The hope of Makerfield must now survive contact with Westminster.
People in towns like Wigan have been polled and profiled by a politics run from London for decades. They have seen decline settle in around them while being told that their problems are complicated and their
Dan Carden
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- Congratulations to @AndyBurnhamGM winning in Makerfield and WINNING BIG! Towns that had given up on @UKLabour and Westminster, came back for the promise of hope and change with you!
- Dan Carden reposted☀️ Good Morning Makerfield. Today, Vote Hope.
- Thanks to Fazakerley Community Federation for hosting my advice surgery over the weekend. Always great to hear from constituents and take up their concerns. Milo enjoyed it too! 🐶If there is an issue you would like to discuss with me in person, please get in touch to book an appointment.
- Dan Carden repostedNigel Farage's latest Substack shows he's just a race-baiter in a Barbour jacket. Sowing division is not patriotic in the slightest.
00:00 - This could be the week that determines what kind of Labour government we have for next three years. There’s lots of policy priorities being focused in on, like, how we bring skilled jobs, reduce the cost of living, how we get people off welfare and into work, how we answer a
- It was good to spend a couple of hours talking to residents in the Makerfield constituency on behalf of @AndyBurnhamGM this week. If he wins the vote on Thursday, I’m looking forward to his return to parliament. I know Andy believes @UKLabour must earn back the trust of
- Love and solidarity to the Iranians out in Liverpool City Centre TODAY against the murderers of the IRGC who have killed over 40,000 of their citizens and proudly supporting Reza Pahlavi’s peace and democracy plan. I am looking forward to seeing @PahlaviReza in the U.K. very
- Dan Carden repostedThis week the most advanced AI model on the planet got switched off by a foreign government. British researchers were studying it. British companies were testing it. British hospitals were piloting it. Not any more. This isn't an AI story. It's the story of every industry weThe US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of
- Dan Carden repostedDISPERSAL ZONE | A dispersal zone has been put in place in Liverpool under Section 34 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to help prevent potential criminality and disorder. This order, alongside the Section 60 authority circulated earlier, has been
- I spent today on County Road, talking to families, business owners, workers and visiting local schools and Spellow Library. Tomorrow, most businesses will close their shutters. Not because they want to, but because they are frightened of what the day might bring due to the
- Tonight’s resignations from government are about the kind of leadership our country and this Labour Government needs. And if this government with 3 years to run can meet the considerable national and international challenges and threats. This is not about personality or
- John Healey has resigned on a point of principle, and I have huge respect for him. Defence spending must rise significantly, but you do not keep Britain safe with a bigger cheque alone. Britain has for decades mistaken wealth for strength, and spending for capability, and now














