Tracie&Coco

Sleep easy my baby.Mummy loves you so much. You taught me to trust & to love unconditionally.I’m so grateful to you. In the arms of that special angel just like I promised..Coco 04042006 - 25102021. My special boy. My extraordinary boy. My world ❤️💔❤️

@BorisJohnson Except forget what went before! This twatty mc twat dace is right

If these Left-wing clowns do defenestrate Starmer, it'll be a completely undemocratic fraud on voters. And the nation will clamour for an early election… mol.im/a/15821459

@lukejcr @joshsimonsmp Fancy campaigning against your own PM. If it wasn’t from him, you wouldn’t even be MP’s. Have a word with yourselves. Zero morals.

First doors knocked in sunny Makerfield with @joshsimonsmp ☀️ Reform won almost all Wigan council seats up for grabs last week. But the message from voters today was crystal clear. Andy Burnham changes the equation. Fact. ✅🌹

@lukejcr Why? Your boy hasn’t even been selected. Bit arrogant of you to second guess the actual member. But you’ve all gone stark raving mad, so you do you.

On way to Makerfield now to go campaigning

@MatthewStadlen @KathrynDW59 Failing to win the Labour leadership twice Failing to stand at the 2024 election because he decided he didn’t want to be a backbencher He’s a charlatan

Has Andy Burnham actually got any policies? Apart from putting buses back under public ownership and capping fares at £2?

Think voters have a right to feel pissed off that this is what happens: Vote Blair get Brown Vote Cameron get May Vote May get Johnson Vote Johnson get Truss(!), get Sunak Vote Starmer get ?

@lukejcr What drivel is this? A dad to young kids? So what? You’ve all gone bonkers! Burnham is hardly the second coming. Failed to win the leadership twice. Could have stood in 2024? Why didn’t he? I’ll wait…

Josh is an MP and a dad to young kids, just like me. He's helped to prove that parenthood and politics can mix, and break down barriers for working dads. I wish him the very best. We are in a battle for the heart and soul of this country against right-wing populism. So this by-election is one we absolutely must go on to win. As a proud Northerner, I want somebody to run who can stand up and fight for our progressive values against Reform in Makerfield. Andy Burnham must therefore be given the opportunity to stand, and must not be blocked, so that we can come together to send Reform packing.

@joshsimonsmp Turncoat

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.

The bloody arrogance of these new MP’s, (this one in the next door constituency to mine), who have achieved sweet FA yet in their political careers, issuing ‘statements’. No, the chaos created by Burnham isn’t good news for the Labour Party & the country. Check your ego.

@LiamConlon2 Mate, he’s failed twice, flounced out of Parliament because his career was going NOWHERE. Explain please why he didn’t stand for a seat in 2024? Could it possibly be because there was zero chance of becoming PM then? He’s a chancer and not a particularly good one!

I’m pleased at the announcement this evening that Andy Burnham is planning to return to Parliament. It’s good news for the Labour Party and the country. Andy shouldn’t have been blocked from Gorton & Denton. And he shouldn’t be blocked now. My statement ⬇️

@epic_gobshite @AndyBurnhamGM ⬆️ This, this, THIS…

Oh, spare us the sanctimonious drivel, Andy. Ten years ago you flounced out of Westminster because the 'system' wasn't working for you personally after failing upwards for 16 years. Now, after using Greater Manchester as your personal branding exercise - racking up debt, rebadging buses, and claiming credit for growth that predates you - you're bored of the Mayor gig and want back in Parliament for your own opportunistic gains. 'Deeply care about Makerfield'? You couldn't even be bothered to stand there (or anywhere) last time. This is just the latest chapter in your serial loser saga: you got absolutely trounced in not one but two Labour leadership contests, first to Ed Miliband, then to Jeremy Corbyn, before sulking off to Manchester to play regional 'king'. Now you're back chasing the top job again, positioning yourself as the saviour while the North crumbles under the very government you helped enable. The people who actually voted for you as Mayor get their mid-term rug pulled for your ego trip, costing taxpayers another expensive election. The 'man of the people' routine is ancient history, especially after Labour's national meltdown. This reeks of desperation, not principle. Good luck explaining to voters why the 'change we brought to Greater Manchester' requires you abandoning it halfway through for another shot at the prize you already proved you can't win.

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

@AndyBurnhamGM @theashrb You don’t explain why you didn’t stand in 2024? Wonder if that’s because you thought you had zero chance of becoming PM. You’re a chancer mate. The chaos you’ve created is embarrassing. Understand you won’t give a fig, but this Labour Party member won’t forgive you

@MarieTidball WTF does this even mean. These people have lost the plot.

I will always put my constituency first. My top priority right now is to ensure there is a successful sale of Stocksbridge Speciality Steels to a new, responsible buyer. Read my full Statement here 👇

Lots to do and stability is key. Let’s get on with it!

Please repost if you agree that it would be extremely unwise for Labour to remove Keir Starmer right now

@BayoAlaba Thank you Bayo for your measured response to this madness.

@AlexDaviesJones Self-interest and pomposity are a terrible look. Both in abundance here.Minister for Women & Girls? My arse! How does that equate to doing Farage’s bidding? Shameful behaviour!

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

I have never been a fan of Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Top politicians need to realise it’s not just the message, but how you sell it that cuts through to the public psyche. His policies may well have been among the best for the country and some undoubtedly were but Sir Keir never seemed able to land them with the public. Voters rarely reward policies they don’t emotionally connect with. Yesterday’s reset speech didn’t help. What exactly was he trying to tell us. Now, in what could be the death throes of his tenancy in No 10 after less than two years at the top, I do find myself feeling for him. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps and reached not one but two of the highest offices in the land. So, as the wannabes circle the Cabinet table this morning, positioning for what may come next, spare a thought for a man who genuinely wanted to make a difference, but never quite mastered the art of making his case. Fair?

@JamesAsser Says the man jumping on the bandwagon, who was elected in 2024 on a 90k salary BECAUSE of the PM. Shameful.

A statement on the Labour leadership

Great appointments.

@ToryWipeout Crowning himself the Messiah after failing to win the leadership twice. He was a mediocre Minister, at best! Dickhead.

Fuck Andy Burnham and his massive ego.