When I was at No10, I remember getting cabinet ministers to issue some public statement defending us - I forget what the issue was, but it was suitably fawning & embarrassingly loyal. To his great credit (& my amusement) the message back to me from Alan Johnson was “f*ck off”.

— Michael Dugher (@MichaelDugher) May 23, 2020

To be clear: I was in Labour because I grew up in a working class pit village. I spent 20 years working for Labour in govt (where we did great things) & Parliament. I was never a cheerleader for Corbynism that poisoned Labour with anti-Jewish racism & gave the Tories a landslide. https://t.co/D1TIRRvQbh

— Michael Dugher (@MichaelDugher) September 2, 2020

Why this matters: According to @UK_Music our music industry contributed £5.8bn to the economy in 2019 - up 11% from 2018. Employment hit an all-time high of 197,168. Export revenue £2.9bn - up 9%. Music tourism alone contributed £4.7bn of spending to UK economy in 2019 - up 6%. https://t.co/CrqrMyG2xn

— Michael Dugher (@MichaelDugher) January 10, 2021

New Leadership is not a slogan. It’s a test you have to pass.

— Michael Dugher (@MichaelDugher) November 17, 2020