Kevin Doran

Public Affairs Director

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

Poland wants to use nature to fend off invasions https://t.co/r35QTOLU4P

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

Politics isn’t working for places like ours.

I will change that.

#AndyBurnham #ForUs

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

Andy has the second largest direct mandate in the country and will bring some incredible experience back with him to Westminster if he wins the by-election.

[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

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

@Glinner Cancel culture

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

@elonmusk Cancel culture

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

@SangitaMyska No idea - UK's ambassador to the US resigns and @BBCNewsnight leads on an American online influencer no-ones heard of

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

BBC News is doing a ‘Charlie Kirk Special’. My bet is that most of the country had no idea who Kirk was until he was shot dead yesterday.

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

James Talarico - one to watch! Obama-style oratory: "Its time to start flipping tables"

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Pay attention to James Talarico. He’s 36. He’s social media savvy. He communicates with all audiences calmly. He talks about issues not many Democrats talk about. He’s a star & he’s the future of our party—& he’s now running for Senate in TX. Watch this.

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

@LordWajidKhan You were admired and respected for your inter-faith work. You worked tirelessly in the role to improve relations - and you will be a great loss!

[George Mann @sgfmann]

Daily Mirror: Britain must do more #TomorrowsPapersToday

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

@Levisonwood Huge Congratulations to you both!

[Bambos Charalambous @BambosMP]

Today, I spoke in @emily4MK's Westminster Hall debate in support of Government funding for @gavi.

With 1.5 million children still dying from vaccine-preventable diseases, the UK must show leadership and ensure that immunisation remains a funding priority.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

34 dead, 118 injured - most of them good Christians on their way to mass.
The Kremlin keeps doing this because there are no real consequences, just a few strongly worded letters.

[Care Not Killing @CNKAlliance]

The committee appointed by MP Kim Leadbeater to scrutinise her #assistedsuicide bill, and to consider changes, has voted 14-8 AGAINST allowing the Royal College of Psychiatrists to give expert evidence on issues including coercion & capacity.

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

@Alice_Weidel Very sad that you and Musk do not believe in God #MAGA #Trump #evangelicalchristian #Christianity

[Kevin Doran @TradeLandmark]

@BBCNewsPR Another huge loss to the BBC

[Uma Kumaran MP @Uma_Kumaran]

This MP is a co-sponsor of the Bill

The inability to have a clear (or even any) answer to this question is one of the many reasons why this Bill needs proper scrutiny if it were to pass; and why so many like me have deep concerns

Constituents, please keep emailing me your views

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

I asked 4 times how a doctor would know whether or not someone had been pressured into assisted dying
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[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

Kim Leadbeater claims her assisted suicide bill has the ‘strictest safeguards in world’.

This doctor exposes the deeply flawed supposed 'safeguards' in the Bill published at 10pm last night.🤔

👉 Ask your MP to stop assisted suicide being rushed into law. It only takes 30 seconds here: https://t.co/LgmyPNSgQ8

[Lucy Webster @Lucy_Webster_]

Quite apart from how bad the bill is

The state has not had the right to kill anyone since we abolished the death penalty in 1965

Assisted dying reinstates that right, fundamentally altering our relationship to the state

To do it via a rushed private members bill is outrageous