@ProjectFearlessness Grand bit of #spin and #greenwashing there. You make it all sound throughly handknitted.
But #AngelikaStogia's opponents are unlikely to buy into this novel picture of a good corporate lobbyist. Spin it how you like, it's still privatisation of public planning.
@ProjectFearlessness No, that's not the point of disagreement. Neither your view nor my view impacts the outcome.
The issue is whether the sort of voters who Labour needs will think that it's a bad thing for the so-called "Labour Party" candidate to be a corporate lobbyist, like #AngelikaStogia
Attached: 1 image #YCMTSU: Who is the #LabourParty candidate #AngelikiStogia for the #GortonAndDenton #byelection? #Stogia is Stakeholder Engagement and Communications lead for #Arup, focusing in finding funding and state support for private Energy and Rail contracts. https://www.arup.com/contact-us/angeliki-stogia/ The #Starmtroopers have really done it now. Faced with strong challenges from Greens #GPEW on the left and populist #ReformUK on the right, Labour chose a lobbyist for big business. Vote Labour, get #fatcat. #YCMTSU #ukpol
@ProjectFearlessness But everyone knows that #AngelikaStogia's candidacy is the outcome of a London stitchup. It will be hard for her to play the "real mancunian" card when she comes with a big #Starmer label.
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