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A former Tory aide told "Owen Jones in his book This Land, 'If you ask Conservative candidates who stood and lost in seats we thought were winnable, they’ll say Momentum were there.'"
Great article from @FisherAndrew79 on @PeoplesMomentum's impact https://t.co/S32bhMogDl

Momentum 🌹

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Capitalism created the climate crisis. Capitalism can't solve it. The only solution is a socialist Green New Deal.
Join our discussion tomorrow at 7pm with @LabGND, @fbunational @zarahsultana, @OwenJones84, @KateAronoff, @AaronBastani, @gayasktn and more!
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Momentum 🌹

@PeoplesMomentum

Capitalism created the climate crisis. Capitalism can't solve it. The only solution is a socialist Green New Deal.
Join our discussion tomorrow at 7pm with @LabGND, @fbunational @zarahsultana, @OwenJones84, @KateAronoff, @AaronBastani, @gayasktn and more!
https://t.co/Azl1mQcdqc https://t.co/z50576SGgs

Andrew Fisher

@FisherAndrew79

Me for @theipaper on @PeoplesMomentum
"Whether it’s direct action on the streets or internal Labour selection battles, Momentum will be demonstrating how a movement-building, community organising approach can deliver results"
https://t.co/LZDtXn05g3 Momentum 🌹 Retweeted

Owen Jones

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I'm talking about my new book THIS LAND with Piers Morgan tomorrow at 7.15am on ITV. Wish me luck! 57 Comments

Will record it and watch later. Very best wishes with your book and to YOU, where you are such an ...Good luck, Piers has actually turned into the main opposition to the incompetence of this government, shining a light where ...Piers has turned into a bit of a lefty recently, you’ll be great ✊

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Fire Brigades Union

@fbunational

Andrew risked his life for his community as a firefighter and campaigned tirelessly for workers in the fire and rescue service as a trade unionist
Right-wing newspaper columnists who think they know more about the working class than the working... Momentum 🌹 Retweeted

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Fair enough, that’s what political parties do - look after their backers. However, is it a competitive price, open to ...What interest has KAU media got in ppe except Tory contracts ??? Have a look on companies house web page ...This is a real scandal...........this cronyism must be challenged!

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Andrew Scattergood

@AJScattergood

@DPJHodges Momentum’s quote was from me. I’m a firefighter from the West Mids. Are you telling me I can’t talk about the working class?
We’ve just launched a campaign mobilising activists to resist evictions, an example of what we mean... Owen Jones 🌹 Retweeted

Jeremy Vine On 5

@JeremyVineOn5

"I really don't think it's the British people who have really messed this up."
Owen Jones disputes our caller Nina's claim that a rise in coronavirus is due to the public flouting social distancing rules.
@OwenJones84 | @TheJeremyVine | #JeremyVine... Owen Jones 🌹 Retweeted

Zarah Sultana MP

@zarahsultana

The climate crisis is a capitalist crisis.
It needs a socialist alternative.
Looking forward to speaking at this event tomorrow, with @PeoplesMomentum, @fbunational, @LabGND and more 🌍🌹
Sign-up details here 👉🏽 https://t.co/T7401cklFO https://t.co/9VPZUaPbjS Momentum 🌹 Retweeted

Owen Jones 🌹

@OwenJones84

@Eminescu @jrschlosberg it wasn't the determining factor in the election by any stretch, but not well!

Owen Jones 🌹

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@jrschlosberg It's also odd that we shouldn't rely on "second hand accounts" from former staff and political allies - but we should instead defer to your "limited observational experience"? Not an attack, just perplexed: I can only go on the...

Owen Jones 🌹

@OwenJones84

@jrschlosberg My main concern with your approach is it leads to a fatalistic conclusion of: this was inherently doomed because of internal subversion and external attack, in which case the logical conclusion is to give up or move rightwards (which...

Owen Jones 🌹

@OwenJones84

@jrschlosberg You say we can't rely on second hand testimonies from his advisors. Then who? This was a consensus view amongst his team and political allies, does that count for nothing? You say there were too many advisors: what would...

Owen Jones 🌹

@OwenJones84

@jrschlosberg An aversion to conflict on his own side and in his own team, from Brexit to an operation which, in the course of 2019, was paralysed by division. It also manifested in a commendable "don't do personal" approach which...

Geoff Norcott

@GeoffNorcott

So @OwenJones84 offered me the chance to call him too woke.
I couldn't turn that down.
In fairness to the Guardian (I rarely say that) this offers some decent balance & good analysis. https://t.co/5cRjFO9EcL Owen Jones 🌹 Retweeted

Owen Jones 🌹

@OwenJones84

Sneak preview - but not for those who take offence! 😱 https://t.co/WS8X00aNa1

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Warning: not for the faint hearted. Full video here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2020/sep/22/from-mary-whitehouse-to-the-proms-owen-jones-on-how-woke-became-a-dirty-word-video Warning: not for the faint hearted. Full video here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2020/sep/22/from-mary-whitehouse-to-the-proms-owen-jones-on-how-woke-became-a-dirty-word-video 6 Comments

I remember seeing Mary Whitehouse on TV when I was a kid. Even before I knew anything about sex, I ...Please let us read that story .. (for social science, obviously ... 😁)Could be a much longer investigation that tbh Owen! Barking up the right trees certainly 👌🏽

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Priyamvada Gopal

@PriyamvadaGopal

In which we talk whitelash, trolls, and culture wars https://t.co/4Wf1zPaJlO Owen Jones 🌹 Retweeted

Owen Jones

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From Mary Whitehouse to the proms: Owen Jones on how ‘woke’ became a dirty word... This is an epic video you're going to want to watch.
By 2020 everything from the proms to sausage rolls were said to be at risk from 'woke' online warriors. But what does it even mean to be woke? Who ... 18 Comments

People laughed at Mary Whitehouse but look where we are now: a hedonistic society without boundariesMary Whitehouse was never ‘anti-woke’; rather, she was homophobic. What is now referred to as ‘woke’ is activism borne out ...I have often felt intimidation from woke extremists AND conservative ones. For me the barometer of whom I am persuaded ...

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Momentum 🌹

@PeoplesMomentum

Last night, Momentum activists teamed up with @LDNRentersUnion to physically mobilise against a housing eviction. It's estimated over 227,000 people in the UK live in rent arrears and 60,000 eviction notices have been served during the pandemic.
Nobody should face...

Andrew Scattergood

@AJScattergood

Keir Starmer taking the fight to Boris Johnson today is welcome, but after months of the leadership not commenting on policies, Keir Starmer’s speech was a missed opportunity to show substance. 1/6 Momentum 🌹 Retweeted

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Photos from Momentum's post Last night, Momentum activists teamed up with London Renters Union to physically mobilise against a housing eviction. It's estimated over 227,000 people in the UK live in rent arrears and 60,000 eviction notices have been served during the pandemic.
Our ... 9 Comments

more of this plz and no memes about people earning 150k not being richRoaming the streets at this time is not ideal do they understand we have a pandemic
They are all me ...Give in, don't ya know there's a pandemic on?????

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The World Transformed

@TWT_NOW

📢 TUESDAY @ 8PM 📢
What should Labour’s priorities be in the coming years & how can we ensure the party approaches the next election w/ transformative policies?
@meadwaj, @NadiaWhittomeMP, @AJScattergood, @graceblakeley, @Hannah_O_Rourke
BOOK NOW ➡️ https://t.co/g5wUkCrF7v https://t.co/jyKeIayKOR Momentum 🌹 Retweeted

Owen Jones

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The Tories campaigned for people to go back to work, to schools, to restaurants, to pubs, without a functioning test and trace system. The resulting disaster is on them. Discussing that on Jeremy Vine On 5, Channel 5, 9.15am! 57 Comments

We needed to change the way we do things. But we never had that vision despite having 6 months to ...It is literally on the government but not a single minister is capable of even the mildest level of human ...why they are calling this a second wave is beyond me,lockdown worked,then because it worked the lockdown was lifted the ...

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Ian Lavery MP

@IanLaveryMP

Great response by ⁦@PeoplesMomentum⁩ to focus on resisting evictions during Covid-19 crisis | Momentum | The Guardian https://t.co/GssqxZwfBI Momentum 🌹 Retweeted

Momentum 🌹

@PeoplesMomentum

Now that eviction laws have been lifted, Momentum activists have been mobilising to support all those facing homelessness 👇🏾 https://t.co/pI9pnxOVF4

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Stop Evictions Now Now that eviction laws have been lifted, Momentum activists have begun mobilising to support all those facing homelessness 👇🏾 38 Comments

Personally I think the government should chip in with a support package for landlords.
I think it's disgusting that there ...I look it at it like this the government will need to supply housing to someone of they are evicted. ...Could this be Johnson's poll tax moment

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Owen Jones

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Sorry if you have already answered this Owen but is the audio book dropping on the same day as the ...I'm defo buying your book. I v read and reread chavs several times. All the best to you and hope ...Come on, Owen, encourage all the right-wingers to buy it to burn and then you can have more printed for ...

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Owen Jones

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My new book THIS LAND is finally out! Writing this book over the last few months was incredibly hard and I hope I’ve done it justice 🙏 194 Comments

Mine arrived today and put a smile on my dad's face. Pandemic era treat for us to share. Though it ...I'm looking forward to it. And that is a very handsome cat. And please go on Jezzer Vine soon, without ...Love the cat. Love that you love the cat. Love that the cat knows you love them and loves you ...

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