Belfast Col

Irish/ Norn Irish. Sunset lover. Le Mans addict. Lotus driver. Irish Rugby fan. Average drummer. Dad, husband, dog owner. Yorkshire. 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🕊🐶

[Belfast Col @BelfastCol]

@autocar It could grow on me (not like genital warts).

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@Theworld119944 Click bait wank

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@BruceT69 A.I shite which is a shame as it could be a real song with a human touch.

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@harrismonkey Things I've left on the roof of my car then driven off.....

I'll start: a pair of sized 9 black shoes. Heard them clatter off at the first roundabout.

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@carwowuk That is *NOT* the actual final car. Thats still some wanky art room vision.

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@ListerLawrence Jesus its dull as dish water from the outside. Its hard to imagine a more boring looking box on wheels but no doubt it'll do its job very well.

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@Mike_Fabricant Got to be lovely Liz. Such a great leader. We need more like Liz.

(I'm joking. She's mental).

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@AutoPap 27c and your heating up full? You half lizard Shami? 🤣

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@AutoPap Its got the rear lights off my Elise (which may have been borrowed from Ferrari many years ago)

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@KateNaylor99 Its not that sort of party 🤣

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Happy bank holiday from my corner of Costa Del Yorkshire. Cheers.

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@otokyo Click bait a.i slop

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@FBAwayDays That moment you score the goal that sees you back in the Premier league and you take your shirt off forgetting you've your wife's bra on.

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@HullAndHeritage One for Jeffrey, Donald and Andrew.

[Hull City @HullCity]

WE ARE HULL CITY. WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!

#hcafc

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@RSL_Studio Just listening as John and Snowy start to change the tone of their voices as the race nears the end and after years of going to Le Mans in have to say I hate this time on the Sunday. Saddens me as it draws to a close.

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@afneil Andrew you last went for a jog on 32nd Julember 1971

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@harrismonkey on the subject of you always bringing the car home i vividly remember passing you in the pedestrian tunnel at Le Mans about 10 years ago (the year you brought the old M5). Helmet in hands and looking very pissed off. I think Johnny Frenchman took you out.

[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

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Lotus kinda day. @lotuscars