Pete Rob

[Pete Rob @PeteMight]

@gra393362501 @antmiddleton @Keir_Starmer @Portsmouth_gal Surely all pensions are taxed?

[Tom1s @Tom1s]

@ShippersUnbound Looks like Andy Burnham will face inevitable questions on what he would do if he was PM on defence…extra bus routes might not be sufficient

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

In almost any other household, if a man suddenly parked a brand new £125,000 motorhome in the driveway - and acquired other new vehicles - his wife would ask where on earth he got the money from.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Britain has fallen.

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

Westminster Voting Intention [Burnham as Leader]:

LAB: 30% (+8)
RFM: 27% (-2)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 11% (-2)
GRN: 7% (-4)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @Moreincommon_, 15-19 May.
Changes w/ Standard VI.

[Pete Rob @PeteMight]

@KernowQ @SamCoatesSky @PhilipRadbourne If Burnham can win Makerfield there will definitely be a vote.
I am a Starmer supporter who voted for him as leader. I will be voting for Burnham this time around, for the simple reason that if he can win Makerfield in the current political climate, then maybe win a GE too.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Former Green Party Leader Caroline Lucas says she hopes the Greens will “put country before party” and not campaign against Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election 👏

[Cherry @Cherryopenmind]

When I was a nine-year-old schoolgirl, my teacher asked us to write a news article.

She told me, 'All I want to know is Who, What, Where, When, and Why.'

It took me two attempts, but I finally produced a piece that she said satisfied exactly what a reader needs to know.

So, let us play teacher with Chris Mason today.

Let us look at how he manipulates and manufactures drama for the BBC, a service we pay for.

Who: He cites 'friends and allies' of Wes Streeting, using anonymous whispers instead of a single official statement from a man who has neither resigned nor told the media he is standing.

What: He describes 'jostling on the start line' of a race that does not officially exist, masquerading speculation as a foregone conclusion.

Where: He sets the scene in a fictionalised 'expected race for leader', ignoring the reality that governance happens in departments, not in a journalist’s imagination.

When: He claims a challenge is 'imminent' to create a false sense of urgency, despite no confirmation of any such move.

Why: He does it to feed the 'anger factory' and secure clicks, knowingly trading national stability for media ratings.

Journalism is supposed to inform citizens, not project chaos.

@ChrisMasonBBC has failed my teacher’s test.

He is not reporting the news, he is attempting to invent it.

Do we pay the BBC so that journalists can play soap opera directors with our future?

#BBC #ChrisMason #Journalism #UKPolitics #Starmer #WesStreeting #Truth #Accountability

[Evan Cull 💚🟣 @EvanCull]

@paulpowlesland @r00binh00 @DraperOr @5saeternitatis caravans are the same.

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

The ministers urging Starmer to go are feeding the hysteria. The next leader will be subject to instant leadership speculation and the next, and the next, whether Labour, Reform or Tory. Britain is becoming ungovernable. And the media fixation on this tittle tattle is not helping

[Simon Harris @SimonHarrisMBD]

All over England today, hundreds of new councillors with remits that cover potholes, bins and adult social care are going to be meeting to figure out how to stop the boats.

[Harry Samuels @hnjsamuels]

Might run for Parliament on a single-issue campaign: mandating overnight counts for all elections

[Matt LTFC KEANEZERO12 @LtfcMatt]

@BNHWalker How isnt it grim if they have gone backwards from their worse result in 200 years?

[Ben Walker @BNHWalker]

"Grim but not horrific" uh

[Will Self @wself]

"So yes, Labour receives my vote today. Not because I am Jewish, despite the now inevitable attempts to drag everything through the prism of ethnically coded allegiance. Not because Sir Keir Starmer happens to be married to somebody sharing my own heritage. And not merely because Labour has at least attempted to confront antisemitism institutionally while others have preferred equivocation. Labour receives my vote because, amid all the smoke, mirrors and mediated excitation, it remains the only formation in Lambeth that still appears to possess enough institutional memory and municipal DNA to govern a borough of this complexity with any residual sense of fairness."

#VoteLabour

[Pete Rob @PeteMight]

@River_x2__ @VFinnishProbs He says "that didn't hurt did it?"

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

Weird war, where the winner gets skyrocketing gas prices, inflation and market crashes while the loser gets control over 20% of global oil flow.

[Tony Wiener @twieneruk]

@haveigotnews

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

PM: "This is obviously an extremely serious situation, and I know, I know the whole country, the whole country is worried about the potential for escalation. They're worried about the impact on their lives, particularly when they see what's happening with energy. The family and friends of those who are caught in the region will be worried sick about them. And of course, we've got civilians and military personnel, at risk in the region.

We need to act therefore, with clarity, with purpose, and with a cool head. The protection of UK nationals is our number one priority, and we're taking action to reduce the threat. With planes in the sky and the region intercepting incoming strikes, deploying more capability to Cyprus and allowing US planes to use UK bases to take out Iran's capability to strike. What I was not prepared to do on Saturday was for the UK to join a war, unless I was satisfied there was a lawful basis and a viable thought through plan. That remains my position."

[abrar @rustam_abrar]

@sahouraxo