Trevor Whitear

ADI, HGV, Forklift and HIAB Instructor, Assessor and Driver

[Kevin Craig @KevinCraigUK]

We, the @UKLabour Party, promised the British people we wouldn’t do this.

Millions voted for @Keir_Starmer and gave him a huge majority to put an end to the chopping and changing of Prime Ministers.

The British public still haven’t forgiven the Tories for their leadership chaos. We must remember that.

[Paul Castle @Goto_paulcastle]

THE QUESTION NOBODY WANTS TO ANSWER
Something curious is happening in Westminster.
Keir Starmer lists achievements that critics said were impossible.
The economy stabilising.
Waiting lists falling.
Migration coming down.
Britain rebuilding relationships abroad.
Yet the conversation is not about whether those achievements matter.
It is about who should inherit them.
That should give us pause.
Because there are two very different arguments.
One says Starmer has failed.
The other says Burnham won a by-election.
Those are not the same thing.
One is a verdict on government.
The other is an opportunity spotted by ambitious people.
And perhaps the greatest irony of all is this:
The louder the talk of a "calm", "dignified" and "consensual" handover becomes, the less it sounds like unity and the more it sounds like power.
Politics is full of people who want the crown.
Britain needs people willing to carry the burden.
Keir Starmer inherited a country that was broken.
He rebuilt the party.
He won the mandate.
Now he is doing the difficult work of rebuilding the nation.
That is not a reason to replace him.
It is a reason to let him finish the job.
#Labour #KeirStarmer #UKPolitics

[Neil Coyle @coyleneil]

Just a few ways in which in under two years Labour have been quietly fixing our country after 14 years of Tory/LibDem Coalition damage.

[Trevor Whitear @TrevorWhitear]

A prime minister with our country's best interests at heart.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Tony Blair might not like my plan, but he's wrong: it's changing Britain for the better.

https://t.co/jbDwObZZFr

[Trevor McArdle @McardleTrevor]

The unemployment rate “unexpectedly” fell from 5.2% to 4.9% this month (1.78 million people)

It was expected to rise

Growth this quarter was an “unexpected” 0.7%

Outpacing US, Germany and France

& “huge moment” as NHS hit it’s 18 week target

The tanker is turning

[Trevor Whitear @TrevorWhitear]

Totally agree 👍

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Our media fixation with Keir Starmer is becoming a literal drag on the country now.

As I write this, I can already see the replies forming below, accusing me of being a Labour shill etc. but, believe it or not, I am not.

Maybe it's worth setting this out — I have no party affiliation. None. I'm not 'on the right' … but that's as far as it goes.

There are policies and people that I admire across the Lib Dems, Greens and Labour. Conversely, there are policies and people I am vehemently against within each of those parties as well.

There are some decent Conservatives left but fewer and fewer in frontline politics and I can have excellent discussions with those moderate Tories that remain.

Where my line in the sand is drawn though, as I'm sure you're all aware, is the far-right. Reform UK and Restore Britain. I have no common ground with their populism — I see through the propaganda.

This doesn't mean that I think every member of Reform UK is a bad person, far from it, but I cannot rationalise their top-line bravado into credible politics.

So, with all that being said, I think the witch-hunt of Keir Starmer is distracting the public from some far more serious crises.

Since the very day Starmer took office, there has been an onslaught from the media; desperation to try and topple him and his principal team. This played out successfully with Angela Rayner, and they have been vicious and relentless pursuing Rachel Reeves.

I listened to Paul Brand on LBC at the weekend continuously comparing Starmer to Boris Johnson in terms of sleaze.

Have we collectively lost our minds? There is no other Prime Minister in history that compares to Johnson for scandal.

The elephant in the room — Peter Mandelson.

But is it really an elephant still? Clearly, Starmer should never have brought the Prince of Darkness into his team, that was a madness and severe failing of judgement. One for which he has accepted responsibility and apologised on multiple occasions.

The vetting process appears to be, pretty much, a non-story, despite what Dan Hodges and GB News are shovelling out.

So … we should be moving on. Shouldn't we?

Kemi Badenoch and her famously robust judgement felt not yesterday, and spent more of her diminishing political currency by pushing Starmer with six questions at PMQs on the subject. She was met with a well briefed lawyer, that, in all honesty, made her look a bit silly for continuing her defeated line of questioning.

While this continues to dominate the headlines, other far more crucial issues are being missed — we're going to run low on fuel soon, the cost of living is about to skyrocket, holidays will be cancelled imminently.

But mainly ... the cost of living is about to skyrocket.

We saw in yesterday's inflation rise that food is already moving upward, if Trump's ludicrous war in Iran continues, then we're all going to suffer the consequences.

Surely, this is a far more pressing matter? One in which the government should be fully engaged in order to help protect the public — it's number one duty.

It is very telling that Reform UK are spending very little time on the Starmer issue. They sent Lee Anderson out to raise this issue, for goodness’ sake. LEE ANDERSON.

Farage is hyper focused on the local elections, safe in the knowledge that the media is obsessing over Keir Starmer, once again. He's making hay while the S*n shines on Labour.

Jeez! This went on a bit, sorry, but it feels critical to me. We are being led around by the nose by the legacy media outlets. They smell blood in the water, but I really don't think the story is there. Not yet.

And while the sharks circle, Reform UK are flying under the radar, ready to swoop on the local elections [sorry for the weird mixed metaphors — it's early!].

Have a lovely sunny day. 🌞

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

I know there's always ifs and buts and now is not the times, but can we just rejoin the EU already? This nonsense has gone on for far too long and done enough damage. The world is rapidly changing and we need to stop wasting time masturbating over the ghost of sovereignty.

[Trevor Whitear @TrevorWhitear]

@antoguerrera @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan @Keir_Starmer I would vote in a heart beat for this.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Blaming asylum seekers for homelessness? What about the 720,000 empty homes in England, and the 1,627,450 second homes in England alone.

Blaming asylum seekers for expensive food shops? What about the £3,100,000,000 profit Tesco made last year?

Blaming asylum seekers for expensive energy bills? What about the £438,000,000,000 made by just 20 energy companies in profit?

Blaming immigrants for not getting an NHS appointment? What about the 260,000+ migrant workers keeping the NHS going? And what about the 25% real term cut in NHS funding, think that could do it?

Blaming people on welfare for a lack of money to fund the NHS? What about the £36,000,000,000 tax gap due to avoidance and evasion by the elite?

It's time to realise it's not immigrants, asylum seekers or people on welfare causing you any harm, it's capitalism and the mega rich hoarding all the wealth.

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

Freedom of Movement wasn’t a perk.

It was an economic engine.

It let Brits take jobs, build businesses, tour, trade, collaborate, and bring skills back home.

We didn’t “take back control”. We shrank our opportunities.

If you want mobility back, repost and say so.

#SaveFOM #RejoinEU

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

This is a v good column

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Anyone who says the UK is a shithole needs to go on Google maps and drop a street view pin somewhere random in the world. You don't know how good we've got it.

[Jessica Simor KC @JMPSimor]

The reason I have difficulty buying the idea that the left has to/can “win the argument” against the far right, is that far right narrative is not rational; it relies on the banality of hate. You can’t persuade people who’ve embraced fear & hatred, lies. #history

[Andrew Parnall @dontbrexitfixit]

If Brexit had been a roaring success but another government reversed it and forced us back into the EU against our will, I would join in the calls of betrayal. However, Brexit has been a total failure and we overwhelmingly want to rejoin the EU. Not doing so is the betrayal

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Look, you can have low taxation or you can have functioning public services. You can't have both. Lots of people, including the UK government, seem to have forgotten this fact. Taxation isn't theft. It's the foundation of society.

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

UK involvement in war with Iran will be just as disastrous as the war with Iraq

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.

They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.

If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.

[Trevor Whitear @TrevorWhitear]

@jeremycorbyn Can't help but agree with everything you say. I truly believe that the vast majority of people agree too. Such a shame that society is run in a way that greed aways wins.

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

I 'd welcome a single world government with open arms. Nationalism and factionalism can go fuck themselves into oblivion. One planet, one human race, one government, working for the people and for the environment. Imagine what we could do if we all pulled in the same direction.

[Trevor Whitear @TrevorWhitear]

@PippaCrerar We don't need growth. We have enough. Just share it out better.