Sadly this is the experience of many in public life.
Extremes are thriving with the help of social media algorithms, fake accounts and misinformation. Hate & division has been normalised (and monetised).
This is materially different than anything I’ve experienced in two decades of elected office.
Reform is importing populist tactics which have undermined democracy elsewhere to here, fuelling online mis and disinformation, conspiracies and murky crypto donations. We need tougher action. My latest in the Guardian👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A great couple of days in Makerfield last week for the Labour & Co-operative by-election candidate Andy Burnham. And the weather mostly held up too!🌹🐝 💪
🐝 Co-op Group £3.5m community fund is open for applications / deadline 24th June is approaching 🐝
This is just horrific.
Congratulations to Meg Hillier MP on her election as Chair of the Parliamentary Group of Co-operative MPs.
Co-operation gives people control over the entities that run their lives, and ownership of assets in their communities.
That's what our MPs are in Parliament to deliver.
We need a new economy, one rooted in co-operation, not polarisation.
Watch as @andyburnham.bsky.social shares why he’s proud to be the Labour and Co-operative candidate for Makerfield and how we can move forward together. 🗳️
99 years ago, the Cheltenham Agreement created the Labour and Co-operative electoral pact, and together we've fought for an society where wealth and power are shared ever since.
Every Labour and Co-operative representative and campaigner today is part of that story.
Jim McMahon MP
Jim McMahon MP
Jim McMahon MP
Jim McMahon MP
Jim McMahon MP
Why Oldham 'must be included' in youth hub scheme
Lucy Powell MP
Co-operative Party
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Oldham Times
The sister of MP Jo Cox has warned the dark forces of division could be stronger than ever a decade on from her murder.
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Shabana Mahmood has promised new laws to shut down shady vape shops by the end of the year.
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton MP Jim McMahon has called on the government to prioritise Oldham for the rollout of hubs to support young people
Millions in Co-op funding now available for community groups - here's how to apply
Mirror Politics
Man seriously injured in Belfast stabbing Starmer describes as ‘sickening’
Mirror Politics
Prime minister says he has no tolerance for such attacks after man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
A man has been seriously injured in north Belfast in a stabbing described by Keir Starmer as “sickening”.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said officers were called at around 10.30pm on Monday and the injured man was taken to hospital. Continue reading...
