Best wishes on your retirement as MP. Thanks for your friendship to the ALP and ALP Abroad for many years.

I informed the Labour Party I do not intend to contest the GE. It has been an honour & pleasure to have worked for the great people of Smethwick & Oldbury for over 30 years, and also as a Govt Minister. I look forward to continuing to play an active role in the Labour Movement

Had a great start of the bank holiday weekend, out campaigning in the morning with John Spellar and Soho & Victoria councillors Councillor Ragih Muflihi; then in the afternoon Sandwell Council Cabinet was watching the final Diving Championship with Councillor Kerrie Carmichael Sandwell Labour Sandwell Council

a relentless investigator and massive loss for Northern Labour and Defence

Dangerously dark mood amongst Tory MPs. Cold fury at what they see as Sunak bouncing them into an unwinnable election. Does not bode well for unity during the campaign. Would be amazed if we don’t see some sort of rupture before polling day.

This is absolutely grim. The Tories have lied and lied about voter ID requirements being about almost non-existent personation, when it's all been about making it more difficult for the young and the poor to vote. Disgusting, and in itself a form of electoral fraud.

Good answer on a tough wicket

'The opportunity to serve our country, that is all we ask.'

30 years today since the death of John Smith, the best Prime Minister we never had.

Donald Trump lied to workers in Wisconsin.

We’re delivering.

I'm still your Candidate!
We've seen countless Tory switchers, today another, I look forward to Natalie's support at the next General Election.
Natalie has seen that only Labour has a plan to secure our borders, and build the homes we need.

.John Spellar just raised this in #PMQs . Sunak replied that the Govt would 'make progress' towards National Insurance abolition in 'next Parliament'. ie back to the Hunt line about 'work of many Parliaments'.

Pretty chaotic on key policy, changing the line on an almost daily basis?

Leaving the Labour Party days after some of our greatest ever election results just goes to show they are, and always have been, against Labour winning

Anyone with a gram of politics between ears knew Scully who is well known as no 1 London Tory should have been Mayoral candidate. So why did Sunak go for an unelectable extremist?

There are good reasons why Labour First holds its Annual Meetings at Brandhall Labour Club in Sandwell. Centre of the political universe!

happy to have played my part but it was a great Labour Group and team who worked their socks off and good energetic leadership in West Brom area from Sarah Coombes for West Bromwich

So everything depends on Sandwell? John Spellar Gurinder Singh Josan CBE

Luke Akehurst John Spellar We deliver 👍

looks like Sandwell vote carried Richard Parker across the line

Stand by for the Tory recriminations over the bonkers decision to choose Susan Hall as their candidate in London.

never known a candidate who was ahead ask for a recount- so draw your own conclusions