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Samuel Barnes 🌹
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Labour Party and Unite the Union member | Soft Left and Pluralist and member of Open Labour | Quotes and Reposts =/= endorsement.
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Looking forward to seeing my fellow Labour party members at our South West Regional Conference. Only 2 weeks left to sign up

Who else is coming? If you’ve never been to a Labour Conference before, a regional conference is a great introduction!
January 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I feel this is a real lesson in realising that rights are never guaranteed and progress is never permanent. If we don't continue to fight to keep the progress we make over the years it will be yanked away by the same people who prevented it in the first place.
New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"

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Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.
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January 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I want to begin writing a couple opinion pieces of internal party affairs - I'd greatly appreciate giving my first piece a read. It's a, potentially harsh and critical, view and outlook on the future of the soft left in its current form.
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The Labour Mainstream; It’s the soft left. So why don’t we win? — Sam Barnes
In this years NEC elections soft left candidates won well over 30% of first preferences - more than both Labour to Win and Momentum and yet won just 2 seats at the table. It’s time to discuss why the ...
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December 5, 2024 at 12:29 PM
This is such an excellent idea and more NEC members should be aiming to discuss more openly their work and views on the committee. Aware Ann Black has done a fantastic job at this the past years but positive we're seeing more take this on board!
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The first of my video reports from 26th Nov #Labour #NEC Away Day.

Video 1: 🧕👩🤰Women's Conference.

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November's Labour Party NEC - Women's Conference
YouTube video by Empower Labour
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November 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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📢The Guardian is now officially on Bluesky

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November 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM
With South West Labour Party regional elections coming up in Febuary we need to build a group of soft left, pluralist and non-alligned group to stand for the Regional Executive Committee. It must not be understated what a huge task this entails - but we need to start organising from the bottom up!
November 17, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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November 17, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Well this alot more peaceful isn't it 😔
November 17, 2024 at 9:31 PM