Paul Ovenden @OvePM

I’ve seen signs. I’ve seen signs. Encouraging signs. South Joined January 2014

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

3 days ago

Keir took a Labour party that didn’t deserve the name and made it plausible. Then, his hard work and relentlessness let it dream again. Then, he won. He is a monumental figure in Labour history: his legacy will be a platform from which the next leader can build. Cheers, boss.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

4 days ago

Talking about the Labour Party on #BBCLauraK this morning:

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

a week ago

Anthony Barry - the biggest impact on a World Cup since Maradona ‘86.

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Damian McBride @DPMcBride

a week ago

Labour MPs enjoying a drink in the sun. Call me a grizzled old attack veteran, but odds-on that's a pair of Tory HQ operatives taking notes in the background. "Keep out of the shot, lads!"

Mike Tapp MP @MikeTappTweets

a week ago

Aura farming! Guilty.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

Ultimately, there is no version of VAR and no argument for VAR that doesn’t destroy the very essence of football - wildly celebrating a last minute goal. It has to go.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

From February, from suburbia

Future of the Left @FutureLeft1

4 months ago

"Revolutions don’t always come from the pits of despair, they come when rising expectations are checked." writes @OvePM in intro to the new issue of FotL. Includes: @arisroussinos on Mandelson @LabourRealists on Chagos @aled_mj on 🇬🇧 fables @DespoticInroad on sovereignty ⬇️🔗

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

@DespoticInroad My point was that history will judge Westminster was busy distracting itself while the country burnt (on this issue + others). How you’ve interpreted that as me being in the ‘service of a leadership clique’ is beyond me. It doesn’t reflect a thing I’ve said since leaving No10.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

For those one day studying this period, the targeting of Britain’s Jews by its Islamists will be central to understanding it. They’ll also note that most of the Westminster hive - from politicians to grift economy drones - spent this period chattering about leadership contests.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

@DespoticInroad Frankly bonkers to suggest I was saying it should weigh into people’s considerations about who they want to be PM. I’m saying that Westminster - incl government - refuses to focus on the issues that will define this era. Different things aren’t happening at the same time!

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

@JonathanLigmas @b_judah I think the systematic campaign of intimidation, attacks and murders of Jewish people will probably be seen as more historically significant, actually.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

@residentadviser But I wasn’t ‘raising his leadership’ in the way you’re suggesting - a perfectly reasonable argument to have! - I was talking about how Westminster as a whole isn’t focusing on stuff that this era will be defined by.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

@residentadviser None of the leadership chat has been based on the idea Starmer is too close to Corbyn and the government should be doing more on this. The broader point that the Labour Party should take its share of the blame is unarguable.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

Labour HQ clearly gets this, hence its release of the PEB. But there should be fury that, weeks from massive elections, the public are being banned from hearing the words of those running for office by a quango usually known for its timidity and toothlessness.

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

2 months ago

I argued in opposition that the way to get a PEB noticed would be for it to be banned and then have a tear up over it. Labour has achieved the former - where is the latter? A big row is the vehicle. The party is hampered by a squeamishness as to how you grab attention.

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

2 months ago

🚨 WATCH: Labour has released its banned party political broadcast containing quotes from Reform UK politicians

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

3 months ago

@carlatkinhouse @christiancalgie There are dozens of pubs and cafes nearby with toilets. Hasn’t been a problem for the last 80 years - it’s very popular!

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

3 months ago

This is precisely the sort of nightmarish, anti-enterprise, anti-joy, stakeholder state red tape the government should be scrapping. Save the Regency cafe! thetimes.com/article/6d2789…

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

3 months ago

Or we can support a popular, unique, independent business that has been going for 80 years. No one is forcing you to go there: there are multiple pubs and cafes with toilets within a <5 min walk. Choices!

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

2 months ago

🚨 WATCH: Labour has released its banned party political broadcast containing quotes from Reform UK politicians

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

3 months ago

👀 Reasons for optimism - more and more people taking on the stakeholder state. All it takes is a few ministers who get it to turn yesterday’s heresy into tomorrow’s cause. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

3 months ago

@unknownTweed @thetimes Cheers mate, hope you’re well!

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Paul Ovenden @OvePM

3 months ago

Winter kept us warm - now we face the harsh light of Spring. Today’s piece for ⁦@thetimes⁩: the reality of Britain’s position and the need for change, ft. Eisenhower, Eden and Eliot. thetimes.com/article/b6cb90…