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The cost of living crisis is unprecedented in living memory – and low income families are the worst affected by failing markets.
This is the poverty premium, and it affects 1/4 of UK households.
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"2020 was an awful year. But this isn't just bad luck, as the prime minister would like us to believe. What we're seeing now are the consequences of
@BorisJohnson
's decisions. The slowness. The indecision. The incompetence" –
@Keir_Starmer
#FEPSFAB21
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A commitment from
@Keir_Starmer
at
#FEPSFAB22
that a Labour government would treat mental health as seriously as physical health
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Power not protest
BREAKING: Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy's speech is interrupted for a second and third time
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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🚨🚨 NEW FABIAN REPORT 🚨🚨
2 million older voters who did not support Labour in 2019 would consider doing so now.
This is one of the findings of our latest report ‘A mature approach – How can Labour reconnect with older voters’
Find out more in the 🧵 below…
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“Labour would make wellbeing matter as much as economic output,”
@Keir_Starmer
tells
#FEPSFAB22
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NEW POLLING
A nationwide Fabian Society &
@YouGov
poll shows Labour is ahead in a subgroup of 125 target seats the party needs to win in England & Wales
LAB leads CON by 9 percentage points in the 125 seats - LAB 43, Conservative 34
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"Labour members are calling for proportional representation. It is time for the leadership to listen."
@darrenhughesnz
chief exec of
@electoralreform
writes for the
#FabianReview
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The Fabian Society is delighted to publish Keir Starmer’s new pamphlet
The Road Ahead
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Thanks for the free publicity, Ben.
To join the Fabian Society click
New: Trump HUD Secretary Ben Carson believes the Kavanaugh sexual assault allegations are part of a centuries old Socialist plot that began in England with something called the Fabian Society.
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We re-publish this essay by Jo Cox today to share the values & ideas she stood for
#JoCoxMP
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“The Tories have become a high tax party. Why is that? It’s because they’ve become a low growth party … You’ve got the find the money from somewhere” -
@RachelReevesMP
#fepsfab22
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We're crowd-sourcing ideas for what Keir Starmer & the Labour party should do over the next 12 months. So far we've had policy suggestions of UBI, electoral reform & the green new deal. What do you want to see?
Take our survey now
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What do
Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner
Anneliese Dodds
Lisa Nandy
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Rachel Reeves
have in common?
THEY ARE ALL FABIANS
Join them, join the Fabians
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'I'm sick of the vitriol poured on Diane Abbot, Luciana Berger and more. It is strait out of the Trump playbook'
@YvetteCooperMP
#FabSummer
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We’re pleased to have
@AngelaRayner
opening our event & it’s brilliant to hear her say that she promises that under a Labour government the self-employed will never be forgotten again like they were during the pandemic.
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'Our critical challenge is older working class people. We have to be the party of pensioners just as much as young people'
@OwenJones84
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The only way you can be a responsible chancellor is by being a green chancellor -
@rachelreevesMP
at the Fabian northern conference.
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Today the Fabian Society reached EIGHT THOUSAND members
We’re larger now than at any time in our 136 year history
🍾 🌹 🐢
24 HOURS LEFT to join the Fabian Society and receive a vote in the Labour leadership election
Deadline: 5pm Monday
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Boris Johnson ‘mired in deceit’ and unable to lead, says Keir Starmer
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🚨 Fabian Society calls for ‘British employment insurance’ 🚨
🧵
Read the major new report, supported by
@finan_fairness
here:
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“Both Keir and Angela exemplify the best of Fabian values in the way they combine such passion for social justice with a hard-headed practicality.
The Labour party and the country will be well served by two inspiring Fabians leading the British left.”
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🌹"From day one, a Labour government will strengthen workers’ rights and undo the damage the Conservatives have inflicted on working people."
Read
@AngelaRayner
's piece from the summer 2022
#FabianReview
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24 hours in A&E isn’t just a TV programme, it’s an experience people are having in our hospitals…12 years of Tory government have left our NHS in a perilous state -
@wesstreeting
#fepsfab22
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“The Tories are actually the biggest threat to the United Kingdom. And I don’t say that lightly.” -
@AnasSarwar
#FEPSFAB22
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Jo Cox was a brave & passionate politician who left the world a better place. The Fabians will miss her greatly.
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‘We should strain every sinew to restore kindness and respect in public debate. Most British people do not want the vitriol’ -
@YvetteCooperMP
#FEPSFabSummer
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As populism rises, gender equality risks ‘going backwards’ -
@SadiqKhan
#BehindEveryGreatCity
#Fab18
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💡We're crowd-sourcing ideas for what Keir Starmer and the Labour party should do over the next 12 months. Tell us what you think.
Click the link to have your say.
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The Fabian team are in Slough today getting out the vote for the fantastic
@TanDhesi
!
#Vote2017
#VoteLabour
#GE2017
#labourdoorstep
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Another dark day for our democracy.
From everyone at the Fabian Society, our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Sir David Amess MP
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Men need to become better allies for women. Beyond the corridors of Westminster and the bright lights of Hollywood, many women are suffering in silence -
@SadiqKhan
#Fab18
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“It probably is true to say that I’ve moved to the left as I’ve got older. It's partly that times are different & it's also that I’ve become much more persuaded of the need for bold state action.” -
@kate_murray
interviews
@Andrew_Adonis
>>
#FabianReview
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🚨 MAJOR NEW REPORT 🚨
Support Guaranteed: The roadmap to a National Care Service, supported by
@unisontheunion
This is a comprehensive plan for how to deliver on
@UKLabour
's ambition to create a National Care Service in England
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We’re delighted to announce our next pamphlet is by
@UKLabour
leader
@Keir_Starmer
#TheRoadAhead
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‘Every Tory government leaves the country in a worse place than it found it, every Labour government has the lot of improving it - and we will do it again’, says
@NickTorfaen
#FEPSFAB21
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To mark the 25th anniversary of John Smith’s death today we re-publish his pitch to be Labour leader from 1992. It is still a very powerful statement of democratic socialism
Don’t miss our John Smith memorial lecture by
@tom_watson
tomorrow evening
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Labour will be setting out an alternative to inspire people,
@wesstreeting
tells
#fepsfab22
. “It’s not enough for the Tories to lose the next general election - Labour needs to win it.”
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'Labour is now shifting the centre ground, just as Attlee and Thatcher did' -
@OwenJones84
#FabSummer
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Shadow chancellor
@RachelReevesMP
: “Waste and cronyism goes to the heart of this government and who they govern for - their friends and a very small part of society. Keir and I want to govern for the whole country in the national interest”
#fepsfab22
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"Yes we have left the EU, that issue is settled. But we will always be European. And pro-European. And the Labour party will always be an internationalist party." –
@Keir_Starmer
#FEPSFAB21
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'The Labour campaign inspired people across the country. People didn't just vote against the tories, they were inspired!'
@OwenJones84
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🐢THE FABIAN LEADERSHIP ESSAYS
First up, here's Rebecca Long-Bailey and her four-point plan for power:
@RLong_Bailey
prioritises:
✅ Aspirational socialism
✅ A Green Industrial Revolution
✅ Empowering our movement
✅ A democratic revolution
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Asked which Labour policies in government she’s most proud of,
@KateGreenSU
says lifting 1.1m children out of poverty between 97 and 2010. And SureStart centres.
#FEPSFAB21
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Labour to rule out pact with SNP
We’re excited to be hosting
@ScottishLabour
leader
@AnasSarwar
for a Fabian Society in Westminster lecture on Monday
Exclusive to Fabian members
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I don't want arbitrary barriers to life long learning. People in their 40s should be able to realise their aspirations too -
@AngelaRayner
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Congratulations to
@KateGreenSU
- a long-standing and passionate Fabian - who has been elected as the new chair of the Fabian Society
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‘The Home Secretary talks tough but when the going gets tough she’s nowhere to be seen...The government is lurching from one crisis to another’...
@NickTorfaen
#FEPSFAB21
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I'm proud that more than half the deputy mayors of London are women. The fight for gender equality begins at City Hall -
@SadiqKhan
#Fab18
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‘We need to treat nursery providers as a proper part of the education system not an optional extra’ -
@TulipSiddiq
#FEPSFAB21
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.
@AngelaRayner
tells us that there must be a good school on every corner. We have got to start investing in education for young and old!
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Congratulations to our executive committee member
@KateGreenSU
on becoming shadow secretary of state for education.
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Never have the British people been asked to pay so much in tax for so little in return in public services, says
@RachelReevesMP
at our northern conference.
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POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT: “If I win the election in May I will introduce a
#GreenNewDeal
for London to be carbon neutral by 2030” -
@SadiqKhan
🌳🌹
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We‘re delighted to announce the winner of this year’s best article is
@GloriaDePiero
for ‘smashing the class ceiling’.
“Labour must not only speak for the working class, it must speak from the working class too” >> read it here
#FabManc
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Ofsted resources would be better used looking at areas like remote learning, catch-up provision and wellbeing, rather than returning to routine inspections in these extraordinary times -
@wesstreeting
#Fabians20
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"We have to be clear, crisp and confident in what we have to say, and show people there is an alternative to this dreadful government" -
@EmilyThornberry
#FEPSFAB21
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‘Chris Grayling has done more than Karl Marx and Jeremy Corbyn combined to make the case for re-nationalisation of the railways’ -
@Andrew_Adonis
#Fab18
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"We need a relentless focus on how well public money is spent, not just how much. The Conservatives have wasted and mismanaged billions in this crisis without batting an eyelid." –
@AnnelieseDodds
#FEPSFAB21
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- 8500 more mental health professionals to support 1 million more people a year
- Every community will have a mental health hub for young people
- And under Labour spending on mental health will never be allowed to fall
#FEPSFAB22
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'The idea that a centrist platform would have performed just as well is for the birds' -
@OwenJones84
#FabSummer
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🌹 Congratulations to the new leader of
@UKLabour
and member of the Fabian Society executive committee
@Keir_Starmer
Read Keir’s leadership essay ‘uniting our movement’
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It’s our 137th birthday today!
Help us celebrate and join the Fabian Society
The Fabian Society, a gradualist socialist organisation, was founded
#OnThisDay
1884. Famous Fabians include George Bernard Shaw, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, R. H. Tawney, Clement Attlee, Jawaharlal Nehru, Ellen Wilkinson, Tony Benn and Tony Blair.
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We’re devastated to hear of the loss of our sister Tessa Jowell.
A lifelong Fabian, Tessa joined the society aged 20 and was a member for 50 years
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Congratulations to Fabian member
@SadiqKhan
on his re-election as
@MayorofLondon
.
Ahead of the election, Sadiq answered our questions for the Fabian Review, take a look at what he had to say
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One thing that doesn’t cost a penny is a change of attitude about the importance of the arts. The arts are for everyone -
@Aiannucci
#plansforpower
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After
#keirstarmer
’s speech General Secretary
@andrew_harrop
said "It's promising that Keir has committed Labour to four vital economic priorities: prosperity, security, equality and long-termism. He showed that only an active and ambitious state can achieve those goals"
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‘The British people are more tolerant, outward-looking and progressive than the government ruling over us. The challenge is to make those voices heard standing up against a no deal Brexit’ - Gordon Brown
@thefabians
@hopenothate
#GBUnity
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Labour leader
@Keir_Starmer
: “This self indulgent Tory party is having a fight about a leader they should’ve known from the start is not fit for office”
#FEPSFAB22
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‘You get a very good education in a comprehensive school - I am passionately pro comprehensive education’ -
@KateGreenSU
in conversation with
@schooltruth
#FEPSFAB21
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We’re so very sad to hear of the sudden death of Jack Dromey MP. He was a towering figure of the British left and a much-loved member of the Fabian Society.
Our dad - Jack - died suddenly today.
We loved him so, so much.
Rest in peace big man x
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"One of most immediate lessons we need to learn from the US election, is don't let a populist leader define what the country believes in or stands for" -
@EmilyThornberry
#FEPSFAB21
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🖊️ NEW: Today we're delighted to launch Everyday Socialism, a new Fabian Society pamphlet edited by
@RachelReevesMP
.
With contributions by
@chakrabortty
,
@lisanandy
,
@AngelaRayner
,
@Tim_Roache
,
@graceblakeley
,
@bryworthington
& more.
Read it here 👉🏾
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CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Roadmap to a national care service
The Fabian Society is seeking evidence and reform proposals to inform our inquiry on the journey to a new care service for England
Supported by
@unisontheunion
@wesstreeting
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Most important thing we can do to ensure gender equality?
The next time there's a general election we need to make sure it's Labour that wins -
@SadiqKhan
#fab18
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Asked about the ‘1% pay rise’
@DrRosena
points out that we stood on our doorsteps for 10 weeks in a row clapping for those who saved lives, including Boris Johnson for saving his life, this is nothing more than a slap in the face
#RAKFabians
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Fabians staff team delighted to support
@RuthSmeeth
in her campaign in Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove.
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60 yrs since its first publication,
@jl106jml
revisits Young & Willmott's classic, Family and Kinship in East London
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We're excited to announce that the Fabian New Year Conference will take place virtually on Saturday 16 January.
Joining us will be, Leader of the Labour Party and former Fabian exec member, Keir Starmer.
Tickets on sale today, starting at £10 for members
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"The elections absolutely should happen. If elections don't happen, it's the Conservative's failure." -
@AngelaRayner
#FEPSFAB21
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It is completely wrong to expect young people to carry the debt burden from university education -
@AngelaRayner
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NEW: 95% of the people pulled into poverty by planned Universal Credit cuts will come from working or disabled households according to our new research launched today with
@standardlifefdn
📚
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NEW:
@guardian
story on Fabian Society report DOUBLE TROUBLE out today
Rishi Sunak's cuts 'risk plunging more than 3 million into poverty'
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We will win the next election with a narrative of hope not despair… We are in the better lives business not the hairshirt business -
@Ed_Miliband
on Labour’s offer on the environment and climate change
#FEPSFABNYC23
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As well as people in poverty, Labour needs to care about "the people in the middle",
@OwenJones84
tells delegates
#fab16
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The Fabian Society mourns the passing of our former General Secretary and Chair Baroness Shirley Williams
She contributed hugely to our work, one of the countless causes and movements she championed in an epic political life
Very sad to hear of the passing of my inspirational predecessor Shirley Williams - general secretary of
@thefabians
1960-63, chair 1980-81
Condolences to all her friends and family
A true loss to centre left politics
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‘What kind of democracy are we if we decide not to hold a people’s vote for fear of reaction from the far-right? That is against Labour values!’ -
@wesstreeting
#FEPSFAB19
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📕NEW REPORT LAUNCH📕
Today we launch 'A Good Life In All Regions: Uniting Our Country To End Poverty' the final report of the Commission on Poverty and Regional Inequality.
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'The injustices of the current order was typified by
#GrenfellTower
. Labour must establish a new political consensus' -
@OwenJones84
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The Fabian Society was founded
#OnThisDay
in 1884!
134 years on, the society remains at the forefront of developing political ideas & public policy on the left. Join today >
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Congratulations to Fabian Society members
@lisanandy
,
@NickTorfaen
&
@RachelReevesMP
on being appointed to the shadow cabinet.
It’s also a momentous day for our exec committee member
@AnnelieseDodds
who becomes the first woman shadow chancellor.
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We’re very pleased to announce that the Fabian Society will be in Liverpool next weekend, for the Fabians’ packed-as-ever Labour Party conference fringe programme!
#Lab22
🌹
For full details of all 20+ public events 😮, click the link below ⬇️
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Labour will scrap the work capability and personal independence payment assessments -
@debbie_abrahams
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🗳️ELECTION RESULTS🗳️
The results are in, here is your Fabian Society Executive Committee for 2021/23
Congratulations to the winning candidates and thank you to all those who took part in the election (we hope to work with you all in the future) 🐢
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'There is no socialism without feminism and that should be at the the heart of our politics.' -.
@OwenJones84
#Fabians
#Lab18
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