Natasha Clark

Political editor @LBC 📻 🎙📸 💻👩‍💻

Previously @TheSun @TheTimes @PoliticsHome 🗞

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[Natasha Clark @NatashaC]

I'm running my second marathon next month for @SafelineUK sexual abuse support charity - I'd love your support if you're able to!

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[Natasha Clark @NatashaC]

Starmer has just told activists they need to pull together to beat Reform and urged them focus on the next battle of the Manchester Mayoralty

“This is the fight in politics at the moment. We should relish the opportunity to take the fight to Reform and give them a hiding in Manchester, and frankly, expose them for who they are: divisive, inward, wanting to divide our country, the complete opposite values to us.

“We are the true patriots, they are plastic patriots.

“Let's pull together as a party and a movement. The one thing we've got to avoid doing is plunging our party and our country into chaos by turning on each other and tearing apart our party and our movement. That has never worked. That's what the last government did. We need to learn that lesson.”

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'We saw what happened with Boris Johnson when all of those cabinet ministers resigned...'

@NatashaC breaks down the two ways a potential Labour leadership 'stalemate' could be broken.

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Burnham victory rally about to get underway

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Keir Starmer on whether he will set out a timetable to go.

"I don't think a leadership contest would be a good thing - it would plunge the country into chaos.

"But as I've said before if there is a leadership contest I will run."

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'I have no intention of leaving his cabinet.'

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy voices her support for Keir Starmer in the face of Burnham's potential victory in Makerfield.

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Turnout in Makerfield confirmed 58.75 per cent. Not quite the 65 per cent rumoured but solid for a by-election like this

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'What on earth happens to the Labour Party then?'

@AgnesChambre explains what could happen to the Government should Andy Burnham lose the Makerfield by-election.

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‘It’s the same problem as Keir Starmer, he doesn’t have a plan!’

@TomSwarbrick1 challenges Labour MP Luke Charters on the details of Andy Burnham's pledge to cut business rates for pubs.

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Is Andy Burnham using Makerfield as a ‘stepping stone’ to Westminster?

This local has his say.

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'That's a very cynical take!'

@TomSwarbrick1 reacts as this Makerfield constituent explains why she's lost faith in UK politics.

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LIVE in Makerfield in the Commerical Inn with @TomSwarbrick1 ahead of the CRUCIAL by-election @LBC

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'She was amazing, she was a total force of nature.'

Ten years after Jo Cox's murder, @DanJarvisMBE praises her work as an MP and urges politicians to 'tackle the forces of darkness and extremism in our society'.

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Full interview with Dan Jarvis on Jo Cox and increasing threats to MPs, security, defence, here:

https://t.co/9gqEQF6Dgj

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NEW: Dan Jarvis tells me the world is more dangerous & threats we face in Britain are “severe and acute”

Says he will “make the most of” his time as Defence Secretary and says“we have to make sure we lead by example in government” and “use all the tools at our disposal”

“The world is a very dangerous place at the moment. The world is much more dangerous than when I joined the Army 30 years ago. It's much more dangerous than when I came into politics 15 years ago. The international environment is hugely contested, and the threats that we face here in the United Kingdom are severe and acute, and we've seen that recently with the increase in the national threat level.

“So we have to make sure that we lead by example in government, that we set the right tone in terms of our political discourse, and that we organise our defences and make sure that we are using all of the tools at our disposal to guard against our adversaries.

“That is the most important responsibility in government. It was a job of work that kept me incredibly busy for the past 2 years as Security Minister. It did keep me awake on occasions. It woke me up on numerous occasions when I had to make difficult decisions in the dark about our national security….

“It's a privilege to serve. It's a privilege to have the opportunity to defend our nation, and it's one that I intend to make the most of.”

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Jarvis on remembering his friend and colleague Jo Cox:

“She was amazing. She was a total force of nature. I remember the very first time I met her, I was blown away by her energy, her charisma, her desire to make a difference. And she was a fantastic MP. She did a brilliant job for her constituents. She was very engaged internationally. She cared about the world. She was just a really lovely, decent energetic person. Everybody liked her. There was something very wonderful about her.

“I often think of her… think everybody remembers her fondly. The Jo Cox Foundation do incredible work, and that basic message which underpins it is that we've got more in common. I've always believed that. I think that is the right way to approach our politics. I think it's deeply concerning, the divisions that we see within our society, often amplified by activity online.” @LBC

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'It's impossible not to conclude that our society is more divisive than was the case 10 years ago.'

A decade on from Jo Cox's murder, @DanJarvisMBE acknowledges what the Defending Democracy Taskforce has done, but adds that there is still more work to do.

@NatashaC

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Ofcom must get tougher on tech firms if under-16s social media ban is to work, says Technology Secretary https://t.co/VBPkgevDC2

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New Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis warns UK faces ‘severe and acute’ threats amid row over defence plan

https://t.co/84AlTkG0Q3

[Natasha Clark @NatashaC]

@tigerax @LBC The consultation had 90% of people who filled it in agreeing with the idea of a ban.