If you have a spare 3 mins and 45 secs today, watch this fantastic grilling by Sally Nugent on BBC Breakfast.
The very first time I've seen Farage questioned properly about his £5M bung, and it's fair to say, he totally fluffed it.
There are points when you can see Farage tremble and even accuse the BBC of putting him in danger. 🤦♂️
It was for security. It was for cars. Nobody cares. It's no one's business. He won't tell us. DANGER!
At one point, he let slip that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards may 'disagree' with him on the rules around donations.
He knows he's going to be found guilty on this one. He's in trouble, and his face gave it away gloriously.
Top hats off to Sally Nugent. Stellar work. 👏
If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.
Andy Burnham hasn’t been in parliament for years. No involvement in international politics, failed twice to lead the Party.
He is extremely out of his depth and under qualified to just walk into number 10.
What he and his associates are doing is reckless.
Of course, lots on here will strongly disagree, some demeaning themselves with foul language, but a good man has just resigned with immense dignity. The problem isn't really Starmer it's us, 7 PMs in just 10 years - "something rotten in state." At the risk of more abuse, much of it down to the disaster of Brexit & it's core lies, which no government have yet tackled.
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer gets emotional as he resigns as Prime Minister
"I shall spend more time on the most important job. Being the best husband I can to my fantastic wife Vic... and being best dad I can to my beautiful children, who have been my pride and joy"
The British people are sick of being let down by an endless merry-go-round of Prime Ministers while nothing really changes.
This time must be different. It can’t just be about changing who’s in Number 10, it has to be about changing our broken politics so we can fix our country.
My sense is that, unpopular though Starmer undoubtedly is, much of the electorate are not happy with the prospect of a Prime Minister being overthrown by a combination of a media frenzy, desperate Labour MPs, and the personal ambition of Andy Burnham.
I kinda feel sorry for him. He's quietly and competently getting on with fixing broken Britain. He's just not charismatic. Has tried to avoid angering either political side and ended up aggravating both and the right wing media has easily eviscerated him
I'm not Labour but genuinely don't understand why people hate Starmer so much.
Ten years ago he'd have been an ordinary PM - liked or disliked - but no great vitriol. Like a Gordon Brown, John Major, or Callaghan.
Is it time to legislate; if a change of leader is forced by its own Party then a General Election must be called.
That would stop the constant churn and focus all politicians on delivery, instead of work place politics. These endless ‘house of cards’ games would end and the country would benefit.
Let’s legislate to focus minds.
Labour are about to make a monumental mistake. They have history - Brown coronation, Ed Miliband election (wrong brother), Corbyn madness. But in the context of a big 2024 GE majority, removing a sitting PM would be a crowning disaster.
No one should be celebrating what seems certain to be the imminent departure of #Starmer & arrival of our 7th PM in 10 years
Something has gone horribly wrong in British politics. Stability & competence were key parts of what made us a great country.
Poorer quality politicians, the cheapening of political debate (in part social media but also MSM) & rise of so called populism led to #Brexit & the decision to leave #EU just exacerbated the demise of competent Govt, sensible politics & decent politicians.
🚨 NEW: Immigration Minister Mike Tapp has called for a new law forcing a general election if a party forces out its leader
"That would stop the constant churn and focus all politicians on delivery, instead of workplace politics. The country would benefit"
If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated.
On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades.
After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced.
We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...
🚨 NEW: A Labour source says Keir Starmer feels "betrayed"
"He gave everything to Labour, including sacrificing much of his children's teenage years to help make the party electable. He feels deeply betrayed, especially by those he believed were loyal to him"
Scotland denied stonewall penalty. Aynaoui put strong tackle in on McTominay from behind - referee said he got the ball - replayed showed he kneed McTominay on the knee getting nothing of the ball. Ridiculous that VAR did not give a penalty for that. Scotland robbed