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Labour’s party conference in Liverpool

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Mon 23-Sept-24 12:04:23

It ends tomorrow.

Rachel Reeves is just standing up now (noon) to deliver her speech.

There was ‘booing’ from the audience earlier about non discussion of the WFA.

Ilovecheese Thu 26-Sept-24 12:54:46

Baggs

A quote from Suzanne Moore who attended the Labour Conference. Sheas thinking about new Labour back-benchers: "Does anyone really become a Labour MP to cut the winter fuel allowance?"

Ouch.

She is quite correct.
The conference voted to keep the winter fuel allowance, even though the leadership moved the vote to after a lot of people had already left.
Starmer and Reeves can just ignore the membership and the unions though.

eazybee Thu 26-Sept-24 13:08:54

They can ignore their membership, as the Conservatives do; the unions, not so much.