There may be more insight and heart in this piece by @rachelsylvester.bsky.social with Lemn Sissay in Makerfield than in all the other by-election coverage combined
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
On a walk around his childhood town of Ashton-in-Makerfield, the poet and broadcaster reflects on his time in care, why St George’s flags don’t worry him, and the country’s future ahead of the byelect...