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Luke Akehurst
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Luke Akehurst
@lukeakehurst
Labour MP for North Durham. Email: [email protected]
- Imagine being a Labour leadership that had managed to alienate a globally iconic children's author, who previously identified with Labour so strongly that she gave the party £1m, but thinking it's her rather than the party that has the problem and needs to do some soul searching.Imagine being JK Rowling and using your 14 million followers to dump on a a party wanting to help the poorest and least fortunate. Meanwhile, my feed tweeting class struggle politics and common sense socialism has a fraction of the following. Can you help this #SocialistSunday?
- I'm completely mystified by accusations that tackling illegal immigration, or indeed controlling legal immigration, is somehow "right wing". It's a core function of any government to control borders and determine who can enter the UK. If there are people who are relaxed about
- Absolutely shocking that not a single Reform MP has been in the chamber for the statement on the Strategic Defence Review. Reform claim to be patriotic so why isn't such an important announcement on defence a priority issue for them?
- Important message from Reza Pahlavi about backing the Iranian peopleThe Islamic Republic and its incompetent and criminal leaders have dragged Iran into war. Here is my message to my compatriots: Iran belongs to you, and reclaiming it is in your hands.
00:00 - I took a look at the training programme for new Durham County Councillors. There aren't training sessions on either of the subjects Darren is refusing to attend.
- If you are spending more time attacking Labour on the day we announced we would end energy prepayment premiums, giving 4m households relief on bills, than attacking the Tories who are the government presiding over this crisis, I've got to question your political motives.
- I have a different simple message for @tom_watson "you should fucking be proud of yourself" for fighting antisemitism.
- My lovely mum passed away suddenly this morning aged 75. Later on I will try to write a bit about her and her life, meanwhile thoughts are with my dad, sister and nephew who very much depended on her love and care. RIP Nan Akehurst (nee Davies). Missing you already.
- Unbelievable that when Labour has the Tories on the ropes and the best poll leads for a decade, Momentum's priority is attacking Starmer.Truth, integrity, honesty
- If they abolish Deputy Leader @tom_watson should immediately get the PLP to trigger a leadership challenge in which he should run.
- If Keir Starmer comes campaigning in your area help him to beat the Tories rather than wasting his time with internal Labour criticismsTo avoid the most tedious people on the internet misconstruing what I said, I’ll rephrase it: If Keir Starmer comes campaigning in your area, challenge him politely but robustly on the lies he said to become leader of the Labour Party.
- Clean sweep for Labour in all 4 of last night's council byelections, including 3 gains, 2 from the Tories.
- There's always an excuse. It's always someone else's fault. 1983 it was SDP and Falklands. 2017 "sabotage". 2019 Brexit. The cold hard truth is they lost because Hard Left politics and Corbyn as leader are deeply unpopular with vast majority of voters.
