@LucidTakes

A bi-weekly blog where we disect the biggest cultural and political topics of the day.

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🔴 Batley and Spen by-election is just 35 days away. Here are some interesting numbers and thoughts for the Labour Party ⬇️ 🗳 Over 21% of voters in Batley and Spen are non-white (Asian, Arab, Black and mixed race). 🌙 Of that 21% BAME group, 19.5% identify as Muslim.
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A car drove into people at a Free Palestine protest in Nottingham city centre, leaving a man with leg injuries. A 51 year old man was later arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. I’m sure you heard it on the news xitter.cf/unknownakh22/status/13…
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Class has everything to do with these factors. Not only does growing up wealthy mean a higher chance of success but, more importantly, it gives you a safety net and access to assets via inheritance. Classism is also influenced by whether the below factors fall in ones favour
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Crushing defeat for Labour in Hartlepool. Not possible to blame Jeremy Corbyn for this result. Labour won the seat twice under his leadership. Keir Starmer must think again about his strategy #HartlepoolByElection
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AssedBaig
@AssedBaig14 Apr 2021
If anyone's bought medjool dates from @sainsburys , they've been recalled because of possible contamination with Hepatitis A food.gov.uk/news-alerts/aler…
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Speaking to my friend and she made a very valid point. If #RichardOkorogheye was wanted for some crime or white and female the police would have found him so FAST. London is literally the most surveilled city in the world! I pray for his safe return! 🙏🏿
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From my little sister‘a free school meals hamper for Easter. Company called @Pinkorangeuk. They’ve also sent her food she’s allergic to, so there’s a total of six items she can’t have at all. Appalling.
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Wow! I'm honoured to be nominated by my fellow actors alongside such inspiring performances, and am grateful to the Academy for their support and encouragement. I’m equally thrilled for our visionary writer-director Darius Marder and the brilliant Paul Raci...
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You voted for a bill that lets undercover police officers off the hook for raping women.
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer13 Mar 2021
Tonight I will light a candle for Sarah Everard. The whole country’s thoughts are with Sarah’s friends and family at this awful time. Violence against women and girls is still far too common. I will do everything I can to help make our streets safe and to end this injustice.
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Many many high profile voices are talking about women's safety this week, who have have largely remained silent in other cases... some in the past year alone. In the coming months that conversation will be had. Now is definitely not the time. But, it's coming.
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Please remember Blessing Olusegun, whose body was found on a beach in Sussex last year. Her death remains unexplained. The police said there was nothing to investigate.
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Petitioning Women’s Hour to let me on to tell them how many female Catholic priests there are
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Taj Ali@Taj_Ali12 Feb 2021
Re-sharing a piece I wrote a while back on the dangers of regurgitating right-wing nationalist rhetoric. You can't outflank the right when it comes to nationalism. independent.co.uk/voices/lab…

Opinion: Labour will alienate ethnic minority voters by appeasing nationalists

Keir Starmer should be championing diversity, not flirting with right-wing ideals. Let’s take a closer look at who makes up working-class Britain

independent.co.uk
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g3li
@PBandGelii29 Jan 2021
me and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 twitter have our differences lol but one thing i dont rate is when people start being classist against them
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NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!" I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high. Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹
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Young members put their faith in me as Chair of Young Labour to represent them. As a democratic socialist I stand with young members and their right to engage with the Labour party’s long standing democratic traditions. Now, more than ever, young people's voices need to be heard.
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Why have charity shops become so expensive? A Thread - 1/3 #lockdownuk #charityshop #FridayFeeling #FridayThoughts #Friyay
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#SocialistSunday DIY follow list. If you want more socialist followers, please reply to this original tweet with your Twitter name, RT this Tweet & follow each other, from the replies. Please check profiles. All socialists welcome with 1 - 10,000+ followers. Solidarity 🌹
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'Starmer's Labour is a Party Without A Cause' A Thread - 1/3 #keirstarmer #kierstarmer #LabourConnected #LabourParty #politics
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