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Sam Tarry

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Sam Tarry

@SamTarry

Former Labour MP | Trade Unionist | Labour Party Activist 🌹Podcast: Next Week in Westminster: tinyurl.com/27tawaf6

Ilford, London

Joined March 2009

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Sam Tarry
@SamTarry
Jun 7, 2024
Thank you to Ilford, my hometown of forty years, the place that made me who I am. Thank you to my staff and all my supporters in Ilford and across East London. My work for the people who need a transformative Labour Government is not done. Now to win a Labour Government. 🌹
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Aydin Dikerdem
@AydinDikerdem
Jun 23
It’s wild how Gaza is being erased from the narrative surrounding Starmer’s unpopularity. Over 50% of Labour switchers at the locals said it influenced them. It came up on the doorstep over & over again. It’s one of the greatest moral stains of our era. And yet media silence.
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The New Statesman
@NewStatesman
Jun 22
THE PRODUCTIVE STATE: A FRAMEWORK FOR MANCHESTERISM by @DantonsHead Solving Britain's problem requires an approach that transcends the dichotomy of private market provision and welfare state redistribution. What is required is a third pillar of political economy: the
The case for Manchesterism
From newstatesman.com
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Jessica Elgot
@jessicaelgot
Jun 21
Replying to @jessicaelgot
He argues people are facing a “privatisation premium” – a regressive hidden tax in everyday bills that transfers wealth from households to investors. The government is then forced to subsidise inflated costs with welfare
Burnham ally to unveil ambitious plan to reverse decades of privatisation
From theguardian.com
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Next Week in Westminster
@NWI_Westminster
Jun 18
LIVE FROM MAKERFIELD. We want to hear from you - how will this election affect future legislation? #politics #laws #england #primeminister #starmer #brokenbritain #reform #andyburnham #burnham #westminster #elections #electionnight #labour #conservatives
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Sam Tarry
@SamTarry
Jun 18
Been a great few weeks up campaigning in Makerfield for @AndyBurnhamGM Seen so many Labour friends from across the country, campaigning with real hope and optimism for first time in a long time.
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Andy Burnham HQ
@andyburnhamHQ
Jun 18
☀️ Good Morning Makerfield. Today, Vote Hope.
Andy Burnham
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Andy Burnham
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UNISON - UK's largest union
@unisontheunion
Jun 16
“We must finish the job on workers’ rights. Not shy away from taking on union-busting bosses… vested interests… or fascist oligarchs” @AngelaRayner addresses UNISON members at their annual conference #uNDC26
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The New Statesman
@NewStatesman
Jun 17
MAKERFIELD DAYS by @Will___lloyd A season of superlatives was dawning over Makerfield, a collection of peri-rural suburbs, former pit villages and towns spread beneath Wigan. The vote was seismic. Historic. Make-or-break. The chance of a lifetime. Andy Burnham had staked his
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The New Statesman
@NewStatesman
Jun 16
The “return of the state” is both the most compelling case for Andy Burnham and the reason journalists still struggle to understand “Burnhamism”. New Labour’s aversion to nationalisation is now as out of date as Old Labour was in the 1990s. The records of both Margaret Thatcher
Labour needs a leader who actually enjoys the job
From newstatesman.com
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Jon Favreau
@jonfavs
Jun 12
Elon Musk held up a chainsaw, fed USAID into the wood chipper, and at least 600,00 people have already died as a result - two-thirds of them children. History's first trillionaire.
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm
Jun 12
Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire in history.
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Next Week in Westminster
@NWI_Westminster
Jun 12
21. Threats to the State, Safer Skies, and the Invisible Disease What's going on in the Houses next week? The National Security State Threats Bill, the Civil Aviation Bill, and a debate on severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 🎧 A new episode out later
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
@MayorofLondon
Jun 11
Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums.  Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space.   It's all getting a bit silly,
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