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Paediatrician in Wigan. University of Manchester. Rugby referee. Alpinist. Skiier.

[Rachel @RachelD1892]

Chancellor John Healey has warned of a "tough budget".
What he means is tough for workers, and easy on the feckless, illegals, and foreign 'causes'.
Labour are not the party of the British working class.
They're champagne socialists who seek power through grievance politics.

[Clarissa Reilly @clarescastle]

We didn’t vote for you to make any tweaks at all. You effectively bought a seat in the Commons from someone you’ve since promoted to a well-paid role, and ousted the sitting PM. You’ve no mandate beyond his manifesto. All the cheeky chappy clichés in the world won’t change that.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

They’re all against it. Until they get a chance to join it.

[Ann EDWARDS @AnnieBoulger]

They’re shameless.

[John Petrie #European @Petrie_JohnC]

Louise Haigh and Lucy Powell got what they wanted.

Now they have more difficult task of showing they are capable. I have doubts.

[Chris 🙃 #FBPE #RejoinEU @ChrisyDrThomas]

Just watched Burnham speaking at the launch of the #BayeuxTapestry and it was embarrassing - he’s definitely not a statesman
#BurnhamCoup

[Watercolours 13 @GaylardJennifer]

That's what makes me absolutely sick about some of these MP's, disgraceful, I watched Johnny Reynolds too, lying through his teeth about the public wanting Keir Starmer to go, rubbish, it was a few very nasty MP's who plotted to usurp Starmer and bring in Burnham, appalling.

[Dr Phil Hammond 💙 @drphilhammond]

I feel desperately sorry for the family of Dr A, and can see no constructive purpose in naming him now. If all NHS staff were sacked for sharing information about patients they cared for in confidence, there wouldn't be many still working.

[BelindaSales. @sales_belinda]

People telling me I'm "not being helpful" & I should get behind Burnham. I remember telling people the same about Starmer while they laughed.
It just doesn't work like that. I have a particular dislike of back stabbers. Starmer is 1000 times better & I won't pretend otherwise

[Watercolours 13 @GaylardJennifer]

I felt sad to hear Keir Starmer stand down as an MP, but who could blame him, he was the leader who gave the Labour Party great success, he was usurped as PM by Burnham and his disgusting Coup, I'll never forgive Burnham and his cohorts for what they did, they're all traitors.

[OldishBird @oldishbird1]

I had a wry smile today when I learned that Starmer had announced his plans to step down as an MP on the first day of the new parliamentary session. He owes Burnham no favours and I can understand why he wouldn’t want to work alongside a PLP that stitched him up. Good luck to him

[Jennifer Stewart @JenniferJS_]

"A man of dignity in an age of indignity." It's a perfect description of @Keir_Starmer.

This is pinned to @JohnSlinger timeline. He's always been clear-eyed about what a good PM Keir Starmer was and the shocking way he was treated. Thanks John. 🙏

[Nick Thomas-Symonds @NickTorfaen]

Keir led Labour from its worst defeat since 1935 to a landslide victory in 2024. 

His work as Prime Minister left the country in a better place than he found it.

Thank you, Keir, for all your service & all best wishes to you & your family for the future.
https://t.co/v1lmNRf0JM

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Wishing Keir Starmer all the best for the future.

I was surprised to hear he was standing down from Parliament. But I can understand why he would not want to spend time with the Labour MPs who treated him so badly after he won them their seats.

[annedavies - Ex Labour Voter @annedavies127]

I'm not sure how to feel about Keir Starmer stepping down as an MP. First I felt sadness but then I realised that he's just too clever to be in @andyburnham's government. I wish @Keir_Starmer the best of everything.

[Frances Johnston @FrancesJ75]

You, my man, are the star of the show. Your timing was perfect. Well done today, you owe this PLP nothing. Nasty, ungrateful, scheming, deceitful scum!
I wish you and your family a wonderful life. I hope you realise how many of us will miss you 😢

[Heather @HeatherJLpals]

I am absolutely disgusted with Johnny Reynolds for saying that they got rid of Keir Starmer as the public wanted it, NO the #PLP wanted it, & for his sychophantic worshipping of St. Andy Burnham. He is a complete TRAITOR. The smarm dripped out of him. #newsnight

[𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮 @charlotteukcity]

Keir Starmer has resigned as an MP, & I don’t blame him one bit. Why should he serve under the man who conspired against him to take his job? Starmer was & still is clearly in a different league. I’ll forever believe he was pushed out unfairly. May he breathe fresher air now.

[NI Friends of Israel @NIFriendsIsrael]

We honour and cherish Dame Maureen Lipman in the face of attempts to intimidate her from the stage!

Maureen has already faced threats and intimidation.

Now it as an attempt to ostracise her and pressure casting directors.

Shunning Jews this way is nothing new!

[Graham Lambert 💙 @100glitterstars]

The Burnham coup, although completely different from Watergate, is just as intriguing.
The backstabbing, the resentment, the negative briefings to the press, the phone tapping, the shady deals on who gets what once the PM was ousted is a really huge story
A gift horse to any hack