England football star Gary Neville joins Labour Party
The former Manchester United captain is not ruling out running to be Manchester mayor, according to reports.

England football star Gary Neville has joined the Labour Party and is reportedly not ruling out a venture into politics.
The former Manchester United captain was publicly welcomed to the party by shadow cabinet ministers Lucy Powell and Anneliese Dodds.
Mr Neville told the BBCās Political Thinking podcast: āI have joined the Labour Party in the last few days. I want to support Labour. I do believe that we need a progressive Labour Party, but one that actually not just looks after the left side; it has to come towards the centre.ā
Sharing the news on social media, Ms Powell, who is shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, said she is āvery pleasedā that Mr Neville has āfinallyā joined Labour.
āItās something he and I have been discussing for a while,ā she tweeted.
Ms Powell also hinted that the player-turned-pundit may have a political career in store.
She was responding to reports that Mr Neville is not āruling outā a run for Manchester mayor.
āPersonally think heās more than capable of navigating (well, steaming) his way through the world of politics! Look forward to helping,ā Ms Powell said.
But according to the Sun, Mr Neville also told the BBC that he thinks he would get āeaten aliveā in Westminster.
Asked whether he would consider a full tilt at politics, he reportedly said: āI say to myself sometimes Iām able to communicate, I know what I want, I have got a business mind, I can manage people in respect of businesses.
āBut I just think Iād get eaten alive. I donāt know what Whitehall is like, Westminster is like.
āI can only imagine what you have to do there to survive and I donāt play the game, so how can I get in?
āSo, when I ask myself the question do you want to dip your toes in, I canāt dip my toes in because Iām all or nothing. I go in and Iām going in.ā
The newspaper said that, when pressed on whether that would mean running for public office, he replied: āI donāt know at the moment.ā
He added: āNo, Iāll just continue to do this, I think. People would say why are you using your influence to try and turn people?
āActually, at this moment in time, Iād go more quiet if this current regime thatās in left.
āTheyāre very damaging to the standards that we have in this country and around the world.ā
Mr Neville has been a frequent critic of the Conservative Government often voicing his frustration on Twitter.
On Friday, amid the latest Downing Street party allegations, he said that No 10 should be renamed āHaciendaā, in reference to The HaƧienda, a famous Manchester nightclub.
He previously said the people of North Shropshire had āspoken for us allā after the Liberal Democrats took the safe Tory seat in a by-election last year.
āThis Government is rancid and itās impacting them terribly,ā he tweeted.
āA devastating result for Johnson and the mob.ā
Ms Dodds, who is shadow women and equalities secretary and chairwoman of the Labour Party, also tweeted: āA very warm welcome to Labour (Gary Neville). Great to have you on the red team.ā