JWadie

I like video games, music, 3D printing and screeching about the government.

[JWadie @JWWade]

@Justadulbloke @DoctorsVoteUK You're basically saying they should choose between pay and jobs, but currently they lack both

[JWadie @JWWade]

@gofundme

[JWadie @JWWade]

@Creality3dP Do you need testers?

[JWadie @JWWade]

@MizuumiKami @ActuallyCrab

[zedsamcat🏳️‍🌈✡️ @zedsamcat]

Map of the elections Nigel Farage elections has contested vs Andy Burnham, the latter only running in Greater Manchester while Farage is all over the place!

[Declan Stones 🍀🌹🇺🇦 @DeclanStones1]

@LeftieStats Summary of this video, Burnham couldn't have changed his views in 20+ years because people can't change their opinions, but I'm a massive Green supporter and forget that Polanski was a Lib Dem 10 years ago. Who rage quit the LDs because he didn't get a parliamentary seat

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

This ad perfectly frames Reform’s problem. Recognises the Brexit line is not a runner. But can’t identify a good attack. Andy Burnham is from the area. He can’t credibly be framed as a carpetbagger. Is Nigel Farage seriously going to bowl up to Makerfield and say “I understand your problems better than they guy who grew up round here, lives round here and left Westminster to be Mayor for this area for the past 10 years”.

[JWadie @JWWade]

@elonmusk @NaomiSeibt Prove it in a lawsuit 🍿

[JWadie @JWWade]

The message for Makerfield needs to be "Vote Labour to get rid of Starmer"

[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

[LBC @LBC]

‘You have done a better job than any cabinet minister of telling us the story of Keir Starmer’s successes.’

As Wes Streeting resigns, Caller Martin reminds @TomSwarbrick1 of what the PM has delivered.

[JWadie @JWWade]

@claire_adams694 @AndyBurnhamGM Vote labour to get Starmer out

[CCHQ Press @CCHQPress]

Guess this worked then

[Patrick Christys @PatrickChristys]

It would be peak Labour if they even u-turned on the coup

[Strix @strixperegrinus]

"Keir, you have to go"

"I won't go."

"A timetable then, go in two months"

"8 years."

"What? 8 years? You'll never win the next ele-"

"20 then. 20 years."

"Oh Keir this is ludicrous, you can't just arbitrarily decide how lo-"

"ONE THOUSAND YEAR STARMEREICH"

[JWadie @JWWade]

I think I can hear the BMA celebrating

[Alex Deane @ajcdeane]

Net migration of Dalmatians to the U.K. plummets

[JWadie @JWWade]

Is it just me or does there seem to be a sudden surge of public support for Starmer this week now that people have had a moment to consider what the alternatives would be?

[katie @pipterino]

he could have only a matter of hours to enact this

[JWadie @JWWade]

Feels very much like she's saying "shut up and get behind Starmer, because none of us want to lose our seats at a GE"

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

Badenoch excerpt here: "Getting to number ten is not an award for being in a game show. This is not Strictly Come Dancing and despite appearances, it's not traitors either. If you are a housing secretary who can't work out her housing taxes, if you are a health secretary who can only cut waiting lists by deleting names from the waiting list. If you are Gordon Brown's former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and you think the bond markets are a hoax, I can assure you that being Prime Minister is going to be a lot tougher."