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Michael Dugher

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Chair BGC, Advisory Council Tourism Alliance, Board Ivors Academy Trust, Fellow Leeds Conservatoire. Ex-Lab MP, Shadow Cabinet, No10 chief spokesman. Views mine

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

5 months

Great night at Loftus Road with so many of my former colleagues + my sporting hero Stuart Pearce. Proud @BetGameCouncil supported the event for @TeamSportsAid . It means we’ve now raised over £6 million for a whole range of charities since I started at BGC

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

2 months

I have no envy. I don’t want to send my kids to private schools. Equally, I don’t begrudge others who choose to do so. I just don’t see why there should be tax breaks, paid for by ordinary tax payers who realistically don’t have that choice, to enable a privileged few who do.

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James Cleverly🇬🇧

2 months

This is an ideological decision that will hit small independent schools. Don't let them spin it as a necessity. It’s the politics of envy.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Len McCluskey isn’t fit to lace Tom Watson’s boots.

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Michael Dugher

6 years

Can’t understand why the public aren’t flocking to Labour in their droves. After all, Labour just spent a week on primetime TV flying Palestinian flags + talking about deselecting their own MPs & telling us why Militant were right in 1985. Don’t they follow Owen Jones on twitter?

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Mike Smithson

6 years

TMay's Tories move to 6% lead with YouGov CON 42% LAB 36% LD 11%

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Michael Dugher

4 years

When I was at No10, I remember getting cabinet ministers to issue some public statement defending us - I forget what the issue was, but it was suitably fawning & embarrassingly loyal. To his great credit (& my amusement) the message back to me from Alan Johnson was “f*ck off”.

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

6 years

Yes. You’re quite right. I apologise unreservedly for swearing. You tedious sanctimonious fucker 🐈

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Owen Jones

@owenjonesjourno

6 years

@MichaelDugher Speaking of online abuse, here is former Labour MP turned @UK_Music CEO @MichaelDugher !

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Michael Dugher

4 years

I’ve watched a lot of broadcasts from No 10 over the years. I stood behind the camera plenty of times as they were being filmed. But you won’t see anything as good as this. Pretty amazing stuff.

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Boris Johnson

4 years

It is hard to find the words to express my debt to the NHS for saving my life. The efforts of millions of people across this country to stay home are worth it. Together we will overcome this challenge, as we have overcome so many challenges in the past. #StayHomeSaveLives

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Michael Dugher

7 years

Stop criticising Corbyn's slow response: it takes time for Seamas to run the draft statement by the Kremlin, Stop the War + the Morning Star

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Michael Dugher

8 years

There are many reasons to vote for a change of Labour leadership. Not having Diane Abbott on the radio every morning is just one of them...

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Michael Dugher

5 years

30 years ago, my Dad went to buy a new washing machine. Ours had packed up. With 6 of us at home, a replacement was essential. Dad instead walked in with this £450 Technics stereo. As a teenage music fan, I was delighted. Mum was less amused 🤬Today my Dad gave the Technics to me

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Meet Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese Imperial Army. The year is 1974. Lieutenant Onoda has spent nearly three decades holding out in the jungle on an island in the Philippines, refusing to accept that the Japanese lost the Second World War back in 1945...

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Jeremy Corbyn

5 years

We’re up for the fight. To protect what we hold dear. #HappyNewYear2020

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Obviously I blame the Labour leadership for this. But leadership is collective. I blame everyone who put Corbyn on the ballot paper, backed his politics, propped him up as a shadow minister, acted as cheerleader for him, turned a blind eye to antisemitism etc. This is your defeat

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Michael Dugher

6 years

Such a dishonest position. Practically this means “I can only countenance intervention if the Russians give permission at the Security Council.” Which he knows full well they won’t. Alleviating extreme humanitarian suffering provides the legal & moral justification for action.

@BBCNews

BBC News (UK)

6 years

"I can only countenance involvement in Syria if there is @UN authority behind it" - Labour leader @jeremycorbyn tells #marr

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Michael Dugher

5 years

No Jeremy. This is what it looks like when you “win the argument”.

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7 years

FINAL RESULT LAB 43.2% [418 seats] CON 30.7% [165] LD 16.8% [46] LAB majority 179

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Michael Dugher

5 years

My six year old this evening: “Daddy, do you know a song called ‘Imagine’? It’s by John Lennon. We did at school and I really like it. Can you find it on your phone for me?” Son, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship...

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Michael Dugher

9 years

Just been sacked by Jeremy Corbyn. I wished him a happy new year.

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Michael Dugher

7 years

Look at this fucking arsehole: demanding “clarification” as to why I was at the Brit Awards. Not that it is any of your business, but I’m happy to clarify that I was there “for the awards,” you trolling fake news nob head.

@skwawkbox

The SKWAWKBOX

7 years

@LisboaStreams @stellacreasy @MichaelDugher @Stormzy1 @theresa_may In general terms. Of course, we'd welcome his clarification that it was for the May/Mail barbs and not just the awards

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Michael Dugher

5 years

No he hasn’t. No it’s not. You lot are bonkers.

@PeoplesMomentum

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@PeoplesMomentum

5 years

Jeremy Corbyn has now seen off two Tory prime ministers. A general election is now right around the corner. Let's make sure he sees off a third👇

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Michael Dugher

6 years

No wonder we lost the referendum.

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Andrew Adonis

6 years

This should be flying from every council offices across Britain

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

5 years

Labour to ban private schools. Means heightened legitimate public interest in which Lab figures went to private school & who sends their kids to one. Normally not an issue at an election. It will be now. And whatever most people think about private education, they hate hypocrisy.

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Michael Dugher

6 years

Well done to my old gaffer #gordonbrown for having the decency, moral courage + sense of responsibility and anger to speak out. That there are still so many senior Labour figures who have remained silent on this issue is depressing and shameful.

@BoardofDeputies

Board of Deputies of British Jews

@BoardofDeputies

6 years

Gordon Brown: "the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism must be adopted unanimously, unequivocally and immediately"

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Michael Dugher

3 years

I’m a bit rusty, but I’m fairly sure voters do like flags, pints and fish and chips…

@TWT_NOW

The World Transformed

3 years

A full house for "What can we learn from the Corbyn years?" ✊ @RichardBurgon : "Voters don't want flags, pints and fish and chips - they want transformative policies" @VikCR_ : "We need to be ready to fight racism, imperialism & the climate crisis" #TWT21

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Michael Dugher

7 years

You are not the “press”. You are a fake news hard left blog site. And you wouldn’t know what the public interest is if someone shoved it up your arse. Happy Christmas.

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The SKWAWKBOX

7 years

@stellacreasy @shedseven Extraordinary response to a press enquiry giving you chance to comment on something of public interest.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Galloway backs Farage. The far left and the far right - two sides of the same coin.

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George Galloway

@georgegalloway

5 years

Given the nature of Labour’s Euro-fanatic candidates list and the crucial juncture we have reached in the fight for the full implementation of the #Brexit referendum result and for one-time only I will be supporting @Nigel_Farage in next months elections. @TheBrexitPartly

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Michael Dugher

4 years

To be clear: I was in Labour because I grew up in a working class pit village. I spent 20 years working for Labour in govt (where we did great things) & Parliament. I was never a cheerleader for Corbynism that poisoned Labour with anti-Jewish racism & gave the Tories a landslide.

@owenjonesjourno

Owen Jones

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4 years

Whatever Jeremy Corbyn's mistakes, it's scandalous that some of his most ardent critics were ever in the Labour party. From my new book THIS LAND, out soon.

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Michael Dugher

7 years

As the great John Lennon sang: “A working class hero is something to be...” The posher you are, the more hard left you can afford to be. Ever thus has been the case. Murray, Milne, Schneider, Corbyn himself - all posh boys. Real working class people can’t afford this bollocks.

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Michael Dugher

9 months

Sacked for being Jewish. Hang your head in shame South Africa. Is world cricket just going to sit back and allow this to happen?

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Lawrence Bailey ⚪ 🇿🇦

@LawrenceBailey0

9 months

🚨 JUST IN 🚨 SA U19 captain David Teeger has been relieved of his duties ahead of the U19 showpiece event set to be held in SA. A new captain will be announced in due course. #CricketTwitter

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Michael Dugher

1 year

A thread on the Labour attack ads as someone who used to run the Lab operation: 1. All parties have an attack operation, so let’s not pretend they don’t. Holding opponents to account on policy - robustly - is part of the democratic process. It’s not for shrinking violets.

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Michael Dugher

2 years

One for today: My youngest daughter Mia, 15, sketched this…

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Michael Dugher

3 years

I’d rather shoot my own bollocks off.

@GBNEWS

GB News

3 years

Watch Farage on GB News from 7pm Monday-Thursday. You won't want to miss it.

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Michael Dugher

3 years

“They’ve entertained us, this England team…They’ve given us hope. They’ve given us something to smile about, something to be proud of. It’s just a devastating way to lose after all they’ve done for us”. Well said @alanshearer . And well done @England #eng #ThreeLions #EURO2020

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Michael Dugher

7 years

“I regret I did not look more closely at the image.” This is the “I’m just a fucking moron” defence. That may be true, but no one can seriously believe anything other than he saw nothing wrong with publicly displaying an obviously antisemitic image. The rest are weasel words.

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Paul Waugh MP

7 years

New: Corbyn statement on anti Semitic mural.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Watson is right here. Corbyn’s creative ambiguity/triangulation is a doomed political strategy. The public see it for what is: weak and cynical.

@tom_watson

Tom Watson

5 years

Labour won’t defeat Nigel Farage by being mealy-mouthed and sounding as if we half agree with him. We won’t win if we sit on the fence about the most crucial issue that has faced our country for many generations.

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Michael Dugher

2 years

Bollocks. McCartney played 39 songs at Glasto - only 5 were recorded this century. The next ‘newest’ song other than those was from 41 years ago (Here Today 1981). The other 33 were recorded from 1958-1975. Leadership candidates should stick to arguing about tax and defence etc

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Steven Swinford

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2 years

Penny Mordaunt says that Britain has lost its sense of self She compares it to Paul McCartney's set at Glastonbury - 'he was playing new tunes but what we really wanted was the good old stuff'

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

5 years

Very proud to support @DavidGauke as an Independent to be my local MP. He is a thoroughly decent & patriotic man. He’s been an excellent constituency MP & in Parliament he’s had the courage to stand up for what he believes in - like warning about the impact of a no deal Brexit.

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David Gauke

5 years

My re-election campaign has the support of people from different political backgrounds. Today I was delighted to get the backing of Berkhamsted resident (and former Labour MP and Shadow Cabinet member) @MichaelDugher

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Michael Dugher

6 years

The most damning line here: “Jeremy Corbyn was also present but sources say he sat in silence and unmoved as Mr Willsman spoke.” Silence is complicity. History will record that Labour had a leader in Jeremy Corbyn who was utterly complicit in antisemitism. Shameful

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The Jewish Chronicle

6 years

BREAKING: Labour rejects IHRA antisemitism definition and approves its own code of conduct

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Michael Dugher

7 years

Remember Labour members: if you see any bullying, misogyny or harassment, you can always take your case to the NEC. This guy is the chair of it. Good luck.

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Angela Smith

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7 years

Corbyn should condemn Kerr’s bullying of the female Chair of the NPF. Well done @LucyMPowell for calling it out.

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Michael Dugher

4 years

New Leadership is not a slogan. It’s a test you have to pass.

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Michael Dugher

1 year

I saw Cat Stevens live. I’m a happy man. Thanks Yusuf. One of the great gigs of my life.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

I’m not an expert, but I’m not sure “braced for a kicking” is what happens to resurgent mid-term opposition parties on the verge of returning to power...

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Sophy Ridge

5 years

Labour “braced for a kicking” #Ridge

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Michael Dugher

5 years

To all those former Labour staff members who spoke out on #Panorama tonight, the proud history of the Labour movement will one day record your bravery in fighting against antisemitism and in standing up for the decent Labour values that this once great party used to believe in.

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Michael Dugher

7 years

I agree with every word in this letter and I have never been more ashamed of the Party I joined 27 years ago this month. That it has come to this.

@KevinASchofield

Kevin Schofield

@KevinASchofield

7 years

Very powerful letter by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Jewish Leadership Council on Labour anti-Semitism row.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Very proud Dad today: My 12 year old daughter, who has piano and classical guitar lessons, asked me to teach her McCartney’s ‘Blackbird’ (my party piece) on the guitar. So I did. And she picked it up so fast! What a beautiful thing - and a memory I’ll cherish forever.

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Michael Dugher

7 years

Reminds you of 1980? You mean Labour had just lost an election and were a mere 17 years away from winning one? Oh yeah, glory days.

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Paul Mason

7 years

I really advise my colleagues in the political press corps to listen to the conference. It's a breath of fresh air and reminds me of 1980

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Imagine the justifiable outrage if he played down racism against black people by saying sometimes people in politics do cross a line, get confused & “dip into” racism against black people + that they just need to be more “careful in their use of language”

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Sack the workers. Defend the boss. That’s some weird ass socialism...

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Paul Mason

5 years

Three point plan for Labour. 1. A members ballot on Remain/Reform as the new line. 2. Sack the officials responsible for this fiasco. 3. Defend Corbyn against the inevitable coup. More from me tomorrow - sign our petition here

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Michael Dugher

1 year

2. The Tories can usually rely on most of the national press to do their attacking for them. So spare me the hypocrisy, crocodile tears and bullshit complaints in The Times or the Mail about “Labour aggressive attacks”. The dice is historically firmly loaded against Labour.

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Michael Dugher

6 years

Jon is right that Blair was “a historical aberration”. He won 3 big majorities enabling more practical social change than any govt since Attlee (another winning, mixed economy Labour pragmatist). In contrast, what Jon describes as Labour’s “immensely popular” 2017 manifesto lost.

@TheStaggers

The New Statesman Politics

6 years

Only democratic socialists can achieve the transformative Labour government we need, writes @jon_trickett in response to Tom Watson's new group.

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Michael Dugher

3 years

Stupid and offensive. And consistent.

@hurryupharry

Harry's Place

3 years

Labour MP Diane Abbott's statement has been reported on. Watch full the 90 second pre-recorded statement, note: "the claims that Russia is the aggressor should be treated sceptically the destabilization in the entire region comes from a continued Eastward expansion of NATO"

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Labour history will record the greatness of @IanAustinMP : principled & brave - speaking out against extremism & racism against Jews + standing up for the traditional decent values that used to define Labour. Sadly history will be less kind to many others in the PLP #CowardsFlinch

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Michael Dugher

5 years

What a great campaign @DavidGauke has had. And amidst all the grimness of this general election, he’s made us smile. Top man.

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David Gauke

5 years

More evidence of support!

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Michael Dugher

7 years

As a Lab MP, I used to attend meetings of the Parliamentary Labour Party. But I’ve never felt that the fight against antisemitism should be left to Jews alone. So tomorrow I’ll proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with my good friends in the Jewish Community to say #EnoughIsEnough

@BoardofDeputies

Board of Deputies of British Jews

@BoardofDeputies

7 years

#EnoughIsEnough We call on members of our community and all those who oppose antisemitism to join us in Parliament Square at 5:30pm to show solidarity.

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Michael Dugher

3 years

I’ve disagreed with lots of things this & all previous UK govts have done. But for the first time in my life, including having spent most of the last 20 years in either govt or parliament, I am genuinely experiencing a new emotion: I’m ashamed to be British tonight #Afghanistan

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Michael Dugher

3 years

What goes around… When I was asked by Corbyn to leave his shadow cabinet Cat told the media: “He is perfectly within his rights to do that. He is trying to realign his top team to match more what the PLP is & more what the party is”. I’m sure Keir is only trying to do the same

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Cat Smith MP

3 years

It’s been an honour to serve on the Labour front bench since 2015 but I’m looking forward to spending even more time at home here in Lancashire and standing up for my constituents.

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Michael Dugher

8 years

I can't believe I came fucking second.

@GuidoFawkes

Guido Fawkes

8 years

REVEALED: The Sweariest MP on Twitter

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Michael Dugher

9 years

Jeremy said he didn't like things I'd been writing (in defence of good colleagues & new politics). Well here it is

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Michael Dugher

6 years

Well said @IanAustinMP . It’s time that Owen - the boring, pious, self-appointed moral conscience of the movement, who has never been elected or held a surgery in his life - is called out for what he is 🐈

@LordIanAustin

Ian Austin

6 years

But you are a bully, Owen. You know this is what you are doing. It's really very unpleasant. But what's worse is your hypocritical sanctimony.

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Michael Dugher

8 months

Someone you’ve never heard of (and who looks like he’s in Year 7) wants to get rid of the Prime Minister. We’re at that stage now.

@PolitlcsUK

Politics UK

8 months

🚨 BREAKING: Rishi Sunak's former special adviser is plotting to remove him as prime minister Will Dry, who conducted polling for Sunak and quit in November last year, is working with a secretive group of 20 former advisers and MPs to force Sunak out [ @thetimes ]

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Very sad to hear about Frank Dobson. I was very lucky to work for him once. Years later, he heard I was a bit down. So he called me up, took me for a walk round the British Museum and then out to lunch. Such a kind guy. Wicked company. And he made a real difference to people RIP

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Michael Dugher

7 years

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a plot to oust antisemites from the Labour Party? #justsaying

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Michael Dugher

1 year

WE’RE STOPPING other HEAVY-HANDED MEASURES (that were not going to happen): ❌Turning the M1 into a cycle lane ❌Making vegan food compulsory in schools ❌Only allowing people to have 1 child ❌Forcing pubs to close at 6pm ❌Fines for anyone taking a shower for more than 3 mins

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Michael Dugher

8 years

Pearls of wisdom from the never-having-stood-for-election, joined-ten-minutes-ago wing of the Labour Party: Labour voters "don't have cars".

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Michael Dugher

5 years

We wish to point out that any similarities between the “posh, public school educated” Rory Stewart and the “posh, public school educated” Jeremy Corbyn and Mr Corbyn’s “posh, public school educated” advisers is entirely coincidental.

@labourlewis

Clive Lewis MP

5 years

Rory Stewart threatens alternative parliament to avoid no-deal>That we find ourselves cheering a posh,public school educated,Willem Dafoe lookalike for next PM tells us what a mess our politics is in.Chosen by a 160k people. That’s less even than ‘the few’

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Len McCluskey has got more front than Blackpool. He’s the architect-in-chief of Corbyn’s leadership. This disaster for Labour is as much down to him as anyone else. Ironic he blames “incontinent” promises, given how much sh*t McCluskey comes out with himself.

@paulwaugh

Paul Waugh MP

5 years

EXCLUSIVE: Len McCluskey blames Labour election disaster on: 'incontinent' mess of promises voters didn't believe, Corbyn's failure to apologise for anti-Semitism and most of all a London-centrice 'metropolitan' worldview

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Michael Dugher

3 years

I don’t know if brexit was to blame or not, but I couldn’t get any wild boar sausages with my oysters in Scott’s last night. This shit just got real.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Not sure some Lab MPs should be attacking @ChukaUmunna for changing his political affiliation. Some have gone on quite a political journey themselves. I remember they used to slag off Jeremy to me, but now they’re born again Corbynites. Wonder what they’ll be after the election..

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Michael Dugher

1 year

7. Lastly a question: Are Lab surrendering the moral high ground? It’s delusional (& vain) to think voters believe Lab has some sort of moral high ground. If you want to help people/deliver change, you have to win. So the real question for Labour is: how much do they want to win?

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Michael Dugher

6 years

I have known @IanAustinMP for years. We have worked together, campaigned together, even argued occasionally. But a more decent human being you will never meet. And I have never met a more dedicated constituency MP. He cares so much about the people he grew up with. Terribly sad.

@LordIanAustin

Ian Austin

6 years

I have decided to leave the Labour Party and I wanted to tell people in Dudley first.

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Interesting twitter spat here: one is a leading campaigner on antisemitism who spent many, many years serving Labour in govt to transform the lives of millions. The other is someone who couldn’t even manage a year as a junior press officer in Jeremy Corbyn’s office #NoCompetition

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Ian Austin

6 years

@mattzarb @marievanderzyl @BoardofDeputies As for “backbencher”, let me very clear: there are literally no circumstances in which I would be part of a frontbench led by Jeremy. But I was proud to serve as a member of the party staff, special adviser, PPS, whip & minister in theee Labour govts that transformed the country

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

4 years

Only opening up all the pubs could have made me happier. Nice one Keir Starmer.

@DPJHodges

(((Dan Hodges)))

4 years

Woah. Burgon out. Starmer is serious.

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Michael Dugher

2 months

It’s a wonder to me how they lost the election.

@andreajenkyns

Dame Andrea Jenkyns 🇬🇧

2 months

Don't #BlockMusk Make @elonmusk British Prime Minister. He would sort our great country out for the better! And stop #TwoTierKeir #Musk4PM !

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Corbyn was not simply naive, he was wilfully ignorant: born out of vanity, arrogance & petulance (believing he knows what’s best for the workers) + a complete lack of intellectual curiosity (to put it politely) & a life where he’s been utterly out-of-touch with working people.

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The House magazine

5 years

Labour’s defeat stemmed from Corbyn’s naivety about politics and inability to grasp what motivates both lifelong Labour and swing voters alike, writes Lord Mandelson, reflecting on Corbyn's leadership.

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

4 years

Well played ⁦ @Feargal_Sharkey ⁩ 🎣

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Hardly anybody liked your plans. That’s why you inflicted such a devastating defeat on Labour. You might want to worry about why so many hard-pressed, working class, traditional Labour voters in former heartlands so comprehensively rejected your leadership & your politics...

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Jeremy Corbyn

5 years

What was it about our plans to make the super-rich pay their fair share that the billionaire press barons didn't like?

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Michael Dugher

5 years

I presume this was part of the “40 years of Thatcherism” that some daft Labour MP was talking about yesterday...

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Tides of History

@labour_history

5 years

#OTD 2000. On Frost, Tony Blair pledges an extra £12bn for the #NHS - to bring spending up to EU average by 2006. It resulted in one of the biggest ever increases for the NHS - exceeded by the £24bn extra in 04/05 - with nurses also receiving a £1k pay rise.

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Michael Dugher

1 year

Why has The Times spelt ‘ministers’ as ‘strikes’?

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Neil Henderson

1 year

TIMES SPORT: Strikes push NHS to the brink #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Michael Dugher

4 years

What a lovely gesture from one of my favourite towns in the world 🇮🇱 🇬🇧

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Tel Aviv

4 years

Tonight, City Hall is lit with the colors of the #British flag as a token of solidarity with our partner city #London and with the British people as a whole. 🇬🇧

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Michael Dugher

6 years

I’m not sure this is the case. Suspect Jeremy in 1939 would have argued that the League of Nations needed more time to investigate “alleged” German aggression in Poland and called for the violence “on all sides” to cease etc etc etc

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Tim Shipman

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6 years

Diane Abbott, asked about the circumstances in which Labour would support military action, says “the Second World War”. She refuses four times to find any circumstances now

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Michael Dugher

4 years

I never realised just how popular the Home Sec is. But the way so many parliamentarians have unilaterally, suddenly and spontaneously burst into praise for her is quite something. Is she about to get a Nobel Prize? The good thing is that it definitely doesn’t look orchestrated.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

Not sure that this is an election-winning pitch: 1. It’s his fault we blocked Brexit. 2. We’ll get it sorted - in another 6 months or so. 3. We can’t tell you if we’re in favour of remain or leave. 4. But we will carry out what you decide next time (but not last time obviously)

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Jeremy Corbyn

5 years

Boris Johnson has spent months promising we'd leave the EU today. The failure to do so is his and his alone. Labour will get Brexit sorted by giving the people the final say within six months with the choice of a credible leave deal or remain. And we'll carry out what you decide.

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Michael Dugher

6 years

Here it is: that government of neo-liberals, Red Tories and centrist dads...

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Tides of History

@labour_history

6 years

#OTD 2000. Gordon Brown's spending review commits the gov to £43 billion extra in public spending. It amounts to the biggest ever NHS and education rise. Includes a 20% increase to 'neglected' transport infrastructure. Brown admits: "It is time to invest in the causes of poverty"

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Michael Dugher

6 years

After the week the Labour Party has had, I see petulance and denial are still the hallmarks of this perpetual third rater...

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Sky News

6 years

Jeremy Corbyn has denied bullying exists on a "wide scale" in the Labour Party, telling Sky News he disagrees with comments made by his deputy leader. Read the full interview here:

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

2 years

Congrats to my old pal @Feargal_Sharkey . From the cover of NME (a few times, I think) to the Angling Times. There really is no end to his talents.

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Feargal Sharkey

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2 years

Well that was all very unexpected I have to say. A massive thank you to the readers and everyone at @angling_times for the support, Outstanding Contribution to Angling. Humbled, flattered and really rather excited. A honour.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

If he carries on like this, Richard Burgon will be Labour’s next leader.

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Michael Dugher

4 years

This is a great GIF... Really enjoyed @MWGoneFishing tonight with @Feargal_Sharkey . Well done that man. Great fun + a good chance to highlight the scandal about what’s happening to our chalk streams. As my mate says: “And the @EnvAgency does what exactly?” 🎣 💩

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Keven law

4 years

@Feargal_Sharkey @PaulWhitehouse @RealBobMortimer @MWGoneFishing If this episode doesn't win a #baftatv award, I'll eat my hat Sir 😊🤗😊 #Gonefishing is very probably the greatest show I've ever had the pleasure of watching on my telly box 😊🤗😊 #BBC2 @RealBobMortimer

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

8 years

Utter horse shit.

@PeoplesMomentum

Momentum 🌹

@PeoplesMomentum

8 years

Copeland vote result of 40 years of neglect by political establishment. Labour must win back the trust of those who have been left behind

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Michael Dugher

8 years

What did I do in the war, son? Oh I remained neutral.

@tamcohen

Tamara Cohen

8 years

Burnham on Corbyn: 'these are difficult times for our party...I will be remaining neutral in the leadership race'

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Michael Dugher

7 years

I said it before but the problem with Seumas & co is they think the wrong people won the Cold War. Communism in a modern setting? No thanks

@MichaelLCrick

Michael Crick

7 years

Here's top Corbyn adviser Seumas Milne extolling Chavez & Maduro in 2013 as "the rebirth of socialism in our time"

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

4 years

I gave up going to the pub for lent. It was difficult start, but I’m really proud of the way I got stuck into it eventually. In fact, I haven’t been to a pub for nearly a month. I always knew I had the self-discipline to achieve this. I may even stick at it for while after #Lent

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Michael Dugher

4 years

In the old days under Corbyn, this would have been grounds for promotion. Now you get fired. Rightly so. Nice one Keir.

@RachelRileyRR

Rachel Riley MBE 💙

4 years

Long Bailey sacked for sharing 'anti-Semitic article'

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Michael Dugher

6 years

Page one elephant traps for a politician paying tribute to someone who has just died: 1. It’s not about you. 2. Don’t make a political point. Apart from that, this is a great tribute. Well done to the staff member who wrote it.

@jeremycorbyn

Jeremy Corbyn

6 years

My thoughts are with the family and friends of Paddy Ashdown. He represented Yeovil very well and I got to know him in the 1980s when we often found ourselves voting in parliament together against damaging government policies. He will be greatly missed.

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Michael Dugher

7 years

Really? They must have been walking by a field of cattle because I smell bullshit.

@paulwaugh

Paul Waugh MP

7 years

. @theresa_may just told @Peston she made the snap elxn decision while "walking in Wales with my husband" before Easter.

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Michael Dugher

6 years

This from a guy who used to support the Militant Tendency + threatened to sever links with Labour and set up a rival party as recently as 2014...

@LenMcCluskey

Len McCluskey

6 years

John Woodcock resigning from @UKLabour is no big deal. He resigned from Labour's values a long time ago.

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Michael Dugher

6 years

I’ve known @angelasmithmp for years. She & @shefstevewilson have helped tens of thousands of people in Barnsley & Sheffield - as opposed to the arduous public service that is writing occasional online commentary for the Guardian... (And using 6 asterisk in a tweet looks deranged)

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Owen Jones

@owenjonesjourno

6 years

There are certain right-wing Labour MPs and sympathetic commentators who now treat *any* scrutiny, *any* criticism, *any* challenges from the left as either inciting abuse, or just straightforward abuse. It's sinister, and it undermines the fight against genuine online abuse.

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@MichaelDugher

Michael Dugher

8 years

. @hilarybennmp is about the nicest guy you could ever meet - honest, principled & kind. And he loves the Labour Party with all his heart.

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Michael Dugher

1 year

I’ve written some terrible lines-to-take in my time. I’ve delivered some shockers too. But this might be the worst one I’ve ever heard. (Loved the “she can’t wait 25 years to go for a swim” retort).

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@implausibleblog

1 year

Audience laughs when Helen Whately says it will take 25 years for water companies to fix raw sewage #BBCQT

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Michael Dugher

7 years

Ah the politics of moral victories & electoral defeat...I've an old fashioned view: the best manifestos are those where you win the election

@KayBurley

Kay Burley

7 years

Angela Rayner: Our 2017 labour manifesto was best manifesto since 1945 #marr

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Michael Dugher

6 years

What is sickening is this tweet. The Royal British Legion do amazing things to help veterans all year long. We spend money on poppies to help that work + as a mark of respect & remembrance for the service & sacrifice of our veterans & the fallen. This guy is not a patriot.

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Aaron Bastani

6 years

Absolutely sickening that as a country Britain spends £45 million on poppies to feel good and help a worthy cause while 13,000 ex veterans are homeless. When was the last time the Royal British Legion challenged the government on homelessness and public services? Joke.

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Michael Dugher

5 years

“The GE killed us”. Also known as “the voters” 🤪

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Michael Dugher

1 year

4. Sorry but this stuff works. Oppositions in particular have to ‘controversialise’ to cut through. Everyone is talking about the Lab ads. Simply doing a speech or press releasing stats criticising the Govt on sentencing won’t get you more than a few pars in the Guardian & Mirror

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Michael Dugher

2 years

No, I can’t imagine a crowd chanting “Oh Keir Starmer”. But I can imagine him winning a general election. I would have thought that most people in Labour have had enough with the “excitement” of record defeats.

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