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Labour MP for East Leeds. Shadow Justice Secretary. Leeds born and bred. Socialist. LUFC supporter. Music enthusiast.

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    Richard Burgon MP‏Verified account @RichardBurgon 12h12 hours ago

    The 'Independent' Group isn’t just an attack on Jeremy's policies For the Many, Not the Few. It's a direct attack on the Labour Party. Chuka's vision for a coalition with Tories and Lib Dems is not the solution. A radical Labour government is. We'll keep fighting for that. ✊🌹

    3:34 AM - 18 Feb 2019
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      2. Richard Burgon MP‏Verified account @RichardBurgon 10h10 hours ago

        Chuka's coalition claims to speak for the nation but these MPs no longer have a mandate even to speak for their own constituents. People elected them to be Labour MPs on a Labour Manifesto. They should have the courage of their convictions and allow by-elections in their areas.

        60 replies 573 retweets 1,162 likes
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      3. Richard Burgon MP‏Verified account @RichardBurgon 10h10 hours ago

        They also risk doing more damage to the call for a Second Referendum than to the Labour Party itself, which is why so many have been so quick to distance themselves from Chuka’s coalition today.

        43 replies 137 retweets 439 likes
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      4. End of conversation
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      2. Louise Lee Corbynista‏ @louiseleelee 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @RichardBurgon

        They work for Israel. We want a government that works for us.

        148 replies 8 retweets 22 likes
      3. Richard Burgon MP‏Verified account @RichardBurgon 7h7 hours ago
        Replying to @louiseleelee

        Unacceptable and wrong. This should be deleted.

        20 replies 2 retweets 84 likes
      4. Kiwi Gooner  🇳🇿  🇳🇱  🇬🇧  🇪🇺  🇫🇷‏ @KiwiGooner01 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @RichardBurgon @louiseleelee

        You shouldn't be calling for the tweet to be deleted, you should be calling for her to be evicted from the Labour Party Membership! You are just trying to hide Labour anti Semitism rather than dealing with it!

        2 replies 2 retweets 20 likes
      5. Clare Quilty‏ @cquilty52 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @KiwiGooner01 @RichardBurgon @louiseleelee

        100% This is so emblematic of the problem. They are factional racists. They think the solution is to hide it. The solution is to expel them

        0 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Rose Shillito #DangerousHero‏ @rozzleberry 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @RichardBurgon @PeoplesMomentum

        This only makes us stronger. We stand united. We will win. Those 7 MPs must stand down and alllow by-elections in their constituencies. It is the democratic right of the electorate to choose their MP based on their manifesto. #ByElectionsNow

        4 replies 30 retweets 77 likes
      3. Dav1212‏ @Vad002 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @rozzleberry @RichardBurgon @PeoplesMomentum

        So when Luciana Berger was claiming bullying and racism but her CLP were not allowed a say, did all those suporting her know she was about to leave.

        3 replies 11 retweets 13 likes
      4. SidSaxon‏ @SidSaxon66 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @Vad002 @rozzleberry and

        Leaving or not, bullying is bullying and people were right to call it out and support her

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      5. Dav1212‏ @Vad002 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @SidSaxon66 @rozzleberry and

        What part of the vote wasnt about that do you fail completely understand 🤔

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Redcountessa #JC4PM2019‏ @Redcountessa 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @RichardBurgon

        I wouldn't mind but where ARE the Tories who threatened to join this grouping? Got cold feet? If these MPs no longer stand by the manifesto they were elected on they should go to a by-election against someone who does. THEN I might have SOME respect left for them!

        5 replies 17 retweets 71 likes
      3. Paul Elliott‏ @pelliott1954 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @Redcountessa @RichardBurgon

        Just a pity that Streeting, Kinnock, Mann, Hodge and Ryan didn't join them, all equally useless and poisonous

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      4. Annie W–B JC4PM2019 #DPFC I'M CLINT DOG!‏ @xpressanny 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @pelliott1954 @Redcountessa @RichardBurgon

        Not forgetting Phillips.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. General Leigh Surly #GTTO‏ @toots2uk 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @xpressanny @pelliott1954 and

        I think they all will in time, they'll do so in coordinated stages, agreed with #msm #BBC to try and maximise damage to Corbyn led Labour party. It really is pathetic to watch. #VoteLabour #JC4PM

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. Harding 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹‏ @_i0n 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @RichardBurgon

        It takes guts to stand firm in the face of capitalist exploitation and abuse. The easily bribed and the weak minded, will always tell us we are wrong, they will always try to undermine us. There is only one thing to say to such people. We are united, and will never be defeated.

        10 replies 15 retweets 34 likes
      3. Annie W–B JC4PM2019 #DPFC I'M CLINT DOG!‏ @xpressanny 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @_i0n @RichardBurgon

        Hear hear.

        0 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
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      2. John Preston‏ @Prozium_Dealer 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @RichardBurgon @LeftieK13

        If these people were concerned for anything but themselves, let them stand on their own platform and be elected on that basis. I am sure further staged resignations will follow to increase the impact, because, you know it’s all about the voters right?

        1 reply 4 retweets 17 likes
      3. Scott Morris‏ @OzzyBlue01 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @Prozium_Dealer @RichardBurgon @LeftieK13

        They are standing on their own platform. That’s the whole point!! They’re not zombies of the Corbyn Cult and Momentum. They’re actually thinking for themselves rather than being told what to think.

        4 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
      4. Annie W–B JC4PM2019 #DPFC I'M CLINT DOG!‏ @xpressanny 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @OzzyBlue01 @Prozium_Dealer and

        They no longer have a platform to stand on. People did not vote for them on their "manifesto" but on Labour's manifesto. UR right tho they are thinking for themselves as they have always done; Selfish to the very last.

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      5. Billy Byrne‏ @BillyBy17 7h7 hours ago
        Replying to @xpressanny @OzzyBlue01 and

        By your thinking people voted for Jeremy Corbyn on Labours manifesto but he then voted against his own party on 000’s of occasions if he’s such a man of principle why didn’t he stand as an Independent rather than for a party he clearly didn’t agree with ?

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. John Preston‏ @Prozium_Dealer 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @BillyBy17 @xpressanny and

        Utter drivel. JC never left the party, he never attempted a coup (twice!), his voting record speaks for itself AND as McDonnell stated if you believe in the labour values, stay and fight your corner. As usual those who only think of themselves, have done something selfish.

        1 reply 4 retweets 8 likes
      7. Annie W–B JC4PM2019 #DPFC I'M CLINT DOG!‏ @xpressanny 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @Prozium_Dealer @BillyBy17 and

        Just how utterly ignorant are some people. Shows what they read and listen to: crap and crap.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. End of conversation

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