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Is Andy Burnham in trouble in Makerfield? @joshi and The Mill’s newest staff writer Lucy McLaughlin discuss her two days of reporting on the by-election, where we’ve mapped which areas should lean Labour and Reform.

https://t.co/ciPhx3SdYl

[Tony M @LichfieldCanary]

This is a superb but v sad article. Well worth a read. It reminds me of pre-internet journalism when writers had time to research and form a story rather than having to supply rolling news.

[Jennifer Stewart @JenniferJS_]

I just subscribed to @ManchesterMill who have done some great investigative work and are running a series 'Burnham Blueprint'. This is part 2. I love the writing of course, but big kudos to Jake Greenhalgh who does all the artwork. https://t.co/ap8JnlxOpX

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

In November 2023, police found the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market.

She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her.

I pieced together who she was and who was responsible for @_TheLondoner

https://t.co/Jxv5fnW0u3

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

Andy Burnham used to talk about homelessness a lot. Less so recently.

This might be why: rough sleeping fell after he promised to end it in Greater Manchester by 2020. But it’s now risen four years in a row and last year was the highest since 2018, the year after he was elected.

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

In the @NewStatesman, Andrew Marr says it’s “a win for the north, and Britain’s resurgent non-metropolitan journalism” that our reporting is being read in Westminster.

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

Coming up tomorrow morning on The Mill: @jackdulhanty delves deep into one of @AndyBurnhamGM's most important areas: homelessness and housing.

How has Burnham performed? And what can it tell us about how he'd run the country?

In your inboxes at 7am (paying members only).

[Gerry Hassan @GerryHassan]

Am late to reading this essay on Andy Burnham, his record in Manchester & his leadership. It is filled with insights abt the lamentable nature of Westminster & political leadership across the UK. Great insights from @joshi https://t.co/vlfL0ELlb8

[The Spectator @spectator]

Journalist Joshi Herrmann recalls the moment during a Covid media briefing that he says defined Andy Burnham as an instinctive, emotional man of the people.

@ShippersUnbound | @JAHeale | @joshi

[The Tribune @sheffieldtrib]

We've got papers.

And we're not afraid to give them out in several places in Sheffield over the coming month

[The Tribune @sheffieldtrib]

Our campaign to add 1,000 new members is live! And already they are flooding in... Pay what you like for two months and help us get there:

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

Enjoyed this chat with @ShippersUnbound and @JAHeale about the elusive Burnhamism and what he’d be like as PM. The Boris comparison (slightly insecure mayor with great comms strengths who needs to mitigate glaring executive weaknesses) is maybe not entirely fair but interesting.

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@thetimes @joshi Commentator @OborneTweets posted: “Everybody with an interest in British politics should subscribe at once to Manchester’s independent and clearly very troublesome local newspaper, The Mill. More power to its elbow!”

We endorse this sentiment. Join up now!

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If your chosen device for sheltering from the sun was a copy of @thetimes, you might have spotted a syndicated version of @joshi's weekend read about Andy Burnham. It's the second time in a few days the national media has followed up Mill journalism.

https://t.co/T4Xz8bpRqz

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

@thetimes @joshi Friday’s newspapers were rife with a story that Mill subscribers have already known about since April.

The new development: that five people had been arrested in Tameside following our reporting on the local elections.

[Berd @Berddy555]

Thoughtful long read on Burnham from @joshi @ManchesterMill

Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it https://t.co/i9sc5syRqg

[Niall Power @niallpower5]

'Independent and clearly very troublesome' https://t.co/aokjTQCZCO
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[Trevor Phillips @TrevorPTweets]

Exceptional piece of journalism- I don’t often retweet but this really should be read. Not just insight into AB but truly thoughtful about real politics and the way it works in the world.

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

Westminster people: if you made it through this piece, we have a great series on Burnham's record, leadership style and vibe coming up on @ManchesterMill called The Burnham Blueprint, by me and @jackdulhanty and based on years of reporting. Join as a ££ member to get the series.

[Ceri Thomas @CeriThomas01]

A seriously good, thoughtful profile of Andy Burnham by @joshi. How serious, how thoughtful, is Burnham himself?