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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Want to hear more from the Labour left? 🎙️ Check out the Labour Left podcast, hosted by our Vice Chair @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social. The latest episode is with @labourlewis.bsky.social on why we need to reset our Party to win. Search “Labour Left Podcast” wherever you listen.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Labour Left Podcast guest @labourlewis on the Channel Four News tonight. Want to hear more? Watch the Labour Left Podcast here 👇 Clive Lewis MP on the Labour Left Podcast It’s Time to Reset our Labour Party 1/2 youtu.be/15H1UOxZNg0
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three people, including a child, drowned in the Channel today. Our politics is so broken that the debate is never about how we stop these deaths and always about how we can come up with harsher policies that make more deaths inevitable.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In a candid and wide-ranging interview Clive Lewis, the Labour MP for Norwich South, explores how far Andy Burnham has moved us on from Labour Together’s toxic inner-party culture. Links in replies.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
NadiaWhittomeMP is known for her solidarity with the Trans community. She’s won awards from Pink News & Diva Magazine. Hear her on the Labour Left Podcast (22:48) covering the Supreme Court ruling, Farage’s attacks & those on Left who fall short on solidarity. #LGBTQ youtu.be/qbT9Dt9JnL
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The latest Labour Left Podcast is with Nadia Whittome MP & you can listen to it in all the usual places. Just go to You Tube, Substack, Alexa or your favourite podcast site & search for the Labour Left Podcast.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Sandy Martin of @Labour4PR is the guest on @LabourHub Labour Left Podcast. We discuss PR in tte wider context of a struggle for democracy, put the socialist case for electoral reform & consider how we can get the job done. Please share. #Labour4PR 1/4
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
If you’re thinking Starmer campaigning for his sworn opponent in a by-election is unprecedented you’re absolutely wrong! Here’s Dennis Healey campaigning for Tony Benn in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election. It’s hilarious and even the poor banner couldn’t take any more! VOTE LABOUR!
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
After Labour’s electoral catastrophe can we stop Nigel Farage in 2029? Six questions to ask all the Leadership candidates to make sure we can. #SavetheLabourParty labourhub.org.uk/2026/05/10/t...
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The Local Election Disaster of 2026: Can We Save Labour?
In 1929 the first British General Election took place under universal suffrage. In the light of the catastrophic local election results, Bryn Griffiths asks will the next General Election, on the c…
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
After Starmer’s electoral catastrophe we now more than ever need to turn our attention to Nigel Farage. The clock is ticking & we have got until 2029. Listen to writer David Renton consider how we Stop Nigel Farage and the Far Right? youtu.be/5pl_yzo90c8
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We held back Reform in New Town and Christchurch in Colchester in a recent by-election and we’re fighting to do so again. Here’s our leafleting session in the Colchester West Branch where I am Chair. Here’s the Labour Hub report of the by-election. labourhub.org.uk/2025/10/26/a... 1/2
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Great event in Colchester on the 1 May. Join us on the May Day Weekend to sing songs of resistance. Book your ticket here 👉 www.ticketsource.com/folksingarou...
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Today’s the day we show our support for refugees in Colchester. If you’re in North Essex please join us at 11.30 am at St Botolphs to say loud and clear #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere 1/2
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
If you want to stop Farage the first thing you must do is register vote. Don’t forget the Chartists and the Suffragettes in some cases sacrificed their lives for our right to vote. Let’s use it to stop the racists. Click here to register. www.gov.uk/vote-uk-elec...
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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 08/04/2026
Resident doctors are once again out on the picket lines across England. This dispute was entirely avoidable. We were close to getting a deal before the Government changed the goalposts at the last minute. All resident doctors are asking for is a fair offer on jobs and pay.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Today Ireland marks the anniversary of Connolly’s #EasterRising. As a socialist I share historian Geoff Bell talking about the fight for a united Ireland. Solidarity with those working for a united Ireland today, #1916Rising Labour Left Podcast youtu.be/V329tWHoLKo
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Geoff Bell Labour for Irish Unity - The Fight for a United Ireland
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Incredible posts by @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social There needs to be a full independent investigation into Labour Together. Did they also commission APCO to investigate McDonnell? And if so how many other Labour MPs have they done this too?
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clpd-labour.bsky.social @clpd-labour.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🌹 Reset the Labour Party Members from across our Party are uniting behind a call to urgently reset the Party. Labour must restore democracy, restore democratic selections, end the suspension of MPs and move away from top-down control. More details here: resetlabour.co.uk
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Reset the Labour Party
NEC candidates standing for a progressive, democratic and pluralist Labour Party
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
120 years ago this year a group of MPs in Parliament first took the name of Labour. It is an unmitigated disaster that Keir Starmer’s poor leadership is putting at risk Labour’s historic link with the unions that created it! 1/2
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On #IWD2026 I’ve written an article celebrating all the wonderful socialist feminists who’ve appeared on the Labour Left Podcast. Lots of fantastic women to listen to on #InternationalWomensDay2026 labourhub.org.uk/2026/03/08/m...
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
On #SocialistSunday how are Labour supporters and members feeling about our defeat in #GortonAndDenton? I’m still livid and here’s why 👇
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This weekend every Labour Member and affiliated Trade Unionist should be angry beyond belief at what Peter Mandelson, Morgan McSweeney and Keir Starmer have done to our Labour party. #GortonAndDenton 1/5
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
#OTD on 26 February 1918 the Labour Party adopted Clause IV (4) of the Labour Party constitution. The original wording of 2018 can still be seen below on my old 1987 membership card. 1/6
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Proud to be part of a democratic socialist movement which is truly humanitarian, an opponent of war crimes and an advocate of self determination throughout the world. From Ukraine to Gaza our socialism comes from below.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Francesca Albanese is one of the voices of our age. History will destroy many vocal figures and voices in this moment. If there is any justice Francesca will be admired for generations to come. 1/2
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I've just signed the Restore Labour Democracy statement. Join Labour MPs, members and trade union leaders - add your name today! We demand an end to the factional culture coming from the top of the Labour Party that has sidelined members and helped alienate voters. actionnetwork.org/forms/restor...
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STATEMENT: Restore Labour Democracy
I've just signed the Restore Labour Democracy statement. Join Labour MPs, members and trade union leaders - add your name today! We demand an end to the factional culture coming from the top of the ...
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A reasonable suggestion from some of Britain’s leading NHS campaigning organisations. As a Labour Party member I’d like to be informed by this set of messages. Wes is a leading Labour to Win figure & Labour’s internal electorate need to be informed when they vote in this year’s NEC elections.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A Million Podcasts have recognised the Labour Left Podcast as one of the Top 100 A Level Politics Podcasts on the web. You can find their whole list here: www.millionpodcasts.com/synthwave-po... 1/2
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Guardian’s Chakrabortty on Starmer & Labour. Must read. “When Mandelson texted his Westminster apprentice Wes Streeting last March that “the government problems do not stem from comms”, he was spot on. The problem is not communications; it’s that there is so little to pass on”.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Absolutely right. I’m from Greater Manchester and as a teenager I stood on the Stretford End. Racism is never acceptable.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🚨 The Government publishes its Bill to reform elections tomorrow 📜 This includes votes at 16, tighter donation rules & simpler voter registration 🤦 But the 'Representation of the People Bill' doesn’t do what it says on the tin - most people still won’t be represented 1/3
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It’s Dennis Skinner the @BolsoverBeast’s 94th birthday today. Here he is in a photo I took in 1992 with Arthur Scargill & the late Peter Heathfield opposing another wave of pit closures. A great Labour MP & a committed trade unionist in the Great Strike. Happy Birthday Dennis.
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Odd timing to try to spin this when the day before you released dozens of messages with the bloke, many of which were signed off with a kiss. I definitely don't sign off my text messages with a X if I'm not (at least) close friends with someone ...
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Movies versus capitalism is a great podcast so do subscribe. I haven’t seen this film but if former Labour Left Podcast guest Harvey thinks it’s worth a watch I’ll give the podcast then the film a go. Here’s more of Harvey … Prof Harvey J Kaye youtu.be/gNE6C_sb58Q
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Prof Harvey J Kaye - History from below: why it matters today.
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John McDonnell MP @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I asked the Defence minister today to examine whether the £4 million donation to Labour in 2024 by Quadrature. a hedge fund with sizeable investments in Palentir, a client of Mandelson’s company, had any influence on the award of contracts to Palentir, some without competition.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Today we mark #HolocaustMemorialDay, remembering the six million Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust and all those murdered under Nazi persecution. It is so important to this day that we understand antisemitism and know what we have to do to fight it. youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
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Off White: the Truth About Antisemitism Rachel Shabi on the Labour Left Podcast
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Excellent to see @BellRibeiroAddy a recent guest of the Labour Left Podcast signing the Holocaust UK Book of Commitment ahead of tomorrow’s Holocaust Memorial Day. To learn more about antisemitism & how to fight it have a listen to Rachel Shabi. youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
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Off White: the Truth About Antisemitism Rachel Shabi on the Labour Left Podcast
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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Local members have been denied the chance to vote for the best-placed candidate to defeat Reform..." Our statement on the NEC's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton. 🔽
Momentum Co-Chairs said: 

“The Labour Leadership’s decision to block Andy Burnham from standing as a candidate in Gorton and Denton is a catastrophic example of the nasty factionalism typical of Starmer’s leadership.

Local members have been denied the chance to vote for the best-placed candidate to defeat Reform, showing again that control-freakery at the top of the Party is destroying our chances of winning. 

Nonetheless this is clearly the beginning of the end for Starmer’s Government. Plummeting approval ratings and its refusal to back the bold, popular policies our communities need mean its days are numbered. 

It is increasingly likely there will be a leadership election in the near future: it is essential that socialists and progressives stay in, join or rejoin Labour to have a say in that contest.”
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
At Labour Party Conference 2022 I spoke in favour of local Labour Parties choosing election candidates. Every single word applies again today to the situation in the Gorton and Denton Labour Party selection process. It’s time to save the Labour Party & let the members decide. youtu.be/gDrUn2RzfhI
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Bryn Griffiths backs the right of local Labour parties to choose their candidates
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Evidence from @yougov.co.uk is crystal clear. I'm not of Andy Burnham's politics, but come on: he's the only figure with any chance of rescuing Labour from its current seemingly terminal decline ... bsky.app/profile/youg...
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Labour Hub @labour-hub.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Gerry Gable By Andy Bell The death of Searchlight founder, publisher and sometimes editor Gerry Gable at 88 closes a chapter without which the story of British anti-fascism would look very different. For more than six decades he was a central, often controversial, but indispensable figure in the…
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Gerry Gable
By Andy Bell The death of Searchlight founder, publisher and sometimes editor Gerry Gable at 88 closes a chapter without which the story of British anti-fascism would look very different. For more than six decades he was a central, often controversial, but indispensable figure in the fight against fascism and the extreme right: an organiser, investigator and strategist who believed that understanding the enemy was the key to defeating it.
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I see the issue of alleged antisemitism on the left is again under wide discussion. Please can I recommend this podcast where Rachel Shabi argues why it’s so important that the left both understands and fights antisemitism whilst challenging bad faith allegations. youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ
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Off White: the Truth About Antisemitism Rachel Shabi on the Labour Left Podcast
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Labour Left Podcast @brynhgriffiths.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Excellent Daily Mirror coverage of the latest clapped out Tory to fall off the conveyor belt into the hands of Nigel Farage. “Are you Tories in disguise?”. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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19 Tories join Reform as Farage's party earns new 'disgraced' nickname
Reform UK has been branded a 'retirement home for disgraced former Conservative ministers' - The Mirror takes a look at all the big names who have defected to Reform.
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Sue Lukes @suelukes.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is good! Not just accurate and politically on point but a really good read.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It isn’t difficult to hold 2 thoughts, side by side, at the same time: The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence. The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
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John McDonnell MP @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I’ve tabled in Parliament a further Early Day Motion calling on David Lammy, as the Secretary of State for Justice, to engage with the legal representatives of the pro Palestinian activists on hunger strike & whose health has seriously deteriorated. Urge your MP to sign EDM 2573
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Labour Hub @labour-hub.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What lessons can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to be Mayor of New York? Mike Phipps reviews Run Zohran Run! by Theodore Hamm, published by OR Books. Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death, ICE agents shooting…
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What lessons can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to be Mayor of New York?
Mike Phipps reviews Run Zohran Run! by Theodore Hamm, published by OR Books. Trump bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, Palestine Action hunger strikers close to death, ICE agents shooting dead an innocent woman in Minneapolis – it’s been a bleak start to 2026. Perhaps the only ray of hope was provided by the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani as the new Mayor of New York.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence. A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions. Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
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Rep. Omar: Trump admin’s take on MN shooting is ‘delusional,’ ‘we’ve all seen the video’ | CNN
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar joins The Lead.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 06/01/2026
Enjoying being back at work? The freezing weather? The morning commute? By noon today FTSE 100 CEO's have already earned the average workers yearly salary. Average CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median worker's salary. It's time for change.
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John McDonnell MP @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Tony Vaughan is one of the new MPs elected for Labour last year & in his contributions to Commons debates has displayed a considered approach to issues. He’s certainly not what the media would call a”usual suspect.”I suspect he is reflecting here what many in the PLP feel.
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