Former Firefighter. Former Member of Parliament and Minister. Forever West Ham fan.
b Glasgow - London - Hampshire
Joined October 2012
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After 22 years, as of midnight tonight I will no longer be the MP for Poplar and Limehouse. It has been an honour and a privilege to serve our part of East London. I'd like to thank my constituents, my local Party, family, friends and staff for all their support over the years.
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A coroner found that gambling disorder caused Stephen Goff’s death.
This morning, his daughters, Madeleine and Freya, joined GwL co-founder @Charles_GwL on @GMB to speak out about their father's death and highlight the need for action to prevent more gambling suicides.
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“This groundbreaking research is the first UK study of its kind to examine in depth how gambling contributes to suicide.”
GwL co-founder @Charles_GwL on the significance of the findings being discussed today.
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Burnham has shown an uncharacteristic lack of judgment on Brexit. Going back directly on a promise to his own constituents and re-opening the toxic Brexit debate will only remind voters of the appalling way Labour sought to undermine the referendum result in the first place. Really bad politics.
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"It's going to undermine everything I've said about strengthening democracy if we don't respect that vote".
@andyburnham on #Brexit, 18 May 2026, ahead of the #Makerfield by-election ~ via @BBCPolitics.
@afneil @SophyRidgeSky @NickFerrariLBC @IainDale @bbclaurak @kateferguson4 @alexwickham @vicderbyshire @nicholaswatt
America’s livestreamed execution is the ultimate gift to jihadists
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Very interesting piece @matthewsyed in @thetimes. Reminds me of the folly of telling kids in school that there are no ‘losers’ in sports!! A lesson in life is lost. There is nothing neoliberal about our culture of debt and bailouts
thetimes.com/article/1b87ffd…
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Male trade unionists demanding that their fellow males be permitted to take part in a women's political conference. Do they not have any idea how bad this looks?
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Merkel left office five years ago to huge acclaim. Why? She ripped off Nato, cultivated gas dependency on Putin, cosied up to China and opened the door to a million migrants in 2015 alone. She, not the populist right, was the true extremist of our age
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We cannot prevent what we do not recognise.
This week, we were at the Lincolnshire Suicide Prevention Conference, sharing learnings from our work on gambling suicide.
We are grateful for the opportunity to highlight why recognising gambling as a risk factor for suicide – and learning from deaths – is vital to preventing future deaths.
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An alliance between radical Islam and the progressive left makes no sense. One demands submission. The other claims to love liberation. Yet across the West they march together. Why?
My column
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Sincere condolences to @andyburnham on the death of his father. The most private and painful time for any family. The thoughts of all of us are with Andy and his family at this time.
Burnham cancels engagements after death of father bbc.in/4yzHdPE
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Fury as NSPCC say male teachers can supervise girls in changing rooms trib.al/ilToTDN
Not complicated at all from @matthewsyed @thetimes and absolutely right in his analysis. Condemn settlers, yes, but beware progressives’ sinister coalition
thetimes.com/article/0823410…
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My speech in today’s debate about assisted dying. I am very sorry that the Bill - which I supported because it would help relieve human suffering - did not pass.
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Today we launch our new report - Out of the Shadows: Why legalising assisted dying is safer than the status quo.
It comes to a clear conclusion: the choice MPs and Peers are facing is between the status quo, with no oversight at all, and a tried and tested assisted dying law, with oversight and regulation at its heart.
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"Please carry on this fight for me... We can try and make a difference."
Gaynor Griffiths was 'disappointed' the House of Lords blocked the assisted dying bill, and made her family promise to speak out on her behalf before her trip to Switzerland.
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Elise Burns and Keith Williams spent the final months of their lives campaigning for choice, so they could go out on their own terms. Both were denied their wishes.
Now their loved ones have picked up the baton, ahead of the assisted dying bill's Second Reading on 11 September.
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“We can speak with like-minded people who’ve been through exactly the same… that is particularly comforting, when you know you’re not actually alone”
Meeting people who have experienced the same terrible event in their lives can offer support and understanding that isn’t available anywhere else.
Find out more: gamblingwithlives.org/family…
Apartheid lives on in Britain, yet we turn a blind eye
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This September, Harry’s dad Karl, uncle Alan & cousin Charlie will take on the Three Peaks Challenge in his memory, raising funds for GwL.
Harry died by gambling suicide in June, aged just 25.
Please support Karl, Alan & Charlie if you can, as they take on this incredible challenge in Harry’s memory.
justgiving.com/page/harry-ow…
