David Henderson

London based.
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[David Henderson @19sixty3]

🎶🎶🇬🇧🇬🇧Rule Britannia....Britannia Rules The Waves 🇬🇧🇬🇧🎶🎶

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

“I’m proud of what we’re delivering. Fastest growing economy in the G7. UK growth is up and inflation is down. Net migration down by a staggering 82%. The asylum backlog down by 46%. The fastest reduction of waiting times in the history of the NHS. Free school meals, breakfast clubs and free child care and we’re lifting half a million children out of poverty”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs

[David Henderson @19sixty3]

@wandbc @steffisutters Looking forward to your imminent announcement of how you plan to improve the traffic situation on and around Putney High Street, as promised in your election literature.

[David Henderson @19sixty3]

Good it see a city in control of its hire bike schemes #saferstreets

[David Henderson @19sixty3]

@angelamireland @wandbc Yes, it's not nice but as a cabinet member for 4yrs you had plenty of time to sort it out... I thought you were better than this....

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

U turn number two from Burnham in one day !

There we go again.

Despite John McDonnell making it clear that Andy Burnham had agreed to allow Jeremy Corbyn back into the Labour Party should he become leader, we are now hearing that he will not be doing so.

That is a second U turn in a single day.

This is not a minor matter of emphasis or tone. It goes to the heart of judgement and consistency. If positions are being set and then reversed within hours, what confidence can there be in any wider programme of leadership?

It will not go unnoticed either.

Figures on the left of the party, many of whom remain closely aligned with Corbyn, will see this as a clear signal. Having been led to believe one thing, they are now being told another. That kind of shift rarely ends quietly.

And so the question becomes unavoidable.

If this is the approach before any leadership contest has even properly begun, what would it look like under the full weight of office?

Because leadership demands clarity, not constant correction.

And at the moment, clarity appears to be in short supply.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Andy Burnham says the country has been on ‘the wrong path for 40 years', adding; 'except that really good bit around 2008-2010'

[Brendan May @bmay]

Andy Burnham wanted to rejoin the EU until he became a candidate in a seat that plainly doesn’t.

That isn’t leadership, and frankly I have no clue what the Labour Party thinks it’s doing on this vanity suicide mission.

[Alan Olive @AlanOlive1]

Lucy won't let me reply to say this, but we don't need to win it, it's already Labour. Crazy that the resigning MP is on the doorsteps campaigning to win something we already hold.
The madness of egotistical politicians taking the reins.

[Jennifer Stewart @JenniferJS_]

UK coup resignations:
Blair - 7 ministers in 2006
Corbyn - 17 in 2016 coup & 10 quit the party in 2019
Johnson - 48 ministers over 5 days in 2022

Starmer - 4 ministers. Streeting's alleged 'coup' fizzled out.

Puts it in perspective.

[Ella Rose-Jacobs @ellarachelrose]

Jeremy Corbyn didn’t just led us to electoral oblivion, he led the Labour Party to institutional racism. @JewishLabour will ensure we never let us go back there, and will challenge any leadership candidate as appropriate.

[David Henderson @19sixty3]

@labourlewis @ScottElkington @AndyBurnhamGM Will he be calling a general election if he becomes PM?

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Zack Polanski didn't vote in the local elections and may have not paid enough council tax, which is possibly more stupid than dishonest, unless he also has 'competent politician' on his CV

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

Has there ever been a more blindingly obvious example of the grass is greener syndrome than the sudden hysteria surrounding Andy Burnham? He lost to Ed Miliband in 2010. He was thrashed by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015. Now he’s capped bus fares in Manchester and he’s seen as the all-conquering, returning hero and the saviour of Labour and the country?

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

There is something immensely undignified about a man who wasn’t part of Labour’s landslide victory now attempting to win a by-election so that he can challenge the Prime Minister who won that landslide less than two years ago. Meanwhile government is hamstrung and the country looks on as a bystander to the chaos.

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

Heart warming that Zack Polanski decided to join the overwhelming majority of British Jews in not casting a vote for the Green party.

[Ben 🇬🇧 @BenInRushcliffe]

If you're wondering how to complain about @SamCoatesSky bias and behaviour you can do so by heading to -

https://t.co/3Q7U8JjZy5

[David Henderson @19sixty3]

@BellRibeiroAddy on CNN, asked directly 4 times who she thinks should replace Starmer but she refused to answer the question. Totally out of her depth.
Embarrassing.

[Peter Tatchell @PeterTatchell]

What are the LGBT+ policies of Green Party deputy leader Mothin Ali?

During his campaign in 2025 for the deputy leadership, Mothin declined to express support for LGBT+ rights

To clear the air, @MothinAli needs to make a public statement asap

https://t.co/Jq0MeA8o9s

[Proper Memes 〓〓 @Proper_Memes]

Zack Polanski showing off his BAFTA for The Best Actor In Political Satire or Comedy

[John McGuirk @john_mcguirk]

One thing I do not understand, as someone who remembers the Blair/Brown years quite well, is how UK Labour members have convinced themselves that Andy Burnham, of all people, is going to be their saviour.