Andrew Coates

Thought I could not dislike 'underdog' Wes Streeting more. During interview on Radio 4. now he not only got on my bleeding tits about his Council estate roots, loads of my mates grew up in council flats, I lived in a council flat in Paris, but he used the pompous US 'gotten'.

@treesey In yesteryear the conspi lot were sad creatures in the rub-a-dub, spluttering into their Watney's keg beer. Now they have 'social media'.

Interesting times

Trevor Fisher on why the left needs to wake up to the implications of the collapse of the two party system buff.ly/8xT23ac #chartist48

Hat-tip @susanp_80

As Greens' crisis deepens Left wing Greens call for Burnham vote. tendancecoatesy.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/as-… via @Pabloite

@biggle1908 He’s lived in the area for decades a decent family guy . Rob the pervy plumber on the other hand …

Who’s gonna watch this with me?

@susanp_80 This morning near Ipswich Cornhill bumped into Labour activists, one a councillor. I've the impression, confirmed again and again, that we have the will to fight back to support Labour.

Truly amazing turnout !

Andy Burnham for beginners: five things to think about To what extent has his experience as Greater Manchester Mayor prepared Labour’s Makerfield by-election candidate to be a transformative Prime Minister? asks Mike Phipps. labourhub.org.uk/2026/05/23/and…

If you’re thinking Starmer campaigning for his sworn opponent in a by-election is unprecedented you’re absolutely wrong! Here’s Dennis Healey campaigning for Tony Benn in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election. It’s hilarious and even the banner couldn’t take any more! VOTE LABOUR!

@susanp_80 @bradfordgreens @ZackPolanski The Greens, still a 'thing'? Did not even come up on Have I got News for you this evening.

@bradfordgreens @ZackPolanski Away you’re going to lose your deposit in Makerfield and rightly so. Starmer is more popular than Polanski in last poll I saw . People are getting exactly what you really are

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@treesey Sounds like Labour Against the Witch-hunt, aka Jackie Walker, which led to the demise of Labour Briefing (many of us did not agree),a paper many of us had backed for decades.

Oh dear. Jew hatred latest from The Green Party. We have reached the open letter stage:

@paulmasonnews Sounds like Labour Against the Witch-hunt, (aka Jackie Walker) which amongst many other things led to the Fall of the old Labour Briefing, a paper many of us had supported for decades.

If the GPEW was serious about fighting antisemitism it would proscribe this group from membership 👇🏽 ...

Proper fish supper tonight.

Sunny day in Makerfield constituency lots of posters up already !

@treesey Such people are kenspeckle cretins. I know, first hand, many similar idiots. One lives about 200 metres from my front door.

‘these idiots did terrible damage, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves, and they have, of course, disappeared, and nobody hears from them. “But the people like Robert Macfarlane and Ali Smith and Zadie Smith who supported them ought to hang their heads in shame, frankly’