Laura Swaffield
@lswaffield1
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Public library activist, chair of The Library Campaign and Friends of Lambeth Libraries. Clapped-out old journalist. Mad about theatre, books.
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Joined March 2012
I've been warning for months that Labour isn’t mainly losing votes to Reform — but to other parties on the centre-left. The Starmer strategy of chasing Reform voters and telling former Labour voters they have nowhere else to go will lead to even more elections like Caerphilly.
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Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly by election, beating Reform into second place. So does #trevorphillips interview someone from the winning party? Of course he doesn't! Instead he interviews Zia Yusuf from Reform.
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The politics of hope is back - and it's coming for the despair spread by Reform. @_Wrevolution_ meets @ZackPolanski (again) in the second part of our interview with @TheGreenParty leader 💚
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A Reform UK MP is horrifically racist on TV. The Media? Not a word. Never forget how racist our papers are.
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Wes Streeting on the lessons of the Caerphilly defeat - Labour aren't telling a compelling story about who they are, who they're for & what they are driving to do. On the contrary, I'd argue voters have a very good idea who you are, who you're for and what you're doing.
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Journalism - Opinion: On propaganda masquerading as news. Press releases from Lambeth, Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, and Southwark council (and the dangerous tripe being spouted on social media about Lime bikes)
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Traditionally, council press releases were, and are, a significant part of what makes up a local newspaper with a similar maxim applying to Government and national newspapers and TV / radio. But at…
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Crystal Palace: Light Up the Palace start their Christmas appeal (as London Fire Brigade issue fireworks warning after 32 calls taken over "busy" weekend)... Author Graham Whitlock launches his latest book... & more https://t.co/R9C1o1avyI
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Pictured (from left): Francis Bernstein, Caroline Speight of Light Up The Palace! and Cllr Claire Bonham Light Up The Palace is back! This is a community-led crowd funder which raises money for Chr…
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What has happened to our humanity when we blame refugees for the problems caused by inequality and the super-rich?
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12,000,000 have now watched our pledge to restore hope 💚
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They've been gunning for Louis Theroux since The Settlers film, in which his great crime was letting the settlers speak for themselves.
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BREAKING: In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
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Last year Barratt Redrow posted £592m profits, building a mere 16,565 homes, which were 6% more expensive on average. The Top 5 housebuilders posted over £2bn profits. Why then is the govt halving their affordable housing requirements?
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Developers will qualify for fast-track planning status if they include 20% affordable housing instead of current 35% target
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Everytime you go in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons etc, 5% of the money you spend goes straight to their profits. Before 2022 it was 1.25%. But free breakfasts for schoolchildren is what is ripping you off? They really think you are stupid. Don't be.
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Extraordinary packed scenes everywhere we're taking the Green Party message. Darlington - another stop on the trip of the North East where we're making hope normal again. https://t.co/0qbagSvIYp
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URGENT! Save Peckham from the ghastly Aylesham Centre gross over-development scheme to build ugly block nobody will be able to afford to live in. Inquiry starts Tuesday 28th and they STILL need enough money to fight it. Info and donate button here:
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The Inquiry starts on Tuesday that will review Berkeley Homes' appeal against Southwark Council for refusing planning permission for its development, with its derisory amount of affordable housing....
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The Green Party is having to cancel venues... And book bigger ones because they have too many people attending. It's a good problem to have.
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