Big Le Carre fan. Liverpool supporter LABOUR VOTER. Recently - an author. Irish and European. Rugby fan. Grandad. Nรญl ionam ach buachaill bocht. ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช
Wes Streeting selling himself for pm on #newsnight before there is a contest. Wes wants Keir Starmer to resign by himself or for us to tell Keir Starmer to resign. Well Wes Streeting, sorry, but a lot of us happen to think Keir Starmer is the right man to lead us. Tough.
Oh how kind of the patronising @AndyBurnhamGM to allow Keir Starmer 72 hours to resign! Iโm afraid Mr Burnham you have a shock coming. KeirStarmer is going nowhere.
Andy Burnham plans to give Starmer โspaceโ to resign after by-election, say allies https://t.co/c4pthOxi6D via @ft
The poison is contained in him, he is a conductor of poison in UK politics, a fermenter of division and discord, he has no shame. He wants to lead @UKLabour but he is too arrogant to put the brand on his campaigning material. He deserves to lose, heโs let himself down and the @UKLabour Party. Itโs bigger than him and it will emerge stronger despite of @AndyBurnhamGM
Well done James Murray for getting the #NHS resident doctors strike called off. No extra money this year in new offer. You have great negotiating skills. You achieved what @wesstreeting couldnโt
Tonight Iโm at my lowest after Healeyโs resignation. It now looks very grim for our P.M. If he is ousted I feel the worst for our country.
#StickWithStarmer
NEW: Keir Starmer tells the BBC he will fight a leadership contest
"I don't think it should happen, but if it does then I will fight. And let me just be clear with you. That's not about personal vanity. It's not about stubbornness. It's out of a very deep sense of duty."