Labour Party seizes control of youth wing’s Twitter account

"Young Labour has had its Twitter account “restricted until further notice” by the Labour Party. Young Labour is the official youth section of the party, representing members under the age of 27.

A statement from the Young Labour Twitter account read, “We regret to inform you that access to the @YoungLabourUK Twitter account has been restricted until further notice. As an official channel for the Youth Wing of the Labour Party, we expect certain standards of behaviour from those with responsibility for this page’s output. In particular, it has become apparent that the account has recently become actively detrimental to the Party’s core objectives: to promote Labour candidates and policies, and to win elections.”

No similar posts have been made on other Young Labour social media channels at the time of publication."

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"The move to restrict the Twitter account comes after Young Labour issued a statement on the Labour Party’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that read, “especially concerned in this instance to see Keir Starmer pushing not only for further engagement with NATO, but celebrating it while attacking Stop The War and other pro-peace activists”. Young Labour also condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – stating, “Young Labour condemns Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The actions of Russia, the use of force and the contravention of international law is utterly reprehensible.”


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The Young Labour statement can be read here:

Young Labour’s statement to Starmer concerning ‘macho posturing’ over Russia