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💬 "Only Andy really who can make this a straight race between ourselves and Reform" 🔴 Friend of LabourList @MetroMayorSteve spoke with us briefly at Andy Burnham's campaign launch in Makerfield today...

🐝 Greater Manchester: music, football and a crucial by-election with @AndyBurnhamGM at the helm. 🗳️ 🔴 Read ShakerMakerfield for references to all of the above on LabourList 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/shaker…

🔴 LabourList attended the @AndyBurnhamGM campaign launch in Makerfield today - watch the highlights from his speech to the crowd of activists here 🌹

🔴 LabourList editor @EmmaBurnell_ was in Makerfield today ahead of @AndyBurnhamGM's Parliamentary campaign launch for the upcoming by-election...

Why do Labour leaders struggle? 😬 🔴 Baroness Ayesha Hazarika on the challenges of Labour leadership... ‼️ Missed our last In Conversation? Become a Friend of LabourList today for early access to our 'In Conversation' series, brought to you in partnership with The Fabian Society! 🙌 Sign up here to be our friend!👇 labourlist.org/become-a-frien…

🤔 Have we lost the art of debate in PMQs? 🔴 Watch Baroness Ayesha Hazarika discuss the problems of the PM's weekly showdown and why its importance should be restored... 💬 Want to ask a question live? Make sure to become a Friend of LabourList today & take part in our 'In Conversation' series, brought to you in partnership with The Fabian Society! 🤩 labourlist.org/become-a-frien…

‼️Labour cannot waste time ‘treading water’ in government, warns Streeting 👀 Read here 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/labour…

LabourList would like to offer a very warm welcome to Laurie Wilcockson, our brand new Events and Community Officer! 🥳 🙌 🔴 Laurie is going to be supporting our entire LabourList community and helping to grow our network of Friends! 🫂 Become a Friend of LabourList today by clicking here 👇labourlist.org/become-a-frien…

🔴 Election post-mortems 🗳️ , membership rise📈 and Burnham🐝 – what we know about this week’s NEC meeting... Read now 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/electi…

🔴 In a truly existential moment for the Party, it really is 'Makerfield or Breakerfield' for Labour... Read now on LabourList 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/makerf…

🌦️ Has today's NEC decision brought Manchester's famous weather to Westminster? 🔴 LabourList editor @EmmaBurnell_ discusses Andy Burnham's selection as Labour's candidate for Makerfield with reporter James Tibbitts...

🔴 Andy Burnham is now Labour’s Makerfield by-election candidate. What happens next? Read to find out 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/andy-b…

🔴 @AndyBurnhamGM has been announced as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election, following today's NEC meeting.

'Learning Lessons' 🔴 Joe Dromey General Secretary of @TheFabians Society writes for LabourList👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/fabian…

🔴 "After these Local Elections there can be no doubt: Labour’s future lies in electoral reform..." 🗳️ Alex Sobel MP writes for LabourList 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/labour…

🔴 Progress looks to post-Starmer phase as battle lines drawn with Burnham 👀 Read now 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/progre…

Our Editor @emmaburnell_ was at the Progress conference to hear Wes Streeting announce he's running for leader.

Wes Streeting offers kind words for Keir Starmer - especially on winning 2024 but says he won't speculate on any future role for the PM.

Wes Streeting: "We have to be in it to win it in Makerfield. I honestly think if anyone can win Andy Burnham can and I will be out doorknocking for him"

Wes Streeting: "I know how to win whether our opponents position themselves to our left or our right"