Paul

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Edward Norton talking to himself at the USA-Türkiye game 😅

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

At least the British people now know where they stand. Even if they vote in a PM with a massive majority he or she will be forced from office if the UK media decide they don't like them.

They will push and undermine until Farage is in Number 10. It's what their owners want.

[Sam @SamCKx]

A democratically elected British Prime Minister has been driven from office by a relentless campaign of propaganda and misinformation; funded, amplified and perpetuated by foreign billionaires and elites whose interests bear zero resemblance to those of ordinary working people.

A noble gesture from an emotional Keir Starmer, entirely consistent with his conduct in office.

A truly sad day for British democracy.

His full resignation speech:

[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.

[Curtis Daly @CurtisDaly_]

Despite this, anti-immigrant sentiment has increased. Proof that it's a manufactured political issue.

[Paul Groenhuysen @PGroenhuysen]

It is now undoubtedly a case of the Media 100% attempting to bring down a democratically elected PM..
At the end of the day he has done very very little wrong ,and in the light of his predecessors frightful legacy one hell of alot right..

[SophieSpring97 @SophieP25397]

People were angry with the destruction of over a decade of Conservative government, then angry that a Labour government hasn't reversed the decline in two years, so then vote for the very people that caused the decline in the first place expecting them to fix what they caused.

[Paul @PF548]

@HullAreYou @WithoutMajor They never had it, they just have contacts that give them transfer news.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

It is difficult to accept the basis upon which these so called facts are presented. In modern times, the two most demonstrably unsuccessful Prime Ministers this country has endured are Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. No other Prime Minister, including Sir Keir Starmer, approaches the scale of those failures.

What has followed is a narrative constructed and sustained across major broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Sky News, and GB News, alongside sections of the wider press, the persistent chorus of voices from within the Conservative Party, and the influence of Reform UK. Within that narrative, criticism of Sir Keir has been constant from the moment he assumed office.

That scrutiny stands in stark contrast to the latitude afforded to his predecessors, particularly at times when serious errors were made and rules were plainly disregarded. The effect is cumulative. A narrative is repeated, reinforced, and amplified until it presents itself as established fact, regardless of whether it withstands scrutiny. It is this constant echo that many have grown weary of, particularly when it appears so plainly unbalanced in its application.

It is not unreasonable to conclude that such imbalance reflects editorial inclination rather than objective assessment. A Labour Prime Minister does not sit comfortably with certain proprietors or institutions, and that discomfort appears to shape the tone of coverage.

Yet one fact remains beyond dispute. Sir Keir secured a decisive electoral mandate, a landslide victory that confers both authority and responsibility. Those who supported him expect that mandate to be honoured through steady and effective governance. To date, there has been no failure of the kind so readily alleged. What we are witnessing instead is the noise of political transition.

Meanwhile, the Conservative Party finds itself diminished, its relevance increasingly in question, and its future uncertain.

It would therefore be welcome if sections of the press returned to the task of reporting events as they are, rather than seeking to shape them into something they are not.

[Paul @PF548]

@secondtierpod @27reddevil next Duncan Edwards back where he belongs

[Keith Burge @carryonkeith]

So essentially the pattern is, destroy the country as a Tory and then defect to Reform claiming you need to sort out the mess. That you created.

[Paul @PF548]

@emirsopranoo @AFanning87

[Paul @PF548]

@OutOnTheFull22 @SuperLeague Robbie McCormack did more in one year than 80% of that list.

[Ian Brown @ianbrown]

REST IN PEACE MANi X

[Paul @PF548]

@4dWigan @TheRFL Extra point if you are from Yorkshire

[Paul @PF548]

@4dWigan @TheRFL Having Wigan in 4th is almost as bad as having Bradford in.

[Paul @PF548]

@WayneHaselden @uggy7 @AORugbyLeague @Saints1890 @leedsrhinos If you don't like these opinions, I have others

[Paul @PF548]

@M_Shaw1 One point off third like it’s something to be proud of in a league of this standard 😂

0/17 against the top three and Wire

They are improving but a long way to go.

[Paul @PF548]

@Baynesi83 James Maloney

[Paul @PF548]

Aaron Moore of Wigan making a perfectly rational and not corrupt decision there