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Wife, mother & GM, with a can do attitude, enjoys a good belly laugh as much as a serious debate....... 💙💙💙 @spsa.bsky.social

Joined June 2013
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🚨Who is Manchester City Council Protecting When It Hides Emails from Elected Councillors? Manchester City Council redirected a resident’s emails about public loans to Abu Dhabi-linked developers directly to its solicitor. At least one councillor never received the messages and was not informed they existed. The correspondence concerned roughly £55 million approved while Andy Burnham chaired Greater Manchester Combined Authority meetings. The loans went to companies controlled by Sheikh Mansour’s group for developments that included no affordable housing. The money has since been repaid. The council states it acted in response to possible legal action. However, the same team previously requested that emails from the same individual be blocked months before any formal legal letter arrived. When elected representatives are denied access to correspondence questioning the use of public funds, a clear question arises: whose interests are being protected?
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UK political chaos over the last decade in a picture. 10 PMs. #strongandstable
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Replying to @HeatherJLpals
Burnham has ALWAYS avoided scrutiny. He was rejected twice for a reason
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Holy sh*t This is what Burnham gets for his addiction to social media. There's no hiding where his head was at in 2016 just over a week after the EU Referendum.
I have shadowed both Gove & May. No question in my mind who's the better politician & person. Hope the Tories go for Gove.
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REMINDER - OCT 1 Starmer and his negotiators and officials knew what they were doing. They had already "informally" asked the right questions...including losing the rebate if rejoined Burnham sacked the experienced negotiating team out of spite and look where it's landed him.
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The most significant comment I’ve seen on this contentious issue.
I'm all for devolved powers but the idea that we need a No.10 North based in Manchester to make it happened is delusional. There are central town halls, civic centres, and county halls dotted around the country that can facilitate devolution. All can be linked in to Whitehall.
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"It's a very heavy burden for her." Royal commentator Jennie Bond says there will be a "great deal more sympathy" for the Duchess of Sussex following Thomas Markle's arrest. Her father has previously denied all allegations. trib.al/iZ7HA39 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
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Replying to @MartinDochert12
Everyone who knew Burnham saw what would happen if he ever became party leader, that's why they rejected him, twice. It took years of hard work to get Labour back into govt and this lightweight is going to destroy everything we worked for.😡
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NUMBER 10 NORTH!! Just went through the Civil Service jobs page for roles at for No10 North. 47 roles being advertised. Total salaries £2889908. This is without any pensions, expenses etc. TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHT POUNDS!!
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NUMBER 10 NORTH!! Just went through the Civil Service jobs page for roles at for No10 North. 47 roles being advertised. Total salaries £2889908. This is without any pensions, expenses etc. TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHT POUNDS!!
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Healey celebrates his duff Budget - by downing a pint in one and sticking it upside down on his head Then for good measure adds 3p on a pint and 18p on a bottle of wine.
Beer up 3p a pint — and wine by 18p a bottle — after 'record booze tax hike' mirror.co.uk/money/budget-20…
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The irony that Keir Starmer is to be paid big sums to give speeches. Shouldn’t be lost on the idiots who kept saying he can’t speak, can’t tell a story, can’t bring the public with him. He could always speak, you chose not to listen. Ousted for no good reason.
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Courtesy of Sir Keir Starmer
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The Government have wheeled out Treasury Minister, James Murray, of all fucking people to defend Ed Miliband, Andy Burnham and the rest of the Labour monsters who sucked up to Russell Brand. He puts on his sad face.
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@EmilyThornberry . I’m a Labour member with 36 others in a NW business group. All 36 were donors . But sadly the person you say was not a pro- politician implemented 66 great Royal enactments in 18 months and won over a 100 seat majority . So you gave us Bumbling Burnham.
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Starmer’s policy
Deal arranged by Starmer and delayed by Burnham’s illegimate coup…
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Well done COUPSTERS!!! Slow hand 🤚🏻 clap @LBC @SkyNews First interest rate raise in 3 YEARS “Breathing space”
I'm sure this will go down well with the people Lou Haigh wants to help with no savings.
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I’ve missed doing my Lists. Here’s some highlights from the Starmer/Reeves Government in just two years. Delivered. Up and running. Felt by ordinary people everywhere.
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