Alex

@joshsimonsmp This is going to be absolutely hilarious if your pal doesn’t get in. What are you getting out of all this?

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.

10 Downing Street tonight.

@AlexDaviesJones Too little, too late. The minister for victims and tackling violence against women and girls only resigns when it’s an issue affecting her and her colleagues jobs. Never mind the chance she had to resign making a stand over the whole Mandelson debarkle. You’re a joke.

It is with a very heavy heart that I have offered my resignation to the Prime Minister.

@AlexDaviesJones I hope you didn’t keep space on your office sign for the MS you were hoping for 😂😂

Llongyfarchiadau to those elected yesterday in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr, Vikki Howells Heledd Fychan Jason O’Connell Lis McLean David Hughes & Sara Crowley. As the MP for Pontypridd I look forward to working with all of you to deliver for our communities, regardless of party.

Still stand by the polls being wrong, Mike? 🤡

What an absolute clown @MikeHedgesAM is. The media didn’t get the result wanted, the whole country did - getting Labour out of power. Just need to get you out of there now and end your gravy train time.

@hinchliffe1569 @AlexDaviesJones @CatherineFookes She’s probably listening now. Frightened her time on the gravy train is going to end at the next election

@AlexDaviesJones The problem is Alex you didn't listen. I wrote to you multiple times and your dept, as did my MP @CatherineFookes your response was slow denial and failure. You didn't listen or act. Are you listening now?

The result yesterday was, of course, very disappointing for Welsh Labour. Voters sent a clear message, and it’s important we listen carefully and respond to the concerns people raised throughout this campaign

@PreetKGillMP Oh dear. Thanks for confirming you’re clueless.

They said he couldn’t win an election. He did. Now he is Prime Minister, I am backing him to prove that serious leadership beats cynical politics every time. 👇🏽

@Keir_Starmer @AlexDaviesJones @Eluned_Morgan You still haven’t got the message? Looking forward to Ponty getting rid of Al as our MP at the next election. BYE BYE LABOUR, BYE BYE

I want to thank @Eluned_Morgan for the over 30 years of service she has already given to our country and our party. Eluned has been a formidable First Minister and tireless champion for Wales. She broke barriers and has never stopped fighting for families in the communities she loves. Together we have worked to lift children out of poverty, cut hospital waiting lists, and create thousands of new jobs. I have no doubt her contribution to Wales will endure.

@EHChalus You are joking? Respected by who? He’s a clown

Starmer is respected on the international stage. Can you imagine the laughingstock the UK would be if either perpetually outraged Badenoch or furtive Farage was in charge?

@RossPlayle Ffs Ross, he’s probably done this for about five minutes. Maybe he should’ve cracked on with sorting the mess him and his party are making of the country.

There is something really quite humbling about the UK political system from this. You wouldn’t catch many world leader doing the same.

Is it any surprise my MP, @AlexDaviesJones, voted against holding an investigation. Absolute joker of a person.

@ManUtdInPidgin Di Maria. Varane. Heinze. Beckham. Owen. Do you need more for this “impossible” answer?

Cristiano Ronaldo and Casemiro excluded, name a player wey play for Manchester United and Real Madrid. Impossible

@LegacySiu Casemiro

Guess the player Very Hard

We have been made aware of a distressing image doing the rounds today, suggesting Tottenham have beaten us 3-1. This has clearly been photoshopped, and we will be taking this up with the relevant authorities. Even we'd beat Spurs...

@_onlyscott Morgan Schneiderlin

Romelu Lukaku and Marouane Fellaini excluded, name a player that played for Manchester United and Everton Difficult

@_onlyscott Angel de Maria… very hard.. 🙈

Guess the player VERY HARD

@UtdMax13_ Giuseppie Rossi. Born in the US I’m sure