EXCL: David Blunkett writes for us on the by-election everyone is talking about...✏️
He was Andy Burnham's old boss when the King of the North was a newbie MP.
Says if Andy can't beat Reform in Makerfield perhaps no one in Labour can.
https://t.co/ojTEEts0ny
Of course Christy Moore is on there, wouldn’t expect anything else:
“No Pasarán, the pledge that made them fight. Adelante is the cry around the hillside. Let us all remember them tonight” 💚💚💚@AndyBurnhamGM
On This Day in Football History - Ireland captain Roy Keane exits the Saipan training camp and ultimately misses the World Cup 24 years ago today (5/23/02)
Gordon Brown turned 75 on Friday & @Kevin_Maguire’s @NewStatesman article is a reminder of why Brown was always - & still is - different. While Mandelson was jetting to billionaire islands, Gordon was being Gordon - and probably still wearing a suit jacket while he did this…
“I don’t think it should have been awarded in the first place”
Culture Secretary @lisanandy says the Prime Minister was wrong to appoint Matthew Doyle to the House of Lords
#Peston
A reminder that Gordon Brown is one of the most decent and principled politicians we have ever had. A man with a strong moral compass & more compassion in his little finger than certain people have in their whole body.
“A politics that seeks to pit one against the other threatens everything we’ve achieved in Greater Manchester” @AndyBurnhamGM on the campaign trail with Angeliki Stogia our fantastic candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.