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Ian Hodson
2 years
No MP should get subsidised food until all our school children can receive free school meals. No MP should receive tax cash to pay their energy bills until fuel poverty is ended. Let’s modernise the archaic practices of leaching of our backs until they deliver for us.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
I don’t want a windfall tax I want the energy industry in the hands of the people with all its profits used to reduce bills for everyone
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Ian Hodson
2 years
If Labour wants my vote it must commit to repeal all anti trade union laws, provide universal free school meals build 1 mill new council homes intro £15ph abolish zero hours & youth rates. Renationalise NHS water gas electric mail rail and BT. These are my Moderate demands.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Yesterday at a funeral I was told about a young child saving his school dinner to take home to share with his parents. This is the 5 richest economy in the world and we have families who can’t afford to eat. #HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Why are there no demands to recall Parliament to deal with the greed crisis that is inflicting the biggest drop in living standards in our lifetimes.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
I know it will upset the flag waving patriot but if we have run out of money to pay our nurses and feed our kids how have we found billions to send to Ukraine to fund war. Either we have no money or we have and poverty is a political choice which most people are now comfy with.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Think today’s tax cheat exposure explains why so many feared a @jeremycorbyn Government they would now be facing jail.
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Ian Hodson
7 months
So if I understand correctly Tories are about to announce tax cuts for the top 4% of society paid for by removing free medical care from the sick & disabled because they are unemployed. And Labour says the cuts to welfare don’t go far enough. And these politicians want our votes
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Ian Hodson
3 years
In the pub last night heard lot of people getting excited at getting a bank holiday if we win tonight should have seen there face when I told them they would have had an extra 4 just for voting Labour in 2019
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Ian Hodson
3 months
Arthur looking fit well and ready for the continuing struggle for a better world.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Now the decision has been made that despite the Labour NEC saying Corbyn had no case to answer today they voted to keep the Whip suspended. If you want Socialism it’s not happening in the @UKLabour under Sir Keir Starmer.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
So nuclear weapons are not a deterrent to war in Europe then. The billions wasted on weapons that can end humanity on the planet are just profit making opportunity’s at the expense of health education and welfare.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Proud to be part of the so called far left that want to build council homes provide a health care free and end food poverty. You can be on the right if you chose and oppose those things #SocialismForMe
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Politicians will have been fully paid for 86 days by the time they return back to Westminster to debate our rights to time off for holidays bereavements working time and other such issues. In those 86 days they will have worked just 5 days. They have no understanding of our lives
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Ian Hodson
3 years
What an incredible reception for @jeremycorbyn pictured here with @MPeakeOfficial yesterday the people of Wigan turned out in their thousands to meet him. #Diggers
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Ian Hodson
5 months
Despite the lies and smears the reality has always been Corbyn has stood by our class throughout his political career. That’s why they feared him.
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#OnThisDay 1985. Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn demands an emergency House of Commons debate on the #MinersStrike
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Ian Hodson
3 years
If schools are safe why is Eton closed if Schools are safe why are London’s children staying at home if Schools are safe why are so many cases coming from schools and if the community is not at risk with schools open why are we in Tier 4.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
So @UKLabour don’t want Trade union money any longer they have wealthy friend’s and Murdoch now. Apparently they don’t need working class votes to win either.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Sometimes I wonder why people never ask the question why when Socialism created the NHS full employment free education council houses a welfare state that supported people and a country that looked outwards. Why do they hate it so much. #HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
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Ian Hodson
8 months
Turns out Labour MPs were not missed at todays March they are becoming as irrelevant for the fight for justice and equality as the the Tories whose side they are now on. Time to recognise the Starmer Party is not on your side and will not bring about the change we all need.
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Ian Hodson
4 months
Labour is imploding Rochdale was going to be a huge loss and they know it don’t believe a word they tell you. We can rock their world by making sure Starmer is defeated in his constituency. FlipFlop man is not fit to be PM.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
It’s clear @UKLabour is no longer the party of the Trade union and Labour movement. The Labouring classes need a new home. That time is here.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
The sad truth is on 2019 people chose to believe the lies about @jeremycorbyn and ignore the truth about @BorisJohnson but now have to live with the results delivered by an establishment media and the @UKLabour MPs who worked to stop hope from being a reality.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
The UK needs real political change neither Labour or Tories are the answer.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Watching New Zealand fireworks celebrating 2021 in a country run by Socialists Covid free meaning family and friend’s are celebrating together in homes in bars in clubs. No Masks amazing what happens in a country that puts people before corporations and the interests of the few
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Ian Hodson
2 years
2,217 000 million people used foodbanks in 2021 whilst Britain created 6 New Billionaires.This is what happens when decades of political choices are made to serve 1 group of people in society. The richest are rich because politicians have made it happen #PovertyisaPoliticalChoice
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Ian Hodson
2 years
When the #RMT strike next week we will witness workers collectively acting it’s a beautiful site to behold it’s called Working Class Solidarity and shows what power we have if we join together
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Socialism gave you the NHS council homes an economy committed to supporting you when in hardship. Centrism/Capitalism has given you soaring prices homelessness food and energy poverty. But Socialism is the thing they tell you to fear.
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Ian Hodson
6 months
Union affiliated Labour Party refusing to support the Greens Fatal motion bill to kill the anti strike bill. In what universe does the party of organised Labour not do all it can to ensure workers rights are protected. It appears this one when it’s led by Starmer Thatcherites.
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Ian Hodson
11 months
The collapse of the Labour vote shows the Starmer project isn’t working. If this would have happened under Corbyn the demand for his resignation would be deafening.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
If we can hand out blankets to those queuing to visit a coffin we can provide them to people sleeping on our streets. Life is more important than pageantry in my opinion.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
He was our leader he is @UKLabour an elected MP for the party #ReinstateJeremyCorbyn I stand in Solidarity with @jeremycorbyn
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Ian Hodson
3 years
In 1902 we asked our members to help build a political party that would represent our class our communities our interests. In 2021 @UKLabour is more interested in handing power to its factional leaders then winning anything for our class our communities and interests.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
So with many turning off their heating because of soaring costs I’m sure everyone will be pleased to know the Privatised energy company’s are making £900 a second. Like food poverty, Fuel Poverty is a Political choice. And neither Red or Blue Party’s want to change the Status quo
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Truly humbled thank you for all the messages of support and solidarity. Our communities need a strong United political voice that represents their needs and aspirations. It’s time for the internal wars in the @UKLabour to end and that takes leadership. Not expulsions.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Waking up seeing that 2 jabs sets you free and the Archbishop calling to end school bubbles whilst I have had 2 jabs and been suffering Covid since Tuesday with a partner whose school got closed down due to Covid rampaging at the a school makes me wonder what have we learnt.
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Ian Hodson
1 year
So many Labour MPs and supporters attacking Johnson the man they preferred to the leader of their own party. They want us to forget who put him in power I won’t
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Just want to clarify we were not given a good kickin by @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour at conference we left because it represents the same narrow interests that the Tories do. Working class people are entitled to a political voice and Labour is not it.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
By tomorrow the Tories will have voted to kill the #NHS but people believed that @jeremycorbyn was using some faked document. The media the Labour PLP did so much damage to stop a Socalist like Attlee from becoming PM. Never forgive Never forget. #wedeservebetter
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Being hard left means believing we have a right to food, to a home to a well paid job with a contract, that pensions are enough to live a decent life, that social security means people are supported not demonised. Those who are not Hard left will oppose all of that.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Seems strange to believe that according to @Keir_Starmer the PM that delivered NHS, Council housing, full employment, raised living standards Nationalised rail energy etc provided a welfare state real pensions, Clem Attlee was Hard Left.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
It’s interesting that @UKLabour has decided that being a candidate for the party no longer requires you to be a member or have any understanding of why the party was formed or who it represents. And doesn’t require you to have any links with trade unions.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Interesting to see that the mythical wage growth is down to the fat cats increased bonuses not workers wage rises.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
They want your cash but don’t want to act in your interests they want you to campaign for them to win elections but they don’t want you to have a voice inside there inner circle. They want you to vote for them then accept whatever they do to you. That’s todays @UKLabour
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Ian Hodson
2 years
I’m assuming that @Keir_Starmer is ok with the high energy costs that families are now currently having to cope with. To suggest we cap at todays level is unrealistic and will maintain the inequality in our society. We need ownership and a complete change in how we power the UK.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Seems weird all those that blamed migrants for their problems are now blaming them for not helping us out by filling our shelves. Maybe the issue wasn’t migrants but the politicians and the media who used them as deflection for moving the wealth from us to the wealthy.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
The @UKLabour should be demanding that we raise the minimum wage for all workers £15 that we end the use of insecure contracts and stop inequality in the workplace by paying the young less that’s what will Will Win the Future for Labour aspiration for working class communities.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
I started delivering leaflets in Blackpool when 7 yrs old when a geezer called Harold led the party, shocked to find out after being involved for 50 years I am possibly classed as toxic by people who have recently joined. Probably because working class people are not welcome now
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Remember when your bill increases for your energy to your supplier they are making huge savings as the price to buy for them is now 93% cheaper but they are still going to charge you more for it because they can. But if the people owned it then that wouldn’t be the case.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Why does @jeremycorbyn have to apologise the NEC restored his membership the allegations against him were unfounded what @Keir_Starmer has done is the problem he needs to apologise and explain why he acted in contrary to how others MPs have been treated who changed his mind
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Ian Hodson
4 months
Starmer is getting a taste of his own medicine and the cult around him are now finding out that once you go down in the sewers you don’t get out. It could have been so different but no they choose factionalism. From supporting Tories in 2019 to gifting them 2024.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
If @UKLabour can expel people for something that was acceptable 2 years ago imagine the risk if the @Keir_Starmer leadership ever got hold of legal powers. It’s frightening you may wake up and find your being charged with something that you did last night that was legal.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
The more I think about it the more astonishing I find @UKLabour stance on supporting the increase on NI whilst opposing tax increases on the wealthy and their corporations. We deserve better from the party of Labour we also need #15Now
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Think we may need to consider a live aid gig to feed the UK that’s the place we are going thanks to the greed of the wealthy. We have money for bombs money for tax cuts money for MPs but no money to enable the people to eat.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Question if they have just increased NI to fund social care why are we now being told councils will have to raise council tax to fund social care something not right here.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
When the shadow chancellor is in a relationship with top fella of the DWP you have to ask can she really be serving the interests of those struggling and @UKLabour saying it only represents those in work I think you have your answer. A pool of struggling people keeps wages low
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Ian Hodson
2 years
If affiliated unions needed any more proof @UKLabour is not on the side of workers the sacking of @SamTarry should be proof enough. Labour cannot be relied on to support workers in or out of struggle.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
We are now a 1 party state that stands candidates in different coloured rosettes to pretend we live in a Democracy.
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Ian Hodson
6 years
Pleased my union is standing firm and supporting @jeremycorbyn no lies or smears will take away our belief that we have the opportunity to change and improve the lives of those who live in our communities with him as the leader of the Labour Party. Not going back to #ToryLite
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Ukraine Minister says it’s Hype about invasion in UK If true it means that both Labour and Tory are working together to distract us from the cost of living crisis. There in it together
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Ian Hodson
2 years
The Tories are dead but there political ideology is still alive and it’s beating heart is now inside @Keir_Starmer Labour Party.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
So rumours @Keir_Starmer standing down and wants to make sure @UKLabour has a continuity candidate in his place which is the reason behind the Electoral college What a dire situation the party faces were the whole existence of the LOTO is to secure levers of power for a faction
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Ian Hodson
2 years
If rising fuel prices are a result of Putins war, why are the energy companies reporting ballooning profits.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
The grotesque injustice we see in our world cannot be solved by capitalism its a direct result of Capitalism it’s how it’s designed to work.Inequality & poverty isn’t an accident its a political choice designed to create winners and losers. We have to replace it with Socialism
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Ladies and Gentlemen Starmers Labour Party advice to those struggling to make ends meet. Lynne a Labour councilor from Hackney. If you think @UKLabour will make your life better they won’t.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
This picture was used as part of his @Keir_Starmer campaign to become leader of the @UKLabour seems odd when he apparently sees us as wrong uns.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Privatised energy in UK showing despite the high costs to us it’s unable to keep us supplied meanwhile nationalised energy Ireland Switzerland. Denmark.The Netherlands. Slovakia. Germany. Greece. No issues
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Ian Hodson
2 years
So @UKLabour rules out nationalisation and instead wants to fund the huge profits of the energy company’s with tax handouts paid back by us for years. Clearly seeking those big donor funds means party funds before people.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Anyone surprised to see @UKLabour agreeing with the Tories on Visas. The party offers is the same ideology that has got the country in the mess we are in. We deserve better politicians
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Ian Hodson
3 years
The narrative that it was migrant labour that kept wages down is a complete Lie. It’s been Government policy to keep wages low it was politicians that set the min wage so low that enabled businesses to pay such poor wages it was Politicians that devalued our labour.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
The difference between a worker and a slave is the right to withdraw your labour. Tories just enslaved working people by removing the right to halt work and now the question must be asked why should unions comply with strike laws.
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Ian Hodson
3 months
So the election is shaping up to be a Tory party offering Thatcherism and a Labour Party offering Thatcherism. What the people need is an end to Thatcherism when you look at Thatcherism it’s the reason why the country is in the mess it is. We need an alternative to Thatcherism.
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Ian Hodson
4 years
So @BBCNews can hold RBL to account for standing to be Labour Leader but has nothing to say about Prime Minister Johnson’s failure to attend Parliament. No wonder the BBC is now regarded as a Propaganda outlet for Tory party.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Starmer has a harder job to lose the next election than win it, but if he rules the country the same as he has controlled the Labour Party the divisions in society will be widened. People don’t need more right wing ideology and discrimination they need and deserve better.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Don’t forget the Covid virus leaves the UK on 19th July not the 18th July you’ll need to make sure you wash your hands socially distance and wear a mask but on 19th the virus has gone and it’s just the flu so learn to live with it you may die but that’s life. #HerdImmunity
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Glad our members money won’t be funding the bosses party . @UKLabour who attacks workers forced to strike. Scab party.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
I’m sick of politicians from all 3 political parties who have had opportunities to build a better country telling me they have the answers and it’s the same answers that got us here. Let’s do something different and change lives.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
I wonder how the @UKLabour feels today about it’s decision to ensure the UK elected this Tory government. And how Mandelson feels about working every day to ensure Corbyn was defeated. They will probably all benefit from Tax cuts.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
The idea @Keir_Starmer can talk at #PMQs about trust and breaking promises when every promise he stood on to win the @UKLabour leadership has been broken both Starmer and Johnson are both Liars
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Ian Hodson
4 months
Just watched @lisanandy and must say when it comes to dishonesty in politics she’s mastered it.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
@Keir_Starmer I find it odd you have sent me such a sweet email thanking me and expressing your wish to work with me yet you expelled me. But to be fair I recognise, it is just insincere bulk email as you have no real interest in your membership or your affiliates.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Britain leading the world in energy profiteering making people work harder and longer to earn less and die earlier using minorities to heap the blame on for the hardship. If politicians were honest they would admit that. If our media allowed real journalism they would expose it.
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Ian Hodson
1 year
@ScottBentonMP Hold on a minute your lot said that striking workers are putting lives at risk yet unpaid workers jumped in a ambulance to help a member of the community. The problem is whilst NHS workers support communities you want to help yourself to the profits of a privatised Health Service
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Ian Hodson
11 months
I remember when the argument was we have to pay MPs a better salary to get the best people. Clearly that hasn’t worked crisis after crisis and MPs now earning an avg £233ph telling people on £10.42 they are greedy for wanting a pay rise.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Since @Keir_Starmer and @UKLabour may have missed the fact in Batley our membership is pretty strong we wanted them to disassociate the anti trade union message pushed by his spokesman Lord Mandelson but they have decided to ignore our reasonable requests. #WeAreUnion
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Ian Hodson
2 years
If you see Sid tell him he’s a liar and selling off our assets hasn’t made the country wealthier. It was a great big con and a huge lie.
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Ian Hodson
3 months
Labour blew up its own candidate because local polling showed them losing. To protect Starmer they will do whatever it takes. There will be many Rochdale’s coming for the StarmerLabour party.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
So @Keir_Starmer turns to Lord Mandelson who once said We are all Thatcherite now and laid the foundation for Tuition fees that’s put so many into a lifetime of debt. If he thought he had a bad week last week this week is going to be a tragedy.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
I find it interesting that politicians aren’t calling for free public transport as opposed to tax cuts. It would help so many people and would force fuel companies to consider fuel costs
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Ian Hodson
2 years
They abused unions at last years conference ignored conference decisions have ignored union pleas for unity dismissed unions opinions and ignored their pleas to support striking workers. The @UKLabour is no longer the party of organised Labour. It’s irrelevant to our class.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
So today the @UKLabour welcomed a pact for war and opposed a motion for a green new deal. Clearly more donations can be found from the arms lobby than the green one. The future of British politics is an arms race between to party’s funded by corporations #PeopleLose
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Ian Hodson
2 years
The difference between a worker and a slave is the right to withdraw your labour. Do we want workers in this country it’s really that simple Which side are you on.
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Ian Hodson
4 years
Our members are asking what’s the point of electing @UKLabour if it just agrees with the #Tories and doesn’t have an opinion on what the government is doing.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Remember @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour priority is bombs not food on your kids plate. His cult is whipping up another war game. Because that’s what being owned by the establishment means.
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Another @UKLabour Frontbencher @DavidLammy says he doesn’t support @GMB_union strike at airports. Again another attack on the trade unions by the so called party of organised Labour.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
They use to say you’ll pay less tax if we privatise these Nationalised companies now we are going to pay more of our taxes to support those once nationalised companies that will enrich the owners even further both in higher bills and in taxation.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
We shouldn’t need benefits to support wages,the lowest paid shouldn’t be carrying the heaviest tax burden,when the most important thing for the opposition is to appease the wealthy media owners rather than fight for change society needs Westminster politics will always fail us
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Ian Hodson
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Labour conference will cost affiliated unions membership hundreds of thousands they will receive no promise’s or rights or be able to debate change. Meanwhile donors can purchase changes to policy over a nice meal. Politics bought by the few to continue to deliver for the few.
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Ian Hodson
3 years
Incredible some people getting more irate about humans fleeing war zones looking for sanctuary in the UK than the real crisis that’s hitting their own family neighbours & friends. The politics of distraction only helps to maintain the status quo. Where has hating migrants got us
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Ian Hodson
2 years
Lol @UKLabour have asked me to campaign for them
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