I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that many people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble.
I wrote this for @ManchesterMill - I hope it’s insightful and fair.
manchestermill.co.uk/stop-lo…
"Overturn the tables, scatter the gold coins. Throw your medals in the bin. You cheated to win them. Whatever that thing was, it’s done. Stolen glory, stolen income, stolen joy." - @barneyronay
The list of teams that might have won league titles in those years reads: Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal.
New job! 🔔 Delighted to be joining @millmediauk as a Reporter & Editorial Assistant. I’ll be based in Manchester, working closely with @joshi and chipping in where needed across Mill Media’s seven cities. Send tips to suzanne@millmediaco.uk or message me on Signal at suz_a.85
OLIVER HOLT: Strip Man City of ALL eight of their Premier League titles and relegate them for their defrauding of Man United and Liverpool's history. English football is broken irretrievably and will never be the same again trib.al/SUQxN0I
Exclusive @TheAthleticFC
Manchester United have conducted internal assessments of possible financial losses incurred during period in which Man City guilty of Premier League rule breaches, including missed PL title wins & a missed CL qualification.
nytimes.com/athletic/7630254…
Oldham politics is mad. Last night the maddest thing yet happened, a bunch of councillors agreed with one another.
Only downside is that it meant the leader of Reform had to quit and much of their supporter base turned on them.
My latest for @ManchesterMill
Is Reform on the edge of collapse in Oldham?
Raja Miah has abandoned them, their leader has quit and now they’re making deals with Labour
manchestermill.co.uk/oldham-…
More job cuts at Reach Plc and this time they are shutting down three online brands - Kent Live, Aberdeen Live and Galway Beo. A company in rapid decline.
On Wednesday, we filled London Scottish House in Westminster for a brilliant Londoner x The Mill panel asking the big question:
Populist or pragmatist - who is the real Andy Burnham?
Our first appearance in @PrivateEyeNews, for our work on the Leeds Greens!
Thanks for crediting our deep dive on Councillor Mothin Ali's SRA and a "toxic and unpleasant" atmosphere in the group, epitomised by one WhatsApp message using the rather unsavoury "cuntcillor" to refer to a councillor.
It's a full circle moment after Private Eye first piqued our interest in Greens goings-on with its report at the start of August.
Both our stories in the replies to this ⬇
EXCL:
JL Partners — the pollster in the Reform donations scandal — carried out other polls where the funder was not declared.
The firm ran surveys in 2022 and 2024 Tory leadership races which received press coverage without disclosing who paid.
w/@saschaosullivan@danbloom1
Some news from me: I've joined @millmediauk as editor of @_TheLondoner!
I'll be editing, commissioning and writing great stories from across the capital. If there's something you think we should be digging into, get in touch editor@the-londoner.co.uk
Last year, the government said that driverless taxis would hit London streets by this spring.
@AndrewKersley spent two weeks getting the inside story of why they haven't. It's a saga of infighting at TfL, tech hiccups and a power struggle in City Hall.
the-londoner.co.uk/why-drive…