Ed

@Scouts District Lead Volunteer ⚜️ | @ManCity Fan 🩵

All views are my own. 🏳️‍🌈

[Ed @Ed_Pritch91]

Let's do this lads 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[England @England]

Our team news for DR Congo! 🗞️

[Philip Haigh @philatrail]

Network Rail is beginning work to recover the trains involved in Friday’s collision. It plans to remove overhead wires, use two Kirow rail cranes to lift the trains’ vehicles, use a road crane to transfer them to low-loaders and take them away along this temporary roadway.

[Ed @Ed_Pritch91]

The lectern will be outside No10 tomorrow. Rise Mr Burnham your office awaits.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer is officially set to resign as Prime Minister

Several media reports say he'll outline a resignation timetable on Monday after consulting with his wife and family today

[RMT @RMTunion]

🚨Luton/Bedford crash update

An RMT spokesperson said: “We are deeply concerned by reports of a train collision between Bedford and Luton and the serious injuries sustained by on-board train staff and passengers. The thoughts of the whole union are with those affected and we continue to monitor the situation.”

[British Transport Police @BTP]

Officers can confirm that one person has very sadly died following the major incident in Bedfordshire this evening.

https://t.co/2GS4fBB0Zn

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Hugely concerning reports of a collision involving two passenger trains near Bedford. 

First and foremost, my thoughts are with the family of the person who has sadly lost their life, and with those who have been seriously injured.

I am grateful to the emergency services for their swift response to this tragic incident.

[Heidi Alexander MP @Heidi_Labour]

I’m deeply concerned to hear reports of the collision involving 2 East Midlands Railway passenger trains.

I’m grateful to emergency services who are on the scene, attending to those affected.

We're working quickly with the rail industry and local partners to support passengers.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Does anyone know if @AndyBurnhamGM likes cats?

[Ed @Ed_Pritch91]

Watching @SkyNews #Makerfield by election night live. What a vile vile woman Sarah Pochin is. Possibly 1 of the worst in politics at the moment.

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

Men should not beat up women.

Full stop. No excuses.

[Ed @Ed_Pritch91]

Good luck tonight Andy 🌹

[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! 🙏🏻

[Lucy Powell MP @LucyMPowell]

There are hundreds and hundreds of activists in Makerfield today.

Come and help Get out the Vote

[David Pinto-Duschinsky MP @DavidPintoD]

Today’s the day. Vote Andy. Vote Labour

[England @England]

Your #ThreeLions to take on Croatia! 👊

[Ed @Ed_Pritch91]

Hi @ShropCouncil.

Thanks for letting me know you've fixed the crater on Howard Street... Turns out it was a lie as the large crater is still there this morning.

[Ed @Ed_Pritch91]

@ShropCouncil This pothole outside Royal Mail on Howard Street Shrewsbury is getting bigger and deeper by the day, and now has underground cables exploded. #Shrewsbury #HowardStreet #PotHole

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Here’s my second daily campaign update from sunny Worsley Mesnes.

Today I’ve been speaking personally to undecided voters, listening to them and directly addressing the difficult issues.

My message is clear: I am standing to change Labour.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Politics isn’t working for places like ours.

I will change that.

#AndyBurnham #ForUs

[Emirates FA Cup @EmiratesFACup]

One. More. Day. 🤩

#EmiratesFACup

[Steve Rotheram @MetroMayorSteve]

I have been loyal to every Labour leader since I delivered my first leaflet as a 12 year old. But, like many colleagues, I’ve been expressing concerns for some time about the direction of travel of our party in government. Last week’s local election results brought such concerns into sharp focus.

Our party is the greatest organ for social change this country has ever seen but, if we carry on down this road, we face an existential threat and risk letting down the very people we are here to represent.

Through the unstinting work of Labour Councils across the country, we have delivered some remarkable things. Last week hundreds of them lost their jobs because people on the doorstep told us that they didn’t feel the government was on their side. Many of them specifically blamed the Prime Minister for failing to deliver. We ignore the electorate at our peril.

In July 2024, my party was elected with a mandate to deliver change. When the country voted for it, they did not expect tinkering around the edges or business as usual; they expected meaningful change that would begin to reverse more than a decade of decline.

Let’s be clear: our government has delivered some transformational things. Stronger rights for working people. A genuine shift towards putting more power closer to the people. Real attempts to tackle some of the injustices and inequalities that have held communities back for too long.

But too often, significant achievements have been overshadowed by chaos, drift, and a lack of clarity about who we are and what we’re here to do.

People don’t expect perfection from politicians. But they do expect purpose.

They expect leadership and vision. And right now, too many feel they’re not seeing either.

Our party and our country are at a critical moment.

We need a serious contest to decide Labour’s future - and that means widening the field, not narrowing it.

Andy Burnham should be allowed to stand in the Makerfield by-election.

I’ve known Andy a long time. I’ve seen how he leads, how he connects with people, and how deeply he believes politics should not be transactional but focused on improving lives.

At a time when we’re losing support in all directions, he is someone who can bring people together. Someone who understands our country, who connects with communities beyond Westminster, and who knows how to turn Labour values into practical change.

The Labour Party has always been at its best when it has been bold, rooted in the lives of working people, and confident enough to have the arguments that matter.

This is one of those moments.

If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, reconnecting with the country, and delivering the kind of change people voted for in 2024, then we have to seize it.

It is the chance to elect someone who can take the country forward and deliver the genuine, progressive change that areas like mine are crying out for.

It is about hope and not despair.

Politics is crying out for leadership that feels grounded, authentic and rooted in people’s day to day lives rather than Westminster psychodrama.

Andy has shown that kind of leadership in office.

Labour shouldn’t be afraid of that contest. We should welcome it.