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[mk @KurtDoff]

@safezonemap @jamiehollern If you were British you would know what the problem is

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@jamiehollern @safezonemap Or even real

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@safezonemap Oh good lord 😄
Looks like this notice of violence in Wetherfield has been triggered by Manchester Evening News reports about events on Coronation Street 😂

[mk @KurtDoff]

@PeterRobinson76 @DamianLow3 I think if you want a PM who is less of a Mayor or England, you need one who will prioritise local government & do the work to move power out of Westminster.
Or you can have another PM who concerned with foreign affairs & neglects the govs current local gov role.

[mk @KurtDoff]

@PeterRobinson76 @DamianLow3 Yeah, he enjoyed being may or GM but the only way to be a proper County Council leader is to become the PM.

When that power is devolved then we can have a PM who can concentrate on the rest of the world rather than having to do the stuff that should be done locally.

[mk @KurtDoff]

@LaindonFEMINIST @DamianLow3 What action could he take today where you would feel the effect "right now"?

And when you say "right now" I assume you don't mean within 24hours, so what is an acceptable timescale?

[mk @KurtDoff]

@PeterRobinson76 @DamianLow3 If you read his book half of his beef with the British State is that Westminster hoards power that should sit with local government.
Until he manages to pass legislation to devolve such powers all PMs are basically the Mayor of England.

[mk @KurtDoff]

@Anxiousmum77 @ByronicEnigma @GandonAmy It may well be true that poor messaging by starmer gov has given Burnham an easier time. But Burnham clearly wants these good things known about and associated with Labour as that's the route to a second term.

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

🚨BREAKING: Former Reform Chairman David Bull says the quiet part out loud

ADMITS on National Radio that the only reason Nigel Farage called the by-election is because he thought it would stop the investigation into him.

He didn't realise it would start again 🤣

Reform are an absolute sitcom

[Hannah Camilleri @hann_jvc]

We all know that politics is as much about performance as it is policy. Andy Burnham’s new official portrait has prompted comparisons with Keir Starmer’s, and the differences say a lot about how each man wants his premiership to be seen. (1/4)

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham has officially announced that all England mayors will soon receive a share of income tax to spend on their areas

From next spring, they will also receive greater shares of local revenues such as business rates

[Paul Anderson @PaulAndo1987]

People from Kent calling Scousers and Mancs southerners now.

Heads have fell off.

[mk @KurtDoff]

@Lancashire_Goat @HairyAngus @MrTCHarris "Coronation Street isnt a northern soap opera"🤣

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

The office is literally opposite Manchester Town Hall, the most important building in municipal power possibly anywhere in the world. The heart of the Original Modern city. Statues of John Bright and William Gladstone in the square. Two of the most important Liberals of all time.

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@LyndyMountain @MayorOfWY @andyburnham @10DowningStreet @TracyBrabin Yeah they are elected to spend money.
But you can support a candidate who doesn't want to do or spend anything. if none want to do that you could stand on that platform of doing nothing and get to sit at home doing precisely that and get paid for it

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@dgpearce1000 @made_63 @theandrewgwynne @shyam52982849 I literally have no issue with any PM having an office near their home if they believe they can be more effective as an MP and as PM.

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@Porridge_Wog @DavidJFoord @_HenryBolton Since when did "the north" mean "the north of the UK" 🤣

You should start a campaign to rename stuff,
ScotRail - Northern Rail
BBC Scotland - BBC North
Northern comedian Billy Connolly
First Minister of the North UK
Secretary of State for the North UK

[mk @KurtDoff]

@thomasforth Weird how no one objects when Coronation St is called Northern rather than a "Midlands soap opera"

[mk @KurtDoff]

@dgpearce1000 @made_63 @theandrewgwynne @shyam52982849 We don't need a costed business case to determine if some gov employees in No10 and the PM and other ministers can work from a government office block in Manchester.

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@dgpearce1000 @made_63 @theandrewgwynne @shyam52982849 What would be the point though? The facts are the priority was to get it set up quickly, you need a very secure building with good transport links and a lot of the team he wants to bring in are largely based around GM.
Where else in UK would it actually make any sense?