john hallet

@ToryWipeout @pete_ar_fryn @AndyBurnhamGM His comms seem much better though

@pete_ar_fryn @AndyBurnhamGM By copying the policy Starmer is already putting in place?

I used to be a Labour voter, then I became a member of the Green Party for the past couple of years. If I was in Makerfield I’d vote for @AndyBurnhamGM. I know the area, know Manchester well. He’s the only one who can us pull back to the right path in the next few years.

@TedUrchin @DanielBent67126 @PeterStefanovi2 Why would anyone rejoin to support starmer? Surely they're already members if they're such big fans of starmer?

@DanielBent67126 @PeterStefanovi2 Fine, but there are many joining or rejoining to vote for Starmer. I know this for a fact.

Former Labour Members Are Returning To The Party To Back Andy Burnham huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclusiv…

@mattcook300 @PeterStefanovi2 @bbclaurak 40 million? How are you getting them numbers?

@PeterStefanovi2 @bbclaurak 40million voters put Starmer in No. 10, but Jess Phillips knows better?

Jess Phillips tells @bbclaurak that there has to be a contest for the next leader of the Labour Party and in her opinion Keir Starmer should not stand

@JenniferJS_ @Keir_Starmer @wesstreeting What goes around comes around I guess.

In opposition @Keir_Starmer made @wesstreeting Treasury shadow exchequer sec., shadow minister for schools, shadow child poverty sec., shadow health sec. In 2024 Streeting almost lost Ilford North but Starmer made him Health Minister. 2026 Streeting stabs Starmer in the back.

@fioronzi @thedeadcentrex @PolitlcsUK The NHS got it's 350m

@thedeadcentrex @PolitlcsUK Voted Leave based on some promises which proved to be deceiving at best. Like this one

🚨 BREAKING: Wes Streeting calls for the Government to rejoin the EU "Leaving the EU was a catastrophic mistake"

@AhmedSaleem32 @PolitlcsUK No

@PolitlcsUK UK must aggressively pursue a new special relationship with the trading bloc, with the ultimate goal of seeing Britain rejoin the European Union in the future. Agree?

@KathrynDW59 @BorisJohnson How many times did we hear the "call a general election now" line from labour in opposition? Surely the Tories are allowed to do the same?

@BorisJohnson Oh come on - like you called an election when May took over from Cameron, you took over from May, Truss took over from you, and Sunak took over from Truss. Hypocrisy.

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

@JohnCrookes7 You post on tik tok? 😂

I put something complementary about Keir Starmer on TikTok and the number of likes received was astounding. Clearly he continues to have a lot of support.

@Chi_Saintsfan @willlin52744521 @Boro As a Boro fan it doesn't really sit right with me if we end up getting promoted because in my eyes we fluffed our chance. That being said if Southampton get away with a fine of even something daft like 50m ultimately their cheating would have been worth it if they get to the prem

@Chi_Saintsfan @willlin52744521 @Boro If it's happened a few times aswell (although nothings been proven there) this routines happened more than once.

A statement from the club.

@Chi_Saintsfan @willlin52744521 @Boro I mean what do you think the analysts were doing with the info they obtained if the manager was kept in the dark?

@willlin52744521 @Boro Yes agree with this. If its been a season long thing and/or Tonda was involved. We should be removed from playoffs. I don't think that will be case. Think this will be an intern and maybe another analyst involved. If its not Saints have to take whatever punishment we are given

@CGM0914 @JenniferJS_ @thinkdefence @Keir_Starmer They all seem to be boomers aswell.

@JenniferJS_ @thinkdefence That’s only 2/3rds of the 100% like minded, we love @Keir_Starmer fan club Labour voters who follow you. It should be absolutely 100%. Delusion is huge with you lot. Embarrassing.

Am I the only one rooting for Starmer 😀

@mandyj2000 @AndyBurnhamGM It's the "progressives" who showed the left how to play this game.

@AndyBurnhamGM I’m a Labour supporter but this is all utter nonsense. You are being hailed as some kind of saviour, twisting the system to try and get the top spot. You should be supporting your PM, not going against him.

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

@tomchapple1 @donmcgowan See this quoted a few times now, has it been reported anywhere or just twitter?

@donmcgowan Starmer is more popular than the Media seems to think. 20k new Labour Party members in a week is phenomenal. They didn't sign for Burnham or Wes. I can't see any other Politician getting that much grassroots support without hype. He also appeals to sober Conservatives

So Andy Burnham, huh? Why would he pull such a risky stunt, if he didn't think he was nailed on to be the next PM? I'm not sure if it's so simple. In his first failed leadership bid in 2010, after Gordon Brown's loss at the General Election, he came fourth behind the Miliband brothers and Ed Balls. And in his second attempt, after Ed Miliband failed to win the GE in 2015, he came a VERY distant second place behind Jeremy Corbyn: 59.5% — 19%. So his track record in this game is not exactly stellar, and you have to wonder … why now? There is a realistic chance that he could stand, and Starmer sees him off in a leadership challenge. We have to look at the economy for the main reason that Burnham might fail. A dull, grey, but vital part of a Prime Minister's remit is holding an even keel in the choppy waters of global finance. And, despite the clamouring of the right-wing press, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are seen as a steady pair of hands. Their combined charisma stats would probably register as an 8 in D&D, but they hold respectability within the markets. And that is crucial. Especially right now, as we are about to enter a maelstrom — the Iran crisis is looming on the horizon, and it's too late to sail around it. There was an instantaneous fall in the pound on Burnham's announcement yesterday. He's not designated as a safe pair of hands within the financial markets. He said last year, “we've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets”. Whilst a laudable ambition, it just doesn't match up to our fiscal reality. The government must have, at all times, one eye on the markets — see Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng for further information. And here in lies the rub — Burnham is personable and likeable, something hugely in his favour in this time of populist politics, but he comes with baggage, and it may weigh him down. To the point of halting his aims. Starmer may poll terribly within the country, but I'd hazard a guess that he could pull together enough numbers to make it a close run thing with Burnham. The King in the North could be deposed before his march on the wall begins. All of this is purely hypothetical, of course, and depends on him winning a by-election in a region that overwhelmingly voted Reform UK at the local elections recently. The odds are not in his favour. If he takes this shot and fails, Labour lose a seat in the House of Commons and potentially control of Greater Manchester. A self-inflicted shipwreck on a scale we have never seen before in local politics. Like being wrecked on the rocks, managing to sail away and then hitting an iceberg and sinking. Right. Enough of the tortured sailing metaphors. Have a lovely Friday. 😃

@michaelvonpercy @KarlTurnerMP @Keir_Starmer Chapman? And she got a seat in the lord's for it. Funny thing is it's people like her that showed the left how to play this game.

@KarlTurnerMP @Keir_Starmer Back stabbing cunt

So much focus at the person at the top because that’s how @Keir_Starmer has run the party. He hasn’t listened. He’s blown it. And he needs to be gone.

@Michell00184442 @Wesleyhzn @UKLabour Unfortunately I won't be joining the labour party again until they stop stiching our selection process up for their preferred careerist. Thankfully I imagine she'll be in the lord's after the next election.

@hallet_joh94726 @Wesleyhzn @UKLabour I rejoined yesterday, knowing I wouldn't be able to vote in the next six months. I did it so I could say my reason for joining was to show Starmer my support. Im not saying everyone else is but that was my reason.

@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...

@JennyEPence @Wesleyhzn @UKLabour You'll be surprised how easy it is to ignore the polling station on election day.

@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.

@chazjawanda @MrMark_James @faisalislam Better terms? Under may? Aren't they the ones that were rejected by starmer as Brexit sec for labour to play politics?

@hallet_joh94726 @MrMark_James @faisalislam EU were offering us better terms, but we rejected anything that remotely incurred closer ties to them. We made our own hard lines and made our friction harder on ourselves as a result. Broke relationships, which Labour are now repairing.

Solid growth of 0.6% in UK economy at start of year Jan-March, even taking in the first month of Iran War. Compares well internationally… some clear resilience shown here… though there has been a pattern of strong starts to years which then fade.