Adam Parry

Liverpool FC fan. Sussex CCC. Berks & Bucks FA Football Development Officer. Football referee

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

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.

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@DanKingdom96 Same with me then. Like you say has been the same for a number of years in English cricket. Changed maybe to be like some of the overseas competitions I guess, which makes sense

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

Umm @BBCSport @BBCSussexSport we only started with a -2 point deduction so should probably be on a positive 2 points by now!?

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@WillHugall @LordRic52 @SussexCCC @voigthill @callummay @HoveAway_ @stevebone1 If you put it upside down it might look somewhat normal!

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@TheKopHQ @EFL Agreed but the league don’t have that option as isn’t currently in league rules. Why they said they would review with clubs

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@TheKopHQ @EFL At the moment this wouldn’t happen in league rules. Also, you get both sets of fans there for 10 mins… seems unfair

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@TheKopHQ @EFL Agreed. But there have been teams with 10 men who have scored on the last 10 mins of games. The league has to look at all options

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@SussexCCC Great bowling, well deserved wicket and some great keeping by Simpson.

[Sussex Cricket @SussexCCC]

3⃣0⃣0⃣ 🆙

Another bonus point confirmed, and with it our Division One status secured. ✅

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@Corballyred Considering how obsessed you are with transfers, you’d think you would know that pre-agreements can be signed between PL clubs.

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@imjustbrighton_ Shame that a great UK city has had to deal with this

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@NWA56779 @Corballyred And maybe we do need signings, but the time to talk about it is not immediately after a 100th minute winner. We don’t support the team just for a transfer window.

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@SussexCCC Great win to get the 50 over campaign up and running!

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@SussexCCC Composure to time the run chase perfectly from both of them was excellent!

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

@Corballyred 🤣

[Adam Parry @atparry18]

Yeeessss! What a tournament and what a way to win it! 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[England @England]

BACK-TO-BACK!! 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿