Lu

Economics graduate. Working in transport. Views are my own. Proud northerner 🐝 he/they

[Lu @NPRinfull]

“Now councils are having to put it back because you need capacity in the core to do the regeneration stuff.”
This also applies to transport unsurprisingly.

[Jennifer Williams @JenWilliams_FT]

Long read from me. Worst-hit by - and hollowed out under - austerity, with parlous audit arrangements and now swamped by centralised bidding processes: can you really talk credibly about levelling up, or decentralisation, until local government is fixed? https://t.co/IBTnLkbr7X

[Lu @NPRinfull]

@carl_thompson70 Oldham postcode so we will allow it 🌹

[Lu @NPRinfull]

Memelord for PM

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Fact check.

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

Burnham's train is six minutes late. another nine minutes delay and he'll be able to claim Delay Repay.

[Lu @NPRinfull]

@Liv_Agar No one 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Mrs Millicent: Witchy Lesbianism ✝️♿ 🏳️‍🌈 @MillieCheesey]

"90% support it"

Yeah in the same way dictators "win" elections - its a made up stat; the survey was publicly available and there was NO way to say no lol

[Lu @NPRinfull]

The below plus the comment made by the Guardian deputy editor just shows the level of tech illiteracy of the political class.

[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

There will be lots of outrage today about the social media ban & legitimate fears about privacy/data protection

But worth pointing out how much personal information we already give away. Face scans every time we use Apple Pay. Email addresses logging into random WiFi networks.

[Lu @NPRinfull]

🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

You’re going to see an incredible amount of fake outrage about facial scans by people who merrily have their faces scanned 20 times a day to use Apple Pay.

[Lu @NPRinfull]

@SimpGanassi My local chippy (Birmingham) told me the same last week. I was very confused and it broke my Northern heart.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

This week the most advanced AI model on the planet got switched off by a foreign government. British researchers were studying it. British companies were testing it. British hospitals were piloting it. Not any more.

This isn't an AI story. It's the story of every industry we used to lead.

Britain has some of the best AI talent in the world. DeepMind was built here. Our AI Safety Institute writes the rules other countries follow. We have the researchers, the universities, the standards.

What we don't have is the power stations to run the data centres, the planning system to build them, or the industrial base to make the chips. So the work happens here and the value lands somewhere else. We invent. Others build. Others decide. Then we read about it on Saturday morning.

Same story as the kit our soldiers don't have. Same story as the factories we used to.

I spent nine months in government making this argument inside the room. I'll make it louder from outside.

[Matthew @MatthewTorbitt]

As someone has pointed out to me, you’re unlikely to get a more favourable background to cut welfare and the triple lock than funding defence to keep the country safe.

[Lu @NPRinfull]

At least get it on target 🤣 #PSGARS

[Lu @NPRinfull]

I want PSG to win but how is that not a pen 😭 #PSGARS

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

Transport into cities was crippled by deregulation of buses. Agglomeration was sacrificed. Transition to services was stunted. So yes, I'm not going to agree with Andy on everything. I have the luxury of not trying to win an election in Makerfield, but I do agree on a lot.

[Lu @NPRinfull]

@thomasforth Incredible irony for Andrew to say that we should thank Westminster for allowing us to run services locally. Thanking 1 bunch of Tories for undoing their predecessors vandalism.

[Lucy Powell MP @LucyMPowell]

It’s London obviously …

[Richard Parker @RichParkerLab]

West Midlands emergency services have confirmed they won’t be participating in Birmingham Pride this weekend, citing legal uncertainty following a High Court ruling on uniformed attendance at Pride events. I want to be clear about where I stand.

[Miranda Green @greenmiranda]

Great Burnham profile by @JenWilliams_FT https://t.co/OddZ2S0783

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Doing this health warning now: MRP projections or UNS swings of Makerfield aren't designed for by-elections. They don't take account of specific nature of by-elections and Burnham's personal vote which from every focus group I can tell you is real. IMO Burnham starts as favourite

[Lu @NPRinfull]

#BackBurnham

[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

[Lu @NPRinfull]

The amount of hacks on the timeline underestimating brand Burnham in that area of Wigan is mad #burnham #makerfield