James Wright

Husband, Dad of 2 girls. Labour Cllr for Bucklow St Martins in Trafford. YIMBY. Work in Social Housing. Big Wolves fan.

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

Been saying this for years.

They kill the black market almost immediately. £10 per month and the vast majority sign up for it.

More money, less illegal streaming.

[UK Footy Bible @UKFootyBible]

The Premier League is planning to launch its own Netflix-style streaming platform that would broadcast every single game live.

The proposed subscription would cost £10 a month and be available across 188 countries. For context, fans currently pay an average of £76 a month if they subscribe to Sky, TNT, and Amazon to watch Premier League football.

If it happens, it would be one of the most significant shifts in football broadcasting in decades.

[rhys 🙂‍↕️ @rhys_2024]

he’s such a talent man

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

One of the greatest goals of all time.

Remember watching it live, opened mouthed at the sheer brilliance of it

[The Football History Boys @TFHBs]

There are few World Cup goals as iconic as Dennis Bergkamp’s winner vs Argentina! Unreal!

[Connor Naismith MP @connor_naismith]

It is not a surprise that Reform are polling ahead of Labour among trade union members.

Trade union members are normal working people. They reflect the society they live within.

It is incumbent on the Labour Party as the party of the working class to win back their support.

[Central @WestHam_Central]

West Ham face a 'very challenging' period financially following their relegation from the Premier League, according to football finance expert @KieranMaguire.

Kieran says:

The wage bill is significant. The average wage is over £70k-a-week. I think many players will have relegation clauses.

I think the thing that worries me most of all is that West Ham have spent a lot of money in the transfer market and they owe £196m in unpaid transfer fees as of the end of 2025.

Those instalments have to be paid on a year-by-year basis and you do wonder where their cash is to pay them over the course of the next 12 months unless the owners put in some cash themselves.

Even when they were in the Premier League, they were losing £100m-a-year.

The sale of Declan Rice in 23/24, that papered over the cracks to certain extents as far as their compliance with PSR was concerned and that was a fantastic windfall for the club for a magnificent football player.

If they’re losing £2m-a-week in the Premier League, then even if they’ve got wage savings and so on, it is going to be very challenging.

If you take a look at the annual report of the club, the owners admitted that relegation was a problem and, secondly, that it would need funding.

If you’re a bank manager, why would you lend to West Ham? They do have an existing overdraft, but that’s due for repaying at the end of July this year.

I think the owners, and David Sullivan does have wealth, Daniel Kretinsky does have wealth.

I guess they would have to be the main source of funding on top of player sales and West Ham do have some players who would be coveted by other Premier League clubs as well as those on the continent.

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

Vegan Sandals everywhere

[Daniel Holland @danhollandnews]

CONFIRMED: Liberal Democrats will run Newcastle City Council, with support of the Greens.

Lib Dems will operate a minority administration, with the Greens providing votes under a confidence and supply agreement promising 'stability and co-operation'.

[Best of British Comedy @BestOfUKComedy]

😆😆 #heatwave #ukheatwave

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

It’s now or never @Wolves

Opportunity knocks. Let’s get the band back together #wwfc

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

Nuno Espírito Santo facing the sack following West Ham’s relegation.

Board meeting this morning to discuss his future, as @Lawton_Times called. Sources say a departure is likely.⚒️

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

@stevephipps83 @England Don’t call them Notts Forest mate, on top of the MGW news, that’ll make them fully explode! 😂

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

BREAKING:

Rachel Reeves announces a temporary cut in VAT for 'summer attractions' from 20% to 5% over the holidays

This applies to ticket prices for adults and children

It includes fairs, theme parks, zoos and museums

It also includes children's tickets for cinemas, concerts, soft play and the theatre

It will cut the cost of children's meals in restaurants and cafes from 20% to 5%

The savings will apply from 25th June through to the 1st September

Reeves brands it the Great British Summer Savings Scheme

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Net migration to the UK fell to 171,000 from 331,000 in the year to December 2025 - the lowest point since 2012

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

@GeoffNorcott Might have to sue the Mirror on behalf of Annandale Water services on the A74M in Scotland. Not even being in the top 20 is outrageous

[Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK]

Westminster Voting Intention [Burnham as Leader]:

LAB: 30% (+8)
RFM: 27% (-2)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 11% (-2)
GRN: 7% (-4)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @Moreincommon_, 15-19 May.
Changes w/ Standard VI.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

✍️ 'Burnham interviews better than Starmer, his speeches are better, and his interactions with voters are more relaxed. He can move voters in ways that Starmer can’t.

'Critically, he’d have the collective sympathetic ear of those voters Reform has come to assume are all but locked down for them: in the North West and across the wider North of England.'

Read James Frayne's full column 👇
https://t.co/K6RksXF5q0

[@Tomorrow'sMPs @tomorrowsmps]

🟣 MAKERFIELD: I suspect Robert Kenyon won't last long as Reform candidate. When Kenyon stood here in 2024, the anti-fascist group Searchlight tweeted he was Facebook friend of Gary Raikes, leader of New British Union, reincarnation of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

@suzyquiquero What did you expect to do? Eat Jellied eels in a local Caff to a backdrop of Chas and Dave?

[James Wright @wrightjames83]

Burnham really is making both the left and right panic isn’t he? Great stuff.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

One of the most effective bits of political communication on the left I’ve seen in a long time. A message and a powerful messenger.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham says he doesn’t want to rejoin the EU

“Brexit has been damaging, but the last thing we need right now is to re-run those arguments”