#  @meganekenyon megan kenyon megan kenyon posts on X about in the, to the, this is, piece the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::402800157/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] -72% - [--] Month [---------] +409% - [--] Months [---------] +1,502% - [--] Year [---------] -8.60% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::402800157/posts_active)  - [--] Months [--] -19% - [--] Year [--] +47% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::402800157/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +0.37% - [--] Month [-----] +6% - [--] Months [-----] +163% - [--] Year [-----] +218% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::402800157/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [us election](/list/us-election) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [products](/list/products) [stocks](/list/stocks) [musicians](/list/musicians) **Social topic influence** [in the](/topic/in-the), [to the](/topic/to-the), [this is](/topic/this-is), [piece](/topic/piece), [london](/topic/london), [for the](/topic/for-the), [events](/topic/events), [politics](/topic/politics), [future](/topic/future), [investment](/topic/investment) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Scotlands place in the union is deep-rooted and complex. Without prior deliberation the variables determining its future are too nuanced to be condensed into a yes or no answer. Me for @timesredbox https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/direct-democracy-raises-more-questions-than-answers-jlf88gjdt https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/direct-democracy-raises-more-questions-than-answers-jlf88gjdt" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1338431825950240768) 2020-12-14T10:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@basialcummings @soph_husk" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1414654458953441287) 2021-07-12T18:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@soph_husk @DailyMirror congrats Sophie youre gonna crush it 😎 xx" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1588120794168803330) 2022-11-03T10:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "1. BCP's politics are "contested complicated and fragmented". BCP became a unitary council in [----]. It is made up of three former councils. Prior to this not all of the councils were in agreement about BCP's creation + some cllrs still feel allegiance to their former authority" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1687432880807358464) 2023-08-04T11:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "2. The council has had three leaders in the past four years (bare in mind it has only been running since 2019). Control of the council has switched between the Conservatives and a Lib-Dem led alliance with independents Labour & Greens. This has created instability at BCP" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1687432882262867969) 2023-08-04T11:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Its my first day @NewStatesman as policy correspondent covering sustainability for @NS_Spotlight - do get in touch for coffees/chats 😎 (email in bio)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1696462505751548268) 2023-08-29T09:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Rishi Sunak's Net Zero backtrack fell in the middle of New York Climate week. Unlike the PM international policy makers argued climate policies should be seen as an investment not an expense. Me for the Green Transition @NS_Spotlight @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1705211673663922639) 2023-09-22T13:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I spent a lot of Labour party conference thinking about the grid⚡💡 Renewing the UKs energy infrastructure is essential to reach net zero. But is an incoming Labour government up to the challenge For @NewStatesman & @NS_Spotlight" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1715029065436954664) 2023-10-19T15:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "In the middle of a growing shortage of temporary accommodation with [--] in [--] people in our capital city currently homeless our home secretary chooses to pick a fight over tents and call rough sleeping a lifestyle choice Really" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1720811485524365360) 2023-11-04T14:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Important piece in @NS_Spotlight from @RobbieMac_ on why new oil and gas licences have nothing to do with energy security especially ahead of Rishi Sunak's plans for the King's Speech tomorrow:" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1721514362035146994) 2023-11-06T13:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Barry Gardiner asks whether the UK will be pledging funds to the loss and damages fund (points out that Belgium and Germany already have). Coutinho says the UK is speaking to international counterparts but adds that pledges at Cop often come together "at the very last minute"" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1722257356711678437) 2023-11-08T14:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Coutinho is asked about new oil and gas licences - included in yesterday's King's Speech - particularly whether they will bring people's bills down. She explains new licences will raise money for the UK and increase investment in the sector so that it can transition to" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1722265314413691120) 2023-11-08T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "net zero at the right time. Coutinho reiterates the argument put forward by govt that the UK will need to use oil and gas in the transition to net zero [----] and it's much better that the oil and gas we do use is produced in the UK" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1722265316846424398) 2023-11-08T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Cop28 kicks off next week. Ahead of the conference and with an election next year looking likely I looked into what to expect from Labour's shadow front bench in Dubai this year. "On the outside looking in": Labour's shadow cop 🌎" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1726578429951406278) 2023-11-20T12:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Private jets belonging to [---] celebrities have spent a sum total of [--] years in the air since [----]. These flights have the same carbon footprint as [-----] British people 😭🤧 - brilliant bit of data journalism from @guardian" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1727004335949893940) 2023-11-21T16:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "lmao how long do you think Jeremy Hunt has been waiting to make that joke 😭" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1727308335605821917) 2023-11-22T12:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@connie_dimsdale @NSPCC @frida_thoughts Amazing Connie Congrats 😎✨" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1729559561479090333) 2023-11-28T17:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "I spoke to @FrediOtto of @ClimateSciBreak about why we're "telling the wrong story" about climate change and how vital it is that policymakers and governments properly communicate the urgency of our current situation🌎 For @NewStatesman / @NS_Spotlight" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1732440333064028563) 2023-12-06T16:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "It looks like the pledge to phase down fossil fuels has been removed from the draft agreement at #Cop28 . Seems miles away from when countries agreed to this wording rather than phase out. This is certainly not the landmark conference the UAE were hoping for then" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1734251790806249580) 2023-12-11T16:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Another top player goes down with an ACL injury. Weve seen so many across teams in the WSL over the past two years - surely a sign we need better investment in kit and training that actually works for womens bodies Chelsea Football Club can confirm striker Sam Kerr has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during our warm weather training camp in Morocco. Chelsea Football Club can confirm striker Sam Kerr has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during our warm weather training camp in Morocco" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1744122187974414818) 2024-01-07T22:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I finished A Death in Malta by @pcaruanagalizia this morning - my first read of [----]. A truly extraordinary and harrowing story and so beautifully written. I highly recommend picking up a copy" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1746848290761506958) 2024-01-15T10:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ".@OctopusEnergy allow you to spin the 'wheel of fortune' after giving a meter reading and it *might* win you money off your energy bill. Every time I've done it I have won [--]. Seems a bit of a cruel gimmick when people are genuinely hard up due to sky high energy costs atm" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1748014474726916220) 2024-01-18T16:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Labour have denied they're dropping their 28bn green investment pledge. A Labour source says "it's nonsense"" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748395747278475281) 2024-01-19T17:23Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "Labour should "view 28bn as a floor not a ceiling" for green investment says @labourlewis in this piece today for @NS_Spotlight. 'Why 28bn should only be the start of Labour's climate investment' @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1753413457292980437) 2024-02-02T13:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "For today's Green Transition (@NS_Spotlight) I wrote about the likelihood of Labour's Clean Power by [----] ambition. Spoiler alert: it's not all about the money. ⚡🌎 Read on below and subscribe to get weekly green analysis in your inbox. @NewStatesman https://open.substack.com/pub/spotlightonpolicy/p/the-green-transition-can-labour-achiever=2pg7pp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/spotlightonpolicy/p/the-green-transition-can-labour-achiever=2pg7pp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1773302944311529797) 2024-03-28T10:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Labour have outlined how they intend to help out councils if elected. Seems they will introduce multi-year funding settlements and align the allocation of different strands of government funding to make forward planning easier for councils. https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Power-and-partnership-Labours-Plan-to-Power-up-Britain.pdf https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Power-and-partnership-Labours-Plan-to-Power-up-Britain.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1773388841795105093) 2024-03-28T16:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "It makes *zero* sense to prioritise a finite energy source over an abundant one especially when your argument is that it will improve energy security. Sunak to allow oil and gas exploration at sites intended for offshore wind https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/02/sunak-to-allow-oil-and-gas-exploration-at-sites-intended-for-offshore-wind https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/02/sunak-to-allow-oil-and-gas-exploration-at-sites-intended-for-offshore-wind" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1786127509127377356) 2024-05-02T20:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "For this week's edition of the Green Transition @NS_Spotlight I've written about the wider risks associated with declining biodiversity and a pretty shocking new report from @GFI_green which estimated nature-related risks could see UK GDP drop by 12% https://spotlightonpolicy.substack.comutm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web https://spotlightonpolicy.substack.comutm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1786712823650812318) 2024-05-04T11:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Defeatism is as much of a threat as climate denial I interviewed climate scientist @MichaelEMann about net zero lessons from the earths history and why US leadership is essential for climate action. For @NS_Spotlight/@NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/michael-mann-defeatism-threat-climate-change-action-net-zero https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/michael-mann-defeatism-threat-climate-change-action-net-zero" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1788843954173079782) 2024-05-10T08:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I sat down with @StarkClimate two days before he stepped down as chief executive of @theCCCuk. We spoke about Scotland the political will for net zero and David Attenborough among other things. In this week's @NS_Spotlight/@NewStatesman 🌍⚡ https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/chris-stark-climate-change-committee-oil-gas-licences-north-sea-net-zero https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/chris-stark-climate-change-committee-oil-gas-licences-north-sea-net-zero" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1789933711749689715) 2024-05-13T08:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Labour has unveiled the logo and website for its planned publicly-owned energy company GB Energy. Last month I wrote about how GBE would work on a local level - for @NewStatesman/@NS_Spotlight https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/04/how-could-labours-local-power-plan-work https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/04/how-could-labours-local-power-plan-work" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1796477715257975145) 2024-05-31T09:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "This morning Sir Patrick Vallance backed Labour's climate plans. At the end of last year I wrote about Vallance's seven rules for net zero @NewStatesman : https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/2023/11/patrick-vallances-seven-rules-for-net-zero https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/2023/11/patrick-vallances-seven-rules-for-net-zero" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1796551009227137049) 2024-05-31T14:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Sunak pedalling the infuriating net zero is too expensive argument - it will be MORE expensive if we dont do this transition. Why would you prioritise finite resources (oil and gas) over abundant ones (renewables). Its an such an expensive mistake #itvdebate" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1798096800622285178) 2024-06-04T20:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Talking about energy security while saying were still going to drill for north sea oil and gas is so disingenuous. It was our reliance on fossil fuels that left us exposed to skyrocketing energy costs when Russia invaded Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1798097239614603364) 2024-06-04T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "With headlines like this it's absolutely crazy that housing got less than [--] mins in the debate last night and half of that was Sunak saying the way he'd fix the housing crisis is with tax cuts. We're such an unserious country https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/crisis-hit-councils-spend-up-to-50-percent-of-budgets-on-temporary-housing-vwsq88p50 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/crisis-hit-councils-spend-up-to-50-percent-of-budgets-on-temporary-housing-vwsq88p50" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1798346695421690006) 2024-06-05T13:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I profiled @Georgia_Gould the candidate for Queen's Park and Maida Vale as part of a wider piece on Labour candidates to watch - find it in this week's edition of the @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-next-generation-election-2024-new-labour-mps https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-next-generation-election-2024-new-labour-mps" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1801194275360674065) 2024-06-13T10:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Following yesterday's manifesto launch I wrote about Labour's heavily trailed climate plans and why they're now under more scrutiny than ever - for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-climate-plans-are-under-more-scrutiny-than-ever https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-climate-plans-are-under-more-scrutiny-than-ever" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1801636466608447703) 2024-06-14T15:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "With Taylor Swift's Eras Tour set to land in London this week (I'm going on Friday woo) here's a reminder of my briefing for @lgcplus from last year all about.you guessed it fiscal devolution : 'Why the Treasury needs to listen to Taylor Swift' https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc-briefing/why-the-treasury-needs-to-listen-to-taylor-swift-28-03-2023/ https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc-briefing/why-the-treasury-needs-to-listen-to-taylor-swift-28-03-2023/" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1803099358855889075) 2024-06-18T16:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Shortly before the election was called I interviewed @alanwhiteheadmp the shadow minister for energy security. We discussed Labours energy plans the north sea transition & how climate policy has changed since he was elected in [----] - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/06/alan-whitehead-labour-energy-security-green-transition-net-zero-renewables https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/06/alan-whitehead-labour-energy-security-green-transition-net-zero-renewables" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1803428379615514720) 2024-06-19T14:03Z [----] followers, 21.4K engagements "The Restore Nature Now March is about to kick off in central London. Good line up of environment celebrities Chris Packham Caroline Lucas Emma Thompson and Dale Vince among the front of the line" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1804476436247454136) 2024-06-22T11:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The framing of this is *super* misleading. Yes decarbonisation will require a lot of money. But under Labour's plans a lot of that will be crowded in from private finance rather than public by removing current barriers to investment e.g. speeding up the planning process. Shadow minister admits Labours net zero target will cost hundreds of billions of pounds. https://t.co/Y1WHLMbvGi Shadow minister admits Labours net zero target will cost hundreds of billions of pounds. https://t.co/Y1WHLMbvGi" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1806262067227169155) 2024-06-27T09:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "May [----] was the hottest on record and it's looking likely June [----] will be record breaking too. Makes the past six weeks likely to be the hottest election campaign on record - yet climate change has barely featured. https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-may-2024-12th-consecutive-month-record-high-temperatures#::text=The%20Copernicus%20Climate%20Change%20Serviceaverage%20temperature%20reaches%20a%20record" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1808468951661240666) 2024-07-03T11:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Mandatory house building targets for councils are back under Labour just over [--] months after the Conservatives scrapped them. Still not 100% clear on how the new govt plans to take on the nimbies though https://www.thetimes.com/article/87558ae0-2fcd-4673-bb16-95f970ae38eeshareToken=5a39b488bcd8f77327c8cdb0407635d5 https://www.thetimes.com/article/87558ae0-2fcd-4673-bb16-95f970ae38eeshareToken=5a39b488bcd8f77327c8cdb0407635d5" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1810210025626804727) 2024-07-08T07:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Lifting the ban on onshore wind is low hanging fruit - but you can definitely sense a real shift in tone between the new govt which is clearly prioritising renewable energy & previous one which spent most of the time defending it's decision to allow new oil and gas licences. The onshore wind ban has been in place for [--] years. We've been in government for [--] hours we've lifted it. That's the pace we're going to move at. https://t.co/Hd2B1q8oE2 The onshore wind ban has been in place for [--] years. We've been in government for [--] hours we've lifted it. That's the pace we're going to move at." [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1810316929971695676) 2024-07-08T14:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Shortly after the election was called I spoke to Labour donor and eco-entrepreneur @DaleVince about the party's clean power plans. We covered the economic case for net zero planning reform and the potential of green gas. Have a read For @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/07/dale-vince-interview-clean-power-renewables-green-net-zero-labour-general-election https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/07/dale-vince-interview-clean-power-renewables-green-net-zero-labour-general-election" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1811077512677433417) 2024-07-10T16:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Prime Minister Keir Starmer just set to address the New Statesman summer reception" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1815458469484655057) 2024-07-22T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "For last week's edition of the Green Transition I wrote about Labour's plans for clean power [----] 1.5bn for contracts for difference and Chris Stark's snazzy new job title for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/08/chris-stark-clean-power-2030-green-transition https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/08/chris-stark-clean-power-2030-green-transition" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1820409790914322629) 2024-08-05T10:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its final report today. Running to more than [----] pages across seven volumes it reveals a web of confused responsibility dodged culpability and insidious negligence on a massive scale. My report for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/09/grenfell-inquiry-failure-on-an-industrial-scale https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/09/grenfell-inquiry-failure-on-an-industrial-scale" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1831375506396344487) 2024-09-04T16:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A year ago today Birmingham City Council declared itself effectively bankrupt. For @NewStatesman I interviewed Max Caller Birmingham's lead commissioner who was brought out of retirement to turn the council around. Catch it in this week's issue https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/2024/09/max-caller-interview-man-who-fixes-broken-councils https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/2024/09/max-caller-interview-man-who-fixes-broken-councils" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1831638981353595244) 2024-09-05T10:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I wrote about yesterday's Darzi review for @NewStatesman which makes clear that more money isn't the key helping the NHS - reform is crucial. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/more-cash-wont-save-the-nhs https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/more-cash-wont-save-the-nhs" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1834509658452643889) 2024-09-13T08:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I interviewed @RhianMariThomas CEO of @GFI_green and chair of the National Wealth Fund taskforce. We spoke about how the fund might fill the "missing middle" and encourage more investment in riskier green technologies like hydrogen. For @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/09/national-wealth-fund-green-transition https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/09/national-wealth-fund-green-transition" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1835637715628368103) 2024-09-16T11:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "ed miliband themed cappuccino proving a hit at labour conference" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1838167458693136804) 2024-09-23T10:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Taking back control is a Labour argument says Starmer. Interesting that Ed Miliband used this same Brexit-era phrase in his speech yesterday #LPC24" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1838577229699387552) 2024-09-24T13:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""Perhaps amid continued stories about ministers acceptance of luxury gifts.the government has forgotten that genuine public fury exists over the winter fuel payment cut" - my coverage of today's sour end to Labour Party Conference [----] - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/winter-fuel-cuts-labour-conference-ends-on-a-sour-note https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/winter-fuel-cuts-labour-conference-ends-on-a-sour-note" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1838974312063131981) 2024-09-25T16:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "With two weeks to go until the US election I wrote about where the two candidates stand on the climate and why win for Trump will have a very different impact on global temperatures than a Harris victory. For @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/10/us-election-2024-impact-climate-change https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/10/us-election-2024-impact-climate-change" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1848634216772247947) 2024-10-22T07:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Crazy stat in UK Housing Review: govt spending on housing is at its highest: [----] billion in 2021/22 compared to [----] billion in 1975/76 in real terms. In the 70s 95% was on housebuilding now it's only 12%. The main reason for this drop A rise in demand for housing benefit" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1850923169852375194) 2024-10-28T15:30Z [----] followers, 81.4K engagements "A bit strange that a government with a mission to achieve 'clean power 2030' would keep the 5p cut on fuel duty. Surely this is just putting off making a decision on raising this tax for a future budget" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1851612080861765830) 2024-10-30T13:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Donald Trumps return to the White House is a disaster for global temperatures. I wrote about what a second Trump presidency might mean for the climate - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1854436511191634313) 2024-11-07T08:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This is a super piece by my colleague Jonny Ball on whether the UK can succeed at 'budget Bidenomics'. Catch it in this week's NS Spotlight supplement. On newsstands now @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2024/11/can-the-uk-do-budget-bidenomics https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2024/11/can-the-uk-do-budget-bidenomics" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1857435652796580013) 2024-11-15T14:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Labour must ask itself an important question. What is local government for Is its fate to become a National Care Service by proxy Or is it intended to add value and improve residents lives My piece on the governments devo plans - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/labours-gamble-with-local-government https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/labours-gamble-with-local-government" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1869308209875546138) 2024-12-18T09:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@JSimpsonjourno @TimesMoney Congrats Jack" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1875217237562519859) 2025-01-03T16:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Donald Trump has given notice to the UN of his intention to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement. In November I wrote about why his presidency will be a disaster for rising global temperatures. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1881632904423600232) 2025-01-21T09:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Pleased to share I have been promoted to Associate Editor (Spotlight) @NewStatesman Ill still be covering policy (net zero local government social care) for the site and our Spotlight supplements and running our weekly newsletter The Green Transition 🪩🌿" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1901584523755688083) 2025-03-17T10:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "If the choice is more expensive imports from despotic regimes like Russia or new oil and gas I think the answer has to be new oil and gas. I spoke to the leader of Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/scotland/2025/03/anas-sarwar-energy-security-is-national-security https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/scotland/2025/03/anas-sarwar-energy-security-is-national-security" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1906604757914956082) 2025-03-31T07:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Completely bizarre way for a prime minister to refer to a government agency lol They keep trying to block us but we keep building. They keep trying to block us but we keep building" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1907826152535720301) 2025-04-03T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Fun to be on today's episode of the @NewStatesman podcast today talking about whether the Greens need a more charismatic leader & what to expect from the [--] councils won by Reform (w/@RMCunliffe @georgeeaton & @BNHWalker) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-new-statesman-uk-politics-and-culture/id630596898i=1000706980693 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-new-statesman-uk-politics-and-culture/id630596898i=1000706980693" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1920883625358225531) 2025-05-09T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Zack Polanski announced his intention to run to be leader of the Green party this week on a platform of eco-populism. If elected Polanski hopes to pose a new challenge to the government from the left. I spoke to him for @NewStatesman👇(link in next tweet)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1921104619926692344) 2025-05-10T07:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Joanna Bennett Lloyd painted here by Sir Joshua Reynolds in [----] was an 18th century it-girl whose life spanned England France and America. She is also my great-great-great-great-great grandmother. I wrote about her for @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1922553248809939361) 2025-05-14T07:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Joannas life was fascinating. She was born Joanna Leigh on the Isle of Wight in [----]. When she was [--] she married an American from Maryland on the condition that he would move with her to Paris. There the couple moved in the same circles as Benjamin Franklin and John Adams" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1922553253813776526) 2025-05-14T07:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Nigel Farage has pledged to re-open the blast furnaces in Port Talbot. This is basically impossible - turning off a blast furnace unless you have done whats called a salamander tap renders it useless. This process was not done in Port Talbot" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1932030631703183410) 2025-06-09T11:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "On Starmer's decision to hold an inquiry into the grooming gangs one Labour MP texts: "Im properly pissed off.Ive had far right leaflets going around my constituency saying I voted against an inquiry. Now were having one." Others are in a similar boat" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1934619043140673920) 2025-06-16T14:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "My piece on the [--] amendments looking to decriminalise abortion and why proceeding with caution (as NC1 does) is the right approach to take to such a sensitive issue which (still unfortunately) remains very controversial - @NewStatesman I wrote about abortion - which is still technically a criminal offence - and the two amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill being brought to change this (NC1 and NC20). While change *must* happen access to abortion is too sensitive to risk; change must be handled with care. https://t.co/LTZrhGYq71 I wrote about abortion - which is still technically a" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1934678597522084105) 2025-06-16T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Casey report has forced Keir Starmers hand on holding a national inquiry. But MPs have been forced out on the defensive for months - telling constituents calling for an inquiry that it wasnt necessary to hold one. One MP told me they are properly pissed off. @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1934861446438932549) 2025-06-17T06:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "There has been some criticism that attempts to decriminalise abortion being brought today should be done via a separate 'abortion' bill. IMO that would be completely the wrong approach and would only serve to re-open the debate on a women's right to her own body. 1/3" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1934987360095142028) 2025-06-17T14:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Great dispatch from todays Palestine Action protest by @GMonaghan1998 Proscribing the group may only increase its popularity. 🖊 @GMonaghan1998: Welcome to hot Palestine Action summer https://t.co/bm2HMhJYqe Proscribing the group may only increase its popularity. 🖊 @GMonaghan1998: Welcome to hot Palestine Action summer https://t.co/bm2HMhJYqe" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1937212845567176924) 2025-06-23T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In response to a question around centring disabled people in the discussion of welfare Kendall says she is beginning the process to discuss with disabled people and disability organisations to work out how exactly these reforms will take place. Again *lots* of calls to give way" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940033849959784516) 2025-07-01T13:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Kendall says: "This government does not and will not duck the big challenges facing this country". Lots of heckling and laughter from the Commons benches" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940034457198542940) 2025-07-01T13:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "My analysis of the future of Keir Starmers troubled welfare bill. The bill passed through the commons this evening with [---] for and [---] against but at what cost @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940138877249007803) 2025-07-01T20:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "My review of todays PMQs a very tricky watch made even more excruciating when Keir Starmer failed to stand by his Chancellor - @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940394255647998164) 2025-07-02T12:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/pmqs-review-keir-starmer-fails-to-rule-out-sacking-rachel-reeves https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/pmqs-review-keir-starmer-fails-to-rule-out-sacking-rachel-reeves" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940394261264073083) 2025-07-02T12:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I asked Jeremy Corbyn about his hints of a new left party/movement on Peston last night. He said: Up and down the country independents are making the case for a more equal and peaceful society. There is growing appetite for cooperation and come next election I am hopeful" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940716154630385669) 2025-07-03T10:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "there will be a united voice for equality sustainability and peace. A source close to Corbyn added that cooperation and united voice can mean many different things" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940716156438167994) 2025-07-03T10:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I asked Jeremy Corbyn whether he had the intention of forming a new party this morning. This is what he told me. Note a source close to him added: cooperation and united voice can mean many different things. I asked Jeremy Corbyn about his hints of a new left party/movement on Peston last night. He said: Up and down the country independents are making the case for a more equal and peaceful society. There is growing appetite for cooperation and come next election I am hopeful. I asked Jeremy Corbyn about his hints of a new left party/movement on Peston last night. He said: Up and down the" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1940885103049351375) 2025-07-03T21:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Zarah Sultanas big messy surprise for Jeremy Corbyn - my piece for @NewStatesman on the false-start of this new left-wing party" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1941070569128198444) 2025-07-04T09:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/zarah-sultanas-big-messy-surprise-for-jeremy-corbyn https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/zarah-sultanas-big-messy-surprise-for-jeremy-corbyn" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1941070573058289990) 2025-07-04T09:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Corbyn makes a statement on Zarah Sultana's departure from Labour but does not directly confirm a new party is launching imminently nor does he confirm that he would co-lead its founding. Real change is coming. https://t.co/PjMPhxUJz7 Real change is coming. https://t.co/PjMPhxUJz7" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1941121473177096538) 2025-07-04T13:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In response to the launch of the Corbyn/Sultana party candidates for the Green Party Leadership Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay have said this makes it even more important for the Green Party to maintain a distinct identity. Clear divergence from Zack Polanski's 'eco-populism'" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1948407145541591046) 2025-07-24T15:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "It was fun to find out mid-@NewStatesman podcast about the announcement of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's new party captured on camera here. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RHXehoK-q6Q https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RHXehoK-q6Q" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1948778834985169061) 2025-07-25T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "After scoring the winning goal in yesterday's Euros final Chloe Kelly said something interesting and often unheard of: "I feel so proud to be English". What a victory for women's football I wrote about why the Lionesses make it cool to be English for @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949828972780363982) 2025-07-28T13:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "This afternoon Keir Starmer called an urgent cabinet meeting on the situation in Gaza. Pressure is mounting on the PM to recognise Palestine even from more moderate MPs. [---] Lab MPs have called for the government to do so immediately. My piece from yesterday for @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1950213853620412682) 2025-07-29T15:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Interesting reaction from Rachel Reeves to the new left party - seems make it all about what she deems to be Corbyn's "big ego" and accuses him of trying to destroy Labour once before. Doesn't address the wider issues of why voters are moving leftward tho https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-corbyn-your-party-zarah-sultana-rachel-reeves-b2800934.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-corbyn-your-party-zarah-sultana-rachel-reeves-b2800934.html" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1952377525537239211) 2025-08-04T14:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I did think theyd keep KS but now think hes so bad hell prob go. How Labour fell in love with Dominic Cummings - my @NewStatesman weekend report" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1954076711336718612) 2025-08-09T07:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2025/08/how-labour-fell-in-love-with-dominic-cummings https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2025/08/how-labour-fell-in-love-with-dominic-cummings" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1954076715388387701) 2025-08-09T07:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "The Green Party leadership election is entering its final week. I wrote about the significance of this race for the partys future direction recent accusations of a hostile takeover and why this is a sliding doors moment for the Greens and to an extent the left. @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1959882475032678802) 2025-08-25T07:36Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements "Voting in the Green Party leadership election closes today at midday. I wrote about the deep significance of this moment in Green party history and more widely for the British left. Incl comments ahead of the result from candidates @ZackPolanski and @EllieChowns. @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1961699025293373449) 2025-08-30T07:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "BREAKING: Zack Polanski has won the Green Party leadership election with [-----] votes" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1962821720944886228) 2025-09-02T10:15Z [----] followers, 10.4K engagements "NEW: @ZackPolanski has swept to the leadership of the Green Party with [----] per cent of the vote. My write up for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/greens/2025/09/zack-polanski-sweeps-the-green-leadership https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/greens/2025/09/zack-polanski-sweeps-the-green-leadership" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1962826687743144425) 2025-09-02T10:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Keir Starmer may have backed Angela Rayner but among Labour backbenchers and insiders feelings over the fate of the Deputy Prime Minister are mixed. My analysis for @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1963264764894740826) 2025-09-03T15:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/labour-backbenchers-are-cautious-about-angela-rayner https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/labour-backbenchers-are-cautious-about-angela-rayner" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1963264767444885961) 2025-09-03T15:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "What will become of Angela Rayner It could be a matter of hours before Westminster finds out. Both the prime minister and members of the soft-left are rallying around her. But what will happen when Laurie Magnus's findings are released My @NewStatesman Morning Call" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1963575874252382623) 2025-09-04T12:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/09/what-will-become-of-angela-rayner https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/09/what-will-become-of-angela-rayner" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1963575877456826444) 2025-09-04T12:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Labour is dead I spoke to Zarah Sultana at Majoritys annual conference in Newcastle today where she was drumming up support for Your Party and telling delegates how she plans to beat Farage. Read my write up on @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1964332448386343402) 2025-09-06T14:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The speed of Labours proposed deputy leadership election has already sparked fury on the left of the party. @RichardBurgon has described it as the mother of all stitch ups - but its not just the hard left who are concerned. My piece for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/is-labours-deputy-leadership-election-the-mother-of-all-stitch-ups https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/is-labours-deputy-leadership-election-the-mother-of-all-stitch-ups" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1964993064231166011) 2025-09-08T10:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "In his TUC address Gen Sec Paul Nowak calls on the government to lift the 2-child benefit cap. A Labour government will never stand aside and watch a childs potential be wasted because of poverty - lift the two child benefit cap and give our kids the future they deserve" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1964994213625696293) 2025-09-08T10:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Nowak takes aim at Nigel Farage: Theres a world of difference between what Nigel says and what Nigel does. Points out that every single Reform MP voted against Employment Rights bill - Say you stand up for working people then vote for the Employment Rights Bill" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1964994803118346279) 2025-09-08T10:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Momentum echoing Richard Burgons calls for the [--] remaining suspended MPs to have the whip reinstated so they can vote in the dep leadership election (Rachael Maskell Chris Hinchliffe John McDonnell Apsana Begum Neil Duncan Jordan and Brian Leishman) The Deputy Leadership contest must be democratic. All [--] suspended MPs should be re-instated. They should never have had the whip withdrawn and there is no basis from stopping them participating. MPs should use their nominations so that all wings of the Party are represented. The Deputy Leadership contest must be democratic. All [--] suspended MPs" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1965052132878618638) 2025-09-08T13:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Philipson using her speech to big up the Employment Rights Bill (which is obvs separate from her Education brief) - describes the fair pay agreement for Care Workers worked on by Angela Rayner as "historic". Clearly showing her commitment to the bill/credentials as dep leader" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1965426822642069591) 2025-09-09T14:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In Justice Questions Robert Jenrick asks why David Lammy while Foreign Sec stood by the appointment of Peter Mandelson who Jenrick describes as the "best pal" of Jeffrey Epstein as US ambassador. Describes the appointment as "indefensible". "Everyone in this house knows it"" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1967908312814604658) 2025-09-16T11:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Thornberry finishes: "When Lord Mandelson was appointed red flags were obviously missed or ignored and on the day that the American President lands in Britain for a state visit the government is materially worse off" Emily Thornberry chair of Foreign Affairs Committee is speaking. Says reports that the committee had time to question Mandelson are skewed: "the reality is of course that we had a [--] minute interaction over breakfast while receiving a formal briefing from the diplomatic staff" Emily Thornberry chair of Foreign Affairs Committee is speaking. Says reports that the committee had" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1967929386570764725) 2025-09-16T12:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Sultana claims she has been subjected to "what can only be described as a sexist boys club". Calls on Corbyn to meet with her and make all structures processes and decision-making public. "This party is more important than any one person" My response: https://t.co/pIWrzZ4MzB My response: https://t.co/pIWrzZ4MzB" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1968676563639001599) 2025-09-18T14:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Can Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn ever reconcile Despite diplomatic efforts to bring the two sides together their split appears to have deepened. My analysis for @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1969370751489782064) 2025-09-20T11:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "NEW: More pressure is mounting on Starmer over child poverty as [--] Labour leaders - including Gordon Brown Eluned Morgan Sadiq Khan Andy Burnham Steve Rotheram and Mark Drakeford - launch a new pamphlet calling for national solutions. Copies set to be handed out at conference" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1971962659760386408) 2025-09-27T15:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Keir Starmer introduced by Margaret Aspinall who lost her [--] year old son at Hillsborough - Im here to tell you why the Hillsborough law is so important she said. Govt laid the bill out for first reading on final day before conference recess" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1973011194014515618) 2025-09-30T13:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Starting his dep leaders speech Mothin Ali says: Youre all expecting me to say something controversial or shout allahu akbar. But actually Im going to share a little story with you" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1974409847480434789) 2025-10-04T09:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Ali says he left the Labour party five years ago to join the Greens in protest at Keir Starmers leadership. Says there will be a lot of people now in the position he was in then" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1974410221746532664) 2025-10-04T09:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Green Party leadership team and MP Carla Denyer appearing at a red line for Palestine protest on Bournemouth beach this afternoon" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974444124050006526) 2025-10-04T11:58Z [----] followers, 48.6K engagements "NEW: Green Party members have passed a motion to make it party policy to abolish landlords - the vote took place this lunchtime on the final day of the partys conference in Bournemouth" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974814963022578146) 2025-10-05T12:32Z [----] followers, 11.7K engagements "Exclusive polling of English councillors by my colleague Jonny Ball for @NS_Spotlight reveals 97% don't think their council gets adequate funding from government. Over a fifth say bankruptcy is likely/very likely for their council over the next [--] years. https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/05/exclusive-polling-councillors-local-government-elections-councils-bankrupt-conservatives https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/05/exclusive-polling-councillors-local-government-elections-councils-bankrupt-conservatives" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1786068060098502944) 2024-05-02T16:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "At @TWT_NOW Day [--] Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana are about to speak at an event on Red/Green Alliances. Expect some more detail of how the Greens and Your Party could work together in future and how the two parties differ" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976938270060953660) 2025-10-11T09:09Z [----] followers, 66.7K engagements "Speaking at The World Transformed event on Red/Green Alliances Zack Polanski says you cant be a fighter for environmental justice without being socialist. A direct counter to criticism that the GP isnt a socialist party" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976947315496960372) 2025-10-11T09:45Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements "What's behind the Green surge The party is now polling on [--] per cent behind the Tories and Labour (both on 17) and is likely to shortly take over the Conservatives to become the third largest political party in the UK. My piece for @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1978453114542764084) 2025-10-15T13:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "As broken by @NewStatesman on Wednesday https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/10/laura-kuenssberg-dodges-zack-polanski-again 🚨 UPDATE: Victoria Derbyshire not Laura Kuenssberg will interview Zack Polanski tomorrow https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/10/laura-kuenssberg-dodges-zack-polanski-again 🚨 UPDATE: Victoria Derbyshire not Laura Kuenssberg will interview Zack Polanski tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979630531508871533) 2025-10-18T19:27Z [----] followers, 33K engagements "NEW: @ZackPolanski confirmed in an interview with Victoria Derbyshire this morning that the Green Party has now over taken the Tories in terms of party membership (125K vs Tories 123K) This makes @TheGreenParty the third largest political party in the UK behind Labour and Reform" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979844752133792167) 2025-10-19T09:39Z [----] followers, 41.5K engagements "Under draft guidance released last week Your Party will hold an election to select a single leader - *not* co-leaders - kicking off in January next year. Read my exclusive story in @NewStatesman below: This is a significant development. Up until now Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been widely billed as the partys co-leaders Exclusive: Your Party will only have one leader under draft guidance 🖊 @meganekenyon https://t.co/9Ui8ojXiMu This is a significant development. Up until now Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been widely billed as the partys co-leaders Exclusive: Your Party will" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980589041079992437) 2025-10-21T10:56Z [----] followers, 13.3K engagements "You can read the full story here: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/exclusive-your-party-will-only-have-one-leader-under-draft-guidance https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/exclusive-your-party-will-only-have-one-leader-under-draft-guidance" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1980595368556626417) 2025-10-21T11:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ""The Greens have had more people join since @ZackPolanski was elected than the Lib Dems have members" Read all about it on @TheStaggers https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/zack-polanski-shows-off-his-pulling-power https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/zack-polanski-shows-off-his-pulling-power" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1980617315369521621) 2025-10-21T12:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Interesting line from Sultana at the end here that she has experienced entitlement from the Greens. In my reporting I have mostly picked up the reverse of Green activists/politicians cautious of alliances with YP due to memories of being passed over by Lab in [----] I truly look forward to the first YourParty council that will presumably just find sacks of cash lying around the place to fund government services according to Zarah Sultana's many years of experience in local government finance. You know because that's how it works. https://t.co/QKZyjXdX4S I truly look forward to the first" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983245229328048512) 2025-10-28T18:51Z [----] followers, 25.7K engagements "In this interview with @OliDugmore Steve Reed admits to not having seen much of the Greens housing policies. A notable admission considering recent polls put the Greens in second place (behind Reform) and over taking Labour. Theyre the governments main left-wing opposition. Theyre just a bit wacky arent they @SteveReedMP on the Green Partys plan to abolish landlords. https://t.co/0X2xT8XBSx Theyre just a bit wacky arent they @SteveReedMP on the Green Partys plan to abolish landlords. https://t.co/0X2xT8XBSx" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986847141113802839) 2025-11-07T17:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Zarah Sultana sets out her vision for Your Party ahead of founding conference in [--] weeks time. Makes clear she supports members choosing the partys leadership model (which could include co-leaders) rather than current guidance which sets out plan for a single leader of YP. Ive always fought and always will for maximum member democracy. If you believe Your Party should be explicitly socialist radically democratic rooted in mass movement and led by our members not MPs join me and back these democratic demands: (1/3) https://t.co/Z4vXBdzETx Ive always fought and always will for maximum member" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987227352946893218) 2025-11-08T18:34Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements "Alan Whitehead is back in Labour's Energy Team. Whitehead was shadow energy minister until last year when he stepped down as the MP for Southampton Test at the general election. No. [--] has announced today he will be appointed energy minister (& given a peerage)" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1988279618202444098) 2025-11-11T16:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""McSweeney. generally enjoys having a politician to work closely with and bounce ideas off.Another insider already notes that there is already a politician in No [--] that the chief of staff could - and should - have that relationship with" lol @PronouncedAlva https://t.co/MhU73EubOn @PronouncedAlva https://t.co/MhU73EubOn" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988547668306526463) 2025-11-12T10:01Z [----] followers, 28.6K engagements "My latest on the Your Party funding debacle. As things stand the [------] held by MoU Ltd has not been transferred to Your Party and the partys conference is just over two weeks away @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/can-your-party-resolve-its-funding-war https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/can-your-party-resolve-its-funding-war" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988679589661659544) 2025-11-12T18:45Z [----] followers, 16.7K engagements "Something odd keeps happening to Jeremy Corbyn. At several Your Party events he has been heckled for being a zionist. I wrote this weeks @NewStatesman politics column on Your Party factionalism and why all of this is helping the Green Partys new leader - Zack Polanski" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988897445560934489) 2025-11-13T09:11Z [----] followers, 88.6K engagements "How much longer can Your Party last The last [--] hours the party has been wracked by yet another public split culminating in the resignation of Adnan Hussain from the founding process this afternoon. Featuring some spicy quotes from a source close to Sultana:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989370715033002112) 2025-11-14T16:31Z [----] followers, 52.2K engagements "Addressing this weeks chaos Steve Reed tells the @CoopParty conference: So when Westminster gets stuck in one of its bouts of navel gazing I remember what our Prime Minister taught us as we were preparing for power. Country first party second" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1989663672524816596) 2025-11-15T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "NEW: [--] Labour MPs so far have publicly criticised the government's planned asylum reforms. Find out who below. The @NewStatesman will be keeping this list updated throughout the day. @PronouncedAlva @EthanCroft98 https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/list-tracked-labour-mps-criticise-shabana-mahmood-immigration-proposals https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/list-tracked-labour-mps-criticise-shabana-mahmood-immigration-proposals" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1990401784662127084) 2025-11-17T12:48Z [----] followers, 88.1K engagements "Backbench Labour MP Andy McDonald calls on the government to "withdraw" their new asylum policies calling them "cruel unfair and unworkable." He says: "Punishing the vulnerable will not fix the problems communities actually face. Instead of letting the right dictate its priorities the government should focus on housing healthcare and the cost of livingthe issues that matter to ordinary people."" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1990450617337123123) 2025-11-17T16:03Z [----] followers, 14.2K engagements "Responding to criticism from the Lib Dem benches - which accused the govt of stoking tensions over immigration with their new asylum policy - Shabana Mahmoud says she has experienced the sharp end of racism in Britain having been called a f****ing p**i" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1990484271874953452) 2025-11-17T18:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Responding to criticism from the Lib Dem benches - which accused the govt of stoking tensions over immigration with their new asylum policy - Shabana Mahmood says she has experienced the sharp end of racism in Britain having been called a f****ing p**i" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1990485524692476037) 2025-11-17T18:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "UPDATE: A spox for Sultana has said: As a co-founder of Your Party Zarah will be addressing the founding conference as members expect. Shes fighting for maximum member democracy and is confident the movement will not accept any attempt to exclude or sabotage her as happened before her appearance on Question Time last week. New: On claims that she is not on speaking terms with Your Party conference organisers a source close to Zarah Sultana said she and Corbyn have spoken in recent days. They claimed Sultana has been excluded from the entire process leading up to conference. New: On claims" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1991146950398292287) 2025-11-19T14:10Z [----] followers, 190.7K engagements "SCOOP: Ex Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle is defecting to the Green Party" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1991517782966694292) 2025-11-20T14:43Z [----] followers, 283.4K engagements "https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/exclusive-ex-labour-mp-to-defect-to-the-green-party https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/exclusive-ex-labour-mp-to-defect-to-the-green-party" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1991517785906958338) 2025-11-20T14:43Z [----] followers, 18.2K engagements "New: My interview with Lloyd Russell-Moyle. - He left Labour because it had become intolerant - His defection came about through chats with his local Green Party - He plans to run for selection as the Green Party candidate for his former seat of Brighton Kemptown https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/why-im-defecting-to-the-greens-former-labour-mp-lloyd-russell-moyle https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/why-im-defecting-to-the-greens-former-labour-mp-lloyd-russell-moyle" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1991538508331184274) 2025-11-20T16:05Z [----] followers, 136.3K engagements "Breaking: Independent Alliance MP Iqbal Mohamed has quit Your Party. That's two of the five Independent Alliance MPs who have now left the project. My statement on my departure from Your Party. https://t.co/NsoNLHU7xI My statement on my departure from Your Party. https://t.co/NsoNLHU7xI" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1991887998494163305) 2025-11-21T15:14Z [----] followers, 24.4K engagements "EXC🚨: Jeremy Corbyn apologises to those who are disappointed with the launch of Your Party. In an interview with @NewStatesman Corbyn said: "Im sorry if you are at all disappointed. any misdemeanours on my part of course I apologise. But I want to make things work" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993002465583939642) 2025-11-24T17:03Z [----] followers, 92.7K engagements "Jeremy Corbyn on how Your Party can work with the Greens and his Stoke Newington breakfast with Zack Polanski We can work together. @jeremycorbyn spoke to @meganekenyon about Your Party and @ZackPolanski. https://t.co/DsZZsusgOm We can work together. @jeremycorbyn spoke to @meganekenyon about Your Party and @ZackPolanski. https://t.co/DsZZsusgOm" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993387362542666101) 2025-11-25T18:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "New: Your Party rules out co-leaders. Under draft guidance to be voted on by members this weekend the party will choose between a single leader or collective leadership model. A Your Party source told me: We want to end the psychodrama not institutionalise it. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/your-party-rules-out-co-leaders https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/your-party-rules-out-co-leaders" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993391287953748309) 2025-11-25T18:48Z [----] followers, 80.9K engagements "According to leaked OBR report student loan repayment and interest thresholds ALSO frozen. Alongside [--] year extension of freeze of income tax thresholds that means two stealth taxes on young people in employment - if you see student loan repayments as a tax" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993659872165126295) 2025-11-26T12:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Zack Polanski name dropped by the Chancellor in her budget speech. Pointing to the Green Party leaders past as a hypnotherapist Reeves says: The only things getting bigger under his leadership are inflation and the deficit" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993665697919209765) 2025-11-26T12:58Z [----] followers, 50.6K engagements "Rachel Reeves gives a shout out to work of the @CoopParty in todays budget: as we work towards doubling the size of the co-operative economy DBT will launch a call for evidence on support for coops to grow A sign of the partys quiet influence on the government" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993674496130343304) 2025-11-26T13:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A tricky budget for in-work graduates: freezing both the income tax thresholds and the student loan interest and repayment thresholds will add to a marginal tax burden which is already v heavy" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993698873533964727) 2025-11-26T15:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "New: "We were right": I spoke to several of the two-child benefit cap rebels to get their reaction to the government's u-turn in today's budget. Zarah Sultana told me: Im proud to have lost the Labour whip for backing an amendment to abolish this cruel policy" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993723577997377695) 2025-11-26T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "So much good stuff in this typically brilliant cover story from our Political Editor @PronouncedAlva - the nugget about Sadiq Khan being kicked out of Rachel Reeves's office for asking for more money for London is astonishing https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2025/11/the-budget-of-last-resort https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2025/11/the-budget-of-last-resort" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1993729023839515026) 2025-11-26T17:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "New: Reports surfacing that members of the Socialist Workers Party have been expelled from Your Party this afternoon. Your Party sources point out that being a member of another national party as well as Your Party is not allowed. Should note that the SWP is the group who organisers were concerned might cause some disruption this weekend" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994453788480905663) 2025-11-28T17:10Z [----] followers, 137.9K engagements "NEW: Your Party announces name options to be voted on by members this weekend with decision to be announced by Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday afternoon. They are: Your Party Our Party Popular Alliance and For The Many. Note Sultanas preference - The Left Party - has not made the cut" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994483776102039605) 2025-11-28T19:09Z [----] followers, 91.2K engagements "Rayner is set to meet with her allies on Monday to discuss a response and we could well hear from her soon Ace reporting from my colleagues @EthanCroft98 and @PronouncedAlva on how Angela Rayner - the architect of the Workers Rights Bill - has taken its watering down. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/what-angela-rayner-will-do-next-on-workers-rights https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/what-angela-rayner-will-do-next-on-workers-rights" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994664673078100239) 2025-11-29T07:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "NEW: Jeremy Corbyn confirms his preference is for Your Party to stay being called Your Party. He also told gathered press this morning that his preference is for the party to be led by a single leader rather than the collective model. Both decisions will be voted on by members this weekend" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994706227813614069) 2025-11-29T09:53Z [----] followers, 34.7K engagements "Opening at Your Party founding conference Jeremy Corbyn says: Is it right that there are more food banks in the UK than branches of McDonalds to shouts of No from the conference hall" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994719089936232634) 2025-11-29T10:44Z [----] followers, 40.2K engagements "Corbyn says: As a party weve got to be united because division and disunity wont help the people we represent" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994722248851427646) 2025-11-29T10:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Independent Councillor James Giles who chaired Zarah Sultanas eve of conference rally says he has been banned from entering the conference centre: This morning I received a message informing me that I am banned from entering the Your Party Conference hall due to a supposed private matter involving an ICO investigation" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994745506971467942) 2025-11-29T12:29Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements "New (w/@EthanCroft98): Your Party conf day [--] fell into chaos when Zarah Sultana announced she would be boycotting the rest of day one owing to what she claims is an indefensible witch hunt by Your Party officials. Your Party officials deny these claims. [--] hours to go @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/the-witch-hunt-at-your-party-conference https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/the-witch-hunt-at-your-party-conference" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1994820841113338029) 2025-11-29T17:28Z [----] followers, 54.3K engagements "BREAKING: Your Party members vote for the collective leadership model. There will not be a head-to-head leadership contest in January next year and none of the partys MPs will be allowed to stand for the CEC positions. Extremely tight vote" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1995081187300372640) 2025-11-30T10:43Z [----] followers, 95.4K engagements "New: Zarah Sultana says I didnt leave the Independent Alliance I was excluded runs contrary to YP line which is that Sultana left the IA voluntarily on [--] September" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1995126050167181561) 2025-11-30T13:41Z [----] followers, 98.8K engagements "Slight correction on this. MPs can stand for the CEC through public office holder roles. They are barred from standing for chair/deputy chair roles however. BREAKING: Your Party members vote for the collective leadership model. There will not be a head-to-head leadership contest in January next year and none of the partys MPs will be allowed to stand for the CEC positions. Extremely tight vote. BREAKING: Your Party members vote for the collective leadership model. There will not be a head-to-head leadership contest in January next year and none of the partys MPs will be allowed to stand for" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1995214658471641503) 2025-11-30T19:33Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements "Fantastic infuriating piece by @willydunn - this bit is the killer and something so often forgotten. Paying your national insurance doesn't go to FUTURE YOU it goes to elderly people NOW. 'Rachel Reeves mugs the youth' - @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/1995432462491832641) 2025-12-01T09:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "NEW: Five councillors on Brent council have defected from Labour to the Greens the latest in a slew of defections across councils in London since Zack Polanski became party leader. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/greens-see-another-wave-of-defections-from-labour https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/greens-see-another-wave-of-defections-from-labour" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2000612523691683859) 2025-12-15T17:02Z [----] followers, 55.9K engagements "Driscoll told me the Greens have been talking to him about joining since he left Labour in [----]. Up until a couple of months ago Driscoll was involved in Your Party. Big moment for the Greens - biggest joiner yet and makes chances of success in next years Newcastle Council elections more likely. NEW: Former Labour Mayor Jamie Driscoll has announced he has joined the Green Party. Full story @NewStatesman here: https://t.co/714nCekgW4 NEW: Former Labour Mayor Jamie Driscoll has announced he has joined the Green Party. Full story @NewStatesman here: https://t.co/714nCekgW4" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2001252029902016748) 2025-12-17T11:24Z [----] followers, 23.8K engagements "Challenger Andrea Egan has been elected Unison general secretary in a blow to Keir Starmer. Our @NewStatesman analysis on what this means and why this might be a good thing for Andy Burnham by @EthanCroft98 + me https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andrea-egan-wins-unison-general-secretary-election https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andrea-egan-wins-unison-general-secretary-election" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2001252647865843939) 2025-12-17T11:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Big day for progressive pressure on Labour from the left: - Jamie Driscoll former Labour mayor of North of Tyne announces hes joined the Green Party - Left-wing challenger Andrea Egan wins the Unison general secretary elections Read all about it on @NewStatesman website:" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2001268053527384425) 2025-12-17T12:27Z [----] followers, 18.6K engagements "https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/former-labour-mayor-joins-the-green-party https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/former-labour-mayor-joins-the-green-party" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2001268056169816088) 2025-12-17T12:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Exclusive: The Green Partys annual budget has doubled since Zack Polanski was elected from [--] million this year - to [--] million in [----]. I wrote about how the party is accommodating internally for this rapid rise. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/how-the-green-party-is-professionalising https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/how-the-green-party-is-professionalising" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2003022321406124243) 2025-12-22T08:38Z [----] followers, 22.5K engagements "Why wont the government meet the Palestine Action hunger strikers My report for @NewStatesman" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2003211655556235727) 2025-12-22T21:10Z [----] followers, 44.9K engagements "NEW: Your Party have set out the timetable for next years CEC elections (the collective leadership model). Nominations open on [--] Jan with results to be announced on [--] February [----]. Looking like a v busy start to the new year for this new left-wing party" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2003579315645219142) 2025-12-23T21:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Labours coalition is breaking up I spoke to Clare Short the former international development secretary under Tony Blair on the breakdown of her former partys coalition Gaza and the loneliness of resignation for this weeks @NewStatesman weekend interview" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2010305340265631921) 2026-01-11T10:58Z [----] followers, 16.1K engagements "New: A new group - Grassroots Left - has launched a slate of candidates ahead of Your Partys central executive committee elections. The slate is backed by Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana and has called for no more top-down party. Nominations for the CEC elections close next week. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010446184180265262 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010446184180265262" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2010446184180265262) 2026-01-11T20:18Z [----] followers, 44.3K engagements "New: Sources close to Jeremy Corbyn said he didnt give permission for his name to be used on this slate and a specific request was put in that his name was not included. Sources said Corbyn is very upset that this was done without his consent. New: A new group - Grassroots Left - has launched a slate of candidates ahead of Your Partys central executive committee elections. The slate is backed by Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana and has called for no more top-down party. Nominations for the CEC elections close New: A new group - Grassroots Left - has launched a slate of candidates ahead of" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2010462639592198578) 2026-01-11T21:23Z [----] followers, 99.7K engagements "🚨 Scoop: more detail from my story last night that Jeremy Corbyn never gave his permission to be listed on the new Grassroots Left slate and was "very upset" that his request not to be included was ignored. Sources close to Corbyn confirmed he will be releasing his own plans in the coming days. @NewStatesman https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010712448702058575 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010712448702058575" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2010712448702058575) 2026-01-12T13:56Z [----] followers, 30.2K engagements "New: the DemBloc group in Your Party has said it "regrets the launch of the 'Grassroots Left' slate" while "self-nominations are still ongoing". The group which is backed several former members of Momentum's national organising committee said: "Many genuinely grassroots candidates will still be in the process of writing statements and nominating themselves. They will be dismayed to discover that slates have already been agreed after backroom negotiations that they never had the chance to access."" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2010763950309163048) 2026-01-12T17:20Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements "I stupidly logged on to check the status of my student loan earlier this month - since [--] May last year I had paid off just *half* of what had been added in interest in that same period. I will likely be locked into paying it off until the [--] year timeframe runs out - it's essentially an additional tax on graduates. Important from my colleague @CallumCMason Young adults are effectively paying thousands of pounds extra in tax via student loan repayments on debts they will never pay off That's money they could be saving for a house deposit or paying into a pension https://t.co/zkvuX0Yc5c" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2011117769354305559) 2026-01-13T16:46Z [----] followers, 59.1K engagements "New polling from YouGov shows Plaid Cymru is projected to take the lead in the upcoming Senedd elections - taking [--] per cent with Reform behind them on [--] per cent. Quite the change from last year when the two parties were polling kneck-a-kneck. A post Caerphilly surge perhaps https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011137106291098017 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011137106291098017" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2011137106291098017) 2026-01-13T18:03Z [----] followers, 27.7K engagements "It's looking dire for Labour however who are projected to take [--] per cent. Likely means a Welsh Labour wipeout in the Senedd on [--] May - the party has held the Welsh Assembly since it was founded in 1999" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2011137443739947466) 2026-01-13T18:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "New: Three Prisoners for Palestine hunger strikers have ended their protest after the Ministry of Defence decided not to award Elbit Systems UK a [--] billion army training contract -one of the hunger strikers' demands. One person - Umer Khalid - remains on hunger strike" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2011554864338440261) 2026-01-14T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Kemi Badenoch has been known to leave things lying around herself. (from @Will___lloyd's brilliant @newstatesman profile) BREAKING: It sounds like Kemi Badenoch's team got hold of a copy of Robert Jenrick's resignation speech after it was left 'lying around'. It was a 'near final' text He cancelled a speaking engagement this weekend and the thinking was that he was due to announce his defection BREAKING: It sounds like Kemi Badenoch's team got hold of a copy of Robert Jenrick's resignation speech after it was left 'lying around'. It was a 'near final' text He cancelled a speaking engagement" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2011767056786735462) 2026-01-15T11:46Z [----] followers, 29.7K engagements "@Will___lloyd @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/kemi-badenoch-isnt-working https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/kemi-badenoch-isnt-working" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2011767190824059246) 2026-01-15T11:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "NEW: Jeremy Corbyn has launched his slate for the Your Party CEC elections to "Get Your Party Back on Track". This new slate - The Many - includes two of Corbyn's colleagues in the Independent Alliance of MPs - Shockat Adam and Ayoub Khan as well as former Labour MP Laura Smith. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012147703011033273 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012147703011033273" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2012147703011033273) 2026-01-16T12:59Z [----] followers, 24.1K engagements "New: Jeremy Corbyn wants to get Your Party "back on track" The former Labour leader has launched his own platform for the upcoming Your Party central executive committee elections @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/jeremy-corbyn-wants-to-get-your-party-back-on-track https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/jeremy-corbyn-wants-to-get-your-party-back-on-track" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2012163490778144817) 2026-01-16T14:02Z [----] followers, 26.2K engagements "New: A Labour rebellion is brewing over the Hillsborough Law after concerns arose that the Intelligence Services would be exempt from the bill's 'Duty of Candour' - the bill's third reading will take place on Monday. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/labour-rebellion-brews-over-hillsborough-law https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/labour-rebellion-brews-over-hillsborough-law" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2012206888864100702) 2026-01-16T16:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Andy Burnham calls on the government to withdraw their amendment to the Hillsborough Law - joining the brewing Labour rebellion. MPs will vote on Monday A statement ahead of Mondays debate in the Commons on the Hillsborough Law. https://t.co/ZB5qiZoS5W A statement ahead of Mondays debate in the Commons on the Hillsborough Law. https://t.co/ZB5qiZoS5W" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2012501748418527723) 2026-01-17T12:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Hackney is a crucial target seat for the Green Party at this years local elections. I followed the local party on a day of canvassing and spoke to the Greens hopefuls for mayor and deputy mayor Zo Garbett and Dylan Law. For the @NewStatesman weekend report: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/zack-polanskis-new-fortress https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/zack-polanskis-new-fortress" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2012828021107970499) 2026-01-18T10:02Z [----] followers, 26.5K engagements "Jones said: those under delivering will be held to account instead of the so called sideways shimmy to another team or another department. If you are not performing if you fail to perform Im afraid you will be sacked" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2013581971830473035) 2026-01-20T11:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "New: A row has erupted over the Your Party central executive committee elections after it emerged that several members had been barred from standing over claims they held dual membership with another party. Your Party sources point out that until the CEC has been elected - and dual membership parties approved - the rule against dual membership currently stands. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/your-party-fuck-up-bars-members-from-central-committee-elections" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2013944604794462410) 2026-01-21T11:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Should note that this was in response to a question from leader of the Greens in the Commons Ellie Chowns which wasnt actually to do with NATO" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2013950864709275921) 2026-01-21T12:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "With speculation mounting over Andy Burnham's route back to parliament read @EthanCroft98's story from last year on why the Mayor of Greater Manchester could be blocked from standing owing to gender balance rules. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andy-burnham-may-be-blocked-from-parliament-by-gender-balance-rules https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andy-burnham-may-be-blocked-from-parliament-by-gender-balance-rules" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2014305613254111398) 2026-01-22T11:54Z [----] followers, 20.9K engagements "A Burnham-backing Labour MP tells me "winter is coming"" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2014347746656887134) 2026-01-22T14:41Z [----] followers, 37.7K engagements "Speaking at the Fabian conference today Sadiq Khan joins the growing chorus of Labour figures saying Andy Burnham shouldnt be barred as a candidate in the upcoming Gorton & Denton by-election. Dep leader Lucy Powell did the same this morning with former deputy PM Angela Rayner also expected to do so. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015051513266098447 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015051513266098447" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2015051513266098447) 2026-01-24T13:18Z [----] followers, 16.2K engagements "Breaking: Andy Burnham has announced he has applied for permission from Labours National Executive Committee to stand for selection as the partys candidate in the upcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-applies-to-stand-in-gorton-and-denton-by-election https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-applies-to-stand-in-gorton-and-denton-by-election" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2015116171003965784) 2026-01-24T17:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Was on @BBCRadio4 PM as this news dropped. Got to love a bit of breaking news Breaking: Andy Burnham has announced he has applied for permission from Labours National Executive Committee to stand for selection as the partys candidate in the upcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton. https://t.co/xoY6LVbOKN Breaking: Andy Burnham has announced he has applied for permission from Labours National Executive Committee to stand for selection as the partys candidate in the upcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton. https://t.co/xoY6LVbOKN" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2015117581565243811) 2026-01-24T17:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "New: Wes Streeting has branded anonymous briefings against Andy Burnham over the past few days "disgraceful". Said any decision on whether Burnham should be allowed to run is for the party not the cabinet" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2015120259389305283) 2026-01-24T17:51Z [----] followers, 80K engagements "Andrea Egan the new general secretary of Unison a big Labour donor criticises the NEC officers group's decision to block Andy Burnham. I know many many trade unionists will be so disappointed and angry at local members not being given a say over who their candidate should be. This isnt the way any democratic organisation should be run. Nows the time to unite our movement not divide it. I know many many trade unionists will be so disappointed and angry at local members not being given a say over who their candidate should be. This isnt the way any democratic organisation should be run. Nows" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2015398586637242817) 2026-01-25T12:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "New: Andy Burnham has been blocked as a candidate in the upcoming Gorton & Denton by-election by the officers group of Labour's National Executive Committee. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-blocked-from-standing-in-gorton-and-denton https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-blocked-from-standing-in-gorton-and-denton" [X Link](https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2015400612205121848) 2026-01-25T12:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Scotlands place in the union is deep-rooted and complex. Without prior deliberation the variables determining its future are too nuanced to be condensed into a yes or no answer. Me for @timesredbox https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/direct-democracy-raises-more-questions-than-answers-jlf88gjdt https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/direct-democracy-raises-more-questions-than-answers-jlf88gjdt"
X Link 2020-12-14T10:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@basialcummings @soph_husk"
X Link 2021-07-12T18:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@soph_husk @DailyMirror congrats Sophie youre gonna crush it 😎 xx"
X Link 2022-11-03T10:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"1. BCP's politics are "contested complicated and fragmented". BCP became a unitary council in [----]. It is made up of three former councils. Prior to this not all of the councils were in agreement about BCP's creation + some cllrs still feel allegiance to their former authority"
X Link 2023-08-04T11:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"2. The council has had three leaders in the past four years (bare in mind it has only been running since 2019). Control of the council has switched between the Conservatives and a Lib-Dem led alliance with independents Labour & Greens. This has created instability at BCP"
X Link 2023-08-04T11:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Its my first day @NewStatesman as policy correspondent covering sustainability for @NS_Spotlight - do get in touch for coffees/chats 😎 (email in bio)"
X Link 2023-08-29T09:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Rishi Sunak's Net Zero backtrack fell in the middle of New York Climate week. Unlike the PM international policy makers argued climate policies should be seen as an investment not an expense. Me for the Green Transition @NS_Spotlight @NewStatesman"
X Link 2023-09-22T13:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I spent a lot of Labour party conference thinking about the grid⚡💡 Renewing the UKs energy infrastructure is essential to reach net zero. But is an incoming Labour government up to the challenge For @NewStatesman & @NS_Spotlight"
X Link 2023-10-19T15:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In the middle of a growing shortage of temporary accommodation with [--] in [--] people in our capital city currently homeless our home secretary chooses to pick a fight over tents and call rough sleeping a lifestyle choice Really"
X Link 2023-11-04T14:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Important piece in @NS_Spotlight from @RobbieMac_ on why new oil and gas licences have nothing to do with energy security especially ahead of Rishi Sunak's plans for the King's Speech tomorrow:"
X Link 2023-11-06T13:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Barry Gardiner asks whether the UK will be pledging funds to the loss and damages fund (points out that Belgium and Germany already have). Coutinho says the UK is speaking to international counterparts but adds that pledges at Cop often come together "at the very last minute""
X Link 2023-11-08T14:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Coutinho is asked about new oil and gas licences - included in yesterday's King's Speech - particularly whether they will bring people's bills down. She explains new licences will raise money for the UK and increase investment in the sector so that it can transition to"
X Link 2023-11-08T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"net zero at the right time. Coutinho reiterates the argument put forward by govt that the UK will need to use oil and gas in the transition to net zero [----] and it's much better that the oil and gas we do use is produced in the UK"
X Link 2023-11-08T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Cop28 kicks off next week. Ahead of the conference and with an election next year looking likely I looked into what to expect from Labour's shadow front bench in Dubai this year. "On the outside looking in": Labour's shadow cop 🌎"
X Link 2023-11-20T12:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Private jets belonging to [---] celebrities have spent a sum total of [--] years in the air since [----]. These flights have the same carbon footprint as [-----] British people 😭🤧 - brilliant bit of data journalism from @guardian"
X Link 2023-11-21T16:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"lmao how long do you think Jeremy Hunt has been waiting to make that joke 😭"
X Link 2023-11-22T12:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@connie_dimsdale @NSPCC @frida_thoughts Amazing Connie Congrats 😎✨"
X Link 2023-11-28T17:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I spoke to @FrediOtto of @ClimateSciBreak about why we're "telling the wrong story" about climate change and how vital it is that policymakers and governments properly communicate the urgency of our current situation🌎 For @NewStatesman / @NS_Spotlight"
X Link 2023-12-06T16:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It looks like the pledge to phase down fossil fuels has been removed from the draft agreement at #Cop28 . Seems miles away from when countries agreed to this wording rather than phase out. This is certainly not the landmark conference the UAE were hoping for then"
X Link 2023-12-11T16:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Another top player goes down with an ACL injury. Weve seen so many across teams in the WSL over the past two years - surely a sign we need better investment in kit and training that actually works for womens bodies Chelsea Football Club can confirm striker Sam Kerr has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during our warm weather training camp in Morocco. Chelsea Football Club can confirm striker Sam Kerr has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during our warm weather training camp in Morocco"
X Link 2024-01-07T22:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I finished A Death in Malta by @pcaruanagalizia this morning - my first read of [----]. A truly extraordinary and harrowing story and so beautifully written. I highly recommend picking up a copy"
X Link 2024-01-15T10:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
".@OctopusEnergy allow you to spin the 'wheel of fortune' after giving a meter reading and it might win you money off your energy bill. Every time I've done it I have won [--]. Seems a bit of a cruel gimmick when people are genuinely hard up due to sky high energy costs atm"
X Link 2024-01-18T16:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Labour have denied they're dropping their 28bn green investment pledge. A Labour source says "it's nonsense""
X Link 2024-01-19T17:23Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"Labour should "view 28bn as a floor not a ceiling" for green investment says @labourlewis in this piece today for @NS_Spotlight. 'Why 28bn should only be the start of Labour's climate investment' @NewStatesman"
X Link 2024-02-02T13:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"For today's Green Transition (@NS_Spotlight) I wrote about the likelihood of Labour's Clean Power by [----] ambition. Spoiler alert: it's not all about the money. ⚡🌎 Read on below and subscribe to get weekly green analysis in your inbox. @NewStatesman https://open.substack.com/pub/spotlightonpolicy/p/the-green-transition-can-labour-achiever=2pg7pp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/spotlightonpolicy/p/the-green-transition-can-labour-achiever=2pg7pp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"
X Link 2024-03-28T10:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Labour have outlined how they intend to help out councils if elected. Seems they will introduce multi-year funding settlements and align the allocation of different strands of government funding to make forward planning easier for councils. https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Power-and-partnership-Labours-Plan-to-Power-up-Britain.pdf https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Power-and-partnership-Labours-Plan-to-Power-up-Britain.pdf"
X Link 2024-03-28T16:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It makes zero sense to prioritise a finite energy source over an abundant one especially when your argument is that it will improve energy security. Sunak to allow oil and gas exploration at sites intended for offshore wind https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/02/sunak-to-allow-oil-and-gas-exploration-at-sites-intended-for-offshore-wind https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/02/sunak-to-allow-oil-and-gas-exploration-at-sites-intended-for-offshore-wind"
X Link 2024-05-02T20:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"For this week's edition of the Green Transition @NS_Spotlight I've written about the wider risks associated with declining biodiversity and a pretty shocking new report from @GFI_green which estimated nature-related risks could see UK GDP drop by 12% https://spotlightonpolicy.substack.comutm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web https://spotlightonpolicy.substack.comutm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2024-05-04T11:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Defeatism is as much of a threat as climate denial I interviewed climate scientist @MichaelEMann about net zero lessons from the earths history and why US leadership is essential for climate action. For @NS_Spotlight/@NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/michael-mann-defeatism-threat-climate-change-action-net-zero https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/michael-mann-defeatism-threat-climate-change-action-net-zero"
X Link 2024-05-10T08:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I sat down with @StarkClimate two days before he stepped down as chief executive of @theCCCuk. We spoke about Scotland the political will for net zero and David Attenborough among other things. In this week's @NS_Spotlight/@NewStatesman 🌍⚡ https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/chris-stark-climate-change-committee-oil-gas-licences-north-sea-net-zero https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/05/chris-stark-climate-change-committee-oil-gas-licences-north-sea-net-zero"
X Link 2024-05-13T08:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Labour has unveiled the logo and website for its planned publicly-owned energy company GB Energy. Last month I wrote about how GBE would work on a local level - for @NewStatesman/@NS_Spotlight https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/04/how-could-labours-local-power-plan-work https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/04/how-could-labours-local-power-plan-work"
X Link 2024-05-31T09:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This morning Sir Patrick Vallance backed Labour's climate plans. At the end of last year I wrote about Vallance's seven rules for net zero @NewStatesman : https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/2023/11/patrick-vallances-seven-rules-for-net-zero https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/2023/11/patrick-vallances-seven-rules-for-net-zero"
X Link 2024-05-31T14:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Sunak pedalling the infuriating net zero is too expensive argument - it will be MORE expensive if we dont do this transition. Why would you prioritise finite resources (oil and gas) over abundant ones (renewables). Its an such an expensive mistake #itvdebate"
X Link 2024-06-04T20:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Talking about energy security while saying were still going to drill for north sea oil and gas is so disingenuous. It was our reliance on fossil fuels that left us exposed to skyrocketing energy costs when Russia invaded Ukraine"
X Link 2024-06-04T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"With headlines like this it's absolutely crazy that housing got less than [--] mins in the debate last night and half of that was Sunak saying the way he'd fix the housing crisis is with tax cuts. We're such an unserious country https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/crisis-hit-councils-spend-up-to-50-percent-of-budgets-on-temporary-housing-vwsq88p50 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/crisis-hit-councils-spend-up-to-50-percent-of-budgets-on-temporary-housing-vwsq88p50"
X Link 2024-06-05T13:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I profiled @Georgia_Gould the candidate for Queen's Park and Maida Vale as part of a wider piece on Labour candidates to watch - find it in this week's edition of the @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-next-generation-election-2024-new-labour-mps https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-next-generation-election-2024-new-labour-mps"
X Link 2024-06-13T10:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Following yesterday's manifesto launch I wrote about Labour's heavily trailed climate plans and why they're now under more scrutiny than ever - for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-climate-plans-are-under-more-scrutiny-than-ever https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/labours-climate-plans-are-under-more-scrutiny-than-ever"
X Link 2024-06-14T15:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"With Taylor Swift's Eras Tour set to land in London this week (I'm going on Friday woo) here's a reminder of my briefing for @lgcplus from last year all about.you guessed it fiscal devolution : 'Why the Treasury needs to listen to Taylor Swift' https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc-briefing/why-the-treasury-needs-to-listen-to-taylor-swift-28-03-2023/ https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc-briefing/why-the-treasury-needs-to-listen-to-taylor-swift-28-03-2023/"
X Link 2024-06-18T16:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Shortly before the election was called I interviewed @alanwhiteheadmp the shadow minister for energy security. We discussed Labours energy plans the north sea transition & how climate policy has changed since he was elected in [----] - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/06/alan-whitehead-labour-energy-security-green-transition-net-zero-renewables https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/06/alan-whitehead-labour-energy-security-green-transition-net-zero-renewables"
X Link 2024-06-19T14:03Z [----] followers, 21.4K engagements
"The Restore Nature Now March is about to kick off in central London. Good line up of environment celebrities Chris Packham Caroline Lucas Emma Thompson and Dale Vince among the front of the line"
X Link 2024-06-22T11:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The framing of this is super misleading. Yes decarbonisation will require a lot of money. But under Labour's plans a lot of that will be crowded in from private finance rather than public by removing current barriers to investment e.g. speeding up the planning process. Shadow minister admits Labours net zero target will cost hundreds of billions of pounds. https://t.co/Y1WHLMbvGi Shadow minister admits Labours net zero target will cost hundreds of billions of pounds. https://t.co/Y1WHLMbvGi"
X Link 2024-06-27T09:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"May [----] was the hottest on record and it's looking likely June [----] will be record breaking too. Makes the past six weeks likely to be the hottest election campaign on record - yet climate change has barely featured. https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-may-2024-12th-consecutive-month-record-high-temperatures#::text=The%20Copernicus%20Climate%20Change%20Serviceaverage%20temperature%20reaches%20a%20record"
X Link 2024-07-03T11:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Mandatory house building targets for councils are back under Labour just over [--] months after the Conservatives scrapped them. Still not 100% clear on how the new govt plans to take on the nimbies though https://www.thetimes.com/article/87558ae0-2fcd-4673-bb16-95f970ae38eeshareToken=5a39b488bcd8f77327c8cdb0407635d5 https://www.thetimes.com/article/87558ae0-2fcd-4673-bb16-95f970ae38eeshareToken=5a39b488bcd8f77327c8cdb0407635d5"
X Link 2024-07-08T07:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Lifting the ban on onshore wind is low hanging fruit - but you can definitely sense a real shift in tone between the new govt which is clearly prioritising renewable energy & previous one which spent most of the time defending it's decision to allow new oil and gas licences. The onshore wind ban has been in place for [--] years. We've been in government for [--] hours we've lifted it. That's the pace we're going to move at. https://t.co/Hd2B1q8oE2 The onshore wind ban has been in place for [--] years. We've been in government for [--] hours we've lifted it. That's the pace we're going to move at."
X Link 2024-07-08T14:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Shortly after the election was called I spoke to Labour donor and eco-entrepreneur @DaleVince about the party's clean power plans. We covered the economic case for net zero planning reform and the potential of green gas. Have a read For @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/07/dale-vince-interview-clean-power-renewables-green-net-zero-labour-general-election https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/07/dale-vince-interview-clean-power-renewables-green-net-zero-labour-general-election"
X Link 2024-07-10T16:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Prime Minister Keir Starmer just set to address the New Statesman summer reception"
X Link 2024-07-22T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"For last week's edition of the Green Transition I wrote about Labour's plans for clean power [----] 1.5bn for contracts for difference and Chris Stark's snazzy new job title for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/08/chris-stark-clean-power-2030-green-transition https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/energy/2024/08/chris-stark-clean-power-2030-green-transition"
X Link 2024-08-05T10:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its final report today. Running to more than [----] pages across seven volumes it reveals a web of confused responsibility dodged culpability and insidious negligence on a massive scale. My report for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/09/grenfell-inquiry-failure-on-an-industrial-scale https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/09/grenfell-inquiry-failure-on-an-industrial-scale"
X Link 2024-09-04T16:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A year ago today Birmingham City Council declared itself effectively bankrupt. For @NewStatesman I interviewed Max Caller Birmingham's lead commissioner who was brought out of retirement to turn the council around. Catch it in this week's issue https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/2024/09/max-caller-interview-man-who-fixes-broken-councils https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/2024/09/max-caller-interview-man-who-fixes-broken-councils"
X Link 2024-09-05T10:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I wrote about yesterday's Darzi review for @NewStatesman which makes clear that more money isn't the key helping the NHS - reform is crucial. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/more-cash-wont-save-the-nhs https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/more-cash-wont-save-the-nhs"
X Link 2024-09-13T08:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I interviewed @RhianMariThomas CEO of @GFI_green and chair of the National Wealth Fund taskforce. We spoke about how the fund might fill the "missing middle" and encourage more investment in riskier green technologies like hydrogen. For @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/09/national-wealth-fund-green-transition https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/09/national-wealth-fund-green-transition"
X Link 2024-09-16T11:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"ed miliband themed cappuccino proving a hit at labour conference"
X Link 2024-09-23T10:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Taking back control is a Labour argument says Starmer. Interesting that Ed Miliband used this same Brexit-era phrase in his speech yesterday #LPC24"
X Link 2024-09-24T13:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""Perhaps amid continued stories about ministers acceptance of luxury gifts.the government has forgotten that genuine public fury exists over the winter fuel payment cut" - my coverage of today's sour end to Labour Party Conference [----] - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/winter-fuel-cuts-labour-conference-ends-on-a-sour-note https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/winter-fuel-cuts-labour-conference-ends-on-a-sour-note"
X Link 2024-09-25T16:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"With two weeks to go until the US election I wrote about where the two candidates stand on the climate and why win for Trump will have a very different impact on global temperatures than a Harris victory. For @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/10/us-election-2024-impact-climate-change https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/sustainability/climate/2024/10/us-election-2024-impact-climate-change"
X Link 2024-10-22T07:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Crazy stat in UK Housing Review: govt spending on housing is at its highest: [----] billion in 2021/22 compared to [----] billion in 1975/76 in real terms. In the 70s 95% was on housebuilding now it's only 12%. The main reason for this drop A rise in demand for housing benefit"
X Link 2024-10-28T15:30Z [----] followers, 81.4K engagements
"A bit strange that a government with a mission to achieve 'clean power 2030' would keep the 5p cut on fuel duty. Surely this is just putting off making a decision on raising this tax for a future budget"
X Link 2024-10-30T13:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Donald Trumps return to the White House is a disaster for global temperatures. I wrote about what a second Trump presidency might mean for the climate - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster"
X Link 2024-11-07T08:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This is a super piece by my colleague Jonny Ball on whether the UK can succeed at 'budget Bidenomics'. Catch it in this week's NS Spotlight supplement. On newsstands now @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2024/11/can-the-uk-do-budget-bidenomics https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2024/11/can-the-uk-do-budget-bidenomics"
X Link 2024-11-15T14:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Labour must ask itself an important question. What is local government for Is its fate to become a National Care Service by proxy Or is it intended to add value and improve residents lives My piece on the governments devo plans - @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/labours-gamble-with-local-government https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/labours-gamble-with-local-government"
X Link 2024-12-18T09:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@JSimpsonjourno @TimesMoney Congrats Jack"
X Link 2025-01-03T16:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Donald Trump has given notice to the UN of his intention to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement. In November I wrote about why his presidency will be a disaster for rising global temperatures. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster https://www.newstatesman.com/us-election-2024/2024/11/donald-trump-is-a-climate-disaster"
X Link 2025-01-21T09:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Pleased to share I have been promoted to Associate Editor (Spotlight) @NewStatesman Ill still be covering policy (net zero local government social care) for the site and our Spotlight supplements and running our weekly newsletter The Green Transition 🪩🌿"
X Link 2025-03-17T10:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If the choice is more expensive imports from despotic regimes like Russia or new oil and gas I think the answer has to be new oil and gas. I spoke to the leader of Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/scotland/2025/03/anas-sarwar-energy-security-is-national-security https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/scotland/2025/03/anas-sarwar-energy-security-is-national-security"
X Link 2025-03-31T07:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Completely bizarre way for a prime minister to refer to a government agency lol They keep trying to block us but we keep building. They keep trying to block us but we keep building"
X Link 2025-04-03T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Fun to be on today's episode of the @NewStatesman podcast today talking about whether the Greens need a more charismatic leader & what to expect from the [--] councils won by Reform (w/@RMCunliffe @georgeeaton & @BNHWalker) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-new-statesman-uk-politics-and-culture/id630596898i=1000706980693 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-new-statesman-uk-politics-and-culture/id630596898i=1000706980693"
X Link 2025-05-09T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Zack Polanski announced his intention to run to be leader of the Green party this week on a platform of eco-populism. If elected Polanski hopes to pose a new challenge to the government from the left. I spoke to him for @NewStatesman👇(link in next tweet)"
X Link 2025-05-10T07:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Joanna Bennett Lloyd painted here by Sir Joshua Reynolds in [----] was an 18th century it-girl whose life spanned England France and America. She is also my great-great-great-great-great grandmother. I wrote about her for @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-05-14T07:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Joannas life was fascinating. She was born Joanna Leigh on the Isle of Wight in [----]. When she was [--] she married an American from Maryland on the condition that he would move with her to Paris. There the couple moved in the same circles as Benjamin Franklin and John Adams"
X Link 2025-05-14T07:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Nigel Farage has pledged to re-open the blast furnaces in Port Talbot. This is basically impossible - turning off a blast furnace unless you have done whats called a salamander tap renders it useless. This process was not done in Port Talbot"
X Link 2025-06-09T11:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"On Starmer's decision to hold an inquiry into the grooming gangs one Labour MP texts: "Im properly pissed off.Ive had far right leaflets going around my constituency saying I voted against an inquiry. Now were having one." Others are in a similar boat"
X Link 2025-06-16T14:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"My piece on the [--] amendments looking to decriminalise abortion and why proceeding with caution (as NC1 does) is the right approach to take to such a sensitive issue which (still unfortunately) remains very controversial - @NewStatesman I wrote about abortion - which is still technically a criminal offence - and the two amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill being brought to change this (NC1 and NC20). While change must happen access to abortion is too sensitive to risk; change must be handled with care. https://t.co/LTZrhGYq71 I wrote about abortion - which is still technically a"
X Link 2025-06-16T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Casey report has forced Keir Starmers hand on holding a national inquiry. But MPs have been forced out on the defensive for months - telling constituents calling for an inquiry that it wasnt necessary to hold one. One MP told me they are properly pissed off. @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-06-17T06:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"There has been some criticism that attempts to decriminalise abortion being brought today should be done via a separate 'abortion' bill. IMO that would be completely the wrong approach and would only serve to re-open the debate on a women's right to her own body. 1/3"
X Link 2025-06-17T14:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Great dispatch from todays Palestine Action protest by @GMonaghan1998 Proscribing the group may only increase its popularity. 🖊 @GMonaghan1998: Welcome to hot Palestine Action summer https://t.co/bm2HMhJYqe Proscribing the group may only increase its popularity. 🖊 @GMonaghan1998: Welcome to hot Palestine Action summer https://t.co/bm2HMhJYqe"
X Link 2025-06-23T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In response to a question around centring disabled people in the discussion of welfare Kendall says she is beginning the process to discuss with disabled people and disability organisations to work out how exactly these reforms will take place. Again lots of calls to give way"
X Link 2025-07-01T13:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Kendall says: "This government does not and will not duck the big challenges facing this country". Lots of heckling and laughter from the Commons benches"
X Link 2025-07-01T13:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"My analysis of the future of Keir Starmers troubled welfare bill. The bill passed through the commons this evening with [---] for and [---] against but at what cost @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-07-01T20:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My review of todays PMQs a very tricky watch made even more excruciating when Keir Starmer failed to stand by his Chancellor - @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-07-02T12:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/pmqs-review-keir-starmer-fails-to-rule-out-sacking-rachel-reeves https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/pmqs-review-keir-starmer-fails-to-rule-out-sacking-rachel-reeves"
X Link 2025-07-02T12:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I asked Jeremy Corbyn about his hints of a new left party/movement on Peston last night. He said: Up and down the country independents are making the case for a more equal and peaceful society. There is growing appetite for cooperation and come next election I am hopeful"
X Link 2025-07-03T10:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"there will be a united voice for equality sustainability and peace. A source close to Corbyn added that cooperation and united voice can mean many different things"
X Link 2025-07-03T10:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I asked Jeremy Corbyn whether he had the intention of forming a new party this morning. This is what he told me. Note a source close to him added: cooperation and united voice can mean many different things. I asked Jeremy Corbyn about his hints of a new left party/movement on Peston last night. He said: Up and down the country independents are making the case for a more equal and peaceful society. There is growing appetite for cooperation and come next election I am hopeful. I asked Jeremy Corbyn about his hints of a new left party/movement on Peston last night. He said: Up and down the"
X Link 2025-07-03T21:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Zarah Sultanas big messy surprise for Jeremy Corbyn - my piece for @NewStatesman on the false-start of this new left-wing party"
X Link 2025-07-04T09:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/zarah-sultanas-big-messy-surprise-for-jeremy-corbyn https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/zarah-sultanas-big-messy-surprise-for-jeremy-corbyn"
X Link 2025-07-04T09:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Corbyn makes a statement on Zarah Sultana's departure from Labour but does not directly confirm a new party is launching imminently nor does he confirm that he would co-lead its founding. Real change is coming. https://t.co/PjMPhxUJz7 Real change is coming. https://t.co/PjMPhxUJz7"
X Link 2025-07-04T13:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In response to the launch of the Corbyn/Sultana party candidates for the Green Party Leadership Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay have said this makes it even more important for the Green Party to maintain a distinct identity. Clear divergence from Zack Polanski's 'eco-populism'"
X Link 2025-07-24T15:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It was fun to find out mid-@NewStatesman podcast about the announcement of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's new party captured on camera here. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RHXehoK-q6Q https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RHXehoK-q6Q"
X Link 2025-07-25T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"After scoring the winning goal in yesterday's Euros final Chloe Kelly said something interesting and often unheard of: "I feel so proud to be English". What a victory for women's football I wrote about why the Lionesses make it cool to be English for @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-07-28T13:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This afternoon Keir Starmer called an urgent cabinet meeting on the situation in Gaza. Pressure is mounting on the PM to recognise Palestine even from more moderate MPs. [---] Lab MPs have called for the government to do so immediately. My piece from yesterday for @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-07-29T15:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Interesting reaction from Rachel Reeves to the new left party - seems make it all about what she deems to be Corbyn's "big ego" and accuses him of trying to destroy Labour once before. Doesn't address the wider issues of why voters are moving leftward tho https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-corbyn-your-party-zarah-sultana-rachel-reeves-b2800934.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-corbyn-your-party-zarah-sultana-rachel-reeves-b2800934.html"
X Link 2025-08-04T14:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I did think theyd keep KS but now think hes so bad hell prob go. How Labour fell in love with Dominic Cummings - my @NewStatesman weekend report"
X Link 2025-08-09T07:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2025/08/how-labour-fell-in-love-with-dominic-cummings https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2025/08/how-labour-fell-in-love-with-dominic-cummings"
X Link 2025-08-09T07:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"The Green Party leadership election is entering its final week. I wrote about the significance of this race for the partys future direction recent accusations of a hostile takeover and why this is a sliding doors moment for the Greens and to an extent the left. @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-08-25T07:36Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements
"Voting in the Green Party leadership election closes today at midday. I wrote about the deep significance of this moment in Green party history and more widely for the British left. Incl comments ahead of the result from candidates @ZackPolanski and @EllieChowns. @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-08-30T07:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"BREAKING: Zack Polanski has won the Green Party leadership election with [-----] votes"
X Link 2025-09-02T10:15Z [----] followers, 10.4K engagements
"NEW: @ZackPolanski has swept to the leadership of the Green Party with [----] per cent of the vote. My write up for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/greens/2025/09/zack-polanski-sweeps-the-green-leadership https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/greens/2025/09/zack-polanski-sweeps-the-green-leadership"
X Link 2025-09-02T10:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Keir Starmer may have backed Angela Rayner but among Labour backbenchers and insiders feelings over the fate of the Deputy Prime Minister are mixed. My analysis for @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-09-03T15:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/labour-backbenchers-are-cautious-about-angela-rayner https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/labour-backbenchers-are-cautious-about-angela-rayner"
X Link 2025-09-03T15:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"What will become of Angela Rayner It could be a matter of hours before Westminster finds out. Both the prime minister and members of the soft-left are rallying around her. But what will happen when Laurie Magnus's findings are released My @NewStatesman Morning Call"
X Link 2025-09-04T12:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/09/what-will-become-of-angela-rayner https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/09/what-will-become-of-angela-rayner"
X Link 2025-09-04T12:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Labour is dead I spoke to Zarah Sultana at Majoritys annual conference in Newcastle today where she was drumming up support for Your Party and telling delegates how she plans to beat Farage. Read my write up on @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-09-06T14:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The speed of Labours proposed deputy leadership election has already sparked fury on the left of the party. @RichardBurgon has described it as the mother of all stitch ups - but its not just the hard left who are concerned. My piece for @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/is-labours-deputy-leadership-election-the-mother-of-all-stitch-ups https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/09/is-labours-deputy-leadership-election-the-mother-of-all-stitch-ups"
X Link 2025-09-08T10:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In his TUC address Gen Sec Paul Nowak calls on the government to lift the 2-child benefit cap. A Labour government will never stand aside and watch a childs potential be wasted because of poverty - lift the two child benefit cap and give our kids the future they deserve"
X Link 2025-09-08T10:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Nowak takes aim at Nigel Farage: Theres a world of difference between what Nigel says and what Nigel does. Points out that every single Reform MP voted against Employment Rights bill - Say you stand up for working people then vote for the Employment Rights Bill"
X Link 2025-09-08T10:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Momentum echoing Richard Burgons calls for the [--] remaining suspended MPs to have the whip reinstated so they can vote in the dep leadership election (Rachael Maskell Chris Hinchliffe John McDonnell Apsana Begum Neil Duncan Jordan and Brian Leishman) The Deputy Leadership contest must be democratic. All [--] suspended MPs should be re-instated. They should never have had the whip withdrawn and there is no basis from stopping them participating. MPs should use their nominations so that all wings of the Party are represented. The Deputy Leadership contest must be democratic. All [--] suspended MPs"
X Link 2025-09-08T13:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Philipson using her speech to big up the Employment Rights Bill (which is obvs separate from her Education brief) - describes the fair pay agreement for Care Workers worked on by Angela Rayner as "historic". Clearly showing her commitment to the bill/credentials as dep leader"
X Link 2025-09-09T14:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In Justice Questions Robert Jenrick asks why David Lammy while Foreign Sec stood by the appointment of Peter Mandelson who Jenrick describes as the "best pal" of Jeffrey Epstein as US ambassador. Describes the appointment as "indefensible". "Everyone in this house knows it""
X Link 2025-09-16T11:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Thornberry finishes: "When Lord Mandelson was appointed red flags were obviously missed or ignored and on the day that the American President lands in Britain for a state visit the government is materially worse off" Emily Thornberry chair of Foreign Affairs Committee is speaking. Says reports that the committee had time to question Mandelson are skewed: "the reality is of course that we had a [--] minute interaction over breakfast while receiving a formal briefing from the diplomatic staff" Emily Thornberry chair of Foreign Affairs Committee is speaking. Says reports that the committee had"
X Link 2025-09-16T12:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Sultana claims she has been subjected to "what can only be described as a sexist boys club". Calls on Corbyn to meet with her and make all structures processes and decision-making public. "This party is more important than any one person" My response: https://t.co/pIWrzZ4MzB My response: https://t.co/pIWrzZ4MzB"
X Link 2025-09-18T14:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Can Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn ever reconcile Despite diplomatic efforts to bring the two sides together their split appears to have deepened. My analysis for @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-09-20T11:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"NEW: More pressure is mounting on Starmer over child poverty as [--] Labour leaders - including Gordon Brown Eluned Morgan Sadiq Khan Andy Burnham Steve Rotheram and Mark Drakeford - launch a new pamphlet calling for national solutions. Copies set to be handed out at conference"
X Link 2025-09-27T15:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Keir Starmer introduced by Margaret Aspinall who lost her [--] year old son at Hillsborough - Im here to tell you why the Hillsborough law is so important she said. Govt laid the bill out for first reading on final day before conference recess"
X Link 2025-09-30T13:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Starting his dep leaders speech Mothin Ali says: Youre all expecting me to say something controversial or shout allahu akbar. But actually Im going to share a little story with you"
X Link 2025-10-04T09:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Ali says he left the Labour party five years ago to join the Greens in protest at Keir Starmers leadership. Says there will be a lot of people now in the position he was in then"
X Link 2025-10-04T09:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Green Party leadership team and MP Carla Denyer appearing at a red line for Palestine protest on Bournemouth beach this afternoon"
X Link 2025-10-04T11:58Z [----] followers, 48.6K engagements
"NEW: Green Party members have passed a motion to make it party policy to abolish landlords - the vote took place this lunchtime on the final day of the partys conference in Bournemouth"
X Link 2025-10-05T12:32Z [----] followers, 11.7K engagements
"Exclusive polling of English councillors by my colleague Jonny Ball for @NS_Spotlight reveals 97% don't think their council gets adequate funding from government. Over a fifth say bankruptcy is likely/very likely for their council over the next [--] years. https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/05/exclusive-polling-councillors-local-government-elections-councils-bankrupt-conservatives https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/2024/05/exclusive-polling-councillors-local-government-elections-councils-bankrupt-conservatives"
X Link 2024-05-02T16:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"At @TWT_NOW Day [--] Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana are about to speak at an event on Red/Green Alliances. Expect some more detail of how the Greens and Your Party could work together in future and how the two parties differ"
X Link 2025-10-11T09:09Z [----] followers, 66.7K engagements
"Speaking at The World Transformed event on Red/Green Alliances Zack Polanski says you cant be a fighter for environmental justice without being socialist. A direct counter to criticism that the GP isnt a socialist party"
X Link 2025-10-11T09:45Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements
"What's behind the Green surge The party is now polling on [--] per cent behind the Tories and Labour (both on 17) and is likely to shortly take over the Conservatives to become the third largest political party in the UK. My piece for @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-10-15T13:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"As broken by @NewStatesman on Wednesday https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/10/laura-kuenssberg-dodges-zack-polanski-again 🚨 UPDATE: Victoria Derbyshire not Laura Kuenssberg will interview Zack Polanski tomorrow https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/10/laura-kuenssberg-dodges-zack-polanski-again 🚨 UPDATE: Victoria Derbyshire not Laura Kuenssberg will interview Zack Polanski tomorrow"
X Link 2025-10-18T19:27Z [----] followers, 33K engagements
"NEW: @ZackPolanski confirmed in an interview with Victoria Derbyshire this morning that the Green Party has now over taken the Tories in terms of party membership (125K vs Tories 123K) This makes @TheGreenParty the third largest political party in the UK behind Labour and Reform"
X Link 2025-10-19T09:39Z [----] followers, 41.5K engagements
"Under draft guidance released last week Your Party will hold an election to select a single leader - not co-leaders - kicking off in January next year. Read my exclusive story in @NewStatesman below: This is a significant development. Up until now Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been widely billed as the partys co-leaders Exclusive: Your Party will only have one leader under draft guidance 🖊 @meganekenyon https://t.co/9Ui8ojXiMu This is a significant development. Up until now Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been widely billed as the partys co-leaders Exclusive: Your Party will"
X Link 2025-10-21T10:56Z [----] followers, 13.3K engagements
"You can read the full story here: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/exclusive-your-party-will-only-have-one-leader-under-draft-guidance https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/exclusive-your-party-will-only-have-one-leader-under-draft-guidance"
X Link 2025-10-21T11:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""The Greens have had more people join since @ZackPolanski was elected than the Lib Dems have members" Read all about it on @TheStaggers https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/zack-polanski-shows-off-his-pulling-power https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/zack-polanski-shows-off-his-pulling-power"
X Link 2025-10-21T12:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Interesting line from Sultana at the end here that she has experienced entitlement from the Greens. In my reporting I have mostly picked up the reverse of Green activists/politicians cautious of alliances with YP due to memories of being passed over by Lab in [----] I truly look forward to the first YourParty council that will presumably just find sacks of cash lying around the place to fund government services according to Zarah Sultana's many years of experience in local government finance. You know because that's how it works. https://t.co/QKZyjXdX4S I truly look forward to the first"
X Link 2025-10-28T18:51Z [----] followers, 25.7K engagements
"In this interview with @OliDugmore Steve Reed admits to not having seen much of the Greens housing policies. A notable admission considering recent polls put the Greens in second place (behind Reform) and over taking Labour. Theyre the governments main left-wing opposition. Theyre just a bit wacky arent they @SteveReedMP on the Green Partys plan to abolish landlords. https://t.co/0X2xT8XBSx Theyre just a bit wacky arent they @SteveReedMP on the Green Partys plan to abolish landlords. https://t.co/0X2xT8XBSx"
X Link 2025-11-07T17:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Zarah Sultana sets out her vision for Your Party ahead of founding conference in [--] weeks time. Makes clear she supports members choosing the partys leadership model (which could include co-leaders) rather than current guidance which sets out plan for a single leader of YP. Ive always fought and always will for maximum member democracy. If you believe Your Party should be explicitly socialist radically democratic rooted in mass movement and led by our members not MPs join me and back these democratic demands: (1/3) https://t.co/Z4vXBdzETx Ive always fought and always will for maximum member"
X Link 2025-11-08T18:34Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements
"Alan Whitehead is back in Labour's Energy Team. Whitehead was shadow energy minister until last year when he stepped down as the MP for Southampton Test at the general election. No. [--] has announced today he will be appointed energy minister (& given a peerage)"
X Link 2025-11-11T16:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""McSweeney. generally enjoys having a politician to work closely with and bounce ideas off.Another insider already notes that there is already a politician in No [--] that the chief of staff could - and should - have that relationship with" lol @PronouncedAlva https://t.co/MhU73EubOn @PronouncedAlva https://t.co/MhU73EubOn"
X Link 2025-11-12T10:01Z [----] followers, 28.6K engagements
"My latest on the Your Party funding debacle. As things stand the [------] held by MoU Ltd has not been transferred to Your Party and the partys conference is just over two weeks away @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/can-your-party-resolve-its-funding-war https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/can-your-party-resolve-its-funding-war"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:45Z [----] followers, 16.7K engagements
"Something odd keeps happening to Jeremy Corbyn. At several Your Party events he has been heckled for being a zionist. I wrote this weeks @NewStatesman politics column on Your Party factionalism and why all of this is helping the Green Partys new leader - Zack Polanski"
X Link 2025-11-13T09:11Z [----] followers, 88.6K engagements
"How much longer can Your Party last The last [--] hours the party has been wracked by yet another public split culminating in the resignation of Adnan Hussain from the founding process this afternoon. Featuring some spicy quotes from a source close to Sultana:"
X Link 2025-11-14T16:31Z [----] followers, 52.2K engagements
"Addressing this weeks chaos Steve Reed tells the @CoopParty conference: So when Westminster gets stuck in one of its bouts of navel gazing I remember what our Prime Minister taught us as we were preparing for power. Country first party second"
X Link 2025-11-15T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"NEW: [--] Labour MPs so far have publicly criticised the government's planned asylum reforms. Find out who below. The @NewStatesman will be keeping this list updated throughout the day. @PronouncedAlva @EthanCroft98 https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/list-tracked-labour-mps-criticise-shabana-mahmood-immigration-proposals https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/list-tracked-labour-mps-criticise-shabana-mahmood-immigration-proposals"
X Link 2025-11-17T12:48Z [----] followers, 88.1K engagements
"Backbench Labour MP Andy McDonald calls on the government to "withdraw" their new asylum policies calling them "cruel unfair and unworkable." He says: "Punishing the vulnerable will not fix the problems communities actually face. Instead of letting the right dictate its priorities the government should focus on housing healthcare and the cost of livingthe issues that matter to ordinary people.""
X Link 2025-11-17T16:03Z [----] followers, 14.2K engagements
"Responding to criticism from the Lib Dem benches - which accused the govt of stoking tensions over immigration with their new asylum policy - Shabana Mahmoud says she has experienced the sharp end of racism in Britain having been called a f**ing pi"
X Link 2025-11-17T18:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Responding to criticism from the Lib Dem benches - which accused the govt of stoking tensions over immigration with their new asylum policy - Shabana Mahmood says she has experienced the sharp end of racism in Britain having been called a f**ing pi"
X Link 2025-11-17T18:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"UPDATE: A spox for Sultana has said: As a co-founder of Your Party Zarah will be addressing the founding conference as members expect. Shes fighting for maximum member democracy and is confident the movement will not accept any attempt to exclude or sabotage her as happened before her appearance on Question Time last week. New: On claims that she is not on speaking terms with Your Party conference organisers a source close to Zarah Sultana said she and Corbyn have spoken in recent days. They claimed Sultana has been excluded from the entire process leading up to conference. New: On claims"
X Link 2025-11-19T14:10Z [----] followers, 190.7K engagements
"SCOOP: Ex Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle is defecting to the Green Party"
X Link 2025-11-20T14:43Z [----] followers, 283.4K engagements
"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/exclusive-ex-labour-mp-to-defect-to-the-green-party https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/exclusive-ex-labour-mp-to-defect-to-the-green-party"
X Link 2025-11-20T14:43Z [----] followers, 18.2K engagements
"New: My interview with Lloyd Russell-Moyle. - He left Labour because it had become intolerant - His defection came about through chats with his local Green Party - He plans to run for selection as the Green Party candidate for his former seat of Brighton Kemptown https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/why-im-defecting-to-the-greens-former-labour-mp-lloyd-russell-moyle https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/why-im-defecting-to-the-greens-former-labour-mp-lloyd-russell-moyle"
X Link 2025-11-20T16:05Z [----] followers, 136.3K engagements
"Breaking: Independent Alliance MP Iqbal Mohamed has quit Your Party. That's two of the five Independent Alliance MPs who have now left the project. My statement on my departure from Your Party. https://t.co/NsoNLHU7xI My statement on my departure from Your Party. https://t.co/NsoNLHU7xI"
X Link 2025-11-21T15:14Z [----] followers, 24.4K engagements
"EXC🚨: Jeremy Corbyn apologises to those who are disappointed with the launch of Your Party. In an interview with @NewStatesman Corbyn said: "Im sorry if you are at all disappointed. any misdemeanours on my part of course I apologise. But I want to make things work"
X Link 2025-11-24T17:03Z [----] followers, 92.7K engagements
"Jeremy Corbyn on how Your Party can work with the Greens and his Stoke Newington breakfast with Zack Polanski We can work together. @jeremycorbyn spoke to @meganekenyon about Your Party and @ZackPolanski. https://t.co/DsZZsusgOm We can work together. @jeremycorbyn spoke to @meganekenyon about Your Party and @ZackPolanski. https://t.co/DsZZsusgOm"
X Link 2025-11-25T18:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"New: Your Party rules out co-leaders. Under draft guidance to be voted on by members this weekend the party will choose between a single leader or collective leadership model. A Your Party source told me: We want to end the psychodrama not institutionalise it. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/your-party-rules-out-co-leaders https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/your-party-rules-out-co-leaders"
X Link 2025-11-25T18:48Z [----] followers, 80.9K engagements
"According to leaked OBR report student loan repayment and interest thresholds ALSO frozen. Alongside [--] year extension of freeze of income tax thresholds that means two stealth taxes on young people in employment - if you see student loan repayments as a tax"
X Link 2025-11-26T12:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Zack Polanski name dropped by the Chancellor in her budget speech. Pointing to the Green Party leaders past as a hypnotherapist Reeves says: The only things getting bigger under his leadership are inflation and the deficit"
X Link 2025-11-26T12:58Z [----] followers, 50.6K engagements
"Rachel Reeves gives a shout out to work of the @CoopParty in todays budget: as we work towards doubling the size of the co-operative economy DBT will launch a call for evidence on support for coops to grow A sign of the partys quiet influence on the government"
X Link 2025-11-26T13:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A tricky budget for in-work graduates: freezing both the income tax thresholds and the student loan interest and repayment thresholds will add to a marginal tax burden which is already v heavy"
X Link 2025-11-26T15:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"New: "We were right": I spoke to several of the two-child benefit cap rebels to get their reaction to the government's u-turn in today's budget. Zarah Sultana told me: Im proud to have lost the Labour whip for backing an amendment to abolish this cruel policy"
X Link 2025-11-26T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"So much good stuff in this typically brilliant cover story from our Political Editor @PronouncedAlva - the nugget about Sadiq Khan being kicked out of Rachel Reeves's office for asking for more money for London is astonishing https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2025/11/the-budget-of-last-resort https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2025/11/the-budget-of-last-resort"
X Link 2025-11-26T17:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"New: Reports surfacing that members of the Socialist Workers Party have been expelled from Your Party this afternoon. Your Party sources point out that being a member of another national party as well as Your Party is not allowed. Should note that the SWP is the group who organisers were concerned might cause some disruption this weekend"
X Link 2025-11-28T17:10Z [----] followers, 137.9K engagements
"NEW: Your Party announces name options to be voted on by members this weekend with decision to be announced by Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday afternoon. They are: Your Party Our Party Popular Alliance and For The Many. Note Sultanas preference - The Left Party - has not made the cut"
X Link 2025-11-28T19:09Z [----] followers, 91.2K engagements
"Rayner is set to meet with her allies on Monday to discuss a response and we could well hear from her soon Ace reporting from my colleagues @EthanCroft98 and @PronouncedAlva on how Angela Rayner - the architect of the Workers Rights Bill - has taken its watering down. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/what-angela-rayner-will-do-next-on-workers-rights https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/what-angela-rayner-will-do-next-on-workers-rights"
X Link 2025-11-29T07:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"NEW: Jeremy Corbyn confirms his preference is for Your Party to stay being called Your Party. He also told gathered press this morning that his preference is for the party to be led by a single leader rather than the collective model. Both decisions will be voted on by members this weekend"
X Link 2025-11-29T09:53Z [----] followers, 34.7K engagements
"Opening at Your Party founding conference Jeremy Corbyn says: Is it right that there are more food banks in the UK than branches of McDonalds to shouts of No from the conference hall"
X Link 2025-11-29T10:44Z [----] followers, 40.2K engagements
"Corbyn says: As a party weve got to be united because division and disunity wont help the people we represent"
X Link 2025-11-29T10:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Independent Councillor James Giles who chaired Zarah Sultanas eve of conference rally says he has been banned from entering the conference centre: This morning I received a message informing me that I am banned from entering the Your Party Conference hall due to a supposed private matter involving an ICO investigation"
X Link 2025-11-29T12:29Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements
"New (w/@EthanCroft98): Your Party conf day [--] fell into chaos when Zarah Sultana announced she would be boycotting the rest of day one owing to what she claims is an indefensible witch hunt by Your Party officials. Your Party officials deny these claims. [--] hours to go @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/the-witch-hunt-at-your-party-conference https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/the-witch-hunt-at-your-party-conference"
X Link 2025-11-29T17:28Z [----] followers, 54.3K engagements
"BREAKING: Your Party members vote for the collective leadership model. There will not be a head-to-head leadership contest in January next year and none of the partys MPs will be allowed to stand for the CEC positions. Extremely tight vote"
X Link 2025-11-30T10:43Z [----] followers, 95.4K engagements
"New: Zarah Sultana says I didnt leave the Independent Alliance I was excluded runs contrary to YP line which is that Sultana left the IA voluntarily on [--] September"
X Link 2025-11-30T13:41Z [----] followers, 98.8K engagements
"Slight correction on this. MPs can stand for the CEC through public office holder roles. They are barred from standing for chair/deputy chair roles however. BREAKING: Your Party members vote for the collective leadership model. There will not be a head-to-head leadership contest in January next year and none of the partys MPs will be allowed to stand for the CEC positions. Extremely tight vote. BREAKING: Your Party members vote for the collective leadership model. There will not be a head-to-head leadership contest in January next year and none of the partys MPs will be allowed to stand for"
X Link 2025-11-30T19:33Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements
"Fantastic infuriating piece by @willydunn - this bit is the killer and something so often forgotten. Paying your national insurance doesn't go to FUTURE YOU it goes to elderly people NOW. 'Rachel Reeves mugs the youth' - @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-12-01T09:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"NEW: Five councillors on Brent council have defected from Labour to the Greens the latest in a slew of defections across councils in London since Zack Polanski became party leader. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/greens-see-another-wave-of-defections-from-labour https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/greens-see-another-wave-of-defections-from-labour"
X Link 2025-12-15T17:02Z [----] followers, 55.9K engagements
"Driscoll told me the Greens have been talking to him about joining since he left Labour in [----]. Up until a couple of months ago Driscoll was involved in Your Party. Big moment for the Greens - biggest joiner yet and makes chances of success in next years Newcastle Council elections more likely. NEW: Former Labour Mayor Jamie Driscoll has announced he has joined the Green Party. Full story @NewStatesman here: https://t.co/714nCekgW4 NEW: Former Labour Mayor Jamie Driscoll has announced he has joined the Green Party. Full story @NewStatesman here: https://t.co/714nCekgW4"
X Link 2025-12-17T11:24Z [----] followers, 23.8K engagements
"Challenger Andrea Egan has been elected Unison general secretary in a blow to Keir Starmer. Our @NewStatesman analysis on what this means and why this might be a good thing for Andy Burnham by @EthanCroft98 + me https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andrea-egan-wins-unison-general-secretary-election https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andrea-egan-wins-unison-general-secretary-election"
X Link 2025-12-17T11:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Big day for progressive pressure on Labour from the left: - Jamie Driscoll former Labour mayor of North of Tyne announces hes joined the Green Party - Left-wing challenger Andrea Egan wins the Unison general secretary elections Read all about it on @NewStatesman website:"
X Link 2025-12-17T12:27Z [----] followers, 18.6K engagements
"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/former-labour-mayor-joins-the-green-party https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/former-labour-mayor-joins-the-green-party"
X Link 2025-12-17T12:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Exclusive: The Green Partys annual budget has doubled since Zack Polanski was elected from [--] million this year - to [--] million in [----]. I wrote about how the party is accommodating internally for this rapid rise. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/how-the-green-party-is-professionalising https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/how-the-green-party-is-professionalising"
X Link 2025-12-22T08:38Z [----] followers, 22.5K engagements
"Why wont the government meet the Palestine Action hunger strikers My report for @NewStatesman"
X Link 2025-12-22T21:10Z [----] followers, 44.9K engagements
"NEW: Your Party have set out the timetable for next years CEC elections (the collective leadership model). Nominations open on [--] Jan with results to be announced on [--] February [----]. Looking like a v busy start to the new year for this new left-wing party"
X Link 2025-12-23T21:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Labours coalition is breaking up I spoke to Clare Short the former international development secretary under Tony Blair on the breakdown of her former partys coalition Gaza and the loneliness of resignation for this weeks @NewStatesman weekend interview"
X Link 2026-01-11T10:58Z [----] followers, 16.1K engagements
"New: A new group - Grassroots Left - has launched a slate of candidates ahead of Your Partys central executive committee elections. The slate is backed by Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana and has called for no more top-down party. Nominations for the CEC elections close next week. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010446184180265262 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010446184180265262"
X Link 2026-01-11T20:18Z [----] followers, 44.3K engagements
"New: Sources close to Jeremy Corbyn said he didnt give permission for his name to be used on this slate and a specific request was put in that his name was not included. Sources said Corbyn is very upset that this was done without his consent. New: A new group - Grassroots Left - has launched a slate of candidates ahead of Your Partys central executive committee elections. The slate is backed by Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana and has called for no more top-down party. Nominations for the CEC elections close New: A new group - Grassroots Left - has launched a slate of candidates ahead of"
X Link 2026-01-11T21:23Z [----] followers, 99.7K engagements
"🚨 Scoop: more detail from my story last night that Jeremy Corbyn never gave his permission to be listed on the new Grassroots Left slate and was "very upset" that his request not to be included was ignored. Sources close to Corbyn confirmed he will be releasing his own plans in the coming days. @NewStatesman https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010712448702058575 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010712448702058575"
X Link 2026-01-12T13:56Z [----] followers, 30.2K engagements
"New: the DemBloc group in Your Party has said it "regrets the launch of the 'Grassroots Left' slate" while "self-nominations are still ongoing". The group which is backed several former members of Momentum's national organising committee said: "Many genuinely grassroots candidates will still be in the process of writing statements and nominating themselves. They will be dismayed to discover that slates have already been agreed after backroom negotiations that they never had the chance to access.""
X Link 2026-01-12T17:20Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements
"I stupidly logged on to check the status of my student loan earlier this month - since [--] May last year I had paid off just half of what had been added in interest in that same period. I will likely be locked into paying it off until the [--] year timeframe runs out - it's essentially an additional tax on graduates. Important from my colleague @CallumCMason Young adults are effectively paying thousands of pounds extra in tax via student loan repayments on debts they will never pay off That's money they could be saving for a house deposit or paying into a pension https://t.co/zkvuX0Yc5c"
X Link 2026-01-13T16:46Z [----] followers, 59.1K engagements
"New polling from YouGov shows Plaid Cymru is projected to take the lead in the upcoming Senedd elections - taking [--] per cent with Reform behind them on [--] per cent. Quite the change from last year when the two parties were polling kneck-a-kneck. A post Caerphilly surge perhaps https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011137106291098017 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011137106291098017"
X Link 2026-01-13T18:03Z [----] followers, 27.7K engagements
"It's looking dire for Labour however who are projected to take [--] per cent. Likely means a Welsh Labour wipeout in the Senedd on [--] May - the party has held the Welsh Assembly since it was founded in 1999"
X Link 2026-01-13T18:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"New: Three Prisoners for Palestine hunger strikers have ended their protest after the Ministry of Defence decided not to award Elbit Systems UK a [--] billion army training contract -one of the hunger strikers' demands. One person - Umer Khalid - remains on hunger strike"
X Link 2026-01-14T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Kemi Badenoch has been known to leave things lying around herself. (from @Will___lloyd's brilliant @newstatesman profile) BREAKING: It sounds like Kemi Badenoch's team got hold of a copy of Robert Jenrick's resignation speech after it was left 'lying around'. It was a 'near final' text He cancelled a speaking engagement this weekend and the thinking was that he was due to announce his defection BREAKING: It sounds like Kemi Badenoch's team got hold of a copy of Robert Jenrick's resignation speech after it was left 'lying around'. It was a 'near final' text He cancelled a speaking engagement"
X Link 2026-01-15T11:46Z [----] followers, 29.7K engagements
"@Will___lloyd @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/kemi-badenoch-isnt-working https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/kemi-badenoch-isnt-working"
X Link 2026-01-15T11:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"NEW: Jeremy Corbyn has launched his slate for the Your Party CEC elections to "Get Your Party Back on Track". This new slate - The Many - includes two of Corbyn's colleagues in the Independent Alliance of MPs - Shockat Adam and Ayoub Khan as well as former Labour MP Laura Smith. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012147703011033273 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012147703011033273"
X Link 2026-01-16T12:59Z [----] followers, 24.1K engagements
"New: Jeremy Corbyn wants to get Your Party "back on track" The former Labour leader has launched his own platform for the upcoming Your Party central executive committee elections @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/jeremy-corbyn-wants-to-get-your-party-back-on-track https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/jeremy-corbyn-wants-to-get-your-party-back-on-track"
X Link 2026-01-16T14:02Z [----] followers, 26.2K engagements
"New: A Labour rebellion is brewing over the Hillsborough Law after concerns arose that the Intelligence Services would be exempt from the bill's 'Duty of Candour' - the bill's third reading will take place on Monday. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/labour-rebellion-brews-over-hillsborough-law https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/labour-rebellion-brews-over-hillsborough-law"
X Link 2026-01-16T16:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Andy Burnham calls on the government to withdraw their amendment to the Hillsborough Law - joining the brewing Labour rebellion. MPs will vote on Monday A statement ahead of Mondays debate in the Commons on the Hillsborough Law. https://t.co/ZB5qiZoS5W A statement ahead of Mondays debate in the Commons on the Hillsborough Law. https://t.co/ZB5qiZoS5W"
X Link 2026-01-17T12:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Hackney is a crucial target seat for the Green Party at this years local elections. I followed the local party on a day of canvassing and spoke to the Greens hopefuls for mayor and deputy mayor Zo Garbett and Dylan Law. For the @NewStatesman weekend report: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/zack-polanskis-new-fortress https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/zack-polanskis-new-fortress"
X Link 2026-01-18T10:02Z [----] followers, 26.5K engagements
"Jones said: those under delivering will be held to account instead of the so called sideways shimmy to another team or another department. If you are not performing if you fail to perform Im afraid you will be sacked"
X Link 2026-01-20T11:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"New: A row has erupted over the Your Party central executive committee elections after it emerged that several members had been barred from standing over claims they held dual membership with another party. Your Party sources point out that until the CEC has been elected - and dual membership parties approved - the rule against dual membership currently stands. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/your-party-fuck-up-bars-members-from-central-committee-elections"
X Link 2026-01-21T11:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Should note that this was in response to a question from leader of the Greens in the Commons Ellie Chowns which wasnt actually to do with NATO"
X Link 2026-01-21T12:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"With speculation mounting over Andy Burnham's route back to parliament read @EthanCroft98's story from last year on why the Mayor of Greater Manchester could be blocked from standing owing to gender balance rules. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andy-burnham-may-be-blocked-from-parliament-by-gender-balance-rules https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/andy-burnham-may-be-blocked-from-parliament-by-gender-balance-rules"
X Link 2026-01-22T11:54Z [----] followers, 20.9K engagements
"A Burnham-backing Labour MP tells me "winter is coming""
X Link 2026-01-22T14:41Z [----] followers, 37.7K engagements
"Speaking at the Fabian conference today Sadiq Khan joins the growing chorus of Labour figures saying Andy Burnham shouldnt be barred as a candidate in the upcoming Gorton & Denton by-election. Dep leader Lucy Powell did the same this morning with former deputy PM Angela Rayner also expected to do so. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015051513266098447 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015051513266098447"
X Link 2026-01-24T13:18Z [----] followers, 16.2K engagements
"Breaking: Andy Burnham has announced he has applied for permission from Labours National Executive Committee to stand for selection as the partys candidate in the upcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-applies-to-stand-in-gorton-and-denton-by-election https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-applies-to-stand-in-gorton-and-denton-by-election"
X Link 2026-01-24T17:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Was on @BBCRadio4 PM as this news dropped. Got to love a bit of breaking news Breaking: Andy Burnham has announced he has applied for permission from Labours National Executive Committee to stand for selection as the partys candidate in the upcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton. https://t.co/xoY6LVbOKN Breaking: Andy Burnham has announced he has applied for permission from Labours National Executive Committee to stand for selection as the partys candidate in the upcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton. https://t.co/xoY6LVbOKN"
X Link 2026-01-24T17:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"New: Wes Streeting has branded anonymous briefings against Andy Burnham over the past few days "disgraceful". Said any decision on whether Burnham should be allowed to run is for the party not the cabinet"
X Link 2026-01-24T17:51Z [----] followers, 80K engagements
"Andrea Egan the new general secretary of Unison a big Labour donor criticises the NEC officers group's decision to block Andy Burnham. I know many many trade unionists will be so disappointed and angry at local members not being given a say over who their candidate should be. This isnt the way any democratic organisation should be run. Nows the time to unite our movement not divide it. I know many many trade unionists will be so disappointed and angry at local members not being given a say over who their candidate should be. This isnt the way any democratic organisation should be run. Nows"
X Link 2026-01-25T12:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"New: Andy Burnham has been blocked as a candidate in the upcoming Gorton & Denton by-election by the officers group of Labour's National Executive Committee. @NewStatesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-blocked-from-standing-in-gorton-and-denton https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/andy-burnham-blocked-from-standing-in-gorton-and-denton"
X Link 2026-01-25T12:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
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