Lee Johnson

[Nat ✨ FREE 🇵🇸 @loopzoooop]

that’s the question isn’t it. what WILL she do? there are no youth clubs for her to attend. food, cinema tickets, any sort of third space activity is all too expensive. their parents are underpaid, saturday jobs don’t exist any more, children have truly been abandoned by the govt

[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

[Hughes-on-the-Wold @NotThatHughes]

When you see your taxes being spent on feeding children instead of bombing them.

[Hughes-on-the-Wold @NotThatHughes]

Europeans, after a four day weekend, reading about just how absolutely furious America is with them.

[NASA @NASA]

One last look at Earth before we reach the Moon.

This view of the Earth was captured on April 5, the fourth day of the Artemis II mission, from inside the Orion spacecraft. The four astronauts will reach their closest approach of the Moon tomorrow, April 6.

[NASA @NASA]

@elmo Okay Elmo, we’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news: Today, we’re launching to fly around the Moon! The bad news: The Moon is absolutely covered in rocks.

[British Athletics @BritAthletics]

Simply incredible 🔥

[Lee Johnson @LeeJohnson1996]

Lmfao nasty bastard

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

So now Labour wants to ban trail hunting. You might as well ban walking dogs in the countryside as they chase rabbits, hares, deer and foxes. Labour are authoritarian control freaks.

[Lee Johnson @LeeJohnson1996]

There’s only one picture you moron

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The tyrannical, unelected bureaucracy oppressing the people of Europe are in the second picture

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Zack Polanski, "I'm Jewish, and the reason why that's relevant is because I'm one of five Jewish people to lead a political party in the last 100 years"

"So I take antisemitism really seriously"

"In the same way, I take Islamophobia really seriously"

"Because I recognise when they come for one minority group, they come for all of us"

"The only way to be morally consistent is to condemn what happened on Oct 7th and to condemn the genocide in Palestine"

"As a Jewish man I feel the genocide very very deeply"

Zia Yusuf, "I'm a Muslim man and you're calling me a fascist"

Zack Polanski, "You actually are a fascist, you're form a far right party"

Zia Yusuf, "Your concern about Muslims extends only as much as they agree with your political views"

Zack Polanski, "Nigel Farage joined forces with the Swedish democrats in the European parliament, this is a far right Nazi group. They want to deport people not from the colour of their skin but from the place sthey come from"

*Zia Yusuf looking very uncomfortable*

"Nigel Farage also talked about it being the end of democracy because of the way certain ethnic minorities are voting"

"This is racism. It's fascism. We should call it out"

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

Aug 23, 2014

[Offseason mode Crash Davis @CrashOnSens]

Rory McIlroy literally speaking on behalf of the entire world - not just in the context of golf - and then delivering an absolute dart to back up the talk 🔥

[Fore Play @ForePlayPod]

This was unfortunately very cool

[Leishy @TheLeishy]

2-0 down at half time and my heads on fucking Mars.

[Nottingham Forest @NFFC]

A statement of intent from our owner Evangelos Marinakis, as Morgan Gibbs-White signs a record deal at the Club until the summer of 2028. 🤝

[dinosaur @dinosaurs1969]

just found out newborns cant see i been showing this kid lebron highlights for nothing

[Lee Johnson @LeeJohnson1996]

@LeeAndersonMP_ @jackjewsbury

[Nottingham Forest @NFFC]

Welcome to Nottingham Forest, Igor Jesus! ✍️

[Nottingham Forest @NFFC]

💎

[Lee Johnson @LeeJohnson1996]

@joshwortho Jonjo Shelvey