Alex 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇸🔆

21, he/him, Studying PolSci in 🇳🇿

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

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

[big scary monsters Aaaaahhh @bigscarypriv]

Diane Abbott burner account

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Why I have decided to back Andy Burnham for Labour leadership http://t.co/0rwPLtkxaB

[f 🇵🇸 @AFrazzledScot]

No exit poll. No overnight count. No “big beasts” losing their seats in a community centre at 4am

[Alex 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇸🔆 @AlexEFJ_]

@swigspotchka_ @nikicaga is that Vaush

[Alex 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇸🔆 @AlexEFJ_]

@punishedBarry7 Please don’t do this. Things can get better, and they will.

[faye @x__faaaye]

Don’t take it for granted x

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: Iranian state media announces that new Supreme Leader has been chosen, but does not disclose name.

[Khamenei.ir @khamenei_ir]

Women are the manager of the home, not a servant for you to say, “Why didn’t you do this? Why didn’t you do that? Why isn’t the house clean?” A woman is like a flower. A flower must be cared for and protected, and she will enrich you with her color, fragrance, and qualities.

[Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor]

Full circle: The Washington Post's obituary for Khamenei was written by Bill Branigin, who joined WaPo to cover the 1979 Iranian revolution which would bring to power the theocracy that dominated Iran for almost half a century. (1/3)

[Alex 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇸🔆 @AlexEFJ_]

@cgdav135 Miliband?

[Owen @_owenj_]

@algorecrave

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

I have today written to the Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process for a candidate for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.

Read my letter here.👇🏻

[Jack Califano @jackcalifano]

9 months. 100+ rolls of film. The honor of a lifetime. Here are my favorite shots of the Zohran campaign.

[LEMMiNO @LEMMiN0]

New Video:
https://t.co/krmGrqiCjR

[Alex 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇸🔆 @AlexEFJ_]

@VikVran Hey that’s the guy from HOI4

[Alex 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇸🔆 @AlexEFJ_]

@psych0kn0t_ Gday :)

[Alex 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇸🔆 @AlexEFJ_]

@nikicaga Crying, shitting and throwing up rn