Calum Macdonald @CalumAM

@timesradio Breakfast 6-10am, Fri-Sun | Member # 1, Times Radio Early Breakfast Club / @holyroodsources & @whitehallsource podcasts / [email protected] instagram.com/CalumAM Joined July 2011

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Calum Macdonald @CalumAM

22 hours ago

“Why were they cheering their own failure? They didn’t know or care. They were just living in the thrill of the moment, of being there, on a lower league football pitch just south of Wigan, as the Labour Party launched a folksy, warm-bath coup against itself as a displacement activity for having no actual idea how to solve the country’s countless intractable problems.” @tompeck on sizzling form… thetimes.com/article/92bc6d…

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2 days ago

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Holyrood Sources @HolyroodSources

2 days ago

“It shows the power of oil and gas in that part of the country.” @akmaciver says the SNP will have to reflect on the Conservatives winning the Aberdeen South by-election. “You can’t be a ‘little bit’ in favour of oil and gas… you’ve got to decide.” @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein

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Holyrood Sources @HolyroodSources

2 days ago

"The SNP have been dealing with Nicola Sturgeon's presumption against oil and gas and trying to find a way back to supporting the industry - without being particularly full throttle." @geoffaberdein pays tribute to John Swinney: "For trying to evolve the position to more favourable one." But says: "There has been far too much equivocation on oil and gas..." and that's why they lost Aberdeen South. @CalumAM | @akmaciver

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Times Radio @TimesRadio

2 days ago

Labour MP for Normanton and Hemsworth Jon Trickett calls for Sir Keir Starmer to stand down as it “would be humiliating for a sitting prime minister to lose the vote of his own party”. "If there's a coronation, I think it's better for the government and for the country."

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Richard Johnson @richardmarcj

2 days ago

There is still a (highly unlikely) scenario where Starmer, in a final act of retribution, resigns as PM this weekend effective immediately. Under Labour's rules, when the premiership is vacant the Cabinet must select a new leader, and only current Cabinet ministers are eligible.

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Calum Macdonald @CalumAM

2 days ago

One word dominates text messages from @TimesRadio Breakfast listeners after hearing from Steve Reed for the Government this morning: Delusional.

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Times Radio @TimesRadio

2 days ago

Housing secretary Steve Reed says the Labour Party is "not going to fall apart in the way that the Conservatives did" after Andy Burnham’s Makerfield by-election win. “Andy's not that kind of person. Nobody wants that kind of fight inside the party.” @SteveReedMP | @CalumAM

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Calum Macdonald @CalumAM

2 days ago

“Andy’s not that kind of person” Really?

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Calum Macdonald @CalumAM

2 days ago

💥This morning on a by-election @TimesRadio Breakfast bonanza from 6am: @AndyBurnhamGM wins in Makerfield… what happens next? @DLumsden_MSP wins in Aberdeen South… what are the implications for @KemiBadenoch and for @JohnSwinney? With: - Steve Reed, Keir Starmer’s Housing Secretary; - @AndrewBowie_MP from the Conservatives; - @TiceRichard from Reform UK. - @AbdiDuale_ from Labour’s NEC; - @LloydAMelville from the SNP; @LordMcConnell and Nicky Morgan as usual on a Friday from 9am… Plus: @AVMikhailova on Downing Street, @patrickkmaguire & @darrylmorris in Makerfield @Steven_Swinford, @Stefan_Boscia, @zubirahmed, @RachaelMaskell No need to be anywhere else.

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Patrick Maguire @patrickkmaguire

2 days ago

Andy Burnham is going to be prime minister and he is going to be prime minister soon. He is now the only electoral show in town for the Labour Party. The only question now is how quickly others arrive on this plane of reality.

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NBC News @NBCNews

4 days ago

Sam Adams says from Thursday to Sunday, the Tartan Army drank four times as much Boston Lager as it normally sells during a typical four-day holiday stretch like the Fourth of July. nbcnews.com/sports/soccer/…

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Calum Macdonald @CalumAM

5 days ago

EXCLUSIVE from @AVMikhailova - the PM will fight the Labour leadership contest

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5 days ago

“If there is a contest, I intend to be in it and to fight it.” Sir Keir Starmer tells Times Radio’s Anna Mikhailova that he will fight any leadership contenders, as it’s widely expected that Andy Burnham will contest the Labour leadership should he win in Makerfield.

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Calum Macdonald @CalumAM

5 days ago

Nothing makes me feel more like a grown up than hanging my shopping bags on the little handle thing on the trolley

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Holyrood Sources @HolyroodSources

6 days ago

We deployed @geoffaberdein as the Holyrood Sources representative to the US for the World Cup. No better ambassador. (Still unclear if he remembers being there…) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Whitehall Sources @whitehallsource

6 days ago

“It just makes sense” @StraightTie suggests that actually a smaller Labour group would be easier for Keir Starmer to work with, and that he has clearly failed to connect with back benchers. Some Labour MP’s even have said that they have never met the Prime Minister. @CalumAM | @NationJames

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Luke Tryl @LukeTryl

6 days ago

Under 16s social media ban commands significant support from the public. From all of our conversations it’s seen as an area where people think individual parents can’t act alone and an area where they need government to help them take back control.