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@triffic_stuff_ @MichlePaoli I see the fat right propaganda machine is in full speed

Andy Burnham in Makerfield, posing with dogs to push the “relatable man of the people” image. This is textbook PR from a lifelong career politician: carefully staged optics over any real substance. It all feels so contrived and painfully obvious what’s going on. While the country is shifting right, Burnham is still offering the same familiar Labour script that’s increasingly out of touch. Next thing he’ll be kissing babies!

@DickMackintosh What a pebble

Cocaine is a hell of a drug, and Tommy is always running out. Please give generously.. I #FollowBackFriday

Nigel Farage wants to cut the taxes of the richest and cut the benefits of the poorest.. I #FollowBack #SocialistSunday

@richardosefton Well it seems the dirty washing is coming out for Reform. People voted for "change"? Not quite sure what change they were expecting

Two #Reform #Senedd members are having to resign and trigger by-elections #WeToldYouSo and so far about 20 have gone in England costing us about £700,000 and now two Senedd members costing us roughly £400,000 Well done Reform voters. Once again proving that you never learn

@Channel4News I see the right wing machine has already started on character assination

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has set out his views on Labour's path forward and the policy challenges facing the country. Speaking to Channel 4 News' Andrew Misra, Burnham said he wanted Labour to become “a party that they can believe in again, a party solidly on the side of working class people.”

@synapticwisdom @DavidGauke Because like you they are white supremacists

@DavidGauke So I get why we wouldn't want a Russia one. But like, this country is now full of foreigners, 1 in 5 people in UK 🤯 They're voting in 🤦 AND standing in our elections 🤦 Why is having Indians, Pakistanis, Nigerians, Bangladeshis in our parliaments great, but Russians not? 🤔

Not even the Russian one?

@DanielGoldersUK @DavidGauke Total bollocks

@DavidGauke There's no space for it with all Labour's flags up 🇨🇳🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸

@N84773Novak @DavidGauke @campbellclaret Weak argument ...missed the point

@DavidGauke @campbellclaret You mean like Mandelson who was given the most important job in the world by Labour, who has direct links to Russia? Is that the Russia you mean?

@lisakeb007 @DavidGauke I think you've totally missed the point with your bigoted and racist views

@DavidGauke Why do you do this? Why do you assume that not wanting a foreign country's flag flying over Government buildings in the UK makes someone pro Russia?

@MatthewStadlen I have to say though that he's got Farage rattled. Reform will be running ragged to keep him out

There is something immensely undignified about a man who wasn’t part of Labour’s landslide victory now attempting to win a by-election so that he can challenge the Prime Minister who won that landslide less than two years ago. Meanwhile government is hamstrung and the country looks on as a bystander to the chaos.

@Anniepop2027 @cathynewman @TimesRadio McDonnell has always looked to cause trouble. No value to the labour party

What on earth does John McDonnell mean ? @cathynewman @TimesRadio “it depends what policies they bring forward” This is the PROBLEM We have the policies that the public voted for in the election manifesto !!! You can’t change that without a GE.!! Starmer must stay - mad

@RachelHale9920 @SkyNews Surprise surprise you are a Reform voter

@SkyNews Is this shite going to the norm until the next GE?? Because it’s not going to fly with the British public. Can you not just let people vote the way they want to and allow democracy to take place -without dirty tricks campaigns? It’s boring, transparent and not going to work.

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash, shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, Sky News learns news.sky.com/story/nigel-fa…

Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Greenberg is a ludicrous character. He found Stephen Flynn guilty of misusing £6 worth of stationery but ruled that Farage’s previous failure to declare £384,000 was an "inadvertant" breach.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Rayner has been cleared, but the media ran 30 front pages in total, averaging 4 front pages a day during the peak of the story. Farage's £5 million gift has had two front page stories. Why would there be such a difference in reporting standards for the two?

@neilcarroll26 @AngelaRayner Assume you include Farage in that

I welcome HMRC’s conclusion, which has cleared me of any wrongdoing. I have been exonerated by HMRC of the accusation that I deliberately sought to avoid tax. When purchasing a home of my own with a mortgage, I did not own any other property and had no personal financial interest in the court-instructed trust set up to manage my son’s financial award. I was advised by experts that I should pay stamp duty at the standard rate. I set out to pay the correct amount of tax. I took reasonable care and acted in good faith, based on the expert advice I received, and HMRC has accepted this. I have always sought to act with integrity, and I believe politicians should be held to high standards - that is why I resigned from government and cooperated fully with HMRC.  I wanted to ensure that I paid every penny that I owed, and have done so. I am relieved that my family can now move on - and that I can get on with my job.

I am honoured to accept the appointment as Victims Minister.

This is Lord Rothermere the owner of the Daily Mail. He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French. While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere. That is his ‘Patriotism’.

@MrNChance "Farage was given £5m by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 general election. Farage had stated he did not intend to stand as a prospective MP but U-turned in June 2024, within weeks of receiving the personal gift" 💷🤭

@benrileysmith Back in your box now...

Theresa May - 3 years Boris Johnson - 3 years, 2 months Liz Truss - 7 weeks Rishi Sunak - 1 year, 9 months Keir Starmer currently 1 year, 10 months If he goes today, it’s averaging a PM every two years. Are we the new Italy?

Now Beth Imagine that..did they not want to play your biased games? Beth Rigby: 'I'm flabbergasted - I have never seen this before' #liveblog-body" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">news.sky.com/story/politics…