The Co-Chair of the Conservatives appears to be offering a secret group of super rich donors access to the PM and the Chancellor. This raises serious questions about which senior ministers have been lobbied, by whom and for what. We need answers. on.ft.com/3ifbBdZ

Boris Johnson’s shameful praising of Margaret Thatcher’s closure of the coal mines, brushing off the devastating impact on those communities with a laugh, shows just how out of touch he is with working people. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…

Fantastic to join Vaughan Gething, @DanJarvisMP, Tracy Brabin WY 🌹, @votedannorris, Michael Payne MP & Lisa Trickett this evening for a discussion with Labour members about the difference Labour makes in power. We're stronger together - and Labour across the UK is showing why.

While capitalism lives, the planet dies. Putting people & planet before profit isn’t only just, it’s also a necessity for survival.

A personal apology to @Jon_Trickett. Please retweet

England star Tyrone Mings opens up on racial profiling experienced in Chippenham gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/19484246.…

Oh dear. Our local Tory MP has made the newspapers today and not in a good way. You’d think that £100k a year would be enough to get by on, but apparently not.

Allowing issue of withdrawal of whip from Jeremy to drag on into conference is not only wrong but electorally & tactically inane. Even if Starmer wins vote at conference it highlights a party bitterly divided, turning off voters.Advice: grow up & reinstate theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

Wiltshire veteran celebrates 100th birthday in military style gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/19499285.…

202 years since the Peterloo Massacre. A crowd of 60,000 people on St Peter’s Field Manchester, assembled to demand parliamentary reform were charged by cavalry. At least 15 were killed and 700 seriously injured. Today we remember the giants and on whose shoulders we now stand.

Statement on Afghanistan.

Despite it being August, there is an election on in Swindon & Wiltshire tomorrow. Don’t forget to vote for Junab Ali tomorrow to be the next PCC.

• The UK should not bail out struggling energy firms • We should take them into public ownership

Just spotted that 2 Calne Lib Dem Councillors want to spend nearly £1,600 on a fur trimmed robe - at a time when the rest of us are having to watch our outgoings and prep for a difficult Winter. Couldn't make this stuff up. @NWiltsLabour Calne News Calne Labour Party🌹 Gazette & Herald

Good couple of sessions out on the doorstep in #Calne this week, campaigning with John Boaler, our candidate for the Chilvester & Abberd ward town council by-election. Our letter to postal voters seems to have been well received...lots of people positive about John's pledges.

We’re really enjoying getting out and talking to residents of Chilvester & Abberd Ward, ahead of the town council by-election on 7th February. John Boaler’s pledges are being well received.

Really good doorstep session in some welcome sunshine today in Calne Chilvester & Abberd ward, ahead of the town council by-election on Tuesday 7th February. Lots of support for Labour Candidate John Boaler. #Calne #labourdoorstep