I’m totally heartbroken to have to write this but Magic passed away this morning 🌈. He was my best friend and constant companion. I will miss him so much
If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention.
Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable.
Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street.
Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has:
• Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country.
• Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day.
• Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work.
• Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers.
• Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers.
• Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages.
• Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes.
• Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run.
• Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner.
• Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs.
• Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly.
• Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute.
• Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break.
• Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities.
• Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence.
• Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety.
• Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company.
• Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy.
• Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster.
• Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation.
• Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security.
• Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion.
• Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses.
• Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline.
People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.
My car beyond failed it’s mot so I have been informed that my dad is going to need to take parts of the engine apart and I won’t have it back for a while
Starting to wish I had kept my old car, it was rubbish but at least it didn’t have as many issues
@LelaMayWight Freezing or raining here, all I wanted today was a window open day but alas, the rain beat me too it 😔
I miss old Twitter too, it’s quiet here but still nice to see the people who stuck it out!
I would love a copy if you have any spares but totally understand if you don’t
@LelaMayWight Oh my gosh, this is beyond embarrassing, I somehow totally missed your message. I have been reporting a lot of fake accounts and somehow this got mixed up in all of the notifications
How are you? How has your spring/summer been going? It’s been alternating between really hot and
Migraine and my car failing is MOT really isn’t what I had planned for this afternoon. Think I will be sat in the dark when I get home. How is everyone else’s Monday going?
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@EscapedHere It can be really busy but there are mini gardens spread about as well as the show gardens so spending time looking round and being there later in the day when people have mostly left gives you the chance to see the show gardens without too much of a crowd
Just for clarity. List of PM’s that had huge losses in local elections and didn’t resign..
Thatcher 1066
Major 2018
Blair 818
Brown 331
Cameron 405
May 1134
Johnson 485
Sunak 474
#Labour#KeirStarmer#LocalElections