KEEPING THE PEACE!
Wreckless play from Trump this week as Starmer takes control. Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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SUPER, SMASHING, GREAT?
The internal inquest begins after by-election blow for Labour. Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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LET BATTLE COMMENCE!
A doff of the Stetson towards Robert Duvall this week as Farage wages electoral war! Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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MISSING IN CLACTON
Farage made me chuckle this week 😁 Oh the irony!
Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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“Make the North even greater”cc @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social
I'm up for some more awards! This time it's The Splats! You can vote here for me in the Best Editorial and Best Caricature sections!
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POSSESSION GAME!
BREAKING: Manchester United appoint new manager!
Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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PARANORMAL!
Today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon and my first of 2026!
www.shareyourstories.live/northern-agenda/
My latest toon for @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social
PHANTOM MENACE!
'Ghost train' U-turn this week but will @andyburnham.bsky.social be welcome 😜
Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
The #ORR has made right decision which we at @np-partnership.bsky.social welcome
Credit to #ManchesterGuardian (better known these days as @theguardian.com) for their reporting
It dosent change West Coat Mainline is full which is why we need backing of government for new line #Crewe #Handsacre
NEW: The 7am Manchester to London train that was going to run without passengers can now operate as normal, says the Office of Road and Rail
The regulator's decision made headlines over the weekend after the Guardian broke the story.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Northern mayors like @andyburnham.bsky.social and @kimmcguinness.bsky.social have signed a letter to Rachel Reeves calling for Northern Powerhouse Rail to be delivered in full and the two-child benefit cap to be lifted
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
But one mayor refused to sign...
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HOLIDAY SNAPS!
The 'Boys from Brazil' visit the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 climate summit.
Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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A superb cartoon by @graemebandeira.bsky.social for the @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social - Great drawing. Lots of beautiful details. "NOTFIXED" - The #art of an #editorial #cartoon on #UK Exchequer #RachelReeves and the #Budget - #Labour #government #KeirStarmer - #Netflix #Wednesday
STEALING A LIVING!
Inspired by the heist at Le Louvre here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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🚨 New regional analysis of Pride in Place funding 🚨
We've crunched the numbers and found that the North is set to be a major benefactor of the government’s Pride in Place fund 🧮
Read all about it in today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social 📫
newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/-rESDdIxHn7C...
MADCHESTER!
Will there be many Unhappy Mondays ahead for Kemi?
Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
Will Greater Manchester be left out in the cold by Keir Starmer's government after Andy Burnham's high-profile antics at Labour conference?
I chat with @liamthorp.bsky.social and @josephtiman.bsky.social on the Northern Agenda podcast this week - recorded in the Liverpool Echo's fancy studio!
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'The qualities that made Angela Rayner so good are those you're more likely to see in Northern people'
@liamthorp.bsky.social on the Labour deputy leader race...
Have a listen to this week's episode of The Northern Agenda podcast here:
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Sorry for another self-indulgent post but it was my last newsletter as Northern Agenda Editor today 😢
You can read it here:
newsletters.e.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/nxOY1JhcPDmq...
Nice bold interview piece with @kimmcguinness.bsky.social - in today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social newsletter. Gave me a chuckle!👏👊
WTF is that?
Does it matter if Labour's next Deputy Leader is a Northern woman? And why have Reform UK got it wrong about Northern Powerhouse Rail?
@liamthorp.bsky.social and I talk about this - and more - on the Northern Agenda podcast.
Have a listen here!
podfollow.com/the-northern...
SHOWDOWN!
It's confirmed! Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell will battle it out for the Labour deputy leadership! Here's tomorrow's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
www.shareyourstories.live/northern-agenda/
I'm sad to see Local Govt and Devo Minister Jim McMahon lose his job in Keir Starmer's big reshuffle - not least because I'd just interviewed him for the Northern Agenda podcast...
Here he is talking about empowering local leaders and how too many decisions are still being made in Whitehall.
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I have some job news...
CALL THE MIDWIFE!
Contractions have started in 'second phase' of Labour! Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
www.shareyourstories.live/northern-agenda/
It seems Angela Rayner (pictured below at Downing Street) is away from the public eye today at a meeting of the Mayoral Council at Derbyshire stately home Chatsworth House.
One person in attendance tells me the DPM seemed to be in 'business as usual' mode and was even cracking jokes...
"It doesn't send a good sign when councils close the door and refuse to engage with the local press."
Local Government Minister (and former Oldham council leader) @jimmcmahon.co.uk
on Reform UK's Nottingham Post/Notts Live ban...
@oliverpridmore.bsky.social
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