Anneliese Dodds is one to watch
Her first speech as a backbencher since her election *in 2017* took aim at “shibboleths” like the fiscal rules and tax pledges — echoing her resignation criticisms
Unburdened by collective responsibility, her interventions give shape to “soft left” unease 1/…
Her first speech as a backbencher since her election *in 2017* took aim at “shibboleths” like the fiscal rules and tax pledges — echoing her resignation criticisms
Unburdened by collective responsibility, her interventions give shape to “soft left” unease 1/…
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The view is “much better from here”, Dodds told the commons Thursday, evoking Robin Cook
“It demands a strategic, not tactical, response.”
https://www.politics.co.uk/week-in-review/2025/04/05/week-in-review-anneliese-dodds-gives-shape-to-soft-left-unease-in-labour/
https://www.politics.co.uk/week-in-review/2025/04/05/week-in-review-anneliese-dodds-gives-shape-to-soft-left-unease-in-labour/
“Week-in-Review: Anneliese Dodds gives shape to ‘soft left’ unease in Labour”
https://www.politics.co.uk/week-in-review/2025/04/05/week-in-review-anneliese-dodds-gives-shape-to-soft-left-unease-in-labour/
I reckon we have the makings of a good government here with a major reshuffle and the right people in place.
The public, less so
I realised then how the ref had entirely broken representative democracy.