It's gonna get crowded at Mars this way! @xylbtokthemartian.bsky.social @northwestbylines.co.uk northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opi...

To pray or not to pray That is Reform's question

"Banter" seems to be the word of the year. But remarks like Rob Kenyon's and this councillor's are NOT banter! Nothing lighthearted about thrm, not funny. Just insulting, inappropriate and bringing any profession into disrepute.

Andy Burnham is MP for Makerfield – how did that happen? After a month of turmoil on Makerfield streets, we now have a new MP. And we held off Reform, for now | Anna Schurer @northwestbylines.co.uk @annesjoukje.bsky.social

And someone please sort out those traffic lights on Liverpool Road @countbinface.bsky.social

Put your drinks down, swallow if you got a mouthful, sit down, hold your guts and get ready… This is SUBLIME.

This better not have been the Lunar Haggis messing about @xylbtokthemartian.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/a...

Heck yeah let’s go

I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Stop Reform UK in Makerfield. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/stop-r...

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Thirty years since the Manchester IRA bomb, and the legacy of that violence can still be felt | North West Bylines

Andy Burnham meets residents of Platt Bridge to address the ongoing flooding issues affecting the area | Anna Schurer

Statements made to persuade voters in Makerfield to vote for a politician or party don't always prove to be accurate at close scrutiny | North West Bylines

Restore Britain is not just proposing a punishment, it is offering voters the fantasy that horror can be turned into certainty: the death penalty | Phoebe Smith

More claims added regularly: statements made to persuade voters in Makerfield to vote for a politician or party don't always prove to be accurate at close scrutiny | North West Bylines

More claims added regularly: statements made to persuade voters in Makerfield to vote for a politician or party don't always prove to be accurate at close scrutiny | North West Bylines

Andy Burnham pledges new crackdown on organised crime to restore pride in high streets, vowing “the days of areas like ours being ignored are over” | Anna Schurer

Another by-election in the North West of England, this time in Makerfield, and arguably the most important by-election for decades | North West Bylines

Greetings all you carbon based life forms on Earth. Look I hate to do this but seriously are you ok?! From up here it’s looking more like you need an intervention and WHAT is going on with 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue’s garden ?! It’s been a roller coaster this week let’s dive in 👽🍿

Burnham: "I'm Mayor of Manchester. I know my words have consequences. All politicians do." "Those consequences were seen on the streets of Southampton and the ringleaders of that violence used exactly the same words as the leader of the Reform Party when they were orchestrating that violence."

One flag short of a roundabout. Brilliant.

"The water industry is broken"

"The water industry is broken"

🤣🤣🤣AI at its best

Someone has put up an umbrella over the goose nest at the pond round the corner from me to protect it from the heat and I think this is the sweetest thing ever. It’s possibly the pub next to the pond that has done it not sure. I will miss this place when we move 🪿 🐣❤️♥️🥰

Sounds very lefty woke to me, especially coming from a Reform councillor

Lovely how the councillors were shown the text of the National Anthem in large print on the screen. Do they do the same with the Lord's Prayer? www.facebook.com/share/r/1CzR...

Charity receives grant to progress plans for a sustainable future for Carlisle’s Victorian and Turkish Baths | Friends of Carlisle Baths

Better late than never, we managed to publish our Martian's latest observations. Seems a turquoise dressed perdon managed to insult his great planet! I apologise even if it wasn't my fault @xylbtokthemartian.bsky.social northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opi...

A one-stop shop for animals most in need planned near Pennington Flash proposed by the RSPCA  | Chris Gee

Does online security cause digital exclusion? Increased online security measures are forced upon us to try to prevent hacking and fraud, but this is leaving more and more of us excluded | Anna Schurer @annesjoukje.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

Without the UK being in the EU, I wouldn't have been here, and neither would an awful lot of other non-UK veterinarians A lot of animals would not have had the care they needed. Same goes for other jobs, doctors, nurses, care workers, dentists.. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Thoughts and prayers are with the right wingers. No small boats for 11 days now. What is the world coming to.

@gemmagould.bsky.social look!!

Troops withdrawn, tariffs raised and squirrels identified – Week 64 confirms that Earth’s politics is now powered almost entirely by grievance | Xylb-tok the Martian

We finally managed to transcribe the correct picture, so here (only an hour late) are this week's observations from Mars expertly recorded by @xylbtokthemartian.bsky.social northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/ear...

Having lived in the UK since Jan 1989, I have to say: never yet has an election candidate for ANY election knocked on my door. Never. So I wonder, why do candidates not bother getting in touch with the electorate? (1)

The snail of the year. A vampire snail. Tiny but a winner 🏆 🐌 🦇 northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/...

First they came for the refugees. And I did nothing.

Many cis women don’t want a possible ban of trans women from single-sex spaces, and fear wider consequences of judging on appearance | Sophie Molly

Cis woman here: I certainly don't want a ban of trans women from single-sex spaces!!

Only a week to go! Have you sponsored Alysia Gilda yet? And maybe I will see you in Preston? www.justgiving.com/page/alysia-...

Oh no. Let's hope it not bad. That is such a lovely cathedral www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bylines Network offers just that @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @northwestbylines.co.uk

I love reading what the lunar haggis are up to now! @xylbtokthemartian.bsky.social @northwestbylines.co.uk northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opi...

Preventing trans people from joining a Parkrun? The only reason for that is the wish to hurt trans people as much as possible and exclude them from events, make them feel like a pariah. Please write to your MP to ask them to make the ADF go away. protectparkrun.uk

Could they really not think of ONE thing that would benefit all of Scotland, instead of pampering to the TERF section and removing rights from a small minority group? Shameful

Let me know if you are coming, and if you are a bit late I will hang around to meet you.