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Good morning. The news many of you were waiting for overnight is this: Andy Burnham won the Makerfield By-Election, increasing Labour's share of the vote (but with clear signs that tactical voting played a part in that victory). And now the stage is set for some upheaval in, and possible, but not by any means certain 'renewal' for the Labour Party. And of course now Burnham will reveal his real colours.... #AndyBurnham #LabourParty #Makerfield h/t FT

Makerfield by-electionCount Binface - Manifesto. The manifesto includes a includes a mix of national and local pledges, with several references to issues and landmarks we’ll recognise. Among his pledges:- Cutting your taxes and raising everyone else’s.Capping 99 Flake ice creams at 99p and Wigan kebabs at £2.Rephasing the traffic lights on Liverpool Road to ease congestion.Ensuring football corners are refereed properly.Conscripting people who use speakerphone on public transport.Regenerating the £6.6 million Ashton-in-Makerfield regeneration scheme.Making cyclists who break the Highway Code ride unicycles instead.Increasing free parking at the Gerard Centre to three hours.Declaring Galloway’s Full Monty Bin Lid breakfast Britain’s new national dish.Increasing Rugby League tries from four points to five “in line with inflation”.Bringing Ceefax back across Greater Manchester. #ukpol #makerfield