Cathy Mitchell

Student Paramedic. SJA Emergency Ambulance Crew, Chair Warrington's Own Buses and BWBus community bus

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@PolitlcsUK What a disgraceful way to treat a good man who has done so much to turn our country around. Fully support SKS

[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.

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

I want Keir to remain as PM. He is doing a good job. That is despite relentless attacks from the media. I hope that our party does not repeat the mistakes of the last Tory government, thinking that a switch of leader can solve all of our problems. It won't

[Adam Fox | Essex @AdamFoxUK]

I genuinely cannot believe we're in this position.

Keir Starmer won a huge mandate from the British people. He transformed the Labour Party from one that had suffered its worst defeat in generations into a party capable of winning power and changing the country.

And yet, just two years into government, we're talking about leadership speculation instead of the job we were elected to do.

I'm not pretending everything is perfect. Government is hard. The challenges facing Britain are immense. There are difficult choices to make and there are no easy answers. If solving these problems was simply a matter of better communications or finding a catchy slogan, someone would have done it already.

What frustrates me is the idea that replacing one leader magically makes those challenges disappear. It won't.

Whoever leads Labour will face the same economic realities, the same fiscal constraints, the same online discourse and the same difficult decisions.

Some seem determined to oversimplify those realities in pursuit of their own ambitions. I think that's a mistake.

This Government has real achievements to be proud of. Growth is returning. NHS waiting lists are falling. Interest rates are coming down. Small boat crossings are down. There is still a huge amount of work to do, but progress is being made.

The public don't want a Labour Party consumed by itself. They want a Labour Government focused on them.

Right now, our energy should be on delivering for the country, winning elections and building on the progress we've made…not tearing ourselves apart.

Because if we don't learn that lesson now, what happens when the next leader faces the same difficult decisions in a year or two's time?

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Beautiful. Welldone Manchester.

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@GoldenAgeUnfold Yes. I'm appalled by the relentless media attacks when the PM is having to clear up the total mess made by the previous government, who are now joining Reform. Keir is going a good job

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

Paracetamol is the first choice of painkiller if you're pregnant and is still considered the safest choice of pain relief during pregnancy.

There is no evidence it causes autism in children.

Kate Brintworth, our Chief Midwifery Officer, explains more 🎥

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@Britain_People @Nigel_Farage Yes

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@AngelaRayner So sorry to hear this. A big loss

[CIHT @CIHTUK]

With the festivities underway we’re excited to congratulate the winner of @BCofEx Initiative of the Year Award, @WarringtonBuses in partnership with @WarringtonBC : Driving Innovation, Sustainability, and Community Engagement in Public Transport #CIHTAwards25

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

Blue sky is a better place. See you there 😊 https://t.co/EXbwMklUnt

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@England You did us proud @England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@LGA_Labour @weezegee @LGAcomms Congratulations Louise, that's brilliant news xx

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@annahamiltonart Beautiful ❤️

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@NathanielD93744 Fantastic news! ♥️

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@CllrRussBowden @WarringtonBC "Independent"

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@NWAmb_Sara @NWAmbulance @stjohnambulance Thank you for your amazing presentation, it was brilliant 💚

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@Kavita_Oberoi I'm so sorry to hear that. Thinking of you ❣️

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@implausibleblog I didn't realise that 30p was such a sensitive guy

[Cathy Mitchell @CathyMitch]

@CllrRussBowden I've yet to try one, but feeling very internet nostalgic over on BlueSky