Dear Andy Burnham,
I am writing this with respect.
Becaus I like you and I think many Labour people like you.
You have done serious work in Greater Manchester.
The buses matter.
The Bee Network matters.
Devolution matters.
Regional pride matters.
Having strong Labour voices outside Westminster matters.
And I understand why people listen to you.
You speak with feeling.
You sound rooted.
You understand that politics is not just about spreadsheets, press conferences and Westminster management.
It is also about place.
Pride.
Belonging.
Dignity.
The feeling that people have not been forgotten.
That matters.
So this is not an attack on you.
Not at all.
But I do worry.
Every time Labour starts trying to govern seriously, the media machine starts looking for a Labour soap opera.
A split.
A rivalry.
A leadership question.
A whisper.
A headline.
A “what if?”
And suddenly the story is not homes.
Not the NHS.
Not prisons.
Not wages.
Not transport.
Not energy.
Not the damage left behind after fourteen years of Conservative chaos.
The story becomes Labour talking about Labour.
And that is exactly what Reform wants.
It is exactly what the Conservatives want.
It is exactly what the outrage machine (media) wants.
Because while Labour talks to itself, Farage talks to the country.
While Labour gets dragged into personality drama, Reform sells anger as a plan.
While Labour debates who should lead, the people who broke Britain get another chance to pretend they are the answer.
And we cannot afford that.
Keir Starmer has the mandate.
You have an important voice.
Labour has a job.
And Britain has problems that will not be fixed by another Westminster personality contest.
I want your voice in the Labour movement.
I want your strength in the Labour movement.
I want your record in Greater Manchester to be part of Labour’s story.
But please do not let them turn you into a weapon against a Labour government that is trying to rebuild Britain.
Because the people pushing this drama are not doing it because they care about you.
They are not doing it because they care about Labour.
They are not doing it because they care about working people in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Cardiff, London or anywhere else.
They are doing it because division sells.
They are doing it because Labour unity frightens them.
They are doing it because a serious Labour government, given time to deliver, is dangerous to the whole Reform and Tory grievance machine.
So my message is simple.
You should be respected.
Keir Starmer should be backed.
Labour should stay focused.
And Andy, please do not let personal ambition derail the Labour delivery machine.
That is basically my ask to you.
The country has had enough theatre.
Boris gave us theatre.
Truss gave us madness.
Sunak gave us management speak.
Farage gives us rage.
Reform gives us recycled Tory chaos with a louder microphone.
Labour must give Britain something better.
Stability.
Seriousness.
Discipline.
Delivery.
Dear Andy,
Labour needs your voice.
But it does not need another soap opera.
#LessNoiseMoreDelivery
Karen Newton, 65, from Hertfordshire in England, left home in late July 2025 for the road trip of a lifetime through the United States with her husband Bill. Valid passports. Valid visas. Weeks on the road through California, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana. Then they tried to cross into Canada and things fell apart. Canadian officials said Bill didn’t have the right paperwork to bring the car across the border. When the couple turned back to the American side, U.S. border agents found that Bill’s visa had expired. 
Karen’s tourist visa was valid. Her British passport was valid. She has no criminal record. None of it mattered. She was handcuffed, shackled, and spent the night sleeping on the floor of a locked cell before being driven 12 hours through the night to an ICE detention centre. She and her husband spent the next six weeks there. 
She is now warning anyone planning to visit the United States that the situation is “totally out of control” and advises people not to go while Donald Trump is in office. 
A British grandmother. A valid visa. Six weeks in chains.
I congratulate Armenia on holding democratic and free elections, and @NikolPashinyan on his victory. This is also a victory for Armenia’s sovereignty, your independence, and your right to live the way you choose. We wish you success.
Ukraine is ready to expand our cooperation, and now is precisely the time for the European Union to provide real support to Armenia and do everything necessary to ensure that people feel their lives are better thanks to their relationship with Europe. This is a test for the European Union. It is important not to lose time or miss opportunities.
The new working week begins as war continues on Europe's eastern front.
For Ukraine and its people, it's Day 1566 of terrorism on their land, on their homes and loss of loved ones.
Every single one of those days I've made a 🧵so all the important news is in one place.
Let's go
I discussed with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom @Keir_Starmer the steps needed to reinvigorate diplomacy and Ukraine’s current needs.
I informed Keir about the need for additional missiles for air defense systems and the things that are important for protecting energy infrastructure and preparing for winter. We also coordinated our positions ahead of the G7 and NATO Summits and the meetings of the Coalition of the Willing.
I am grateful to Keir for organizing the E3–Ukraine meeting and for his constant and effective support for our state.
@ToryWipeout Who’s funding it?
Hungary just banned CPAC because they’re basically a corrupt organisation funded by very rich people to sane-wash fascist ideology for the hard-of-thinking .
I’m betting Steve Bannon and Heritage are lurking in the background somewhere…
@Nigel_Farage@CPAC Along with all the other weirdos and fascists 🤣🤣🤣
Why not invite Alice Weidel…
Or big Joe Stalin…
Maybe dig up Adolf as a “special guest”
I thank @Keir_Starmer, @EmmanuelMacron, and @bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz for their support. We met in the important E3–Ukraine format. A substantive discussion focused on our defense. I informed them about the situation on the battlefield and Russia’s losses. For five consecutive months now, the aggressor has been losing more than 30,000 troops killed and wounded. It is important that our assessments align with those of our partners: Russia is not winning on the battlefield, and our mid-range strikes and deep strikes are significantly limiting its ability to expand its aggression. But it is also extremely important to have protection against ballistic threats, with which the Russians are terrorizing our cities and communities.
We also discussed possible ways to reinvigorate diplomacy and Europe’s role in this process. For Ukraine, it has always been a priority that Europe’s position and voice in the negotiations be strong. I thank Britain, France, and Germany for their support and readiness to help. We agreed that our teams will work on the next steps.
@louderry@cathynewman@ZiaYusufUK Again, just following the Trump Regime.
Insult the press, deflect the questions, threaten the media and then play the victim.
Nothing Reform does is original. It’s all following the Project 2025 handbook.
@papa_cars@PolitlcsUK@Telegraph Well he’s already bought Farage, unfortunately the Labour Party, the Lib Dems and even the Tories (just) have enough integrity not to be bought out by a pedo rapist.