@meganekenyon.bsky.social
political correspondent, new statesman
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@anooshc.bsky.socialReposted by @meganekenyon.bsky.socialNew @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod - @meganekenyon.bsky.social back from Green Party conference takes us through the Zionism is racism motion row, and talks more widely about where the Greens are at:
@anooshc.bsky.socialReposted by @meganekenyon.bsky.socialAnd watch our ace film from Labour conference by @meganekenyon.bsky.social:
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialScoop: Outsourced workers on publicly owned TransPennine Express are to strike during Labour Party Conference in a move designed by the RMT Union to pressure Andy Burnham to fulfil the government’s promise to “end the era of outsourcing by default”.
@meganekenyon.bsky.social@meganekenyon.bsky.social“I will never be just another Labour backbencher."
I interviewed Sagal Abdi-Wali, the Camden Council leader who is running as the Labour candidate in Holborn & St Pancras for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialFull piece here:
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialI wrote about the Holborn and St Pancras by-election and what it means for the future of the British left in this week's edition of the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social -- pick up a copy!
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialIf there's anyone to read on our impending death by AI it's the great @willdunn.bsky.social - I'm flipping terrified guys!! But at least Will makes reading about it very entertaining :D
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialLoved listening to this v funny, v insightful pod in its new format “The Sketch” from my talented colleagues @willdunn.bsky.social and @anooshc.bsky.social
Go listen!!!
@meganekenyon.bsky.social🟢 I interviewed Rachel Millward the Deputy Leader of the Green Party for the @NewStatesman weekend interview.
@meganekenyon.bsky.social🟢 Voting closes at the end of the selection meeting 🟢Results declared Friday 11 September Note that the party is allowing people to join up as members by 9am on the day of the ballot in order to vote.
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialNEW: The timetable for selection as the Green Party candidate is out. 🟢Nominations open today 🟢The deadline for expression of interest is Monday 7 September 🟢Voting opens Thursday 10 September at 5pm with an online hustings & selection meeting on the same day at 7.30pm
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialDelighted to get a mention in Hugo Rifkind's column for today's Times - www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialIncluding the Camden New Journal's great scoop that Polanski is going for it!
@meganekenyon.bsky.socialZack Polanski has confirmed he plans to stand for selection in Holborn & St Pancras - but thus far, the Green Party has been split on whether he should.
My piece for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
