Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns
Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform
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Concern about the spread of misinformation from right-wing figures prompts Richard Hermer to pull Attorney General’s Office off platform
Usually I'd guess a high turnout was bad for Labour in this kind of scenario, and it might be, but the "pick the next pm" factor throws a spanner in the works, prediction-wise.
Turnout in Makerfield likely to be 60% to 65%. On the one hand, that's pretty high for a by-election.
On the other, for a seat given a unique chance to decide the next prime minister, it's quite low. It's the most powerful vote most Makerfield residents will ever cast, and 40% didn't bother.
James Ball
James Ball
...Argentina?
Hearing rumours that the ballot boxes in Hendon are looking good for Susan Hall's prospects in Makerfield.
Ugh. Feels a bit optimistic these days, doesn't it? We seem to inch closer and closer to that and the alarm hasn't gone off yet. Maybe slightly, briefly, at the moment with some of the right wing papers now it might be hurting Reform.
I think the nearest I got to making it make sense was deciding she'd killed him with that car and that's why her fixation on him only manifested there
This is very sad and entirely predictable. Didn't even last two months. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
