Rob Williams

Features, perspectives and investigations @mennewsdesk. Ex @Independent. Writes The Makerfield Gambit and Unmissable newsletters.

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

'Clear focus on high-quality journalism': Manchester Evening News scoops top award https://t.co/almhvacWG3

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

Robert Kenyon's comments about women hurt Reform as new poll shows Burnham ahead in Makerfield https://t.co/idfaopzHjo

[Pat Karney @patkarney]

'Clear focus on high-quality journalism': Manchester Evening News scoops top award

In a landscape of misinformation and made up information the M.E.N.publishes verified journalism with talented staff.

Well Done. https://t.co/7rQzrg16FD

[James @jameshjourno]

At the AOP awards with @BobJWilliams ! 🍸

[Rob Williams @BobJWilliams]

Was surprised to see the FT splash this morning and thought it very over-extended based on Burnham comments. Now the FT are acting like he’s flip-flopped. Call me cynical but someone is up to mischief. https://t.co/tnRfZTUKsj

[Rob Williams @BobJWilliams]

Sat in a dance studio at Winstanley College trying to write up copy while Dolly Parton blared out of the speakers at full blast was gloriously surreal.

[Rob Williams @BobJWilliams]

At the @mennewsdesk Makerfield hustings.

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

💥 An October surprise in June?

We are just days away from the Makerfield by-election, and political nerds are losing their minds trying to predict it. Labour leads on paper, but on the ground? It's beautifully, chaotically messy. 🌀

We’ve got contradictory data, Starmer’s ratings missing in action, and an electoral cocktail featuring Carol Vorderman, Elon Musk, and Count Binface. 🌌

Forget the neat campaign boxes—what do actual voters in local pubs think? 🍻

👇 Tomorrow, we drop our full, unfiltered breakdown of the most unpredictable race in the country. Sign up here.
https://t.co/3HlhL6navm

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has deleted a post using Andy Burnham's portrait after the artist launched legal action for using it to push "anti-immigration" messaging

Stanley Chow: "My work has been used without permission to share a message that I fundamentally disagree with"

[Rob Williams @BobJWilliams]

On Question Time the 'plucky plumber' feels the glare of the spotlight as Burnham shows his hand - https://t.co/gVbqfv2L2y

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

Tomorrow’s Makerfield Gambit is a wild one… 🪐

From time-traveling sci-fi novels to intergalactic manifestos, the battle for Makerfield is getting weird.

🏛️ Library Wars: Reform & Labour clash over a closed building.

🎥 Media Circus: Press swarm Ashton, but traders just want parking.

🫣 Grilling Season: A brutal BBC audit for Rob Kenyon.

🛠️ "Bring Back Boring": Lib Dems pitch basic fixes.

🗑️ Get in the Bin: Count Binface wants price-capped Wigan kebabs.

Boring fixes or an intergalactic space lord? 👇

https://t.co/3HlhL6navm

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

Is Andy Burnham measuring the curtains before he even has the keys?

Tomorrow's Makerfield Gambit breaks down why treating voters like background characters never works, plus:

🚢 The Titanic Strategy 📜 The Mandelson Paradox 🖋️ The Beta-Version State 🗺️ Bongs, Sparrows & Platt Wazzers

Read it tomorrow 👇
https://t.co/eR7Gekvw1S

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

The Green candidate in Makerfield is betting on hope in an age of anger https://t.co/KFbsfpqYbn

[Rob Williams @BobJWilliams]

@susanp_80 @MENnewsdesk @AndrewStuart We asked her Susan. Read tomorrow!

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

🟢In a Makerfield campaign fueled by anger and political psychodrama, Green candidate Sarah Wakefield is trying something radical: hope and joy.

Can talking about flooding, community spaces, and quality of life cut through the doom-scrolling?

Tomorrow’s Makerfield Gambit breaks down her uphill battle, Andy Burnham’s risky Northern Soul rebranding, and the "missing" Restore candidate. Don't miss it. 👇

https://t.co/3HlhL6navm

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

The front page of today's edition of the Manchester Evening News - EXCLUSIVE: Carol Vorderman dubs Reform's Makerfield by-election candidate a 'little coward' as she sends letter to thousands of female voters in the constituency

[Nick Lowles @lowles_nick]

“He’s a little coward”

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

🚨 BREAKING: Carol Vorderman has written to more than 6,000 women in Makerfield attacking Reform candidate Rob Kenyon over resurfaced comments about women.
In an explosive letter, obtained by the MEN, she says his posts show a “pattern” and tells voters: “I think it matters.”
Full story 👇
https://t.co/ClHNV1RpYI

[Rob Williams @BobJWilliams]

Our exclusive interview with Robert Kenyon talking about THOSE tweets and everything else with @BethAbbitMEN is published on @MENnewsdesk tomorrow. But if you want a sneak peek of what he’s said sign up for The Makerfied Gambit and you’ll get it first. https://t.co/yCc3XvaiyI

[Declan Carey @DeclanGCarey]

This is such a good piece on the chaotic world of Oldham council by my LDR colleague @Ch_rlotteHall, who knows the patch so well. Do give it a read:
https://t.co/RWnHnehhjg