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Correction from Alex Burghart on Twitter/X here: https://x.com/alexburghart/status/1834316758708019218
Someone asked if we had an Instagram account. I was going to give them that link, but it was not working. Looked like the account may have been closed by the previous creator(?). I have just reopened it using the same name https://www.instagram.com/socialistpartyofgreatbritain/ so no one else could appropriate it. I hope this is okay. If someone wants to manage this account, I have emailed the log in details to head office.
I believe new sites have been created here:
https://groups.io/g/spintcom/topics
https://groups.io/g/spopen/topicsA pre-recorded interview with Andy Thomas, SPGB candidate in Folkestone & Hythe, was shown on BBC South East Today, this afternoon, following the candidates representing the Conservatives, Greens, Lib Dems and Labour being questioned together, live, by the programme’s host. http://www.facebook.com/socialistpartyofgreatbritain/videos/1831499256994149/ (recorded from a TV).
Seen this on Facebook. Might be of interest. Debate at Woolf Lecture Theatre, Giles Lane, Canterbury, CT2 7BQ, Thursday, 16 May 2019 from 6:30pm-8:00pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2249730255277930/permalink/2251408475110108/
I still don’t feel like anything the Party is doing is actually making any difference.
For what it’s worth, the SPGB Twitter account has over 26,800 ‘followers’ — almost 500 of which ‘joined in’ during the last 28 days. See the latest
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Couple of private Twitter messages received from the same person, 34 minutes apart.
“Dear Socialist Santa, was wondering if you would pay for my mum to get her nails and hair done + car valeted she can’t afford it because of those right wing leeches in office making us work. Oh and she wants some alcohol for Christmas – champagne and none of the cheap stuff please. x”
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“Ok I just went to your website and I take that back you seem like a good bunch and I really enjoyed the ethics article as I found it a great read. I’ve taken myself on a real roller coaster road tonight. At first I believed it was just light hearted fun to point at the silly socialists and laugh but as I stood brushing my teeth and looking into the mirror it occurred to me that you are humans, just like me, with thoughts and beliefs that you firmly stand by, and who am I to decide what’s right and what’s wrong? One day we will all be dead and it doesn’t matter if we are a socialist or a capitalist, as we are humans. It doesn’t matter if you are dogs, cats, mice, elephants or the SNP. We all share this planet and if we allow ourselves to be taken in by divisive politics which will never allow us to bond then why are we here. Thank you, The Socialist Party. You have really helped me to look inside myself tonight. Why was I poking fun at you? Why do you deserve it? Was I doing it because I have been hurt myself? The best feeling in the world is to feel loved and I wish that everybody could feel it. I may not agree with your political views but we can still love one another and live in harmony as human beings. Socialists were born into a family with a mother and a father the same as I, a capitalist, right leaning individual. We both grew up in the same country, on the same planet and both grew up and learned about the world and as we learned we obviously went down our different ideological routes. I shall be looking forward to further updates. Please let your associates know that I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that you have success at the next general election. I wish you all well. Take care. – Your friend, J**** A****, ***********, East Yorkshire”
https://www.worldsocialism.org “503 Temporarily unavailable”.
