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Round up: Conference tweets
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 15:38
Thanks to everyone who came to the Progressive London conference on Saturday and making it a massive success. The energy, enthusiasm and level of debate are reflected in the hundreds of comments on Twitter from dozens of you.
AN INSPIRING DAY
@pennyred Had a great day at #prolondon, feeling really energised and inspired for the first time in ages. Bonnie Greer blew me away.
@daf_adley really enjoyed @ProLondon Conference today - politically exhilarating and very inspiring :)
@politic_animal: A fun day at #prolondon with some very good speakers. Good to have Ken on barnstorming form for the grand finale.
@8minstosunrise ProLondon Conf a huge success700 people gather to discuss stopping the right in 2010. It can be done!
@laurenivory hello @noelito how did you find @ProLondon ? Some good tweet vibes coming through... :)
@amishaghadiali Had an inspiring day @ProLondon Especially impressed by @Bonnie_Greer @johannhari101 @Rowenna_Davis ,Cllr Serge Lourie ,Mehdi Hasan, and Ken.
@liannedemello On way to mate's birthday party, contemplating day at #proLondon. Was brill to put faces to names, and to feel galvanised about new media.
@pickledpolitics: #ProLondon conference is packed out. Lots of ppl interested in where the left is headed.
@kerrabel I am doing the cloakroom at #prolondon. People just don't want to leave.#
WHILST....
@AnnieGoss Had a great time volunteering @ProLondon on Saturday. I was especially impressed by @AdamBienkov and @EdMilibandMP, as always.
SUPPORT FOR THE CONFERENCE EVEN EXTENDED TO THOSE WHO COULDN’T MAKE IT
@garydunion Going out for lunch in Perth wearing my "Don't blame me, I voted for Ken" badge in solidarity with #prolondon.
THE PACKED AGENDA WAS COMMENTED ON
@wilassie Thanks for people tweeting from environment session; wish I could be in two sessions at once... #prolondon
@liannedemello This is gonna be supremely difficult - I want to be in the climate change, the electoral reform and public spending #prolondon
IN THE MAIN HALL
@alexsmith1982 Harriet, bonnie Greer and johann hari were all genuinely brilliant at #prolondon. I planned to leave after my session by 1...am still here.
@olliemoney @HarrietHarman good to see your speech at ProLondon on Saturday - thought Frances O’Grady was brilliant...
@GabriellaJ Bonnie Greer says the left needs to mobilise and encourage young people to vote at @ProLondon
@GabriellaJ Bonnie Greer: this is the most important election in over 30 years, all of europe is turning to the right @ProLondon 2 days ago from txt
@tcgriffin Frances O'Grady - Ireland is a glimpse of what Tory slash+burn would be like #prolondon
@politic_animal Johann Hari: When this gvmnt is remembered, it'll be the times it broke with the Tories that'll be seen as the triumphs. #prolondon
@politic_animal Bonnie Greer is very good on the dangers to progressives of a 'fantasy vision of the past and its certitudes'. #prolondon
IN THE YOUTH SESSION
@jleather RT @GabriellaJ: Speech Debelle says it's the perfect time for government to invest in young people who want instant success at @ProLondon
@noelito I was facilitating the @compassyouth #prolondon session on youth unemployment which was packed with people...and ideas!
@josephlaking: At the @compassyouth session on youth unemployment at #ProLondon10 conference - inspiring ideas and pertinent issues being raised.
@SamTarry Buzzing ideas in @compassyouth session at #proLDN conference on youth unemployment: - hope some radical empowering campaigns come out of it!
@ Fio_edwards investment not cuts! Let's #invest in the future of this society by investing in young people at #HigherEducation. #ProLondon Conf, 30th jan
THE ENVORNMENT SESSION WITH ED MILIBAND AND KEN LIVINGSTONE WAS ONE OF THE MOST TWEETED SESSIONS
@EllieCRobinson #proLondon eugenie harvey from 10:10 - inspirational. ed milliband - 'martin luther king didn't talk about the nightmare'
@alexsmith1982 Joss Garman saying we need to saddle up for a fight to win the debate against sceptics in climate change. He sounds like a leader #prolondon 2 days ago from TweetDeck
@pickledpolitics At both Fabian and ProLondon conferences, climate change v popular with left-activists. Ppl want more action from Labour.
@mayorwatch RT @ProLondon Report of climate change panel, with Joss Garnham, @tentenuk @DarrenJohnsonAM & @EdMilibandMP http://tinyurl.com/ydzy7oh 1 day ago from HTC Peep
BORIS WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED BY LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY IN LONDON ASSEMBLY
@BorisWatch Now @GreenJennyJones saying she doesn't know and doesn't trust Boris. Gets a cheer. #prolondon
@politic_animal Jenny Jones: in 2008 I didn't know the Mayor and I didn't trust him. Two years later, I still don't know him or trust him. #prolondon
OR ELSEHWERE
@AdamBienkov Is Boris a bit of a joke or dangerous?Bit of both says @valshawcross at #prolondon
@Labour4thTerm RT @politic_animal: Ken on Boris' housing policy: if you're building affordable homes for the richest 10%, are you sure you understand affordable? #prolondon
@GabriellaJ Johann Hari: vote blue and be ready to sing the blues @ProLondon
JUST WEEKS AFTER BORIS’ FARE INCREASE TRANSPORT GOT A LOT OF COVERGE ...
@simonk133 @BorisWatch notes increase in off peak bus fares. Why does Boris want to discourage people using otherwise empty buses #prolondon
@politic_animal Val Shawcross: by end of this term, we need to educate every bus user with higher fares and fewer buses to say 'bloody Boris'. #prolondon simonk133 .@BorisWatch says Tories were calling for a bespoke new London bus in 1979. No new ideas since #prolondon
@politic_animal RT @simonk133 Val shawcross: mayor is emotionally in favour of drivers. No benefit for pedestrians in Transport Strategy #prolondon
@politic_animal Hart: There will be more bus disputes thanks to Boris' attack on member's pay and conditions. #prolondon #borisfail
@politic_animal Steve Hart of Unite arguing that Boris' mayoral strategies represent coherent step (controversial) backwards (not controversial) #prolondon
@politic_animal In Cut Fares not Investment session, to see what @Boriswatch and @ValShawcross have to say for themselves. Sense, certainly. #prolondon
@CleanAirLondon RT @politic_animal: Birkett: Boris' proposals for partial road closures to tackle air quality would cause absolute chaos. Need systematic measures. #prolondon
THE CONFERNCE CELEBRATION OF LONDONS DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTRALISM WAS COVERED BY @UpRiseFestival
@UpRiseFestival Ken Livingstone: something wrong with a city that shuts down a celebration that's about diversity. #UpRise #prolondon
@UpRiseFestival Mike Barnard:'Taking the anti-racism message away from Rise Festival was wrong, and suggested that racism is no longer an issue.' #prolondon
@UpRiseFestival Lots of talk about the importance of a collective voice against racism - a view that we share. #prolondon
@UpRiseFestival It's great to see so many people in the room for the One Society, Many Cultures session. #prolondon
SUPERSTAR BLOGGERS SPOKE AT NEW MEDIA SESSION
@liannedemello I'm nerdily excited at the calibre of bloggers in the room, like some star-studded awards ceremony ;) #prolondon 2 days ago from Twim
@BorisWatch RT @pickledpolitics: Wow, the ProLondon debate on blogging and politics was packed out! Thanks to all who came and listened.
NEW STATESMANS POLTICS EDITOR MEHDI HASSEN RAISED THE ROOF WITH ANTI-CUTS SPEECH
@political_animal Mehdi Hasan of New Statesman: stop this triangulated nonsense about how our cuts will be nicer than your cuts. #prolondon
@SamTarry 'Tories have declared class war - on behalf of their class against the rest of Britain' Mehdi Hasan on social democratic populism Well, we could start with stopping…
AND IN THE FINAL SESESSION...
@politic_animal Cruddas introduces the 'last and next Mayor of London'. Just in case you thought there was any truth in that Standard story #prolondon
SOME CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS
@politic_animal Good point from @mayorwatch: if Boris had lost, he wldn't be running a conference like #prolondon today. London isn't important to him.
@wiilassie Need for parties to behave in a pluralist not tribalist fashion - difficult in areas where winner-takes-all system is used. #prolondon
@GabriellaJ Overarching message from @ProLondon? Vote, vote, vote! Especially young people must vote!
@GabriellaJ Ken: we're not doing anything like enough to equip our young people for the world ahead @ProLondon
Compass Youth have also done a round-up of some of the conference tweets here.
View all conference tweets at #prolondon and #prolondon10 on Twitter.
