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[Brendan May @bmay]

Well that marked the end of our brief two years as a serious country again. Well done everyone.

Back to vibes, shits and giggles it is.

Britain is done.

I am ashamed.

[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.

[Camilla @cchell15]

@DuddridgeLloyd Never forgiving the backstabbers who drove Starmer out.
Angry, sad and heartbroken. I've lost faith in Labour and I resigned my membership today.

[Camilla @cchell15]

To @UKLabour, Corbynites, @andy4makerfield and @wesstreeting: for the knife you plunged & twisted in @Keir_Starmer's back, you deserve to be in opposition for the next 14yrs.
I've resigned my party membership and you've lost my vote.

@campbellclaret
@RoryStewartUK

[Paul Cox @PaulCoxComedy]

Andy Burnham has no national mandate, has articulated no clear vision for the country, and has a poor track record from his time in government. Despite this, he has faced remarkably little scrutiny.

I’m sure he’s a decent person, but being likeable is not a qualification for leading a country facing deep political and social divisions.

Unless serious questions are asked and convincing answers are provided, there is every reason to believe that things could get significantly worse before they get better.

[Camilla @cchell15]

I will suspend my membership of the Labour Party if @andy4makerfield triggers a leadership contest.
If Labour thinks aping the Tories' leadership chaos will help them, then they deserve to remain in opposition for the next 14 years.
@campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK

[Thomas | Less Noise, More Delivery @TomSoede]

Open letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Dear Prime Minister,

I am writing as a Labour supporter who is deeply concerned by the growing pressure surrounding your leadership, but also as someone who has developed a genuine admiration for the way you conduct yourself.

What I respect most about you is your seriousness.

You are not a political showman. You do not rely on constant drama, easy slogans or theatrical promises. You come across as disciplined, intelligent, decent and deeply conscious of the responsibility that comes with leading the country.

In an age when politics is increasingly dominated by noise, outrage and personality cults, your calmness is a strength.

Your resilience is also admirable. You have faced relentless criticism, personal attacks and an often hostile media environment, yet you have continued to behave with dignity. You rarely lash out. You do not appear consumed by ego. You keep returning to the work.

That matters to me.

Britain has already endured years of political chaos, revolving-door prime ministers and governments more interested in internal warfare than governing. The country does not need another leadership contest. It needs stability, seriousness and delivery.

You were elected with a mandate to govern. You inherited damaged public services, weak growth, overcrowded prisons, an NHS under enormous pressure and public trust worn down by fourteen years of Conservative government. None of that can be repaired overnight.

I hope you will remain Prime Minister and continue the work until the next general election in 2029.

Labour MPs should understand that removing you now could trigger weeks of division, uncertainty and damaging promises made during a leadership contest. The press would feed on the chaos, financial markets could react, and Nigel Farage and Reform would be handed exactly the political instability they want.

This is not the time for Labour to imitate the Conservative Party.

I also believe your personality is better suited to this difficult period than many people appreciate. You are methodical rather than impulsive, measured rather than reckless, and focused on governing rather than performing.

Those qualities may not always generate exciting headlines, but they are the qualities a serious Prime Minister needs.

Leadership is not only about popularity. It is about character.

It is about remaining calm when others panic, showing discipline when others chase attention, and continuing the difficult work when the noise becomes unbearable.

Please hold the line.

Many Labour supporters still believe in your integrity, your determination and your sense of duty. Britain needs less political theatre and more delivery, and you deserve the opportunity to complete the job the country elected Labour and you to do.

Yours sincerely,

Thomas Soede

[Brendan May @bmay]

Labour has gone from 'Change' to 'Hope' in less than two years. If they carry on like this then the next slogan is called 'Opposition'.

Idiotic spectacle, this. Really stupid.

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

Not hard to picture the scenes a year from now as Labour MPs scratch their heads and ask: Why on earth did we get rid of Starmer?

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Gray checkmark on gray checkmark ratios this week. Who’s next? 😭

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

EXCL: Nigel Farage has been trying to block Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for billionaire bankrolling his party.

Reform UK leader has said Christopher Harborne wants nothing in exchange for millions donated to party and undeclared £5m personal gift to Farage revealed by Guardian.

But Farage used private meeting at Bank to urge governor to drop plans for state-run alternative to digital currency that has made his Thailand-based benefactor one of richest people in world.

Cracking tale from @tomburgis

https://t.co/o4ljHGx8fZ

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Tim Stanley, "Iran has discovered it's strength in the Strait of Hormuz"

"And all President Trump has done is alienated Europe, alienated key partners in the Gulf, killed innocent people including school children"

"Yes, it's wiped out a lot of very bad people but its going to end up paying a lot of money to Iran for the pleasure of it"

"And, when it comes to nuclear weapons, President Trump has really only taken us back to at best, what President Obama negotiated"

"At worst, America is reduced because it looks like its behaving like a rogue state"

"And it's mad populist allied like me look like fools"

"Because we always said that we would say one thing in defence of Donald Trump: he doesn't do wars"

"There was one reason to support him, that there would be peace on the world stage"

"And what did President Trump do? A war"

"And many of us are scratching our heads trying to figure out why"

[Tom Tugendhat @TomTugendhat]

The @BBCNews has now confirmed what some of us warned for years.

A Russian diplomat ran a sabotage campaign on British soil: arson against the Prime Minister’s own home, and fake far-right and Islamist groups built to turn us against each other. This is not crime. It is how war is fought by powers who don’t want to expose their hand. https://t.co/G7cp3xaZQK

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

A) This a properly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by BBC & @hopenothate. Huge kudos to all involved.

B) The Kremlin operative who BBC names as directing arson attacks against Keir Starmer was taught his tradecraft by…drumroll…Sergei Nalobin !!! Pictured here with Boris Johnson. Also: the star of our podcast series, Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring! Wtaf

[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

The next 65 days until the final deal is signed will be the greatest fight in the Israel lobby's history. They will stop at NOTHING to derail it. The closer it gets, the more unhinged they'll become

Perhaps the highest stakes 65 days in modern history

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

Northern Ireland remaining in the EU single market for goods means we have an entire region running as a counterfactual on how much wealthier we’d have been had we stayed. It’s actually outperformed London.

[Financial Times @FT]

Farage scales back press events amid scrutiny over £5mn gift from crypto investor https://t.co/GcScbLnFlM

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

The award for the most stylish World Cup arrival goes to DR Congo 😎🇨🇩

[Reform Political Advertising @refpoliticalads]

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[LBC @LBC]

"I don't recognise the country anymore..."

Caller Satnam explains why he's finding it hard to put his England flags up for the World Cup this year.

[Paul @LeftySeparatist]

Just in case you’re wondering what kind of place the UK is, a few jewish ambulances being set on fire will bring about more COBRA meetings and hysterical mass media coverage than actual people being burned out of their homes by masked gangs rampaging through the streets.