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@AndyBurnhamGM Do you still apply Maskara

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

@hol40900 the tax cuts paid for nothing but billionaires our NLI heroes (cut out the royal please!) would have saved allwithin 89 seconds!

Three women dead off Brighton. Not just a tragedy – a symptom. Coastal management gutted by 14 years of cuts. RNLI underfunded. Mental health services slashed. The sea takes. The state watches. Britain's helplessness has a shoreline. 🖤🌊

“Something rather unusual is happening right now inside Russia.” My dispatch for BBC Radio’s From Our Own Correspondent. @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds @bbcworldservice

@ClarkeMicah Think how lower our water stocks would be with old locos steaming round

You assume that steam m. by 1936, had reached the limits of development and could not have been improved. Is this in fact the case?

@TorstenBell Badenough is a ghetos queen a spiteful one-Sir Keir is man of decency and principal

Kemi Badenoch - a women who thinks what matters is being rude rather than being right

@secretsqrl123 whereis regan gop? Are the democrats going to cut these taxes on bizness or do they view them as good to protect theior old voter base

had a guy i know that is a true maga tell me yesterday "fuck trump" tariffs are gutting his AC company. just a few months ago he had a maga hat and trump stickers on his truck. they are all gone. he is losing support among his former voters

With Keir Starmer seemingly on the ropes, it’s worth remembering what his government actually delivered: a tax rise every 10 days since July 2024. Labour introduced 52 new taxes or tax rises in just 509 days (July 2024 - November 2025), costing taxpayers an extra £60.3 billion by the end of the decade. The biggest hits included: - £25.7bn from employer NIC hikes - £8bn from frozen income tax thresholds - £4.85bn from NICs on salary sacrifice pensions - £2.5bn from capital gains tax hikes Starmer may be on his way out, but the crushing tax burden he helped create is here to stay.

This is what communism looks like in the 21st century. I have just been denied entry to the UK in order to speak at the largest patriotic event in Europe. Starmer will be sued by me. Not the government, not the Home Office but Starmer personally. Once you lose the next election, communist, we’ll meet in court! Tommy @TRobinsonNewEra , this communist cannot silence millions, nor can he take away their right to vote! UNITE THE KINGDOM!

@BBCBreaking what is happening in tory UK

Bodies of three women recovered from sea off Brighton, UK, Sussex Police say bbc.in/4uBWEVu

U.S. Army's Hornet AI-enabled strike drone now active across two NATO exercises — Lithuania and Poland. Same system hitting Russian logistics in Ukraine beyond 100 km. Swift Beat, owned by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, is developer. Read more: defence-blog.com/u-s-army-deplo…

@JohnSlinger Sir Keri is the man to Defeat Deform UK

My view on today’s appointments: this is Keir Starmer getting on with the day job. Gordon Brown as Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation. Harriet Harman as Adviser on Women and Girls. Two of the issues of our age. Two serious figures. 👇

@Keir_Starmer @HarrietHarman A great pick ! 2009 was a good year for Labor!

I’m delighted to appoint @HarrietHarman as my Adviser on Women and Girls. Harriet is a strong advocate for women and girls and I know she will deliver greater opportunity for women in public life. I’m committed to tackling structural misogyny that is a barrier for too many women and girls. I look forward to working with Harriet to drive forward action on this important issue.

@lukejcr James "gordon" Brown is a wonderful compassionate man!

Gordon Brown has dedicated his life to fighting child poverty. Reform UK’s big policy: pennies off pints, at the cost of pushing thousands of children into poverty. Who’s the sick joke?

This local election map of Wigan sums up the collapse of Labour in the red wall Northern heartlands. Labour have got no one to blame but themselves. They took their core voters for granted, ignored their concerns and prioritised the Davos / BlackRock corporatist clique.

@Keir_Starmer stop listening to voters DO!

We must respond to the message that voters have sent us and break with the status quo once and for all. We must confront the big challenges the public face with real answers. That is how we will deliver the change that people are desperate for and build a stronger and fairer country. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Labour’s electoral disintegration owes much to Starmer’s unpopularity, but far more to the steady drip of events, particularly as they relate to illegal migration. Voter turn-out has leapt, not because people want to lose their PM, but because they fear losing their country.

@realMaalouf The color green they have in common

Mosques in England reportedly instructed their congregations to not vote for Labour or the Tories because they support LGBT rights, and instead told them to vote Green, which they’re calling a Muslim party. The Green Party is now the biggest left-wing party in the UK and could basically be divided into two factions: An LGBT and communist one that supports sex changes for minors and drug liberalization, and a Muslim faction that wants Sharia law. They have nothing in common except their shared hatred of Israel. So how is that going to work? It won’t end well, that’s for sure.

@RachelReevesMP Sir keir is the man for the job

These are tough election results for Labour and I’m sorry to all of those colleagues who have lost their seats. Keir Starmer won a mandate to change our country. We must get on with delivering that mandate - and show how politics can improve people’s lives for the better.

@HowidyHamza The famine is no joke fam

Today, more than 2,500 Palestinians ran in Gaza as part of the 10th Palestine International Marathon sponsored by Egypt and held simultaneously in Bethlehem and the Strip for the first time.