Marie 🙏💙

Passionate about football, music, my church, the Ravens and Vikings. Love & friendship mean everything. My dad showed me that

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Lord of life, today we ask for the grace to recognize and protect the unique and unrepeatable value of every human being. May we learn to welcome life unconditionally, to tenderly care for fragility, to accompany each stage with respect, and to bravely defend those who have no voice. Let’s #PrayTogether at https://t.co/VVI6MfRjM5

[World Cup 2026 @ofootball__]

Thank you Cape Verde! 🇨🇻❤️

[Marie 🙏💙 @MarieBorn7]

@willienile Oh Bless you Willie. Sending you and all the family much love. ❤️

[Claire Hannah @Claire_journo]

Andy Burnham, new Labour MP for Makerfield, and potential new Prime Minister, in #Wigan for #ArmedForcesDay.

[Baltimore Ravens @Ravens]

focused 😈

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Keir has given huge service to our country and I want to thank him for his leadership and dedication during such a challenging period.

His decision marks the beginning of a transition and it is important that this process is conducted in an orderly and responsible way. I will put myself forward as part of this process.

The country expects stability, seriousness and a continued focus on the issues that matter most and that is what it will get.

As we move forward, our priority must be to work together to get the country back to where we all want it to be. People want to see progress on economic growth, cost of living, public services, housing and opportunities for the next generation. Political change should never distract from the responsibility to improve people's lives.

The Labour movement has always been at its strongest when it looks forward with confidence and purpose. This is what we will do from here and we will make sure this transition is a positive process of renewal for our party and our country.

[willie nile @willienile]

Flashback Friday in downtown Buffalo with the great Richard Thompson in 2014.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

A huge thanks to the people of the Makerfield constituency for your patience and good humour over the last five weeks. My thanks too to the many volunteers who came up to support my campaign. We ran a very positive one and can be proud of it! 🙏🏻

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

It's Friday morning. Wake up. Andy Burnham is Member of Parliament for Makerfield. Wonderful news!

[Anne Scottlin @AnneScottlin]

This wren is only about 4” (100mm) long, yet bathes us in beautiful song.
How much greater and impact we can make… to bring peace and joy to the spaces around us.

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

I must confess to being a bit emotional this morning at the news of a knighthood for Kevin Sinfield.

I’ve always called him ‘Sir Kev’ and it’s hard to think of a man more deserving. He showed us all what it is to be a friend. What it means to step up when people need you and he did it all for his mate ❤️

After he carried Rob across the line in the Leeds marathon someone sent me this poem anonymously and I kept it on my phone. They called it ‘Arise Sir Kev’…

When shadows gathered, and hearts would break
Kev knew it was time to take…
One step, another, through wind and rain,
Carrying hope, despite the pain.

He never stopped, mile after mile,
Driven by loyalty, strength… a smile.
For Rob, his friend, he aim was true
Showing us all, what friendship can do.

Not measured in trophies, applause, or fame…
But turning up, again and again.
And in every mile he chose to run,
He showed us how friendship is truly done.

[willie nile @willienile]

With Cristina and @StevieVanZandt at the unveiling of Jimi Hendrix Way today in NYC. Corner of 8th St & 6th Avenue. God bless @JimiHendrix!

[Baltimore Ravens @Ravens]

Last season, @Lj_era8 helped ref Brad Allen up when he got knocked down during a play...

Today, at practice Brad got a chance to thank Lamar 💜

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

"How do you do it?" said night
"How do you wake and shine?"
"I keep it simple." said light
"One day at a time"

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Let us #PrayTogether that sports may be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, in order to promote the values of respect, solidarity, and personal growth. #PrayerIntention @clicktopray_en https://t.co/S3TtsnBEer

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
https://t.co/6i9MWs6LJl

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

So today is the hottest day of the year. It is Bank Holiday Monday.

I am in Ashton in Makerfield for an interview with The Observer. I finished the interview ready to drive over to Manchester and who should I meet in Jubilee park. Andy Burnham.

We talk and walk in the baking heat of my childhood park. I notice how he connects with people. He takes nothing for granted otherwise this would be his day off right!!

Impressive! Authentic. He really does live in the area. His children attended school here. No BS.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

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

[willie nile @willienile]

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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The Lord commands us to love one another as He has loved us (cf. Jn 13:34): it is the love of Jesus that gives birth to love in us. Christ Himself is the criterion of true love: love that is faithful forever, pure and unconditional, love that gives without wanting to possess. #GospelOfTheDay