchester last night. Was fabulous fun and @angelabarnes.bsky.social was the perfect host. James Cartwright who plays Harrison was in audience. He also played Theo in Corrie but would nt tell me who the murderer was.
Plus: Is London’s iPhone theft era really coming to an end? • A £9.5m mansion next to Henry VIII's childhood home • Go underground for your phone coverage
I've just downloaded Mainstream's new paper by Mathew Lawrence and Alex Williams - The Productive State: A Framework for Manchesterism.
Read this new contribution to the debate about how Labour can b...
