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MAKERFIELD DAYS by @Will___lloyd A season of superlatives was dawning over Makerfield, a collection of peri-rural suburbs, former pit villages and towns spread beneath Wigan. The vote was seismic. Historic. Make-or-break. The chance of a lifetime. Andy Burnham had staked his
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“It was like he was Lord Voldemort” As Andy Burnham prepares for the by-election, Will Lloyd explains just how unpopular Keir Starmer is in Makerfield.
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He remains a curious figure in the era of the footballing individual as a global celebrity brand, like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe. The standout impression of Kane is of a team player working for a collective, often superior to his teammates, but never
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The insignificance of Harry Kane
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Ian Leslie
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What a cover!
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THE RACE Inside this week’s issue: - Makerfield Days: @Will___lloyd reports from the constituency - Why Starmer failed: Wes Streeting speaks to @EthanCroft98 - Hockney: @AndrewMarr9 and Michael Prodger offer portraits of the artist - Canterbury Tales: @GMonaghan1998 makes a
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Matthew d'Ancona
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Superb piece by @Will___lloyd
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Makerfield days
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David Hockney was the most recognisable and beloved British artist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Nevertheless, he was acutely aware that his fame was double-edged. “I am very fed up with being a very public ‘art celebrity’,” he once said, “and I must be serious. I
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David Hockney was as serious as he was fun
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A one person short-list for the candidate, a last minute dash for PR voting and Andy Burnham's face all over Labour's leaflets, potentially in the middle of a leadership election Here is my preview of the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election which could begin the moment the
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What would the 2026 Greater Manchester mayoral election look like? “It will be the horrible hangover after the party if Andy wins in Makerfield,” said one Labour MP. Behind the scenes plans are already being laid in the Labour Party on the assumption that the party will succeed
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Emily Lawford
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Such a beautiful cover!
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THE RACE Inside this week’s issue: - Makerfield Days: @Will___lloyd reports from the constituency - Why Starmer failed: Wes Streeting speaks to @EthanCroft98 - Hockney: @AndrewMarr9 and Michael Prodger offer portraits of the artist - Canterbury Tales: @GMonaghan1998 makes a
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A touching and sometimes hopeful conversation about a grim reality, @frankcottrell_b joins @OliDugmore on The Exchange (stick around the ending packs a punch)
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" We've already screwed one generation" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce | The Exchange
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"I have been sent all over the country in the past two years, trying to take its temperature, check its symptoms, diagnose its ills. I found that it was becoming harder to speak about the surreal things I saw and heard in a straightforward way. Every reporter I knew who was not
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Reporting from Makerfield for this week’s New Statesman cover. After a few days I realised that the big ticket by-election was a glossy distraction from the increasing strangeness of post-industrial English life. When so many people are poor and feeling poorer, when nothing ever
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THE RACE Inside this week’s issue: - Makerfield Days: @Will___lloyd reports from the constituency - Why Starmer failed: Wes Streeting speaks to @EthanCroft98 - Hockney: @AndrewMarr9 and Michael Prodger offer portraits of the artist - Canterbury Tales: @GMonaghan1998 makes a
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Read the cover story:
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Makerfield days
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THE RACE Inside this week’s issue: - Makerfield Days: @Will___lloyd reports from the constituency - Why Starmer failed: Wes Streeting speaks to @EthanCroft98 - Hockney: @AndrewMarr9 and Michael Prodger offer portraits of the artist - Canterbury Tales: @GMonaghan1998 makes a
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Makerfield days
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PMQs review: Burnham haunts the benches @meganekenyon watches PMQs
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PMQs review: Burnham haunts the benches
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