I'm conducting a short survey ahead of Labour's first budget to hear constituents' views across Middlesbrough & Thornaby East. Please take part in my constituency survey today. andymcdonaldmp.org/constituency-s…

Oh well, the Black Sea has been amazing. Early morning flight into #Teesside Airport- we all agree use it or lose it. Night all from Beautiful Bulgaria.

Spotted a friend on a park bench. Went up and discreetly sat next to them. I said "be careful, there's a lot of strange people out here." It wasn't my friend and I ran away.

Oh bugger. After a well deserved 3 weeks off work, I'm back tomorrow with a bang, 5am start to Ashborne carrying 30t of dangerous goods. A52, please be kind....

Well, excuse the language.... Neil Kulkarni on Oasis - Chart Music Podcast #50 youtu.be/fiMnUBFbQJg?si… via YouTube

What surprised me watching and listening to this is how young Dan Neidle is.

I would have removed the Thatcher portrait the day I moved in. #evil

Pip market, class evening…#Dovecot

The PigIron, Middlesbrough, world famous.

I don't mind taking tough decisions-which often are unpopular, we had to do this in Middlesbrough to balance the books and sort the mess the Independent Tories left behind. I'm not in favour of cutting universal benefits, as we proved in Boro, there are other ways...

Shadow welfare secretary Mel Stride tells Labour MPs: "Look to your conscience. These measures, you know in your heart that these measures are wrong." In 2012, the Tory govt capped benefits increases to 1%, well below inflation & introduced the “bedroom tax”. In 2013, household

Wonderful speech by my mate and colleague Cllr John Kabuye today in our council chamber. It's just a shame that many councillors were missing, having oddly walked out because of a previous motion.

The same councillor is Lord Houchen's pick to be a councils representative on his undemocratic MDC ( Middlesbrough Development Corporation)

Here's the video of Cllr Grange's speach at last nights council meeting, Cllr Grange starts speaking at 1:14:12 in the video. Do people find this acceptable? fb.watch/uyzYQyXdkG/

Hacked Off and others have raised concerns about standards at the JC for some time. IPSO repeatedly asked to step in, but failed to hold them to account. The crisis at the JC reflects on the failure of IPSO to regulate with any independence or effectiveness.

The BBC political editor (260K pa) thinks it's a story that the Downing Street chief of staff (170K pa) earns more than the PM (167Kpa). Welcome to political journalism! PS Laura Kuenssberg is on 325K, Nick Robinson 340K and Fiona Bruce even more. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This is embarrassing. Deeply embarrassing. As everyone cries at the same moment “it was the Magistrates’ Court”. Unduly lenient provisions DON’T apply. Truly embarrassing.

£170,000 a year, who would earn such an amount? thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19518635.…

People should be paid what they are worth. No one is worth more than 10Xs the lowest paid. If that is observed then pay the top people whatever they deserve, which is never more than X10 of the lowest paid.