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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 7h

The Sheikh Mansour - Burnham call that led to this statement in full

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the take is that burnham is good enough actor to cry on cue and it still lost an election to jeremy corbyn?

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Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Imagine thinking average wage growth wI’ll be consistently above 2.5% every year

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Andy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Know the talking about late father rules:

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Takes like this will turn me into a Burnham die hard lmao

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"A wealth tax should fund the National Care Service"

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mrs. Lincoln reviewing Burnham's speech: well apart from the triple lock thing it was great

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Imagine Starmer delivering a no-notes conference speech, he would also be crying

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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You came into power and raised the cost of employing people, especially for entry level jobs and have been non-stop talking about how amazing AI is to boost productivity, which in reality comes through reducing entry level roles, and now have decided the cause of youth unemployment is welfare

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Borrowing the argument from Blair's 2005 speech on immigration while pursuing policy that goes miles further than the Tories were calling for on the issue. And Labour wonder why no one trusts them on immigration

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Full text: Tony Blair's speech on asylum and immigration

The prime minister's speech on asylum and immigration, delivered in Dover.

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ending the triple-lock as a *manifesto pledge*???

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Wrath of God Bot @wrathofgodbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"We have projected hundreds of parallel universes and this is the only one where Kemi Badenoch can take power"

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Rob @robsnottweeting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Maybe older voters can genuinely be convinced to sacrifice a relatively minor benefit for the good of the country and to ultimately help younger generations who face tougher conditions then they did why are you laughing

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Hey remember the winter fuel allowance cut? Imagine that, but worse"

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm sorry have they gone mental?

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The cast and crew in every interview: "This one's for the shareholders"

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Andy Burnham: No no, I said there would be Reform social care after the election

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Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

extremely excited to say that the next post is from @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social on the case against auto-enrolment of workers into trade unions. So so happy to have a post form someone else to share (and Ciaran’s writing is always great).

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Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1) Now published ten articles on the Forward March? Substack (substack.com/@forwardmarc...) and think these give a good flavour of what I’m trying to do with it.

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Forward March? | Substack

Stuff on organised labour in the UK, from a middling trade union bureaucrat.

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Richard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This would make sense if the Falklands were 2 miles off the Argentinian coast and not 300

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Worth comparing this from another man of the Labour right to Ovenden's venom

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Danny Tommo leaving Patriot Platform to go and run a Covid conscious lesbian pub in Northern Ireland.

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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Think it's important to grasp that when people like Ovenden use phrases like "rapidly medicalised layabouts" they get a little thrill like they're daring to break taboos, but actually they're repeating the tiresome but orthodox belief of their coterie. (Cf his treatment of Diane Abbott.)

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Came across this decent puzzle while playing

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Man City's legal defence in full

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have been watching The People Vs OJ Simpson and I believe City should hire Courtney B. Vance in character as Johnnie Cochran to argue their appeal case

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CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow, can't believe they printed this

The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st century ARE:

1 - 99: The 2009 episide of "One Tree Hill" where a guy dropped his heart transplant heart on the floor and then a dog ate it

100: "Battlestar Galactica" or something

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"rapidly medicalised layabouts" really jumps off the page as being an absurdly hateful thing to say

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Getting into a huge online argument about why PEN15, a show that absolutely exists, is better than Planet Earth

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An impartial United fan gets in touch

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jones making the conscious decision to no longer seek to be an activist-journalist but "influencer" is quite sad really. This unknown diplomat was SILENCED for making broadly the same predictions Richard Nixon did? At least make the bullshit more interesting

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Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Latest post is a short one on recently using hybrid balloting for an industrial action ballot and what I think its uses and limitations are.

forwardmarchoflabour.substack.com

Reflections On Using Hybrid Balloting

How I think hybrid balloting compares to postal balloting based on two recent ballots (one of each).

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

While the article technically says this, it immediately plays down the likelihood of it happening...

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cones @coneshotline.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the uk getting primetime a month late is nonsensical when we’re the world’s leaders in paedofinding psychosis

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It fascinates me how he posts nonsense like this on X but strikes a more reasonable tone on here. It means he’s self-aware about the difference which makes it worse, honestly.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 25/09/2026

Sorry, what? Diplomats talk to each other. Miliband has also spoken to his Israeli counterpart. The French foreign minister also met Araghchi this week. X is such a sewer of bad, motivated takes.

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm not saying he's a spycop, that's unsaid

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

pro-crime mahmood thinks its acceptable to let thugs intimidate our brave boys and girls in the police because she doesn't believe in the rule of law. Sad!

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Finally found a way to convince Burnham to intervene on AI

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Starmer speechwriter afraid of PM capable of expressing himself is just a bit too on the nose

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

i like alan lockey but this is mentioned so many times and its just plainly not the reality of the facts: Keir Starmer was pushed kicking and screaming into this between very very ill-humoured statements about how labour mps are big meanies for pushing it to this point

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