Hounded out by right-wing media.
He lost his brother months into his leadership and still carried on with grace.
A shameful moment in political history
@wesstreeting You were actually doing some good for the country in the NHS- it was impressive work. But it looks like your ambition is more important than doing a good job for your voters…..
@bbc5live Keir Starmer has support from a considerable, largely silent group who are shocked by what is happening. Sadly Labour MPs have been swayed by the non stop media circus that have been gunning for this government from the word go.
@KayBurley You and your media cronies have manufactured this for your own ends- for click bait-
Proper journalism has been lost in your 24 hour news feeding frenzy- people are being misinformed and this mad leadership contest is the result.
So just to sum up. Labour win a 174 seat majority under Keir Starmer and return to power after almost a decade and a half. They find governing challenging against the backdrop of struggling public services and low growth, and make unforced errors (winter fuel, Mandelson etc). Social media conspiracies, led by Elon Musk, contribute to a toxic political climate. Nigel Farage, the architect-in-chief of Brexit (which made things harder than they needed to be) pops up with his divisive rhetoric and poorly thought through policies and… Labour MPs, egged on by the media, panic. If Andy Burnham, a man without a plan, wins a staged by-election, he likely becomes Prime Minister. He then either calls a general election and loses Labour its hard fought majority, or struggles through for a couple of years before Farage is better “prepared” to move into Number 10. Stupid doesn’t cover it.
@BBCNewsnight Gillian Keegan is so rude- talking over others and talking rubbish- thanks goodness she was only briefly Education Secretary- Kate Bell was so calm…..
So let me get this right.
- UK economy outperformed expectations, growing in March despite Iran.
- Unemployment down from 5.1 to 4.9%.
- Waiting lists coming down
- Progress finally being made on restoring ties with Europe.
@wesstreeting@Ed_Miliband why derail this now.
@joshsimonsmp Shocking disrespect of your constituents- terrible decision- the electorate will now not believe that you are acting in the national
interest- only your own……
@labourlewis You make a huge assumption that he will win- you do not speak for most voters - we want the government and prime minister that we elected.
@AndyBurnhamGM@owenjonesjourno I hope you know what you are doing here- jeopardising a Labour government that the country so badly needs at the moment- bad timing…..