Martin Warne
Spurs fan, digital consultant. Labour & Co-op Party member. Fabian. Labour Movement for Europe. SERA. Republic. UTAW (CWU). Occasional MAMIL 🚴♂️
- Related to Wales and Furness’s departure from Labour, the latest episode of Origin Story is worth a listen. overcast.fm/+5yGXV_iiQ
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- Don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out. #Newham www.spiked-online.com/2026/02/04/w...
- First past the post is an insane way to run elections in a multi party system.
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- Turns out that electing inexperienced and clueless populists who promise easy solutions to complex problems isn't such a good idea. Take note, voters of #Newham.
- Oh well, who needs facts? apnews.com/article/cia-...
- Connections Puzzle #970 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨
- Wordle 1,692 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
- The party that put Boris Johnson into Downing Street has no claim to the moral high ground. On any subject.
- “A party culture that too often rewards connections over character and factional loyalty over basic integrity.” Not just a problem at the national level… 👀
- Why is this Reform shill on the BBC payroll? This isn't journalism, it's propaganda.
- Laura Kuenssberg "On occasion, he is quite unlike other politicians, with flashes of honesty you wouldn't hear from others". BBC News - Inside Reform: Laura Kuenssberg follows Farage's party as it experiences the glare of scrutiny - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Updated blogpost: now includes some info on the Conservative candidate for Mayor of #Newham forestgate.net/2026/01/07/c...
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- New blogpost: could a combination of a historically unpopular government and the lottery of first-past-the-post could put an end to Labour's long run in #Newham? forestgate.net/2026/02/02/h...
- Connections Puzzle #965 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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- Badenoch’s Tories leaving a vast political space for the Lib Dems to move into. And maybe even Labour too (though we need to balance that with not losing votes to our left). Anyway, this is an insane political strategy.
- Story from Kemi Badenoch's speech. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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- Fun fact I learned yesterday: a residential parking permit for an EV in #Newham costs less (£33 a year) than a single space in a Cyclehoops hangar (£36). A hangar holds six bikes and there's a massive waiting list for spaces.
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- Until about 10 minutes ago I had largely managed to forget Suella Braverman existed. Sigh.
- With each new defection Reform looks less like a fresh new beginning and more like the stale rotting remains of the Tory carcass.
- Same question, but about local government candidates in #Newham.
- Connections Puzzle #959 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Boom!
- This is about Reform and the Tories but could equally be about previously progressive Labour folk who have tacked sharply right in search of votes.
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- "Healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency"
- Via @gettyimages.com
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- Reposted by Martin WarneThis is significant news for schemes delivered across London in the last nine years. It means politicians can't simply 'rip out' LTNs and bike lanes they don't like. Some of those running in May's elections are going to have to rethink their pledges www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
- Reposted by Martin WarneMeanwhile, Britain finds itself lost between two worlds. We were told we didn’t need Europe, we could rely on the transatlantic relationship. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
- New blogpost: Launch of #Newham Living Streets forestgate.net/2026/01/21/n...
- What will it take for the council to stand up to car drivers and make our streets safe for everyone? #Newham
- Reform members be like…
- Just see a post describe Kemi Badenoch as "a deeply unserious politician with no principles, only grudges." Which seems to me to also describe the leader of a local populist party here in #Newham.
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- The White House should be careful what is wishes for.
