Ehsan Ibrahim FRSA

@ukparliament comms - Prev. @westmidspcc & @Lift_Percy Chair

Tweets are stupid enough to be mine, not employer’s.

[Ehsan Ibrahim FRSA @ehsanibrum]

Burnham in a suit feels like I’m looking at my PE teacher in a suit.

[Ehsan Ibrahim FRSA @ehsanibrum]

Seems to me VAR’s inconsistency is exclusively reserved for the English.

[Uma Kumaran MP @Uma_Kumaran]

Just last week we wore white roses to remember our dear Jo, killed whilst undertaking duties as an MP. My constituency is where Sir David Amess went to school, also killed undertaking his duties as MP. Both their families robbed of their loved ones.

Their killers were radicalised and filled with hatred towards elected officials.

The dehumanisation of people who put themselves forward to serve in elected office is accelerating at an alarming pace.

Kemi should be ashamed for acting as chief cheerleader.

[Shabana Mahmood MP @ShabanaMahmood]

I am horrified by news of the attack in Edinburgh.

I am grateful to the police and emergency services for their bravery in apprehending the suspect and for their speedy response in attending to the victims.

The suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred.

There is no place for hatred and violence against Muslims. I know it is not who we are as a country.

[Alexander Brown @AlexofBrown]

Hugh Grant has arrived at Labour’s Makerfield HQ to support Andy Burnham

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

You can always rely on a Birmingham lad to save the day

[Birmingham City Council @BhamCityCouncil]

Big news for Balsall Heath 🛟

Moseley Road Baths has secured full funding for Phase 2, thanks to a £9.27m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant 🎉

Together with £5.1m from Birmingham City Council and support from other major funders, this completes a £16m package to:
✨ Restore the iconic Gala Pool
💚 Create a wellbeing hub + gym from the slipper baths
🎭 Turn Pool 2 into an events space

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Mr @christiancalgie has been busy putting out a partial version of events these last few days, amplified by yourselves.

I think it’s time all your readers had the whole story. They were all out of order and, if they had any decency, would now hold their hands up and apologise.

[Luke Alsford @LukeAlsford]

EXCL - Robert Kenyon's suspended X account REVEALED...

The Reform candidate posted about Asian men 'assaulting white people en masse' and 'an invasion of foreign criminals'.

Kenyon also said the far right doesn't exist and demanded King Charles open up his palaces to house asylum seekers, after the monarch called for unity during the Southport riots.

Reform has refused to investigate their candidate and said they are proud to have him representing the party.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham says he would ban VAR if he had the power

"You can't celebrate a goal because you think someone, somewhere in an industrial unit is going to rule it out"

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham goes for a run after announcing his plans to return to Parliament

[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

[Josh Simons @joshsimonsmp]

For decades, Westminster has overseen the managed decline of towns like mine. We have talked big, then acted small, stuck in a politics of incrementalism that cannot meet the moment. We have lost the trust of those our party was built to serve.

It is my unwavering belief that nothing short of urgent, radical, courageous reform will make a difference. That must start with a change in leadership.

Today, I am putting the people I represent and the country I love first and will be resigning as MP for Makerfield. I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home, fight to re-enter Parliament, and if elected, drive the change our country is crying out for.

This has not been an easy decision. This is my family’s home, where only a few weeks ago, doctors and nurses at Wigan Infirmary saved our newborn son’s life.

But we all must make choices and in recent days I found myself with a difficult one: defend the status quo or step forward and act. I have made my choice.

I am in politics because politics is how you change lives for the better. My party has one last chance to do that: deliver for the people and places I represent, drive economic growth, secure our borders, reform our state and politics, and change a status quo that is not working.

That is the fight. I believe Andy is the one to lead it.

[The Fabian Society @thefabians]

A message from General Secretary, @Joe_Dromey

We'll be thinking about where Labour goes next, how we can set out a bold new policy agenda, how we can rebuild Labour's fractured electoral coalition and how we can instil hope once more.

If you want to be part of this work, if you want to help shape the future of the left, please join the Fabians today.

https://t.co/QEDk1NYZqv

[Shabana Mahmood MP @ShabanaMahmood]

A devastating night in Birmingham and across the country. Good public servants, colleagues and friends have lost their seats. This was a verdict on us not them. The PM has rightly said we must do better. It is a privilege to serve the British people and we must live up to it.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"When you link LGBT & degeneracy, do you see why people would find that objectionable?"

@lewis_goodall - or 'little Louis' - presses controversial Independent campaigner Akhmed Yaqoob for saying Zack Polanski is a 'degenerate' for 'dancing with naked strippers in broad daylight'

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

There is every prospect that both of these men will be major power brokers in Birmingham politics from tomorrow.

[Shabana Mahmood MP @ShabanaMahmood]

Vote Labour 🌹

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

One crazy trick can rescue Keir Starmer

It won’t be for everyone, but Tony Blair would make a fine foreign secretary

@AnthonySeldon

https://t.co/GRciwjSaQX