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[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.

[CyclingCardiff @CyclingCardiff]

@BladeoftheS Can we stop buying from Amazon now? It's had it's day.

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@JeffSBrayAuthor My cat, when I am walking away from the kitchen. Apparently any way away from the kitchen is the wrong direction.

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@winterduck04 There's the issue of everyone having to be involved in everything and distracting from what matters, and the issue of skeletons coming out of closets -what should we do if a PM has made a poor choice in the past? I am sick of this too.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Jeremy Clarkson complains about no village Doctor, no village shops, no village schools, no bobby.

This is the same Jeremy Clarkson who loves Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron who made all these things happen with their cuts.

They love complaining about what they voted for.

[CyclingCardiff @CyclingCardiff]

Let's see, will something buzzing overhead distract me from driving? 🙄https://t.co/m93Jg3w5AJ

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@wendlingere49 Unfortunately it is a popularity contest. That's how low the bar is now.

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@wendlingere49 Who is the best then that Respawn can't take down?

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@Bunny_ngl No, girls only feel safe and at ease if Dad is safe and at ease. I don't understand this discussion, it again pushes childcare back as being just on Mum and women, when Dads are equally important. Men shouldn't have access to women's bathrooms.

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@SteveMiraverde @DeborahMeaden @Keir_Starmer Which statistics?

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@SteveMiraverde @DeborahMeaden @Keir_Starmer BoJo messed up the pandemic, Liz Truss crashed the housing market, David Cameron and his ego was responsible for Brexit, I don't think Keir Starmer is the worst prime minister. Labour haven't been the best but they aren't the worst for sure.

[L to the G 💙 @magicbeanz1986]

@DeborahMeaden @Keir_Starmer Isn't @Keir_Starmer also faffing? I am annoyed @UKLabour are faffing instead of getting on with the job. Not sure Keir is off the hook tho. Didn't this come about due to Mandleson & what do we do if politicians play up but we still need someone running the country?

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

First I spoke to Sky News. Then I had a chat with GB News and LBC…

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Wherever there’s a bin in Britain, a fox is sure to follow.

[Louisa Guise Author @whatiwrote_]

My thoughts on the smartphone ban, from a communications professional who wrote a book on smartphones.

[Louisa Guise Author @whatiwrote_]

On Sunday, I'll be taking part in the spoken word event at the East Reading Festival along with some talented poets and writers from Dreading Slam and Caversham Writers. I'll be selling poetry zines & books too. Cash preferred - or buy copies from my site. https://t.co/8FNNdCM3EW

[Louisa Guise Author @whatiwrote_]

Britain is following Australia, Indonesia and others by bringing in age restrictions on social media. As someone who wrote a book about smartphone use and communications, of course I have a lot to say about the social media ban! So I wrote an article: https://t.co/6YY4ZD9XG4

[AllAboutDigitalMarketing @AbtDigMarketing]

A good brief can make all the difference, and this week's guest blogger Andra Ciucescu, founder of Pinpoint, is here to tell you why. https://t.co/0Sz7dLb7vK

[Louisa Guise Author @whatiwrote_]

A good brief can make all the difference, and this week's guest blogger Andra Ciucescu, founder of Pinpoint, is here to tell you why. https://t.co/KinZsx3s1z

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

Your regular reminder that cities aren’t loud. Cars are loud.