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@JennyEPence @hallet_joh94726 @UKLabour They put us in an awkward position

@hallet_joh94726 @Wesleyhzn @UKLabour Actually no idea who I would vote for instead of Labour if I was in that constituency. Suspect Reform are most likely to win the seat but yes, not sure hardcore Starmer supporters (like me) could stomach voting Reform, even to Stop Burnham.

@UKLabour please start publishing your membership numbers...lots of people are joining and the word needs to get out there that the country is behind you. Come on...

@markofagenius Proud to be one of the 20000

The Labour Party has 20,000 new members. They joined to support Starmer as PM. Not to support rebels because they can’t vote for them for at least 6 months after joining.

I will never forgive @AndyBurnhamGM and @wesstreeting . The right wing media was just beginning to put some pressure on #nigelfarage about his £5 million and now these fools brought the narrative back to @UKLabour . Isn't that the most moronic move of self harm?

@Vinc_Ev_ @beneathbluster Doesn't matter. At least I increased it by 1

@Wesleyhzn @beneathbluster Welcome to the party. Just a note, you won't be able to vote in any Labour elections until you've been a member for 6 months 👍🌹

Just joined the #Labour party so I can vote for #KeirStarmer

I stand with #Starmer

@charlotteukcity Followed

🚨 ANYONE WHO IS SUPPORTING KEIR STARMER RIGHT NOW, I’M FOLLOWING BACK, IF YOU SEND ME A FOLLOW. We support him better if we stick together. Also, if you want other people to follow you back too, just leave a comment or an emoji below.

@TallyCat8 Followed

People, can you follow David if you aren't already. Just keep pumping out those positive Labour messages 🌹

@DavidBSampson Followed

More good news on NHS wait times today! Waiting lists down 110,000 in March WE HIT OUR ELECTIVES WAIT TARGET DESPITE STRIKES at 65.3% Add to that improving ambulance response times, ED wait times plus more GPs & Mental Health specialist recruited. Lots achieved, lots to do

@AndyBurnhamGM I will just leave this here

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election. I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics. Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic. Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures. However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people. Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place. I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that. Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again. ENDS

@joshsimonsmp You're a fool!

Read my letter to my constituents below:

For decades, Westminster has overseen the managed decline of towns like mine. We have talked big, then acted small, stuck in a politics of incrementalism that cannot meet the moment. We have lost the trust of those our party was built to serve. It is my unwavering belief that nothing short of urgent, radical, courageous reform will make a difference. That must start with a change in leadership. Today, I am putting the people I represent and the country I love first and will be resigning as MP for Makerfield. I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home, fight to re-enter Parliament, and if elected, drive the change our country is crying out for. This has not been an easy decision. This is my family’s home, where only a few weeks ago, doctors and nurses at Wigan Infirmary saved our newborn son’s life. But we all must make choices and in recent days I found myself with a difficult one: defend the status quo or step forward and act. I have made my choice. I am in politics because politics is how you change lives for the better. My party has one last chance to do that: deliver for the people and places I represent, drive economic growth, secure our borders, reform our state and politics, and change a status quo that is not working. That is the fight. I believe Andy is the one to lead it.

@TalkTV @TVKev @benhabib6 @EssexPR @DobbsandPolicy @elliehodges62 Really... Adam Brookes the donkey

Adam Brooks says Keir Starmer will be 'gone' before May. "My sources say John Healey is being teed up as an interim." 🚨 PLANK OF THE WEEK: youtu.be/LWVbaiNgO-o @TVKev @benhabib6 @EssexPR @DobbsandPolicy @elliehodges62

@NerineHalton @NickDelaney9 He is the donkey here

You know what really boils my piss ? Burnham dumps Manchester , creating a hugely undesirable mayoral election which Labour won’t necessarily win. Then he swans into Downing Street after Starmer’s done all the heavy lifting. 3rd rate behaviour. Enraged here. 😡

@AndyBurnhamGM @wesstreeting are self obsessed donkeys that think they are lions... this is why I support the Prime Minister #KeirStarmer #andyburham #wesstreeting

@clunker20 @ElectionMapsUK No Labour...self serving idiots

@ElectionMapsUK Labour just gifted Reform another seat in the commons 😂

Current Nowcast Model for Makerfield, following the news that Josh Simons MP is standing down in a bid to get Andy Burnham a seat in Parliament.

@Nugent4nil @ZiaYusufUK Hear hear

@ZiaYusufUK go on, put yourself up for selection against Andy Burnham, let’s see how big the silent majority is and how popular you are!

@PolitlcsUK She backed herself into a corner. Will she have to accept a deal if Farage asks her or sack herself if not?

🚨 BREAKING: Kemi Badenoch has suspended the Tory leader on Worcestershire Council after entering a coalition with the Greens to overthrow Reform UK control It led to a Green councillor becoming leader of the council

Alien announcement on the mothership... 'we will stop around Doncaster to look for intelligence on planet Earth' #ufo #doncaster #kieranlay

@WatchReform Alien announcement on the mothership... 'we will stop around Doncaster to look for intelligence on planet Earth'

This is what people voted for...fucking hell :D Bizarre moment Reform Councillor Kieran Lay, Thorne and Moorends Ward, asks Full Council for measures to monitor UFO activity as part of reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Step 1- Work towards cutting council tax. Step 2- Set up a panel for UAP sightings. Couldn't make this up... #doncasterreform #reform