Mark Dempsey

Labour politician, Environmental Policy Advisor, Football and Beatles Fan. Views my own.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

This is the issue governments keep putting off. That ends now.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Let me say this very directly.

Football does not belong to investors. It belongs to the people who fill the stands and who stand on the touchline week in, week out, rain or shine.

The World Cup is not a product. It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone's to sell. Dress the deal up however you like. Once you have sold a piece of it, you have sold out.

Football belongs to the fans. It always has, and it always will.

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

🚨 Homicides in England and Wales have fallen to their lowest level in almost fifty years.

[Theo Bertram @theobertram]

A good first week.

Optimism is back. So is a sense of agency. Burnham defined his first week with values - ending rough sleeping, capping bus fares, cutting energy bills, pushing power out of London.

Whereas Starmer became defined by constraints, Burnham's first week has been defined by choices.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

I’m giving thousands of pubs, clubs and music venues a 20% cut in business rates.

I won’t stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and ‘For Sale’ signs.

They’re the heart of our communities and it’s time we backed them.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Labour is taking immediate steps to give families breathing space on the cost of living.

From January 2027, @andyburnham's Government will cap bus fares at £2.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

For too long, people have said that cheaper transport isn't an option.

I don't accept that.

l've done it before and now I'm doing it again: a £2 cap on bus fares for millions across the country.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

I said I would give people a bit more breathing space.

Today I’m taking immediate action - cutting taxes on energy bills to put more money in your pocket.

[Labour Press @labourpress]

"I once told the country I was taking on the establishment, and instead ended up fighting a bin."

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

BREAKING: The Times newspaper is importing two-thirds of its cheese.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart.

That’s the vision I set out in my speech today.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

There’s something from my time as Mayor I want to continue.

[Rob Newman @RobNewmanLab]

I’m reminded of Tony Blair’s line to Michael Howard: “Being nasty is not the same as being effective”

[Anna Turley MP @annaturley]

Kemi Badenoch showed her true character at PMQs today. Classless, vicious & vindictive towards the brilliant @bphillipsonMP . What is it about this clever, decent brilliant women bringing opportunity to children of all backgrounds that Kemi hates so much? Envy is a terrible thing

[Mark Dempsey @markdempsey76]

Spot on. Badenoch's rudeness, insults and personal abuse are not leadership but a way of masking a total lack of vision and policies.

[Nesil Caliskan MP @Nesil_Caliskan]

There is a really important job for the Leader of the Opposition to do in our country at any time, regardless of which political party is governing. The truth is, Kemi isn’t doing that job well and so she’s resorting to obsessive personal attacks that have zero political coherency.
It is also just weird behaviour tbh.

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

The Gestapo marched hundreds of thousands of innocent people to their deaths.

I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools.

No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.

[Mark Dempsey @markdempsey76]

Brilliant news. A victory for hope and unity over the politics of division and hate. Well done Andy and well done to the people of Makerfield.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Congratulations to Andy Burnham, Labour MP for Makerfield!

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

This is a brilliant investigation. It shows what many of us knew. Hostile states are supporting both Islamist & far right causes in order to divide us. If you are echoing those narratives you are aiding & abeting a hostile state.

https://t.co/Qr8sbm42zv

[Mark Dempsey @markdempsey76]

This is absolutely brilliant from @darrenpjones

[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

We are investing in new rail, roads, and nuclear reactors.


New scanners for our hospitals and free breakfast clubs for our children.

We’re not going to let the Conservatives - or their friends in Reform - tear that down.

[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

We are investing in new rail, roads, and nuclear reactors.


New scanners for our hospitals and free breakfast clubs for our children.

We’re not going to let the Conservatives - or their friends in Reform - tear that down.