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Of course there are lessons to learn and many are outlined in many of the responses below: address the real needs of ordinary people, recognise the workers who make everything run, including those who work through the night; be principled about opposing genocide and offer real changes that will make a positive difference and demand that the wealthiest people pay for it – which will, of course, also mean that they have a city/society that works.

Now if Labour learned those lessons we could be facing a very different future.

This article was originally published by Vashti Media on Fri 7 Nov 2025. Read the original here.

https://www.vashtimedia.com/mamdani-new-york-elections-victory-responses/

#labour #uk #ukpol

Power in hands that rarely hold it

Everyday New Yorkers react to Mamdani's win.

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈4h ago

Tax the Rich to Feed the Poor.
It's that simple Reeves.
Stop making it complicated as favour to your rich friends.

#UKBudget #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #RachelReeves #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #Socialism #Labour

Opinion | The Guardian US 6h ago

The right wants to destroy our fragile faith in the NHS – don’t let that happen | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/07/nhs-right-faith-service-nation-politics-press #Politics #Society #Health #Labour #UKnews #NHS

The right wants to destroy our fragile faith in the NHS – don’t let that happen

The service is a symbol of our shared values as a nation. No wonder divisive forces in politics and the press are working to undermine it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian

Richard Michael Blaber 7h ago

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/07/aid-cuts-uk-rejected-atrocity-prevention-sudan-civilians-rsf-massacres-el-fasher. Yet more reason for Keir #Starmer (former #humanrights #lawyer) & his #Labour #Government colleagues to be utterly ashamed of themselves - IF they possessed consciences - which they don't, as is only too apparent.

UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide

Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher

The Guardian

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦7h ago

1 CIBC: The #Canadian #labour market's post summer surge continued into Oct, w a 67K gain in jobs much > the consensus forecast (-5K) & enough to bring the #unemployment rate back below 7%. #Job gains were strong in the wholesale & retail, transportation + info & recreation sectors 🧵 #cdnecon

Richard Michael Blaber 9h ago

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-official-figures-expose-how-politicians-and-media-have-repeatedly-lied-about-social-security-spending/; https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_March_2025.pdf (Ch.5). Compare & contrast: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/06/tesla-1tn-pay-package-elon-musk. #Musk, the first ever trillionaire, while #Labour, #Tory & #ReformUK #politicians here in the UK treat #disabled people like shit. Perhaps people will forgive me for being just a weeny bit depressed today, @ChrisMayLA6, @HarriettMB.

New official figures expose how politicians and media have repeatedly lied about social security spending

New official figures – hidden by government and opposition parties – have exposed months of lies by politicians and the media about “spiralling” spending on social security and the need to cut bene…

Disability News Service

TJ1001 10h ago

Voters think payment for access to politicians who are supposed to represent everyone equally and not grant favours for money or donations is one of the major things wrong in global politics …….The tories…. We’ll have some of that. Cher ching …..

#brexit #tory #tories #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #nigelfarage #immigration #BorisJohnson #farageisalyingsackshit #KemiBadenoch

Opinion | The Guardian US 11h ago

Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/07/labour-rachel-reeves-budget-choices-increase-tax #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Taxandspending #RachelReeves #KeirStarmer #Budget2025 #Politics #Business #Labour #UKnews

Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour

Rachel Reeves has unnecessarily blocked her options of what to include in her budget, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the New Economics Foundation

The Guardian

Darren Fower 12h ago

UK workers: Brace for impact! Insiders spill - Reeves' Labour Budget to jack up income tax & crush your wallet!
-> Promised change? More like tax pain!
#Budget2025 #ReevesRobbery #Labour #RachelReevesMP

Julian D 🏳️‍🌈 #FBPE #RejoinEU 13h ago

If Labour’s strategy to stop racism is “don’t talk about it,” we’re already losing.
You can’t fix what you refuse to face.
Britain deserves leadership that fights fear, not flirts with it.
#EndRacism #Labour #BritainTogether
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/government-accused-trying-out-racist-racists-anti-fascists-counter-far-right-thugs-across

Government accused of ‘trying to out-racist the racists’ as anti-fascists counter far-right thugs across Britain

THE government announced plans to speed up deportation decisions today, a move branded by campaigners as a disgrace and a concession to Reform.Labour was accused of trying to out-racist the racists as thousands of campaigners, trade unionists and local residents hit back against a wave of anti-immigration protests that swept Britain this weekend.Rallies organised under the “Abolish asylum system” slogan were held in dozens of cities and towns, with mobilisations backed by neonazi groups such as Homeland.

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