I’m crying www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

One implication. More pressure for Labour to have an offer for progressives starting with the budget. Two main reasons A) As we already knew Progressive defections from Labour in of themselves are clearly real and squeezing Labour, to Plaid in Wales and the Greens more broadly.

Worth noting that the Labour party appears to fully accept the salary threshold definition of "contribution to society", remarkable given its history and voter base (do nurses not contribute to society?)

"It is wrong that people have to leave the communities they grew up in to find well-paid, good jobs" - this is why clean power represents a key industrial opportunity. 📣 See below for our Directors' comments on the Clean Energy Jobs Plan. 👇

Starting in a half hour ! Join us for this discussion at #Lab25

Fantastic end to the 2nd day of #LAB25 with the Labour Climate and Environment Party sponsored by Gren Energy With speeches from Emma Reynolds and Ed Miliband showing how central climate and environmental ambition is to the Labour movement "Pessimism never won a single victory"

Really proud of this one - thank you to Ed/ Lewis/ all who joined for such a good and fired up chat yesterday! As Ed said - 'What's the f*cking point of politics? The point of politics is to go out and argue for things.' Personally I'm always ready for the argument.

I'm very much looking forward to 'The Politics of Deliverism' at this years #Lab25. Lessons from a Democrat loss in the US, communicating to Reform curious voters, and what it all means for Labour in power from some of our new-ish Labour MPs. Come along if you're free (and have a conference pass!)

Hitchin is a beautiful part of our beautiful country 🇬🇧 But after last week’s scenes in London and pockets of disrespectful graffiti, our communities aren’t immune from the same fears felt by many. It’s important we all step up and showcase our values at their unifying best.

From an advisor to Gordon Brown to MP to Secretary of State to leader to the backbenches to Energy Secretary once more - you can’t look at the last 3 decades of Labour and climate without running into Ed Miliband. Hear from the man himself about what has been and what is still to come. Register 👇

Obama on Charlie Kirk:

As ever, Nick Lowles is spot on. When it comes to taking on the far right, progressives haven’t got a moment to waste in building a vision of togetherness we can unite the country behind. Plenty to reflect on from his Guardian interview 👉 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Community energy allows local people to produce, consume and own energy where they live, together. It is incredibly positive to see community energy continue to feature so prominently in the delivery of the Clean Power Mission.

Trump’s 2nd term has left many clinging to the status quo on climate multilateralism. We argue for more. Proud to publish w/ @americanprogress.bsky.social 's Ryan Mulholland & @mwilli.bsky.social on how global trade policy can back workers, industries & the planet. 🔗 renewal.org.uk/blog/a-multi...

Not that anyone in politics listens to research, but there is a bucket of research (including some excellent recent studies) which show exactly this. Voters listen to leaders and respond to what they say.

👇 Leadership matters and does change things. (A smaller scale version of this is watching people on here who have a red rosette where their own moral compass should be sharing a statement that only earlier this morning they thought it was Actually Wise Not To Make)

Horrendous.

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Read this thread. Please.

Great to speak at TUC congress on the unhelpful narrative of builders vs blockers. Its not how you take people with you and get development moving in communities. Thanks to Prospect Union for hosting and their report showing supported regulators on the front foot can be accelerators or growth.

A rare example of an all-women planning panel - you love to see it! #GGsummit

In a few short years we will put Sadiq Khan in this category for ULEZ.

Sort of dizzying to think about how many people are alive today because Patricia Hewitt (ban on smoking in enclosed spaces) was health secretary and because Norman Fowler (mandatory seatbelts) was transport secretary and health secretary (HIV/Aids).

Thrilled to be working with the @ippr.org as an associate fellow, with a specific focus on (winning) the new politics of climate change. Excited to get stuck in with @samalvis.bsky.social et al!

I think this, from Peter Hyman (former Blair and Starmer advisor) is simply excellent. Some pragmatic advice for crafting and delivering a message, as well as a lesson on the virtue of 'navel-gazing' and the value of having (and interrogating) ideas. peterhyman21.substack.com/p/how-to-cra...

I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.

Ben Obese-Jecty is the only Conservative MP and frankly one of the vanishingly small number of MPs, full stop, to react to this stuff in a normal way.

Christ. I mean, why not just suggest adding phrenology to the points based immigration system?

A week late to this v good piece but icymi (like I did) - worth reading!

I've written about why the older demographic of the Palestine Action protestors should be unsurprising – given that, from becoming councillors to activism to just voting, it is very often older people who are actually *doing* politics in this country: www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley has died aged 91. She is the subject of I think, one of the best ever FT lunches, which you can read here (registration or subscription required, will post a first 300 clicks free link in the replies):

Two whole years since The Sun provided some great artwork for the bathroom 🧟‍♂️

Political trust is at crisis point and the decline of community infrastructure is a big part of the story. As pubs, youth clubs and libraries disappear, loneliness grows, and so does support for the radical right. Nick Garland, research fellow at IPPR, for LBC 👇 www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

Great new @ippr.org report from @sachahilhorst.bsky.social, making very clear the link between the decline of community spaces and the rise of the radical right. Sacha reimagines the 20th century miners' welfare fund as a model for reviving social infrastructure: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...

is left yimbyism in chrisis? or is it a chrisatunity for reflection ? @mcortonscott.bsky.social investigates: renewal.org.uk/blog/the-chr...

As a recess treat, I wrote about the week where the Labour Party lost two Chrises, and what it means for the ongoing discourse on growth, planning and Labour YIMBYism. renewal.org.uk/blog/the-chr...

Excellent write up of the fleecehold misery that so many homeowners across the country are facing- a sharp example of the many reasons why people don't feel like the system works for them anymore. 👏 @rmcunliffe.bsky.social and @alistrathern.bsky.social! www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Great to hear @umakumaran.bsky.social using an adjournment debate to commemorate the 137th anniversary of the Matchgirls Strike. We published an essay on its importance by Diana Holland, patron of the Matchgirls Memorial Trust, in our Return of Spring collection:

That cake up close:

I think the mission here is hugely important for the govt. The growth frame feels too abstract for many, who judge the economy on their day to day. Cost of living above all else is driving national misery - and sense that life is just about living to work/working to live.

What’s the odds on “a major social network has an antisemitic AI built into it” being raised by lobby with PM’s spokesperson today? A special DCMS committee? Ofcom launching an emergency investigation? Seems it’s so hard to comprehend that people will just focus on more manageable screaming at BBC.

Last Christmas I asked people on Bluesky for help with a fundraising campaign for an amazing London youth club and loads of people kindly stumped up. Anyway, this is where your money went…

NEW: 12 of England’s 13 regional mayors* have signed up to develop a “national active travel network”, based initially on safer routes to schools. This includes Labour mayors, and two Tories *and* Reform’s Luke Campbell. Are the transport culture wars over? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Not saying there aren’t big problems, but all the pieces saying Labour has wasted its first year are in very stark contrast to the reality on climate and energy policy, where there’s been largely positive progress on a near weekly basis.

If you’re a traditional business and are found to be employing people without the right to work you face up to 5 years in prison and an unlimited fine. The same should apply to Deliveroo, Uber, Just Eat - who skirt this via the classification of their workers as ‘self employed’.

Today is the last day to apply to be editor of @labourlist.bsky.social ! Given this 'Top Stories' side bar, and the fact I had to scroll through 31 (!) articles on the homepage before getting to one written by a woman (who was Bridget Philipson) - I would encourage good women to apply 🙂

‘One Labour staffer’ needs to realise that these anti abortion protestors have been targeting Labour conference and wider offices for years regardless of parliamentary amendments, and quite possibly get their head out of their ass whilst they’re at it.

Spot on, imo

Good. The use of hotels was a) designed to immiserate the people in them to avoid a 'pull factor' (didn't work) and b) has been very bad for the towns in them. Now need to end the ban on people working while they claim asylum.

One of the biggest winners? Ed Miliband! The minister who commentators keep insisting is imminently for the chop or is having his budget slashed, whispering net zero is in doubt or GB Energy is being quietly binned. The reality is he got the the biggest increase in capital and GBE alone got £8bn.