Sean Smyth @devolusean
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Mayor of Lewisham @damienegan beats favourite and incumbent Mayor of Bristol @MarvinJRees to the selection as Labour’s candidate for the new Bristol North East seat
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What can we expect from Thursday's local elections? @devolusean gives a rundown
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The question at the next election may not be whether or not Keir Starmer will be Prime Minister, but how powerful he will be, writes @devolusean thesocialreview.co.uk/2023/04/30/loc…
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When all the votes are counted, Labour should have their best result in at least a decade and could be about to make their first four-figure net gain in terms of council numbers since 1995, writes @devolusean thesocialreview.co.uk/2023/04/30/loc…
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A Green or Labour gain would see either party become the largest on the council - here’s the 2021 result
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There will be a by-election in Hotwells and Harbourside Ward in Bristol in the new year following the resignation of @Hartley4Hotwell. The Lib Dem’s have selected former MP @StephenWi11iams as their candidate in this tight three way marginal ward
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The government will soon have no more local authorities to conquer, and it will be the teachers, again, who will have to find a way to deal with it - or do as many have done already and quit, writes @DarcysMick thesocialreview.co.uk/2022/12/11/aca…
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Mayor of Bristol @MarvinJRees tells @johndarvall he plans to seek selection as the Labour candidate for the new Bristol North East seat created by the Boundary Review. His mayoral term expires with the mayoralty in May 2024.
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Labour selects Claire Hazelgrove (@CHazelgrove) as their candidate for Filton and Bradley Stoke at the next General Election
Just worth pointing out Labour selected Andrew Western, the leader of Trafford Council and 2x candidate in Altrincham and Sale West to replace Kate Green in Stretford and Urmston over the summer as she’d already announced her retirement at the next election
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Quick thread on the boundary changes in the West of England region:
Hello everyone, I’ve just set up @WoEElects to post the latest political updates about the west of England because for some reason not everyone who follows me here thinks it’s the greatest place in the world. Do give it a follow if you think it’s your thing though.
This is an even bigger deal than it first looks, not only does Skidmore represent a key marginal seat but he was also one of the Co-authors of Britannia Unchained with Truss and Kwarteng
As the former Energy Minister who signed Net Zero into law, for the sake of our environment and climate, I cannot personally vote tonight to support fracking and undermine the pledges I made at the 2019 General Election. I am prepared to face the consequences of my decision.
Happy fourth birthday TSR!
It's four years since The Social Review was founded. In honour of our four years of discussion and debate of the future of socialism, these are our first four articles published:
Worth pointing out with this map that it illustrates both how bad 2019 was for Labour and how astounding even getting a majority would be - there’s seats Labour lost in 2019 & seats that should have been slam dunk gains in 17/19 in the marginal column they don’t need to get 326!
Here's that poll in map form - I've also shaded seats with a majority of less than 5% for any party in a different shade. Labour's "tipping point" seat that gives them an overall majority is Rugby, which has a Labour majority of 8.04%
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Just three of First’s remaining commercially operated routes in Bristol have seen any expansion since the turn of the millennium, writes @devolusean thesocialreview.co.uk/2022/10/09/on-…
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How Bristol’s local government responds to the myriad crises that engulfs its bus services could have huge implications for the future of Bristol’s infrastructure, and the current model of local government funding, writes @devolusean thesocialreview.co.uk/2022/10/09/on-…
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