The interesting thing here is not that everyone suddenly loves Starmer.
It is that outside the Westminster/media bubble, many people seem to understand something very basic:
A country cannot rebuild itself through permanent leadership panic.
Stability is not glamorous.
It does not trend as easily as drama.
It does not feed the pundit class in quite the same way.
But after the Tory circus — five prime ministers, endless faction fights, mini-budgets, resignations, scandals and collapse — stability matters.
You do not have to agree with every decision Starmer makes to understand that.
You do not have to think he is charismatic to understand that.
You only have to ask one question:
Would another leadership war really help the country right now?
For many people outside the bubble, the answer seems to be no.
Country first cannot just be a slogan.
Sometimes it means giving a Prime Minister with a majority the time and space to govern.
If this speaks to you, please repost it — not for me, but for someone who is tired of chaos being sold as politics. And - yeah you guessed it - follow me.
@lukeakehurst@EmilyThornberry@AndyBurnhamGM You literally are now campaigning for someone who is openly saying he will challenge the best PM we have had in decades.
Shameful Luke. Disrespectful and Disloyal.
Anyone that campaigns for Burnham now will be remembered by the voters. @LBC
@PedderSophie I am happy and proud to see UK PM Keir Starmer at the heart of this key group of world leaders. With M. President Macron, and President Merz. High praisrle to all.
Labour MPs and Labour supporters are going to be reminded, in a very painful fashion, that Andy Burnham was a great option when he was *unavailable* but a much less impressive one if or when he *does* become available.
@PedderSophie@Arciclaudio Not a surprise to me or many other Brits that support Keir Starmer. He’s worked hard to rebuild our relationships abroad and with Europe in particular. It’s the UK media that’s the problem, they’ve run a hate campaign against him since day one.
As long as I live I will never understand how this man has gained a reputation as a political force. He's all over the place and wriggling on a hook.
It's like watching a man try to explain to his wife why she's found another woman's texts on his phone. #bbcpm#c4news
This is how bizarre Andy Burnham’s by-election campaign is: he is simultaneously giving interviews and sending press releases opining on various national policies when it suits him, while refusing to answer more difficult questions because he says he’s focusing only on Makerfield