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.
@northernassist The conducter told them they weren't allowed on and when questioned why (my son wasn't aware of your policy & neither was I) he told them he didn't need to explain himself and they had to get off. They are not naughty kids they just went on a bike ride on a inset day
@northernassist my 13 year old son was refused access with his bike today at Mouldsworth Station even though he was allowed on the train earlier in the day. Is that normal practice?
@northernassist Thanks for the clarification. Can I just check is that 2 per carriage or the actual train? And how do we check with staff in advance as he goes to Delamere regularly for bike rides and don't want him stuck again
@RoworthJack@Keir_Starmer Fuckin hel lad no ones been able get appointments at the gp for about 10 years. He's shit but let's stick to blaming him for the things he has fucked up. Destroying the NHS isn't one of them.
@Mofoman360 Shouldn't it have been the responsibility of the people in power at the time to safeguard the victims? She doesn't have a time machine. I'd say its more of a failure to find justice for the victims by denying the enquiry
@TheKopHQ I probably shouldn't try and defend him here but I'd gamble they threatened to out him as gay unless he gave them the exclusive. Probably had the lad that leaked the videos lined up to to tell all sorts of stories about what they did together.
@TomalinJames @Joey7Barton@BBCSport How do you know that if you haven't watched it in years?! You either watched it and its shit or you haven't watched it and you have no idea if it's good or bad
@Joey7Barton According to your earlier figures 57.6 million people didn't vote Labourin June and only 2 million of those signed the petition! Not the win you think it is
@AndyPBurton@henrywinter 1. He's won everything playing in defense poor defenders don't do that! 2. Trippier has also had a poor season making g lots of mistakes! 3 wingback don't need to be perfect defenders.