Liron Woodcock-Velleman
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Head of Politics @CommunityUnion . @BarnetLabour Councillor for Whetstone. Arsenal FC, Sussex CCC, tennis fan
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🚨Personal Update🚨
After three and a half wonderful years as Political Organiser at
@hopenothate
, I am moving on at the end of next week.
@hopenothate
is such a vital organisation and the need for it only grows in response to anti-migrant activism and an emboldened far right
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STOP 👏 COMPARING 👏 THINGS👏 THAT 👏 ARENT 👏 MASS 👏 GENOCIDES 👏 TO 👏 NAZI 👏GERMANY 👏
Conservative MP Marcus Fysh tells
@BBC5Live
he will be "voting against vaccine passports" as the UK is not "Nazi Germany"
"It's the thin end of an authoritarian wedge"
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Rule of 6 (in gardens) will be permitted from 29/3 for families to meet over Easter.
But what about Passover night less than 36 hours earlier, probably the time most Jewish families come together? Huge blow.
Why is our night different to all other nights?
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Delighted to have been selected as a
@BarnetLabour
candidate tonight for the new ward of Whetstone in next year’s Barnet Council Elections!
Ready for a
#LabGain
in Barnet? Come and help out! 🌹
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🚨New role 🚨
Delighted to have been appointed as Head of Politics at
@CommunityUnion
! Looking forward to be working closely with the new Labour Government to deliver for our members and all working people.
(Not a bad place to meet on Day 1 of the new job)
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A brilliant group of
@peoplesvote_uk
campaigners in Dagenham and Rainham leafleting to demand
@JonCruddas_1
supports a
#PeoplesVote
@euromove
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Yoav ❤️
Born 15th February 2024, 10:50am
Two weeks of absolute joy, getting to know our son and of course plenty of cuddles! We can’t wait to watch him grow 🥰
@WoodcockNatacha
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What a moment this is!
@RuthSmeeth
introducing
@Keir_Starmer
's first Party Conference speech as Leader 😍
#LabourConnected
#Lab2020
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I’m outside Parliament with a bunch of
@FFSake_
and
@OFOCBrexit
supporters ready for
#ParliamentTakeover
and to demand a
#PeoplesVote
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Really upset to get this email. I didn't win
@jeremycorbyn
and I'm very disappointment that you STILL haven't come to Barnet to meet local candidates and supporters to learn about why we lost
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I already feel sick. It should never have got to this stage that we have to see plain & simple Labour’s institutional antisemitism on BBC but it had to happen to show quite how awful the situation had become. Love & solidarity to whistleblowers who have exposed this
#BBCPanorama
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The option with the most support from Members of Parliament.
The option with the most support in the public.
It’s time to
#PutItToThePeople
!
@peoplesvote_uk
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The Labour Party’s NEC response ⤵️
Institutional antisemitism ⤵️
Jew-baiting ⤵️
🚮🚮🚮
We are faced with an imminent election after a decade of Tory devastation. The choice is Johnson or Corbyn - and you choose to sit on the fence.
Imagine writing that Jeremy Corbyn has spent decades “not confronting antisemitism and Holocaust deniers”... demonstratively false.
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Thought we moved past this era but deeply concerned to see a candidate running for Young Labour chair who shared a platform with Chris Williamson.
This was raised at the time and Jewish activists weren't given a response. Would probably be a good time to do so!
Excited to announce I am standing to be chair of Young Labour! I’m proud to stand on a platform for change and excited to work with young members to achieve it. Together, we can transform the country. Let’s build a socialist future. 🌹✊
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Someone had a lot of fun when choosing the horseradish for our pre-Pesach Sainsbury’s delivery 👀🙈
Chag Kasher v’Sameach everyone! ✡️🍷🍷🍷🍷✡️
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eople’s vote
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I've mostly stayed out of these Young Labour elections (I recommend it!) but this toxic culture is nothing new. Remember the current committee (including candidates who are standing again) bullying their Jewish chair to the point it was actually mentioned in parliament?
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Thank you to the 1625 voters of Whetstone for electing me as part of a 41-strong
@BarnetLabour
Group!
The support
@ellarachelrose
& I have had from residents, members, family & friends has been incredible. The hard work begins to build a better, safer and fairer Barnet 🌹🗳
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More than 170 coaches to bring second referendum supporters to London for major Final Say protest
@peoplesvote_uk
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Brilliant to see
@Keir_Starmer
standing up for our futures and making it clear. For a true vote on the final deal, remain must be on the ballot paper!
#peoplesvote
@FFSake_
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✊✊✊ This is massive news. Solidarity with anti-fascists in Greece. What a result!
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Today is a great day!
I spent the afternoon taking my grandma for her first vaccine ❤️
The most positive I’ve felt in a long time
#Vaccinated
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Welcome back to
@Twitter
for lots of people after a 48 hour silence as part of
#NoSafeSpaceForJewHate
. Here are some impactful contributions that have happened since. Please continue your activism on antisemitic online hate by sharing these:
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Day 1 ✅ in my new role of Political Organiser at
@hopenothate
. Get in touch if you want to be involved in campaigning for a positive antidote to the politics of hate! ☕️
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Thank you PLP for standing up for the Jewish community! Well done
@lucianaberger
and others for all your hard work with this!
Press statement from
@lucianaberger
following the passing of the motion in support of
@TheIHRA
definition of antisemitism at the PLP
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DAVID PINTO-DUSCHINSKY MP 🌹🌹
(By 15 votes, declared at 8.45am 🙈)
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Stabbings in a New York Rabbi’s house.
Antisemitic graffiti across Hampstead and Belsize Park.
A shocking but sadly not surprising end to another year of rising antisemitism across the world.
We should all resolve to redouble our efforts to fight antisemitism in 2020
The antisemitic graffiti about Jews and 9/11 in Hampstead and Belsize Park was also daubed on my shul, South Hampstead Synagogue.
It’s part of 12 pieces of antisemitic graffiti across NW3.
It’s not normal for my dad to come back from the minyan with this picture.
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Hugely disappointing that MPs voted down the
#GenocideAmendment
tonight. Standing with Uyghurs is a moral imperative, and one that the public wishes to see happen, and it is shameful that Conservative MP have failed to do so
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Just arriving at Dame Tessa Jowell's memorial service. The warmest and kindest person I've met in politics and delivered so much for our country - always with a smile. Forever
#TeamTessa
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So glad that
@ChippingLabour
supported a motion tonight to back a
#PeoplesVote
! It is our duty as Labour members to stand up to this shambolic Tory Brexit 🌹✊
@FFSake_
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Another beautiful tribute to grandpa. Thank you
@KarenPollock100
and
@HolocaustUK
❤️
The Holocaust Educational Trust is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Holocaust survivor Alec Ward, 1927-2018:
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How better to spend Sunday than at
#JLM2020
with
@Keir_Starmer
and
@PIZAZArest
pizza?!
@JewishLabour
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Proud to have delivered my first speech at
@BarnetCouncil
on combatting crime in the Borough and the work that the Labour administration are doing to make Barnet a safer place for all residents
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Devastated not to have been invited to Bolton West CLP meeting next week. I shall be writing an email to Sheila to find out why
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Off to
@OxUniLabour
to give
@JewishLabour
Antisemitism Training alongside
@LabourStudents
and
@UJS_UK
. After the week we’ve had I thought long and hard about postponing tonight but I will not be cowed or bullied by antisemites in my party.
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Seen some pretty disgusting things on social media over the past few years particularly directed at Jewish women but tonight's coordinated attacks against
@KarenPollock100
, CEO of
@HolocaustUK
are some of the worst. Solidarity with you Karen. A new low for the hard left trolls
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Really disappointed by this in
@LabourList
this morning. Bound to be an infinite amount of op-eds on the legacy of Jeremy Corbyn from across the Labour movement. Lots of JC supporters will of course minimise or ignore election defeats & antisemitism to defend his legacy 1/12
NEW: Goodbye, Jeremy Corbyn –
@siennamarla
's morning briefing on the day before Labour elects a new leader:
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This is a DISGRACE! Muslims and Jews need to stand together against this danger from the European far-right. Making lists of who can buy kosher meat? Lists of Jews never end well...
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Disappointed that
#YL17
voted against motion supporting the mutual recognition of Israel & Palestine, supporting Two States for Two Peoples
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Thank you so much to a soggy but enthusiastic group of canvassers including Labour hero
@RuthSmeeth
. We certainly speak to voters in all weathers! ☔️🌹
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Lol are there really no Jewish Tories who could have told
@ShaunBaileyUK
that Hebrew goes from right to left?
#Fail
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Too many pieces written today about antisemitism in the Labour Party to share them all but please do read this about two heroes
@_petermason
@adamlangleben
without whom none of this would have happened
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.
@ShellyAsquith
any reason why you are calling for violence against Israeli citizens walking through the streets of the UK?
@LenMcCluskey
@unitetheunion
#UPC2018
do you condone this from a Unite political advisor?
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Day 1 of new NEC Youth Rep and already making statements dismissing concerns of Jewish members about antisemitism - good start 🙃
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The players are clear. Taking the knee is protesting against racism. I hope all fans attending matches this year supports them to do so
#IBackThePlayers
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After joining for a six week period in August last year, I can’t quite believe that I’m celebrating my one year anniversary at
@peoplesvote_uk
and
@FFSake_
today! Quite a rollercoaster journey but we are still here fighting for a
#PeoplesVote
! Thread of some of my highlights ⤵️
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It’s been an honour and a privilege to be a Labour candidate in Hale campaigning alongside the incredible
@rachellybee
&
@specialErny
. Thank you for all the support over the past 18 months. Just wasn't meant to be 😥
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But we keep inviting you
@jeremycorbyn
? Too busy to visit Yad Vashem in 🇮🇱, no plans to meet
@JewishLabour
members & allies. Interesting eh?
Corbyn spokesman: “There are no plans for Jeremy to go to Barnet at the moment.”
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Huge solidarity with
@Nus_Ghani
on the abuse and intimidation she has faced for calling out the genocide taking place in Xinjiang. Parliament mustn't stand for intimidation of our elected officials
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Just to reinforce the point - this wasn't just a 'bad apple' that proposed the motion - the motion PASSED! Solidarity with
@alexcholmes
and the Jewish member who opposed this. Let's see whether swift action will be taken...
Tonight was the worst Labour party meeting I have ever attended. A member accused me and others of being 'agents of a foreign power' as they proposed a motion attacking the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Me and a Jewish member spoke against the motion, but the motion passed.
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Solidarity with
@peterkyle
tonight. One of our very best MPs. True socialists will stand against the abuse he receives
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Pretty good first gig in the new job!
@OfficeGSBrown
speaking at
@hopenothate
event on the importance of rebuilding Britain to protect the Union introduced by one of our leading supporters in Parliament
@Alison_McGovern
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Guess this shows that antisemitism training isn’t enough to rid the party of Antisemitism...
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I can confirm that I, Brexit Bill himself, am having a great 2018 thanks!
#PeoplesVote
@FFSake_
@peoplesvote_uk
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What a result! Galloway’s hope dashed, fascist Fransen and anti-Muslim bigot Waters finishing below Monster Raving Loony Party!
Batley and Spen choosing HOPE over hate 💛
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After spending a lot of the last three years travelling round the country on trains delivering this training at National Conference, regional conferences, CLPs, Labour clubs and other events, this is a HUGE slap in the face. Why
@jeremycorbyn
@JennieGenSec
@UKLabour
why??
Labour ditches Jewish Labour Movement for antisemitism training, backs new university course instead - The Jewish Chronicle
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And this is how a 'discussion' on Israel and Palestine quickly descends into antisemitism and direct personal threats of violence...
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Proud to propose the
@peoplesvote_uk
motion at
@JewishLabour
AGM. We need a
#PeoplesVote
and
@JewishLabour
should be front and centre of supporting it ✡️🌹🇪🇺
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🔥THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🔥
For years now, people on the far right and the far left have been meeting to discuss the most disgusting of conspiracy theories.
NEW: A group of far left & far right activists have been meeting to discuss conspiracy theories, including Holocaust denial and the idea that Israel was behind the 9/11 attack. For the last three years, 'Keep Talking' sessions have been secretly recorded.
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Delighted to be elected the new
@JewishLabour
Policy Officer at
#JLM2019
. Jews on the left have plenty to say and I’m looking forward to putting those views forward to the party. First up: demanding a
@peoplesvote_uk
!
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It’s quite simple really.
Black Lives Matter.
Don’t be antisemitic.
Support oppressed groups (including Palestinians).
Annexation is really bad.
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Crying in the
@UJS_UK
office watching
@Robbiie__
win the
@AJCGlobal
Campus Courage Award for his work supporting Jewish students
#Glofo
❤✡🌹
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A day I’ll never forget and one many probably never thought could happen.
Only thing worth saying before I go to bed: I’m so proud to be part of, and everyone in,
@JewishLabour
&
@hopenothate
❤️
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Feel like I have been at
#Lab23
with two brains. One energised and excited about giving Britain its future back in Govt. But of course all of my heart and thoughts have been with my family & friends in Israel and tonight it is hugely emotional to be amongst
@JewishLabour
family❤️
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Build more homes.
Don't let developers dictate the housing market.
Both of those things can be true!
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I’m very excited to be starting as the Campaigns and Political Officer for
@CommunityUnion
next month! The next years will be crucial for the future of Trade Unions with changing employment conditions, the future of work and of course a General Election. Ready to get stuck in 💪
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Written this personal piece about my grandfather Alec Ward (born Abram Warszaw), his Holocaust experiences and his lesson for us all of 'I implore you not to hate'. Please take his message with you. DM me if you want to read his full story
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Tired of saying this but what an awful week as a Jewish member of the Labour Party. Thank you so much to all my
@JewishLabour
comrades and the incredible and courageous whistleblowers for giving me some hope for the future!
Shabbat Shalom ✡️❤️
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Not what I wanted to see going for a run between Mill Hill and Finchley. Disgusting sticker but it won’t work - our communities in Barnet won’t succumb to the threats of the far right.
Stay vigilant. Support HOPE not hate.
#NoPlaceForFarRight
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No need to share the piece by M Phillips in order to say quite how awful it is and how wrong it is for
@JewishChron
/
@stephenpollard
to publish it. Solidarity to Muslim friends and comrades who have been let down by our community through this. I look forward to front page apology
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😂 actually hilarious to watch groups like
@presstvuk
get so upset that young people are waking up to antisemitism in their party and society and won't stand for it anymore
UCL has been joined by LSE and Birkbeck
#Labour
Club’s in a simultaneous defamatory move targetting the life long anti-racism campaigner
@DerbyChrisW
.
#ChrisWilliamson
has never been proven to be anti-Semitic, only pro-Palestine and a critic of Israel.
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First meeting at
@HendonLabour
CLP. Very proud to speak for
@DrRosena
in the meeting and she was nominated by the CLP! 🎉🎉🎉
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First ever Barnet Council AGM to install a
@BarnetLabour
majority administration 🌹
Confirmation that I’ll be sitting on Adults and Safeguarding and Children, Education and Safeguarding Committees. Looking forward to making Barnet the best place to grow up and grow old in 🌹
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This
#VEDay
, I’m thinking about my great-aunt Selma van de Perre, a Jewish Dutch resistance fighter and Ravensbrück camp survivor. I wrote about her story as part of
@hnhcommunity
’s
#HeroesOfTheResistance
project
Today, the HOPE not hate Charitable Trust is launching Heroes of the Resistance: a celebration of those who risked - and often lost - their lives to resist Nazism and fascism, and to protect families, neighbours and strangers. Learn more here:
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❤️❤️❤️
@lucianaberger
❤️❤️❤️
❤️❤️❤️
@adamlangleben
❤️❤️❤️
Two incredible heroes that have been driven out by antisemites throughout the Labour Party. Solidarity with them both ✊
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TODAY IS THE DAY! Starting my
#PVRoadTrip
(well underground trip) to the
#PeoplesVoteMarch
. Let's do this 💪
#FFS
@FFSake_
GOOD MORNING.
Are we ready for the biggest Brexit march ever?
If you’re one of thousands of students and young people travelling U.K. to
#PeoplesVoteMarch
, please tweet at using
#PVRoadtrip
and we will retweet.
Here we, here we...
#FFS
#PeoplesVote
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The ‘soft left’ explained in two tweets.
@DannyFiler
still think the
#JC9
are ‘absolutely amazing’?
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Last year,
@sajidjavid
convinced the leadership candidates to agree to an investigation into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.
Today,
@hopenothate
releases our submission to the Conservative Party about the deep roots of Islamophobia in the party
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Whatever happened at
#YL17
, I and many others were proud to vote against leaving NATO. Standing up, not standing by against Putin and co
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So after 5 years, I have finally left the student world! Thank you to
@UJS_UK
,
@LabourStudents
and everyone else who has made it so special! Student politics is a weird and wonderful experience. I’m glad I caught the bug but I’m also glad it’s over!
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Really honoured to have been selected as a candidate in Hale for the 2018 Barnet elections alongside
@rachellybee
and Amo Gorji-Dinka 🌹✊🏼❤
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Great turnout at the
@JewishLabour
Chanukah party! Lots of members enjoying 🍩 and 🍷 and seeing each other for the first time in ages. Great to have
@Keir_Starmer
and
@AngelaRayner
with us to light candles
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Absolutely devastated by this result. Adam, the Jewish community and the residents of West Hendon didn't deserve this. But when a community is treated this way by leadership of a major political party, what could we have expected to happen? 😢
Thanks to all those who voted for myself, Humayune and Agnes today. It was the greatest honour of my life to serve West Hendon.
We must NEVER have another election like this. No community group should have their vote dictated by their safety.
That should shame us
@UKLabour
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Deeply frustrated is way too soft a phrase for my reaction to
@RLong_Bailey
media round this morning, failing to defend the Labour Party position of a
@peoplesvote_uk
FFS indeed
@FFSake_
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I’m not crying, you are ❤️😭
Welcome
@OfficeGSBrown
to
@JewishLabour
🌹✡️
If you are Labour and stand in solidarity with Jewish members, join
@JewishLabour
"No ifs, no buts, no qualifications, no caveats." Gordon Brown has a message to Labour supporters: the fight against antisemitism is a fight for all of us to wage.
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Me:📢 WHAT DO WE WANT?
a people’s vote
Me:📢WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
now
23rd March - see you there!
@FFSake_
@peoplesvote_uk
#PutItToThePeople
On March 23rd, young people and students will be joining thousands of others to demand a
#PeoplesVote
Want to join us? Go to
#Putittothepeople
#FFS
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If anyone is around tomorrow, please try and attend the emergency protest highlighting the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
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Appalled to see Labour members tweeting rage about a subject they don't bother engaging constructively with, choosing twitter ❤ over spending time learning about and visiting an incredibly complex situation. Always good seeing comrades calling sister leaders 'war criminals' 🙃
Appalled to see Labour members meet with a war criminal who can't even come to Europe in fear of being convicted for her role in the collective punishment of Palestinians.
Rest assured Young Labour had nothing to do with this meeting and will continue to oppose illegal wars.
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☀️ Saturday canvass
😃 canvassers
🌹 Voting residents
All-round good morning
#LabourDoorstep
session in Hale! 12 days to go!
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Devastating. My time in
@LabourStudents
made me a better activist and a much better person. It has developed thousands of students into key Labour party and civil society members. Totally ridiculous decision
Breaking: i'm hearing
@LabourStudents
are in effect being wound up.
@UKLabour
NEC has passed a motion from Momentum's
@jonlansman
to look at setting up a new body. Lab students say accusations they haven't paid affiliation fees are untrue & say it's an attack on party 'centrists'
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