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Politics isn’t working for places like ours. I will change that. #AndyBurnham #ForUs

@BarrowAFC Luca got suspended with us for sticking hisn2 fingers up to the crowd

𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕. 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗡. 𝟭𝟮𝟱 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 We are delighted to announce that our 2026/27 early bird season tickets are now 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 with a 5% reduction on last years pricing and U13s now going free 🫡 Be a part of our 125th anniversary season now 🔽 #WeAreBarrow

✍️ Barrow AFC are delighted to confirm the appointment of Adam Murray as new First-Team Manager until the summer of 2028. Welcome to Barrow, Adam! 💙 #WeAreBarrow

🏆 || For the final time, here is your official 2026/27 National League Line-Up in full: ⬇️ Barrow & Harrogate ⬆️ AFC Fylde, Kidderminster, Worthing & Hornchurch Thoughts? #NationalLeague

.@labourlewis: "For every 10 voters we lose to Reform from Labour.. we lose 16 to the Greens. The reality for us is that actually, by shifting to the right.. Labour is losing its core progressive vote. That's what's happening at the moment"

Here's where we are this morning: * Keir Starmer will commit to putting Britain 'at the heart of Europe' in his speech this morning. But what does that mean? The Brexit red lines - no free movement, no to rejoining the EU and customs union - remain. Allies say he is signalling towards the next Labour manifesto and Parliament. But critics say never mind the next Parliament - he'll be lucky to survive this week * Don't expect much policy in the speech - it's heavy on rhetoric. We need to end incrementalism, break with the status quo. The trail felt v much in keeping with the Starmer we've seen for some time * The despair is growing. The number of MPs calling for Starmer to go are ticking up - now well over 40. @breeallegretti reports that two ministers were talking about 'going kamikaze' over the weekend and quitting. Could we see front-bench resignations this wee? * Angela Rayner didn't explicitly call for Starmer to go, but she laid down a clear market and put him on notice. Her 1,000-word statement culminated with this: 'The prime minister must now **meet the moment** and set out the change our country needs'. It is not subtle - fail to meet the moment and we will move * Wes Streeting is ready to go - he has been for months - but has no intention of going first. He'll move if/once the contest begins. He believes he has the MPs and the policy platform. My colleague @breeallegretti revealed his shadow team includes former No 10 aides, several ministers and several advisers * Starmer appears absolutely adamant that Burnham must not be allowed to return to Westminster. The reasoning is the same as it was in January - Labour would risk losing Manchester, losing a by-election and it would be a distraction. The difference this time? Starmer is much, much weaker. * Andy Burnham thinks he has a way back to Westminster. Whatever happens we'll be hearing from him later this week * Starmer's allies point to the fact that there is no such thing as an 'orderly transition'. Experience suggests that they are right. From the moment the prime minister announces he is going his authority evaporates. The government stops governing. Everything becomes subsumed by the leadership contest. Given the tribes within Labour it will be very, very messy * There is widespread concern that Starmer made things worse over the weekend. First with his early interview on Friday, before the carnage had even really begun, insisting he was going nowhere. Secondly with the appointments of Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman, which has been met with bafflement. Then with his 'eight more years' interview in The Observer * One ally described Brown and Harman’s appointments as “uniquely ill-judged" and the Observer interview as delusional'. “On Friday I was optimistic that he’d seen off the threat to his leadership. But after all the missteps on Saturday I’m not so sure. He’d have been better off doing nothing at all.” * Catherine West's one-woman stalking horse campaign shows just how precarious things are for Starmer. The expectation is that she won't get the numbers. But in the current climate anything could happen. The pandora's box is very much open. What happens next is highly unpredictable thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Labour calls for Starmer to go are growing. This is Socialist Campaign Group Secretary @RichardBurgon.