If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated.
On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades.
After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced.
We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...
Whatever complaints MPs have about Keir Starmer, they are now descending into the kind of headless chickenry that - whatever and whoever the outcome - will make the situation even worse for Labour. If there is a grand plan starring Catherine West and a few PPSs, then it doesn’t feel terribly thought through. A period of calm would do none of them any harm. The general election is a fair way off. The next legislative programme is about to be unveiled. There are better ways to reach such an important decision and better times too. You are MPs not commentators who exist to feed a frenzy.
I will always make decisions that are in the national interest.
It’s why we aren’t getting dragged into the Middle East conflict, and why we are fighting to protect your living standards.
And while opposition parties have responded by dividing communities, we respond with hope and pride.
Pride in our communities, and the hope of a country that’s better for our children.
That’s what we’re fighting for. Vote Labour on Thursday 7 May.
Britain has a patriotism problem. And it involves the very rich:
Ex-Prince Andrew passed confidential trade documents Epstein
Sir Jim Ratcliffe offshores his wealth to avoid paying billions in tax.
Peter Mandelson is investigated for passing market sensitive information to Epstein
Remember, while the powerful get us fighting each other we forget to focus on them.
I have multiple health problems. Heart, lungs, back, blood (diabetes), etc.
The majority of health care professionals dealing with my multiple problems are immigrants. Without them I’d be f*****d.
You are a destructive idiot.
The UK does not have a welfare problem.
It's got a corrupt politician and corrupt political elite problem.
It's got a billionaire problem.
Tax the rich.
Labour are having a radical week. Not necessarily for what you think.
They’ve introduced measures to stop MPs having Second jobs (or 9).
They’re also introducing a restriction on donations to political parties from foreign donors.
Change is coming.
Expect loud noise.
A billionaire worth £17,000,000,000 who moved to Monaco to dodge £4,000,000,000 in tax is now blaming immigrants for Britain’s problems.
If parasitic billionaires like Jim Ratcliffe paid what they owe — and politicians weren’t in their pockets — our NHS, schools and public services wouldn’t be on their knees.
It is textbook divide and rule. The real enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy.
One of the big problems with our politics is that we have a media, including and even especially in Westminster, that treats politics largely as a soap opera. Given this seems unlikely to change, I wonder if they couldn’t at some point turn to the episode about the man they seem desperate to make Prime Minister, electoral law breaking, Epstein file mentions not least of the billionaire helping to get him in loads of money from wherever they can find it, and his close connection with so many others in the files.
Pleasure to be up in Gorton and Denton on the weekend supporting Labour’s candidate Angelika Stogia.
For unity not division. Only @UKLabour can beat Reform.
One MP messages me to tell me PM "has gone for it and smashed it" Says he "was honest and a bit raw" but adds lots of MPs "desperately want him to succeed"
The Prime Minister was outstanding at Parliamentary Labour Party tonight, fire and fight from an empowered PM in a unified Labour Party. A sticky wicket, but - sincerely, honestly, outside of all bluff, bluster and bollocks - it could not have gone better.