Unlike the Prime Minister, I am very comfortable in my current position

Picked a hell of a moment to go off on paternity leave 😆

If anyone wonders where I am for the next few weeks, I’ll be exclusively hanging out with this little man, his big brother and his superhuman mum 👶

Some Echo stories I've been especially proud to publish recently... I think @liamthorp.bsky.social would never forgive me if I didn't start with this, a Premium article months in the making www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Today's @liverpoolecho.co.uk front page and four pages inside covers my investigation into men who were convinced to invest thousands into art sales by their neighbour and who never got their money back You can read the full detailed investigation here www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

This guy just feels like the antidote to these times we live in

Three men have told me how they were convinced to invest tens of thousands of pounds in the sales of famous Turner paintings by their charismatic neighbour As the years rolled on, they started to realise things were not going to plan Full investigation 👇

Excellent investigation here by @liamthorp.bsky.social www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

A truly incredible story here from @liamthorp.bsky.social , involving the claims of three men and how they invested thousands of pounds into proposed art sales by their friend and neighbour, losing nearly all of their money. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

I've been working on this investigation for four months. It has taken a huge amount of effort amid ongoing legal battles. One of the most fascinating tales I've ever covered. This is a premium article because we hope it shows the kind of detailed investigative journalism people will pay for.

Remarkable reporting from @elliotlivecho.bsky.social on one of the biggest illegal waste dumps most people will ever have seen

I’m just shocked that a guy labelled the ‘Prince of Darkness’ is embroiled in all of this,I mean who could have known? Well apart from the Prime Minister when he made him the UK’s most important diplomat

Has anyone gone with a headline of Peter Scandalson yet and if not, why not?

Must admit, I’m not seeing loads of evidence of Morgan McSweeney being a master strategist atm

NEW: Shocking video shows inside hospital crisis as patients line corridors

Righteously brilliant from Crace on Mandelson’s disgrace

I wrote about the infamous Liverpool Hope & Glory festival of 2017. Essentially a handy guide for exactly how not to plan and put on major events 'No festival today' - how a Liverpool event promising 'Hope & Glory' turned into disaster

I know this is a minor and trivial point in the grand scheme of journalists being arrested by a deranged and deadly American regime - but Don Lemon is looking hella fresh for 59

While on the one hand I think queuing at pubs represents the death of society, there is an upside because I really enjoy ignoring everyone in the queue and going to the bar where staff are literally stood waiting to serve you www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram comes out swinging against those making anonymous briefings against Andy Burnham 🔥

In case you are wondering how the NHS is doing, one Merseyside hospital has so many patients in corridors that it’s asking non-clinical staff to volunteer time to sit with them Truly bleak report here

Finally someone has answered the question about what we do with a drunken sailor

always on the right side of history 👊

Genius

Alistair Heath: ‘Why this woke left generation’s refusal to be murdered is ruining Britain’s economy’

Big news for Liverpool

What an example to set for your kids

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I've managed to write a piece based entirely around the hot dog guy meme and now I feel I can retire

Whatever you think of Andy Burnham, he’s popular. I’ve been out speaking to lots of people in recent weeks and many of them say he’s the only Labour leader that could bring them back to the party. This was overwhelmingly the case again today.

I know it’s been done but there really is no more succinct way to respond to Tory MPs who were part of the last government, saying ‘Britain is broken’ after joining Reform

You know when people ask about your fantasy dinner party? Well the current line up of Reform MPs is the exact opposite of that.

My thoughts on why today’s decision by the Labour NEC was short sighted and will likely only hasten Starmer’s design (Btw this is an opinion, lots of people have them, you don’t have to be angry if you don’t share it) www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

All the reaction rolling in to today's big decision One Labour MP called the move to block Burnham 'cowardice', another said it is a 'profound mistake' More here...

It was moving to see the outpouring of support and offers of help for a man we featured last weekend who had fallen on hard times and was sleeping in a Liverpool park. Pleased to say that following our article being published, he has been found accommodation to take him off the streets.

Please share. 💔

What hope is there for America when the national media is just parroting the lies of this corrupt administration

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

The history books will show that this brutal US regime was murdering its own people.

And we’re off!

Burnham, the man who could be king The route to Number 10 is one fraught with risk for the ‘King in the North’, but he may never get a better chance My analysis of where things stand and what could happen next (subscriber article)

Rachel and Stephen. Totally and utterly deserved. Both battled back from seemingly defeated positions. Well in. Nailed it. #TheTraitors

Exc: Senior Liverpool Councillor charged with public order offence and due to appear in court

He’s promising to make a note of it so he doesn’t forget

Man of the people this fella

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on earth except some deranged Trump loyalists and Republican cowards have figured out we are not going to the right place

Exc: £100m flagship new Liverpool train station set for significant delays

Never has a real life story so summed up our times

There is simply no denying that this is one hell of a vibe

Merseysiders in my network. Did anyone attend the ill-fated Hope and Glory Festival in Liverpool in 2017 that had to be called off part-way through because it was so dangerous? Keen to speak to anyone who was caught up in it for a new piece. Give me a shout, thanks!