andy philbin

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

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[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Immigration makes Britain brilliant.

[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

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Zack Polanski, "It's not enough to just be hopeful... It's about having hope and a plan"

"I also disagree that left wing policies are popular"

"Didn't you - Jeremy Corbyn - get 3,000,000 more votes than Keir Starmer got?"

Jeremy Corbyn, "The highest vote this century for Labour, it was 2017"

Zack Polanski, "That's 3,000,000 more people who wanted to move wealth away from private capital, to nationalise our water services, nationalise our public services, and that's very popular in this country"

"Broadband is a good example of how the media jumped on saying it's not possible, not pragmatic. And that's their number one weapon, to always make people think that better isn't possible, and that change isn't possible"

"And we know why. The multimillionaires and billionaires who pump money into wars, or oil and gas, or into arms companies, or into gambling companies"

"Once they've bought up the assets, they buy the media, then they buy our democracy"

"I guess we're here tonight to say that they're taken our power, they've taken our democracy, they're taken our media"

"But collectively, we are going to take it back"

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@_seankenny Who’s United signed?

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

Robo cop 😂

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@jr318195 🐺

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@_seankenny You still relegated best team in super league tho lad ✌🏽

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@_seankenny Better team on wet paper. 😬

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@_seankenny You don’t even support them 😴

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@jr318195 Can’t cry about spilt milk, just stinks tho.

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

Wire lose to a try that wasn’t a try 🤯

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@jr318195 Get some you don’t get some tho shag.

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

Don’t worry about extra time 🔥

[Out of Context Football Manager @nocontextfm1]

Stop what you’re doing and watch the goal James Justin just scored against Arsenal… 🤯

https://t.co/HMY1nUvnX6

[Leigh Miners Rangers RL @leighminersrl]

2025 NCL Warmup tops sponsorship,

£100 sponsorship to go on the back of the shirt (12 spots available)

£150 for a sleeve or £200 if you would like both sleeves. (1/2)

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@Joshua_Upton Reckon Burnley is one? 😂

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@Joshua_Upton Most people round mine Iv spoke to are going labour, and it’s the same kind of people who loved boris who now love reform.

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@Joshua_Upton Exit poll looks good

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

@leighminersrl

[andy philbin @andyphilbin96]

After recently being selected for the England Community Lions tour to Australia I need to raise money to be able to go. My first fundraising event will be a race night held at Leigh Miners, if people could come, sponsor a race or own a horse it would be greatly appreciated.