Powell’s election is a sign of the disillusionment of Labour members - but there is a much much bigger and more worrying sign.
Turn out was just 16%
Turn out was just 16%
BREAKING: Lucy Powell is elected Labour’s deputy leader
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Ursula Le Guin's 1999 letter to Michael Powell, the owner of Powell's Books in Portland. Powell's workers unionized in 2000 and have faced some union-busting measures since, but were the first contract in ILWU Local 5.
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social with Amy Stewart at Powell's Books in Cedar Crossing. Great conversation!
October 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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shoutout to Colin Powell's bathroom phone
My Mom’s brother was regularly on camera on American Bandstand bc he could do the splits.
My Dad’s brother worked in the White House in the 90s. He was once in a room with 2 other people and Bill Clinton. He also called my grandmother from Colin Powell’s bathroom phone.
My Dad’s brother worked in the White House in the 90s. He was once in a room with 2 other people and Bill Clinton. He also called my grandmother from Colin Powell’s bathroom phone.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Glen Powell's tireless dedication to this pose is why he's a star
October 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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> Lucy Powell’s election as Labour’s new deputy leader will be “widely interpreted as a sign of disillusionment among party members, after she pledged to be their voice to leadership”.
> Crerar also highlighted the low turnout of 16.6%.
SIXTEEN PERCENT AHAHAHAHAHA
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> Crerar also highlighted the low turnout of 16.6%.
SIXTEEN PERCENT AHAHAHAHAHA
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October 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Analysis: Lucy Powell's Election As Deputy Labour Leader Is Sweet Revenge After Being Sacked By Starmer
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
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Analysis: Lucy Powell's Election As Deputy Labour Is Sweet Revenge After Being Sacked By Starmer
Her victory came just seven weeks after she booted out of the cabinet by the PM.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Of course while Powell’s speech was a) repellently racist and b) rightly condemned by the contemporary Tory party, he was only calling for voluntary departures.
The current Conservative policy is worse and more unjust, demanding forced removals of legal residents. We’re in a very, very bad place.
The current Conservative policy is worse and more unjust, demanding forced removals of legal residents. We’re in a very, very bad place.
"Hence the urgency of implementing now the second part of the Conservatives policy - the encouragement of re-emigration."
Wait - that's not @rcolvile.bsky.social below (though it's what he's arguing).
It's Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Wait - that's not @rcolvile.bsky.social below (though it's what he's arguing).
It's Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
It’s mad to give migrants leave to remain when we’ve no idea if they contribute
Britain cannot afford to give a route to long-term residency and citizenship to thousands or eventually millions of new arrivals who will cost the country
www.thetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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It's a device to avoid revealing it directly and/or to make Powell's win seem like a nothingburger I think.
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Don't be fooled by Lucy Powell's election as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. It's being reported as a slap in the face from the Left of the party for Keir Starmer, but there is no 'Left of the party.' Powell was a key part of the 2016 attempted coup against Jeremy Corbyn.
October 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Stephen King had to personally approve Glen Powell's casting in The Running Man.
Glen Powell Needed Stephen King's Approval for THE RUNNING MAN Role
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October 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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I’ve just walked in to the 10 o clock BBC news & Lucy Powell’s election as deputy leader . I’ve just got one thing to say to that toad Chris Mason … Oh do fuck off !
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Iain Watson #BBCnews describes Powell’s underwhelming margin of victory 54/46 without a hint of irony in a world where on another issue 52/48 was the permanent settled will of the UK population…
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Will Lucy Powell’s election as Labour deputy leader lead to a change in direction for the government?
Or will Keir Starmer continue to let the right wing set the agenda?
Or will Keir Starmer continue to let the right wing set the agenda?
October 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Do none of these people actually read these newspapers and magazines? This isn’t even slightly out of character, they’ve been behaving like this for years.
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I'm not saying that we're at an absolute tipping point of normalising right wing nonsense; but when Spotify is suggesting I should listen to Enoch Powell's Desert Island Discs, you can see why I might think it.
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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That was great! I always learn something about writing when I listen to Jeff being interviewed.
October 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Wow at Lucy Powell’s deputy leader acceptance speech. Does not pull her punches at all. Tells Labour to stop “out reforming Reform” and attacks “command and control” culture in the party leadership. The first phase of the Manchester Labour Party insurrection has been concluded it seems.
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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It'll be interesting to see what Starmer does to recognise Powell's victory. I wouldn't be wholly surprised if the answer is: absolutely nothing
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Since this is getting some traction, wanted to note that Powell's gets the press of being a cute bookstore, and some of that is deserved, but they absolutely could be better to their workers and have done some dirty things in the last 25 years.
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8th Time's the Charm? Powell’s Books Union Inks a New Contract
After a Labor Day strike and 10 months of bargaining, booksellers agree to a deal.
www.pdxmonthly.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Lucy Powell's first statement as Deputy Leader
October 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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You need Powell’s bookstore in Portland, Oregon
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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dangerous left wing dissident Lucy Powell’s victory is sending shockwaves through the centrist establishment i hear
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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My Mom’s brother was regularly on camera on American Bandstand bc he could do the splits.
My Dad’s brother worked in the White House in the 90s. He was once in a room with 2 other people and Bill Clinton. He also called my grandmother from Colin Powell’s bathroom phone.
My Dad’s brother worked in the White House in the 90s. He was once in a room with 2 other people and Bill Clinton. He also called my grandmother from Colin Powell’s bathroom phone.
I don't need the lore behind your favorite posters... tell me about your uncles
October 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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They also have zero authorization from Congress…the WH is a historical landmark
He bitched abt Jay Powell’s budget to renovate the fed that hadn’t been updated since the 1940’s but $250M (find the corp donors, write them & boycott) to build a “ballroom” no one asked for, wanted or needed
He bitched abt Jay Powell’s budget to renovate the fed that hadn’t been updated since the 1940’s but $250M (find the corp donors, write them & boycott) to build a “ballroom” no one asked for, wanted or needed
October 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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