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This photo's doing the rounds in an article as a portrait of successful BAME organising within Labour over the last 3 years.
Ok
POINT 1 - I'm in this photo too - its the Bernie Grant Leadership graduates - 50 BAME activists chosen from hundreds of applications
This photo's doing the rounds in an article as a portrait of successful BAME organising within Labour over the last 3 years.
Ok
POINT 1 - I'm in this photo too - its the Bernie Grant Leadership graduates - 50 BAME activists chosen from hundreds of applications
THREAD 2/7
Point 2
Of the 50 above guess how many of them were considered or even SHORTLISTED for any Parliamentary seat in the 2019 GE, the election with the highest turnover of new Labour candidates standing for a generation??
How many?
Answer - 0
Point 2
Of the 50 above guess how many of them were considered or even SHORTLISTED for any Parliamentary seat in the 2019 GE, the election with the highest turnover of new Labour candidates standing for a generation??
How many?
Answer - 0
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Point 3
This was a big deal for the party, we were told - the future leaders trained - often overlooked from under represented groups - EVEN overlooked under a Corbyn leadership and now forgotten under a Starmer leadership as Lisa Nandy shows here https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1271036213772910592?s=20
Point 3
This was a big deal for the party, we were told - the future leaders trained - often overlooked from under represented groups - EVEN overlooked under a Corbyn leadership and now forgotten under a Starmer leadership as Lisa Nandy shows here https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1271036213772910592?s=20
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Point 4
To add further insult just recently on a BAME CLP Officers Zoom call with @Keir_Starmer
@AngelaRayner
@MarshadeCordova
& @TulipSiddiq
Marsha claimed there were plenty of Bernie Grant Graduates in Parliament now after that programme!!
Boxes ticked - results made up
Point 4
To add further insult just recently on a BAME CLP Officers Zoom call with @Keir_Starmer
@AngelaRayner
@MarshadeCordova
& @TulipSiddiq
Marsha claimed there were plenty of Bernie Grant Graduates in Parliament now after that programme!!
Boxes ticked - results made up
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Point 5
We have a BAME Labour which is defunct and unfit for purpose. Who has been consulted to discuss that future?
We have NEC BAME rep elected by trade unions not members - only 700 BAME members voted to elect this rep compared to 52,000 who voted to elect the CLP rep
Point 5
We have a BAME Labour which is defunct and unfit for purpose. Who has been consulted to discuss that future?
We have NEC BAME rep elected by trade unions not members - only 700 BAME members voted to elect this rep compared to 52,000 who voted to elect the CLP rep
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We have next to no support from Labour and Momentum for BAME organising locally and regionally for any sort of campaign.
What we have is back slapping about the progress we have made over the last few years and because of that we should all sit back and let it roll?
We have next to no support from Labour and Momentum for BAME organising locally and regionally for any sort of campaign.
What we have is back slapping about the progress we have made over the last few years and because of that we should all sit back and let it roll?
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Im standing for @ForwardMmtm in the Momentum NCG elections and Im going to help develop
A democratically-run Momentum BAME members network to support BAME self-organisation, build BAME power and promote BAME leadership & BANG THE DRUM CONTINUOUSLY NOT SAY THE JOB IS DONE!!
Im standing for @ForwardMmtm in the Momentum NCG elections and Im going to help develop
A democratically-run Momentum BAME members network to support BAME self-organisation, build BAME power and promote BAME leadership & BANG THE DRUM CONTINUOUSLY NOT SAY THE JOB IS DONE!!
