Joan Davies

Personal a/c: Tour-guiding, theatre-reviewing, maracatu-playing Manc. Labour Cllr Manchester Deansgate Ward & Lead Age Friendly Mcr. @deansgatelabour

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@LondonCoffeeMan @MatttillettN6 @nazirafzal @LucyGoBag Your reply is really thoughtful. I was somewhat surprised by your original questioning as he IS fairly well-known, with an impressive track record.

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@eamonncanniffe I think relocation was inevitable in many instances. There was little advance notice of the date of this election, unlike local Council elections, and so many spaces would already have been booked for something else.

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[Joan Davies @joand7]

@gordonrayner Andy was talking about the GM Good Growth Fund: much more recent and with very different funding and targets.

All information easily available

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@gordonrayner I think you are confusing two different funds.

Greater Manchester Housing Investment Loans Fund (GMHILF) started life as a much smaller amount of money initially from the Conservative government for market rate loans to unlock housing development. Funds grew through repayment.

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[Joan Davies @joand7]

@valhumphreys51 I was asked the same in my late 50s, by a gynaecologist. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Jonathan Schofield @JonathSchofield]

I thought my new city centre councillor, Sarah Wakefield, was elected to represent the ward. But now she's off to fight for Makerfield - a bit soon I think after less than three weeks. She won't win, so she'll likely be representing my ward a while longer but it shows her ambition to jump into bigger things before starting her work here. But if she returns that’s fine, as long as she does her job.

Her statement about Makerfield is typical of the Green Party though. Their claim that other parties are divisive is very hollow. In Denton and Gorton they played on division to win the by-election, anger not hope to reverse her statement. The Greens pretend to be pure and distinct from normal politics, but they use the same tactics of identity politics and division as Reform.

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[Joan Davies @joand7]

@wself You certainly have language skills but quoting the highlight of your last visit to Wigan - a chippend buttie for 10p - £ suggesting some relevance shows your distance from understanding ordinary people.

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[Joan Davies @joand7]

@fesshole A first for me too, thanks to Fesshole, today, at 76 !

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@BeeNetwork HI. Intermittent lift problem at DeansgateCastlefield tram. Doors often fail to close at ground level, particularly when more than one or two passengers. @OurCastlefield

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@patkarney It also seems to like Castlefield. MEN suggests it's a commercial hire. @MENnewsdesk @OurCastlefield

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@BeeNetwork Thank you.

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@AnthonyMcCaulDG @deansgatelabour Also, the reason I pushed for this is there is in fact only one seat on the whole of Deansgate you can use without being expected to spend any money – the bus stop seat opposite Spinningfields! Pleased to see that that has now changed.

[Joan Davies @joand7]

@AnthonyMcCaulDG I’m a little surprised by the backs to the road position. We’re having a further discussion and would love to hear more views.