New Party on the Left

[JamesWales]

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Reform have got a cunning plan for that.

When they sweep into power (!) they will sack all the Equalities officers in Lincolnshire.

No need to speculate, you can read more about it here!

Full details outlined in the next council meeting apparently, so you will all have to bookmark Kent Councils webcasts for that

https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/governance/396-governance-news/61545-reform-unveils-first-doge-led-cuts-targeting-net-zero-projects-and-office-move-at-kent

[jon1959]

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No need to speculate, you can read more about it here!

Full details outlined in the next council meeting apparently, so you will all have to bookmark Kent Councils webcasts for that

https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co...e-move-at-kent

Thanks for the heads up. I won't be able to sleep waiting for Kent County Council's detailed DOGE plan! It's so exciting! :hehe:

This piece puts some of it in context - and at the same time casually takes down Mumford and Sons - so two good reasons to read it!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/nigel-farage-copy-paste-trump-policies-reform-uk

[JamesWales]

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Thanks for the heads up. I won't be able to sleep waiting for Kent County Council's detailed DOGE plan! It's so exciting! :hehe:

This piece puts some of it in context - and at the same time casually takes down Mumford and Sons - so two good reasons to read it!

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...cies-reform-uk

You need to stop reading the guardian so much Jon!

Cut out the middle man..go straight to the council webcast! 😀

[jon1959]

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You need to stop reading the guardian so much Jon!

Cut out the middle man..go straight to the council webcast! ��

I’m just marking time until the Great Kent County Council reveal!

[JamesWales]

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I’m just marking time until the Great Kent County Council reveal!

It's going to be a long old month, especially without the football to keep us going 😩

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Debate on the frozen out MPs on radio this morning

Starmer out , yesterday please

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Debate on the frozen out MPs on radio this morning

Starmer out , yesterday please

[JamesWales]

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Dianne Abbott kicked out again now. It's like the hokey cokey.

I have to say, it's not hard to see the point she is trying to make, but it's very clumsily made and it seems highly unlikely it was an accident to repeat them. She knows what she is doing there.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I’m just marking time until the Great Kent County Council reveal!

Another Jackie Wheeler situation?

[jon1959]

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Another Jackie Wheeler situation?

I doubt it. The Jackie Wheeler performance at Handforth Parish Council was funny - if unintentionally funny.

I expect the Kent County Council DOGE cuts event will have a lot fewer laughs!

[JamesWales]

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I doubt it. The Jackie Wheeler performance at Handforth Parish Council was funny - if unintentionally funny.

I expect the Kent County Council DOGE cuts event will have a lot fewer laughs!

Unlike the last few years of rising council tax and falling services which have been an absolute barrel of laughs for all involved!

[jon1959]

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Corbyn and Sultana finally got their act together (or more likely, Corbyn finally got his act together) and announced a new party.

Temporarily called 'Your Party'.

It may crash and burn like most of the previous left parties in recent decades, but this time the state of Labour and the breakdown of traditional voting patterns (along with the rise of populism and the impact of social media) it may be different.

The pitch is this:


It’s time for a new kind of political party. One that belongs to you.

The system is rigged.

The system is rigged when 4.5 million children live in poverty in the sixth richest country in the world. The system is rigged when giant corporations make a fortune from rising bills. The system is rigged when this government says there is no money for the poor, but billions for war.

We cannot accept these injustices – and neither should you.

We will only fix the crises in our society with a mass redistribution of wealth and power. That means taxing the very richest in our society. That means an NHS free of privatisation and bringing energy, water, rail and mail into public ownership. That means investing in a massive council-house building programme. That means standing up to fossil fuel giants putting their profits before our planet.

Meanwhile, millions of people are horrified by the government’s shameful complicity in genocide. We believe in the radical idea that all human life has equal value. That is why we defend the right to protest for Palestine. That is why we demand an end to all arms sales to Israel. And that is why we will carry on campaigning for the only path to peace: a free and independent Palestine.

Our movement is made up of people of all faiths and none. The great dividers want you to think that the problems in our society are caused by migrants or refugees. They’re not. They are caused by an economic system that protects the interests of corporations and billionaires. It is ordinary people who create the wealth – and it is ordinary people who have the power to put it back where it belongs.

It’s time for a new kind of political party. One that is rooted in our communities, trade unions and social movements. One that builds power in all regions and nations. One that belongs to you.

Sign up at www.yourparty.uk to be part of the founding process, leading to an inaugural conference. At this conference, you will decide the party’s direction, the model of leadership and the policies that are needed to transform society. That is how we can build a democratic movement that take on the rich and powerful - and win.

Real change is coming.

Jeremy Corbyn MP Zarah Sultana MP

https://www.yourparty.uk/#/

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/24/jeremy-corbyn-and-zarah-sultana-agree-to-launch-leftwing-party

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-new-party-zarah-sultana-labour-b2795189.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdeze706jw8o

https://news.sky.com/story/jeremy-corbyn-and-zarah-sultana-announce-new-political-party-13401114

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/52505-who-is-open-to-voting-for-a-new-corbyn-led-party

[fingers]

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140,000 signed up today in under 10 hours

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140,000 signed up today in under 10 hours

That's Farage as PM then

Cheque signed by Corbyn

If he had waited for Starmer to fold it wouldn't have mattered

Selfish

[Dorcus]

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140,000 signed up today in under 10 hours

Brilliant news! I'm excited!