British & Irish politics professor, Univ. of Liverpool. Views mine NOT Univ’s. Retweets/likes NOT endorsements: made me think/laugh. [email protected]

Joined November 2011
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Despite her senior colleagues downplaying the chances of Carla Lockhart leaving, she appears to be preparing to walk over Drumcree. Almost a decade ago, her party had 10 MPs. It now has half that number. And if 5 becomes 4, the DUP enters the danger zone. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…
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NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos 📊Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded this parliament 📊Conservatives take second place the first time since June 2025 📊Reform UK down 3 points and Greens down 5
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DUP MP Carla Lockhart has quit her position as a party officer. The Upper Bann politician’s resignation could be the start of a chain of events leading to her resignation from the DUP. ✍️: @SuzyJourno belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
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We've added new shadings for each party in all our maps, here you can see where our Nowcast thinks the NI parties will get their votes in May. SF, DUP, AP, UUP
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‼️ Labour HOLD Holborn and St Pancras Labour: 45.0% (-3.9) Green: 32.7% (+22.3) Conservative: 7.0% (-0.2) Reform: 5.9% (-0.2) Liberal Democrats: 3.4% (-2.4) Restore: 2.5% (+2.5) Workers: 1.1% (+1.1)
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Pledges from Kemi Badenoch: * Halve NICs for under 25s to help young people get work *Half of spending cuts will go on cutting deficit *Defence spending - including Britannia Shield *50,000 new prison places
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Politics UK
@PolitlcsUKOct 7
🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch accuses Reform UK of debating "whether my mixed race children are English" "I don't want to explain to my son when we're watching our brilliant English team play football that some people don't think that black players are English"
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🚨 Westminster Voting Intention: 🌹 LAB: 29% (+2) ➡️ REF: 23% (-1) 🌳 CON: 19% (-2) 🔶️ LDEM: 9% (-2) 🟢 GRN: 9% (+2) 🟣 RSB: 2% (=) From @Survation From 29th September Changes with 23rd September
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Quite struck by the lack of reference to "the Tories" or "Nigel Farage" in this conference speech by Andy Burnham
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SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service
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% who think each of the following should be run in the public sector Police: 89% Armed forces: 86% NHS: 86% Schools: 83% Water companies: 82% Railway companies: 76% Royal Mail: 76% Energy companies: 70% Bus companies: 67% Universities: 63% BBC: 62% Internet/phone providers: 38% Banks: 31% Airlines: 20%
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Burnham's speech has gone down very well among MPs in the Socialist Campaign Group. Its chair, Rebecca Long-Bailey, joked at a rally this evening: "What a day it's been. We're even considering disbanding the SCG. [We] got a lot of socialism in Andy's speech."
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Piers Morgan
@piersmorganSep 29
Just watched the speech in full. One of the best, and most powerfully delivered, by a British politician in a very long time. If he can deliver on his passion and promises, Burnham could be a transformative Prime Minister. But it’s a big ‘if’ …
Andy Burnham
@andyburnhamSep 29
I will build the Britain my dad wanted to see.
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I'm often very critical of leaders' speeches at coconferences. But that was superb by Burnham - full of ideas & policy, inspirational & very emotional, honest & risky. Bold on social care, electoral reform & EU. Yet hard to see sums adding up. Memorable & maybe historic.
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He doesn’t have all the means to bring it about, but so far this speech is the most comprehensive case for social and economic democracy we’ve heard from a Labour PM in the last 40 years. It’s significant because Burnham is the first Labour PM to entirely and avowedly say he wants to break with the Thatcher settlement.
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Jon Tonge retweeted
Burnham promises a new politics. He does not want any party to govern with less than 30% of the vote. So he announces a new national commission on electoral reform. He secures another standing ovation
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BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreakingSep 29
UK PM Andy Burnham says he will adjust triple lock pension from April 2030 to help fund new social care service bbc.in/4rIXT5m
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Andy Burnham
@andyburnhamSep 27
Enough is enough. For years, people have been expected to put up with Avanti’s cancellations, delays, overcrowding, and a service that has failed them time and time again. So my Labour government is bringing Avanti West Coast into public ownership at the earliest opportunity in March next year. That means passengers, not shareholders, will come first. More investment, fewer delays, and a renewed focus on getting the basics right. We're putting essential services back in public hands and building a railway that actually works for the people who use it.
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