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Roger Domeneghetti 🍉@RogerDom1·11h

@LizWebsterSBF @AndyBurnhamGM Indeed. But that is markedly different to the policies he supported while in Westminster so I think the jury is very much out.

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Liz Webster@LizWebsterSBF·14h

🔴 @AndyBurnhamGM on BBC today: “I think Britain has been on the wrong path for 40 years.” 👍 It started with de-industrialisation, bus deregulation, and the privatisation of life’s essentials. 👏 We need to… get the basics back under public control so that people can afford their rent, their energy bills, etc. 🙌 He wants Labour to “change and once again [be] the party that people in this borough knew… I don’t blame anybody who has gone away and voted for other parties. I want them to regain their trust… I want Labour solidly to become a working class community.”

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@GeoffBrewer @DaleVince We don't vote for PMs. This isn't a presidential system.

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Geoff Brewer #FBPE #FBR #FBNHS #NAFO@GeoffBrewer·1d

@DaleVince After the carousel of unelected PMs under the previous Tory Government, I was relieved to finally see an elected PM with a strong majority. I may not understand some of the missteps taken, but I’m delighted we have a PM who can represent Britain seriously on the world stage.

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Dale Vince@DaleVince·1d

I think it’s the worst thing Labour could do right now, there’s no reason to panic over some adverse polling less than two years into a ten year project - and some of what we’re seeing is more opportunism than panic - but if there is to be a leadership contest my first choice for the job would be Keir, that’s who I’ll back. The NHS has been battered for 14 years by Tory neglect and underfunding. Just as things are starting to turn a corner, Wes decides to walk away from a job he’s actually good at. Because he’s lost confidence apparently. Hard to square that with his talk of being proud to fight in the trenches with Keir at the general election. When the going gets tough and all that…... People around Ed Miliband have been briefing that he’s urged Keir to set a timetable to walk away - unhelpful enough to say it - worse to leak it to the press. Ed is seen as a potential contender, I’m not convinced. A few weeks ago, he told the country he would finally break the link, the market mechanism that drives our energy bills sky-high in a crisis - the following week he announced the details and he did not break the link or even weaken it. Ed misled the country in my view and the Prime minister. Keir's top team should be standing behind him right now - and not with knives in their hands. How about some policy ideas? This whole leadership circus is a massive distraction from the job, not just at a time of global crisis but at a time when the people of Britain are making clear they want more change, they want to feel the change in their lives. The answer to that, some seem to think - is to have a new leader. That’s a delusion and often enough a conceit, sold to us on the premise it’s in the national interest or the party’s interest - when the truth is much closer to home. Labour has a job to do and a mandate to do it. Let’s get on with it.

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@algorecrave Nah they very famously broke Beckham's move to Madrid before even the football journos, and also published stuff about Saville. There was a big story about James Corden too. Also their actual main area is the music industry.

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ellen🍸@algorecrave·1d

@ndottee is george osborne’s wedding incident not the most famous thing to come out of pop bitch?

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Owen Jones@owenjonesjourno

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ellen🍸@algorecrave·2d

it’s actually crazy that british politics just has it’s own gossip girl

From Popbitch.

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@PoliticoTeacher Polanski was a LibDem who defended their record in the coalition. If he's allowed to have a political journey why isn't Burnham?

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James Armstrong@PoliticoTeacher·1d

Andy Burnham has situated himself on the soft left of the Labour Party. But he was a Blairite and lots of people (understandably) don't trust that his positions have changed, especially after being burnt by Starmer.

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@algorecrave I don't think that's true lmao

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ellen🍸@algorecrave·1d

@ndottee the politics drama is the most well known stuff tho

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@JackWFC1234 @AyoCaesar I think the opposite - this is the seat Burnham is most likely to struggle in (huge Reform wipeout the other day, high up on the list of targets). I half think he's been told to step down before someone else does in hope Burnham loses here and this can't challenge Streeting.

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Jack🐝@JackWFC1234·2d

@AyoCaesar The fact that a Labour Together figure desperately wants him to be PM gives me alarm bells

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Ash Sarkar@AyoCaesar·2d

Labour Together plot twist:

BREAKING - Josh Simons to stand down in Makerfield so Andy Burnham can run for parliament

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@AyoCaesar x.com/i/status/20549…

My tinfoil hat take: Josh Simons - former head of Labour Together & clearly part of Mandelson, McSweeney & Streeting circle, has stepped been told to step down to make sure Burnham runs there as Wigan had a Reform wipeout and would be hardest seat in GM for AB to win

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@owenjonesjourno x.com/i/status/20549…

My tinfoil hat take: Josh Simons - former head of Labour Together & clearly part of Mandelson, McSweeney & Streeting circle, has stepped been told to step down to make sure Burnham runs there as Wigan had a Reform wipeout and would be hardest seat in GM for AB to win

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Owen Jones@owenjonesjourno·2d

This seems risky! The rationale seems to be that the Greens will struggle here. But Reform will throw everything at it.

BREAKING - Josh Simons to stand down in Makerfield so Andy Burnham can run for parliament

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@b_z_p1 @_Jekanyika @Jhinchliffe07 @lewis_goodall He can't suddenly back out after openly going for G&D and then recently being vocal about finding a seat - he'd be seen as a bottler and never live it down. But also worry Simons has been pushed to step down before anyone else as this is the seat in area AB could most likely lose

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Bzp@b_z_p1·2d

@_Jekanyika @Jhinchliffe07 @lewis_goodall He's still young enough to wait until 28/29 GE and pick up the pieces of what's left after that GE. This is highly risky. It's genuinely make or break for his political career.

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Lewis Goodall@lewis_goodall·2d

Now the decision will be Starmer’s. Try and block (risk civil war) or allow Burnham to stand and guarantee removal later (if Burnham wins)? If Burnham stands we’ll have never seen a by-election like it. Essentially a primary for PM confined to one constituency.

Josh Simons is explicit - he says he is standing aside so that Andy Burnham can make a comeback 'I do not believe this government is delivering the urgent, radical, brave reform we need. We need a new direction 'I believe that Andy Burnham can provide it. These towns are Andy's home. He grew up and raised his children here and has fought for us all his life 'I have decided to put you, the people I represent and the country I love, first. That means stepping aside as your MP for Makerfield to make way for a leader who has the radicalism, energy and immense courage to meet the moment 'A leader who is authentic, honest and trusted, and who says what he believes and does what he says. Someone who has the track record of delivering for working people, building alliances, and using the talents of colleagues from every part of the party. That is Andy'

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@tbtpeters @michaeljswalker I don't know - he surely knows his frontline political career is probably over after the Labour Together stuff, the seat very likely to go Reform at next GE, and he could have been promised a nice consultant role somewhere.

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Tom Peters@tbtpeters·2d

@michaeljswalker It would be a hefty price for Simons to pay for a purposeful loss. I don't believe he has that in him.

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Michael Walker@michaeljswalker·2d

Burnham would presumably prefer a Labour/Green marginal (Greens more likely to lend their votes). Josh Simons has now offers him a Labour/Reform one. Simons on the right + close to McSweeney (was former director Labour Together). Are they setting Burnham up to fail?

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.

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@michaeljswalker This is exactly where my head is at and not sure if I'm just too conspiracy pilled but it is odd that it's him of all people, and in a high up Reform target seat where they just had a wipeout in council elections

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@I_amMukhtar x.com/i/status/20549…

My tinfoil hat take: Josh Simons - former head of Labour Together & clearly part of Mandelson, McSweeney & Streeting circle, has stepped been told to step down to make sure Burnham runs there as Wigan had a Reform wipeout and would be hardest seat in GM for AB to win

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Mukhtar@I_amMukhtar·2d

Josh Simons, the Labour MP for Makerfield, has decided to stand down to clear a path for Andy Burnham to return to Westminster. He said, "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"

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@LeftieStats x.com/i/status/20549…

My tinfoil hat take: Josh Simons - former head of Labour Together & clearly part of Mandelson, McSweeney & Streeting circle, has stepped been told to step down to make sure Burnham runs there as Wigan had a Reform wipeout and would be hardest seat in GM for AB to win

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️@LeftieStats·2d

‼️BREAKING: Josh Simons, Labour MP for Makerfield, is resigning to enable Andy Burnham to return to Parliament. Labour won this seat by just 13pts in 2024, and are currently projected to lose it to Reform

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.

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@AvaSantina Am I too conspiracy-pilled in considering that maybe Labour Together's Simons has been told by Mandelson, Streeting etc to step down in a seat Reform might be most likely to be able to beat Burnham in before anyone else does lmao I'm just shocked it's him of all people.

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Ava-Santina@AvaSantina·2d

Wow - Josh Simons steps aside for Andy Burnham.

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.

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My tinfoil hat take: Josh Simons - former head of Labour Together & clearly part of Mandelson, McSweeney & Streeting circle, has stepped been told to step down to make sure Burnham runs there as Wigan had a Reform wipeout and would be hardest seat in GM for AB to win

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@LeftieStats @maxshanly Nah MMR like Scotland, Germany & New Zealand is far better

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️@LeftieStats·2d

@maxshanly Party List PR. Only acceptable option.

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Max Shanly@maxshanly·2d

Labour will be forced to implement proportional representation before the next election solely to survive as a parliamentary body post-2029. The question is what form of proportional representation we will get & how democratic it actually is.

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@patrickkmaguire Well yeah obviously it depends who he's running against.

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Patrick Maguire@patrickkmaguire·2d

Catherine West now on Radio 4 saying Keir Starmer could win a leadership election and not ruling out voting for him

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@SamuraiApology I mean at that same time Polanski was an active Lib Dem despite their record in gvmt. If he's allowed to go on a political journey and be seen as authentic, why not Burnham?

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Archie Woodrow@SamuraiApology·3d

we must never forget that Andy Burnham, the guy now being hailed as Labour's only star candidate, was one of the three useless grey empty-suit candidates who lost in a landslide in 2015 to the guy the left only ran because it was his turn & as a protest vote candidate

to be fair this is more of a long term trend of which Starmer-Togetherism is only the most extreme expression, Labour even in 2015 wasn't exactly a Mariana Trench-depth talent pool either

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@JohnAdamsInUK @LeftieStats @AndyBurnhamFC Exactly - feel likeany are ignoring that Burnham would be seen as a protest vote against the current government, with the added benefit of potentially changing things in the very near future.

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John Adams@JohnAdamsInUK·3d

@LeftieStats @AndyBurnhamFC You're ignoring Burnham's huge popularity in Greater Manchester, especially relative to Starmer's Labour. The Local election results are a meaningless comparison as they're seen as a protest vote. Burnham would unite Labour voters and many anti Starmer voters.

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