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Richard Leonard
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🌹 @ScottishLabour MSP for Central Scotland ✊ Trade unionist 🙌 The cause of labour is the hope of the world ❌ No longer using this site
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 21, 2025
    Enough is enough
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When I joined Twitter it still felt revolutionary

Under Elon Musk’s ownership X is increasingly reactionary

His Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration was a watershed moment for me

Enough is enough

You have to draw the line somewhere and I’m drawing it here

I can no longer justify contributing to a platform run by Musk

I still strongly believe in social media as a force for good and I will continue to use it

But I will no longer be using X

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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 17, 2025
    Mick Lynch has been a highly effective representative of @RMTunion rail workers, and a leading voice for socialism and a better world. I want all MSPs to recognise his outstanding contribution.
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    Lanarkshire MSP asks Holyrood to recognise work of union boss
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 16, 2025
    Anders Holch Povlsen, the Earl of Seafield, the Earl of Granville, the Earl of Sutherland, the Camerons of Lochiel, the Duke of Westminster. Extreme wealth among the poverty of our Highlands and Islands. What is wrong here is the way society and the economy are organised.
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 16, 2025
    Anders Holch Povlsen, the Earl of Seafield, the Earl of Granville, the Earl of Sutherland, the Camerons of Lochiel, the Duke of Westminster. Extreme wealth among the poverty of our Highlands and Islands. What is wrong here is the way society and the economy are organised.
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 16, 2025
    A ceasefire is the minimum. For peace to triumph over war there must be an end to Israel’s occupation, and a free Palestine 🇵🇸
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    Richard Leonard
    @LabourRichard
    Jan 15, 2025
    What is the government doing with @unitetheunion's plan for Grangemouth's future? Workers who are weeks away from redundancy want to know.
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    Keir Hardie Society
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    Jan 14, 2025
    OTD in 1893, the foundation conference of the Independent Labour Party was held in Bradford, and Keir Hardie MP was elected as its first chair.
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 9, 2025
    This is the test: are we hostile or welcoming, racist or anti-racist?
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 9, 2025
    Mick Lynch is a working class hero He deserves a long and happy retirement Thank you, comrade ✊
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    Jan 9, 2025
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    Retirement of RMT general secretary Michael Lynch
    RMT general secretary Michael Lynch has made the decision to retire at the age of 63 after serving the union in many capacities. He was elected general secretary in 2021. He also served two terms as...
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 8, 2025
    'Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings'
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 8, 2025
    There should be no billionaires
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    Alex Nunns
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    Jan 7, 2025
    This is the best illustration of the obscene wealth of Elon Musk that I’ve seen. Look how much rice he’s got! We don’t have to organise our world like this.
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    Richard Leonard
    @LabourRichard
    Jan 6, 2025
    Get angry, get organised, get unionised
    theguardian.com
    FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year
    Bosses to hit milestone on third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay Centre
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    Richard Leonard
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    Jan 6, 2025
    It is our duty to ensure that the force of human nature that drives democracy is nurtured, liberated and put to work for good
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