Isaac Jones 🌹🐝

19 | Chair @TraffordYL| secretary @brisunilabour | Standing for SW rep on LS national committee @organise26 | Retweet ≠ endorsement

[a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms]

imagine thinking it’s Burnham who comes out badly from this clip

[Oliver Ryan MP @OliverRyanUK]

The AI slop signs should say "Thanks Nigel!" because your Brexit made their trip both possible and inevitable!

We never had this problem before Brexit. So come on, don't be shy, level with people Nige.

[Oliver Ryan MP @OliverRyanUK]

Out in Makerfield for Our Andy! #ForUs

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

“Manchesterism” is working.

Good to get proof of that today from the @CentreforCities.

[Aédén Rooney 🌹 @AedenRooney1]

Andy burnham was such a mastermind that he sent his kids to school ashton in makerfield before hand

[Blue Labourite 🇬🇧🌹 @blue_labourite]

If Burnham wins, becomes leader, and immediately legislates for a National Care Service (saving most local councils 90%+ of their spending that should be on other seevices) I will vote Labour until I am dead or my hands are chopped off

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Congratulations to @AndyBurnhamGM - Labour’s candidate for Makerfield.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

One of the most effective bits of political communication on the left I’ve seen in a long time. A message and a powerful messenger.

[caporegime🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @caporegime21_]

Go to a Russell Group university
Take on obscene amount of debt
Finally land a grad job after navigating a rough job market
Ask for renting to be easier so you don’t have to live in a flat with strangers in a shoe box room
Get called selfish because of it

Lmao

[Ben @benhoobs]

https://t.co/STtCsIHrlO

[S. I. Rubinstein @si_rubinstein]

OK fair play to Burnham I admit this is really clever

[Ben @benhoobs]

Anyone who uses 'Northern' as some sort of insult shouldn't be in the Labour Party - we wouldn't even exist without the Trade Union Congress, convened in Manchester to bring together workers from all backgrounds and give them a collective voice.

[Josh Simons @joshsimonsmp]

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.

[Labour Elects @LabElects]

🌹FULL LABOUR STUDENTS RESULTS🌹

Following the re-run of the National Labour Students Committee election, Organise have gained two seats and have won all bar one seat on the NLSC.

[Emily Moore @emilyrmoorex]

‘I believe in a Young Labour that reaches into every corner of the country, where all young members can be led by a sense of hope and optimism for our future’ 🌹
@LabourList

You can vote for me to be your next Young Labour chair (again) now!

https://t.co/cDrJebCKWe

[Jade Azim @JadeFrancesAzim]

Theydon Bois is on the Central Line, 40 minutes direct to into Liverpool Street. If the fields surrounding this station are the bar we cannot clear for new homes, this country simply will never ably house its people.

[Organise @Organise26]

Throughout the (first) election, we heard time and time again from young members that they want to see improved transparency and inclusivity within the youth and student wings.

We are asking members to let us know how this can be improved:

https://t.co/bOBycNFBrW

[Garrett Wilson @GarrettWilson_V]

What y’all think ab 2 year cycle for games like Madden, mlb, and FIFA?
Personally I think it would change everything for the better

[Isaac Jones 🌹🐝 @IsaacJBJones]

@AlexJKyriacou @LabourStudents @issywaite66 Huge congrats mate-looking forward to working together!

[The Rugby Philosopher @rugbyphilosophy]

Rugby League is more marketable than Rugby Union. But it’s not because of scrums.

With all this talk about "depowering" scrums to "save" the game, we need to have an honest conversation about what actually makes rugby marketable.

Let’s be real. Rugby League is objectively more marketable to a global audience. It’s streamlined. It’s high-speed. There is zero nuance. You run, you get tackled, you stand up, you do it 5 more times. You turn the ball over.

A few years back took some American family members to Eden Park to watch the Blues vs the Stormers. If you thought they'd like the tries, the wide passes, the highlight reels, well then you (like me) were wrong.

They spent the entire first half staring at Eben Etzebeth.

They watched two 130kg men grab another 120kg man by the hem of his shorts and launch him into the air to catch a ball. They couldn't believe it. To an outsider, a lineout isn't "dead time" it’s a hook, an attraction, a moment that sets our game apart from the rest.

When it came to scrums, they didn't care about "binding" or "hinging." They didn't even care about the number of resets. They were simply mesmerised by 8 absolute units pushing with all their might against 8 more. Men with thighs the size of an ordinary human's entire body, contorting themselves into some sort of human tank and smashing themselves into the other forward pack.

And finally, my family was baffled by the "hooligan's game played by gentlemen" culture of rugby. They saw 23 guys spend 80 minutes trying to physically destroy each other, only to hug and sit down for a beer afterwards. No trash talk. No "look at me" celebrations. Just a handshake and a "thanks, sir" to the ref.

Rugby shouldn't try to compete with League on "simplicity." We will lose.

Instead, we should market what sets us apart.

Market the fact that we lift giants into the air. Market the 200kg squats. Market the fact that we have 1 tonne of human muscle machine pushing against another tonne. And market the fact when all is said and done, our heros shake hands, drink beer, and hang out with each other's families.

These are the moments that decides the fate of nations. These are the moments that make our game like no other.