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“Come together as one Labour team to win it….”? OMG..it was a @UKLabour seat already and the people elected the MP for 5 years…? Now you have opened it up to @reformparty_uk to take it…? You should be ashamed of yourself……

@welshroots @sales_belinda Let's keep posting our support for SKS. I hope to see a Cabinet reshuffle by Tomorrow. SKS will fight on if those MPs who support him step up.

@KevinCl24550785 @Thehuck_59 @loulouyoohoo Burnham, Streeting and their supporters have demeaned themselves. Their self indulgent actions, inflated egos, and willingness to plunge the party into the navel gazing of a leadership campaign shows both of them to be, in my opinion, unfit to lead the nation.

There’s nothing great about it. Energy and expense being spent on a seat that was Labours. And why? To meet the egotistical needs of a man who is prepared to destabilise and weaken a Labour government. It’s a disgrace and you should feel deep shame for supporting it.

@LaindonFEMINIST @allinsonm660 They're not just sabotaging the leader and the party... They are sabotaging the Country and the trust of a considerably larger electorate who voted for a #LabourGovernment led by Keir Starmer. How to throw away an enviable position to continue getting things done... Idiots! 🙄

@LucyMPowell @GuidoFawkes I was always proud to be a member of the Labour Party,After this week I don’t feel proud at all..This is not democracy to me,It’s a stitch up to get our PM removed we can all see it..Seriously considering my membership..

@GuidoFawkes As a campaigning Deputy Leader it’s my job to be one of the first (and last) campaigning in elections, as I was in Gorton & Denton under different circumstances. I always will.

No surprise that Lucy Powell - a key Burnham organiser who was trying to sort him a seat - is one of the first senior Labour figures up campaigning in Makerfield.

EXCLUSIVE from @MaxKendix Andy Burnham’s allies have accused Wes Streeting of trying to derail the mayor’s campaign for No 10 by reopening Labour’s Brexit battles and playing into the hands of Reform UK After resigning as health secretary last week, this weekend Streeting called for Britain to rejoin the European Union, describing Brexit as a “catastrophic mistake”. He said: “Britain’s future lies with Europe, and one day back in the European Union.” His intervention prompted a furious response from Burnham’s supporters, who said it was a deliberate attempt to elevate Brexit as an issue in the Leave-voting seat of Makerfield, which the mayor of Greater Manchester must win to contest the party leadership One Burnham ally said: “Wes’s only hope at becoming the next leader is for Andy to lose the by-election. [Streeting’s] comments … are counterproductive to Labour winning this by-election. It’s very transparent.” An MP close to Burnham said it was a “a roll of the dice” by Streeting because “he can see the writing is on the wall”. A friend of Burnham said Streeting was “clearly trying to create a dividing line.” Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, said: “Open borders Burnham wants to give 500million people the right to move here without any thought on how this would affect schools, doctors and dentists “It’s quite clear that this by-election is now a choice between Reform who want to stay outside the EU, control immigration and deport all illegals and Labour who want to rejoin the EU and open borders.” A source close to Streeting defended his stance, saying that it was uncontroversial because Burnham had also backed rejoining the EU. “I thought they agreed on this,” the source said. “The problem is that we’re so worried that there might be people who disagree with us if we do something that we end up doing nothing.”

And elements in the Labour Party have blundered into the trap set by via the onslaught set by those who feel Starmer's integrity, experience and intelligence would present an overwhelming advantage in the next scheduled GE. Yes, he is authentic.

@Steven_Swinford @MaxKendix The rats are fighting already..Well well..They both need to grow up to the damage they are doing to this country..Only the PM is acting with any dignity..

Dear Prime Minister Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer You have another three years to go, please continue being our best PM for a long time and take no notice of any wannabe as no one can fill your shoes. Onwards & Upwards with PM Keir Starmer.

Seen a post from the Sidewinder of the North. About football, 1 for the bingo card. But he says "mine is a campaign to change Labour back to the party people used to know". Funny, I thought it was a campaign to be a constituency MP. I didn't know MPs had such power. #NeverBurnham

Wish I had some hope right now.Feel despair at what's happening in our country.The vitriol directed at our PM by biased media,promoting their biased agenda,the disrespect+betrayal of Labour MP's to our PM only partway thru his tenure,the hate marches+promotion of the far right🥹

@PeterStefanovi2 He need to move fast..Or 90+ MP’s will be resigning after the next lot of local elections..Only 11 months away..

Andy Burnham sets out his 'new path for Britain' ahead of Makerfield by-election Reindustrialisation, council houses and collaboration are at the top of Burnham's agenda manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

@lukeakehurst @Vinc_Ev_ @Hepworthclare Fair enough and thank you for your reply..But has a member I find all this back stabbing our PM totally sickening..Labour is not a Democratic Party after all..After 58 years I’m seriously considering my membership..I won’t stay in a party who leader thinks he is entitled.

The canvassing at the moment will just be "which party do you support?". It's completely legitimate for Andy and any other candidates seeking selection to already be helping the Labour campaign - why would members vote for someone if they weren't showing their enthusiasm for the campaign?

Anyone got a list of the other potential Labour candidates for Makerfield?

@Alison_S_Taylor @KernowQ @Peston Thank you Alison..So good to hear..

The PM has my backing and plenty of other MPs - he has started to turn things around and needs more time. If Andy does get elected - he should help him. What’s wrong with that. What is all the fuss really about. It’s a storm in a teacup. Hopefully next week we can get back to normal.

The very difficult decision being made by the prime minister at his Chequers retreat this weekend is whether he can re-assert his authority and re-energise his government, despite knowing that if Burnham wins in Makerfield he will be evicted - or whether he would bring more stability to government by announcing a timetable for a leadership election and his own departure. That is what his ministers tell me, though they concede that on either course government will lose momentum, at least till it’s known whether Burnham is the new PM or not. For what it’s worth, some of the cabinet believe it would be less chaotic if he sets the date for his exit, and he could use his time-limited period to shape a positive legacy for himself. For this contingent, like trade union leaders, the die is already cast that he will have to resign in coming months, whether Burnham is elected an MP or not. And the PM should acknowledge that reality, they say. Other ministers want him to stay, pointing out that there would be mayhem if Burnham were to lose and it would be preferable in those circumstances for the party to draw breath rather than charge headlong into a leadership election. Many of those insisting he shouldn’t quit are also those who will be out of a job if Burnham or another candidate replaces him. One minister insists the choice is not so binary and there are other options that could keep the government show on the road. This minister said however that whatever Starmer decides he will have to spell this out explicitly and in detail to all of us. The big personal judgment for Starmer is whether he becomes more or less of a lame duck by taking control of the time and manner of his departure, rather than leaving it in the lap of the election gods. His colleagues don’t know what he will decide.

@CntrstTweets Lying through her teeth..Of course she knows why Burnham is standing..We know,Lewis knows everyone knows but Lisa..😡😡

The highest betrayal

Typical Burnham - picks low hanging fruit, let's others do the tricky bit. He is not very impressive as a speaker either

@Anniepop2027 @LBC @BBCNews And we too deserve that. We vote in a GE on that understanding. There is no point in voting at all if self serving politicians can simply choose for themselves and ride roughshod over the electorate.

Don’t you think that standing next to Burnham in the photo, whilst noting that a candidate won’t be selected until next Thursday, is a tad presumptive and divisive. And then you call for us to come together!

@Peston #SackNandy for starters. She's done bugger all. Good to know you are against the trebling of surplus food redistribution though. That tells us all we need to know about you.