Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
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Labour Party seizes control of youth wing’s Twitter account
The move has been branded “deeply disappointing”, “designed to silence critics of Labour’s direction under Starmer”, and “a complete affront to the most basic principles of democracy”
Andy Burnham rips apart dishonest Tories ‘playing from Trump’s handbook’ during Question Time
‘You cut councils in their budget then you campaign against council tax rises when councils have no other choice but to do that.’
Crime will be a bigger policy issue at the next election, Labour can take a lead on it if it gets it right
Labour is right to make crime and policing a key battleground
Neil Coyle has Labour whip suspended following allegations of ‘disturbing’ and ‘racist’ remarks
A Labour Party spokesperson said, “The Labour Party expects the highest standards of behaviour from all our MPs and we take allegations of this sort very seriously. Accordingly the Chief Whip has now suspended the Labour whip from Neil Coyle pending an investigation.”
Keir Starmer offers ‘contract with British people’ based on ‘security, prosperity and respect’
Starmer said it was not unpatriotic to point out the country’s flaws
Boris Johnson falls to his lowest ever rating among Tory members
The dire ratings for Johnson were reported in ConservativeHome yesterday, following a survey of party members.
Labour hints it could hold back in Lib Dem-facing constituencies to deny the Tories a majority
‘I will focus my party on those target seats, on the places where we can win and we know we have to win.’
Starmer overtakes Johnson in ‘who would make the best Prime Minister?’ metric for first time
33% of the public say that Keir Starmer would make the best Prime Minister, compared to 31% who say the same for Boris Johnson.
Richard Heller: An open letter to David Lammy on how to deal with the threats posed by the Chinese government
‘Your principal task is to lead, co-ordinate and inspire resistance to the multiple threats to our country from the government (not the people) of mainland China’