Richard Buckton

Paid search & social @rekrmend. Developing musicals at Wishful Thinking - Berlusconi musical! Silver Sun. Pub and croissant connoisseur.

[sam @samcramerrr]

Seeing a lot of people saying Keir Starmer is the worst prime minister in their lifetime and the only reasonable conclusion to make is that they are two years old

[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.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The same week that @RupertLowe10 put out his bullshit ‘rape gang report’ falsely claiming Muslims raped 250,000 white girls & same week @elonmusk amplified it on here, this happens. Is anyone surprised?

They’re inciting violence against Muslims and emboldening extremists.

[Lord Jean-Christophe❤️📺🇬🇧,🇫🇷 tosseur, flâneur @jclanoe]

LOL LOL LOL

[Isabella @KhanSaba1278]

If you can’t afford to pay a living wage, you can’t afford to own a restaurant

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.

At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

This is Timothy Hudson. He raped & killed his stepsister. A judge ruled because he’s 16 he gets to spend time at home with family awaiting trial.
He’s Not an immigrant. Not a Black or brown person. A US citizen with the complexion for protection.
16 year old Kalief Browder was tortured for 3 years in prison and solitary on the mere (false) accusation that he allegedly stole a backpack. He died by suicide from the trauma. Hudson gets to chill at home after raping & killing.
This is America.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Israel is still killing babies in Gaza and it’s barely even a news story.

[Cold ❄︎ @Coldstray]

Guy harasses a horse from behind and immediately gets knocked out

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟.

A Palestinian farmer working his field in the occupied West Bank refused to leave for an armed Israeli settler.

So the settler took him hostage, blindfolded and humiliated him while IDF soldiers stood guard protecting the abuser.

[Richard Buckton @mrrichard]

@Lloyd_Cole One of the ones I got!

[Richard Buckton @mrrichard]

@M_Steeples @farda_alphonso The croissants in Tesco are half the price and twice as good

[Richard Buckton @mrrichard]

Just saw someone called Amazing Aerials in the credits of 2026. The names parents come up with these days.

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

This is John Ashby, the racist monster who raped a Sikh woman because he believed her to be Muslim. This image should be on the front page of every newspaper and online platform. His actions will have been fuelled by the hateful rhetoric pumped out online and normalised by hard right politicians. Damn you and your sick views. My heart is broken for the survivor of this attack. She will suffer the psychological scars of this misogynistic violence for the rest of her life. I hope he is imprisoned for the rest of his days.

[Nain Bosan @nainbosan01]

This is a video of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein with children..

This is the video that the Department of Justice deleted yesterday..

Now they want to remove it from the internet..

Share this everywhere...

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

It is insane that the entire world is being held hostage so this criminal can avoid corruption charges.

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

Just heard news on @BBCRadio4 at midnight

BBC is a DISGRACE

They fail to say that Pakistan has confirmed that Lebanon WAS INCLUDED in ceasefire

They give impression Israel is attacking Hezbollah, whereas it is clear they are attacking civilians in Beirut, a war crime

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Pakistan just said it directly.

The ceasefire included Lebanon.

Not implied. Not assumed. Not lost in translation.

Included.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister put it in the announcement. In writing. With U.S. involvement.

And now Israel is bombing Beirut. And Vance calls it a “reasonable misunderstanding.”

And Netanyahu says Lebanon was never part of the deal.

Someone is lying.