@BenGrahamUK Hello! Working renters need stable homes too. I’m having to move from one rental to another almost every year because rents keep rising, while my wages barely move. Housing policy must take working renters seriously.
@PolitlcsUK Oh wow! All the country’s problems are now solved! Affordable homes, a stronger NHS, rising living standards, higher productivity, better transport and secure British jobs can wait, because apparently what Britain urgently needed was another London vs Manchester theatre. 🙂
@Reuters Great. If these rumours are true, then instead of serious delivery and real improvement, we’re getting another childish London vs Manchester, South vs North game. People want competence, housing, transport and stability, not regional theatre dressed up as strategy.
@rahhead01@TedUrchin@UKLabour The stupid part is turning this into a left/right identity debate. Ordinary voters aren’t obsessed with factional labels; they care who can deliver success, stability and competence. Starmer was still in a winnable position, and this internal drama is a self-inflicted mess.
This is my explanation
Keir Starmer was not corruptible.
Which says everything you need to know about everyone else really. Be it media or other politicians.
@Stefan_Boscia Parties should be careful not to mistake short-term momentum for a long-term strategy. A leadership change can create headlines, but it can also create uncertainty. Starmer may not be flashy, but stability and competence should matter more than political theatre.
@PolitlcsUK They need a steady supply of low-paid workers and struggling consumers: people given just enough support to spend in supermarkets and pay rent. In this country, landlords often seem to hold almost untouchable power.
I think @Keir_Starmer should change his mind and run against Burnham. Pretty sure @UKLabour is starting to realise the tide of public opinion is against them and that they made a mistake. #ComeBackKeir
@DrNeilStone Probably they feared losing ground and were persuaded that a fresh face could reverse it. Yet they remained competitive. Rather than continue the slower work of rebuilding, they chose a high-risk attempt to regain everything at once. It looks like an unnecessary miscalculation.
@Langton_Steve To me, the composition feels reminiscent of a highly choreographed, North Korean-style state photograph. What were they hoping it would convey? I’m surprised nobody paused to consider how it might come across.
https://t.co/8ycNsBm7N3
Amazing pics from North Korea of Kim Jong Un's daughter, reportedly called Ju Ae, at a banquet with military top brass in Pyongyang -- she's obviously being groomed for the top job
@UpTheWorkers When something was working well, why disrupt it to please opponents who would never be satisfied anyway?
@UKLabour should have stuck to the plan, rather than changing the person in charge just to make headlines.
Rarely has there been such a contrast between a PM’s performance and public perception of it. It tells you all you need to know about the polarising & pernicious influence of our media ecosystem, including even the BBC’s own TV News.
https://t.co/D8wYlYCMUj
@StAustellAdam@markaizatt Perhaps Starmer was busy dealing with international crises and trying to improve things at home, rather than wasting time on pointless internal power struggles. The country was slowly returning to stability while others, it seems, were busy plotting their next move.
@MaryLefteris@UKLabour, stick to the plan. Don’t change the person in charge just to create headlines.
When something is working well, don’t disrupt it merely to please your opponents. They’ll never be satisfied anyway.
@zarahussain999 Gorge yourself on power and it eventually becomes your downfall.
@UKLabour should have stuck to the plan, rather than changing the person in charge just to make headlines.
When something was working well, why disrupt it to please opponents who would never be satisfied anyway?
@MichaelPayneUK@UKLabour, stick to the plan. Don’t change the person in charge just to create headlines.
When something is working well, don’t disrupt it merely to please your opponents. They’ll never be satisfied anyway.
@LabourHome_@UKLabour, stick to the plan. Don’t change the person in charge just to create headlines.
When something is working well, don’t disrupt it merely to please your opponents. They’ll never be satisfied anyway.