On the other hand, he got 20% above the Labour vote in the area, when last running for Mayor. He is very popular in Manchester. (View Post)

Quite the CV - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/20/labour-minister-falsely-linked-journalists-to-pro-kremlin-network-in-emails-to-gchq (View Post)

Which would explain why he’s going for this constituency - can’t really run “carpetbagger” against the ( partial ) former MP (View Post)

He went full Damien McBride Never go full Damien McBride I think that episode cooked his chances of being a minister. At least for some years. A nebulous but well paid advisor job in a Burnham govern… (View Post)

If they devoted half the energy they spend on infighting, on learning how to be good at infighting… (View Post)