The Soho Society is opposing ALL new bars.
Young people have it hard in the UK.
High rents.
High house prices.
And now they can't even get a drink because a group has decided they don't like the noise.
The pubs were there before them.
Why are we listening to these people?
Net migration down 82%.
Net migration is now at 171,000, down from a high of 944,000 under the Conservatives.
This Government is restoring order and control to our borders.
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.
Triple lock forever is of course mathematically impossible.
The question isn’t whether it should be reformed, but when. My feeling is that moment has well passed, if people disagree they should set out what conditions need to be met for it to go!
'Your party want to nationalise the public sector.'
'What are you talking about!?'
@IainDale's panel discover a slight issue with Britain's newest political party.
By Zack’s own estimates his headline policy is a rounding error in the nation’s spend, and he’s pitching it as something which will change your life. Support it or not he’s selling false hope.
Close your eyes, now think you’re in a lovely three bedroom house, you can afford your mortgage, you’ve started a family, dog in the garden, think hard and you can hear him bark, isn’t it beautiful, now stay there don’t open your eyes, just as good as the real thing ❤️