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🎙️ This week's episode of the Commons People podcast from HuffPost UK is out! Me and @nicholson_kate1 chew over Andy Burnham's first date with Donald Trump and assess whether it's the start of a beautiful new freindship. And Kate has some big news! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says the Manchester City financial doping scandal is “really destabilising” for everyone at the club. Probably shouldn’t have cheated then.
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Fabrizio Romano not even acknowledging the Man City verdict and instead firing off tweets about Harry rKane’s Ballon d’Or is like watching Glenn Greenwald’s timeline on January 6th
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“Dismiss and re-engage”
🗣️ “We are not blaming the unions. We are blaming a union.” Glasgow City Council representative Colin Edgar defends the council’s position after being challenged by @ConnorGillies over the decision to fire and rehire 20,000 staff following the breakdown of union talks.
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Burnham as good as parrot's Theresa May's "now is not the time" line towards the end of this. Which, in terms of a position, has been the safest bet for any PM in the past decade. He flounders, though. Should have been better prepared for the obvious Qs
Has Andy Burnham’s stance on Scottish independence changed? i.stv.tv/3ZFuLj1
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‘If he loses his majority, he’ll be relying on other parties and will have to compromise.’ @KevinASchofield gives @NickFerrariLBC his view on the likelihood of Andy Burnham calling a general election.
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Stick with HuffPost UK, kids
Senior No10 source on suggestions that Downing Street is plotting an early election: "Utter bollocks."
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Senior No10 source on suggestions that Downing Street is plotting an early election: "Utter bollocks."
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Burnham's Labour eating into the Greens again
New Bradwell (Milton Keynes) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 54.2% (+19.7) ➡️ RFM: 23.4% (-3.1) 🌳 CON: 8.5% (-2.6) 🌍 GRN: 9.3% (-12.5) 🔶 LDM: 4.6% (-1.5) Labour HOLD. Changes w/ 2026.
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I wonder what the SNP's "trade union group" makes of Glasgow City Council's threat to sack 23,000 workers. I'm sure they'll be making a statement condemning it shortly.
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Yeah, not sure the PM has properly thought this through ...
This moment would have been so much better with everyone throwing their pints around, right, @andyburnham?
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On this week's Commons People, @KevinASchofield and I unpicked Burnham and Trump's first date. Was it a flop or did they have more chemistry than expected? Listen here as we analyse their relationship so far – and all the ways it could fall apart open.spotify.com/episode/1qC…
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