On Facebook, there are now AI videos about how Burnham failed to stop Asian groomings gangs attacking white girls with him in the background as white girls get assaulted Just seen it This is why the country is ungovernable

These right-wingers relying on protection from hard won freedoms delivered by the left and liberals - like Kemi Badenoch - while cheerleading for the fascists that would annihilate them really have no bloody idea, do they?

I don't consider myself as on the 'right wing' of the Labour Party. I'm on the 'let's actually deliver something for ordinary people & not waste time on unachievable Utopian fantasies' wing of the party

Polling from YouGov- 26% of Labour Party members want to adopt a more liberal immigration policy. While 44% would like to see Shabana Mahmood’s current approach continued? Is Starmer "pandering", "trying to out farage farage" or simply responding to what's being said on doorsteps?

Well, Sunday is going to be great knockabout fun, isn't it? I have more faith in Leeds than I do in Spurs atm Marching On Together, my friends I am old enough to remember 77. We survived #COYS

Quite interesting to note in our world, basic human decency comes a poor second to ensuring oil keeps moving That's the priority We need alternative forms of energy urgently as our planet is being destroyed by this scramble for oil regardles of who gets killed

Nigel Farage is facing questions over Reform UK's claim that he used a fee from appearing on a TV show to buy a £1.4m home in Surrey. bbc.in/4tE0XyZ

Not sure there is anything more depressing that clicking around the channels and finding Minder and it turns out to be NOT Dennis Waterman but that other guy Soooo depressing

In this time of political upheaval - threat & opportunity - where exactly are the Lib Dems? They appear to have disappeared

This is the Ministry of Bleedin' Obvious, but that doesn't make it any less wrong The leadership 'candidates' trying to harvest votes by talking about 'rejoining' know this full well, but it doesn't stop them chatting crap

Our thick Tommy uuuummm?! 'Robinson also praised billionaire Elon Musk for his public support. "None of this would have happened if it wasn't for one man. Thank you Elon, on behalf of Great Britain," Robinson said, prompting thousands in the crowd to chant "Elon." Musk is an immigrant in the USA?

I have been against PR my entire life, but now - with so many parties & such a fractured polity - it's obvious to me that PR needs to happen The Greens debating whether they should stand ANYONE against Burnham to nobble Starmer is...grotesque If you want to vote Green, you should be able to #PRnow

Congratulations to Andy

I find the whole Corbynite 'the right wing of the party wanted him to fail' a bit absurd I didn't want him as leader, but I knocked doors, stuffed envelopes, drove people to polling stations, put up posters & delivered leaflets. I respected & campaigned with his big fans I'm Labour & he was leader

Met Police will ask the CPS to consider charging up to 57 people & 20 companies over the Grenfell Tower fire Alleged offences include corporate & gross negligence manslaughter, misconduct in public office & fraud 72 people were killed in the disaster

The only person who has come out of the last week with any credit is Keir Starmer.

Burnham’s anti South rhetoric is a mirror image of Farage’s metropolitan elite rhetoric - lazy divisive populism aimed at creating division & suspicion

I have brewed on this 🧵. A midterm change of PM comes with big risks and costs: electoral, reputational, and actual with bond markets. The equation only makes sense if the change of leadership is profound. Throwing the dice for someone who may be a marginal improvement presentationally is not smart.

Just watched a facebook reel telling me Kobe Bryant died in a CAR CRASH How can anyone put bullshit like that out? Why does anyone trust this nonsense?

Andy Burnham has found out in a handful of days you can’t simultaneously pitch for MP of Makerfield alongside PM of the whole country. It’s not possible. No one could.

Starmer promised "Country first, party second " and never even mentioned himself. He has stuck to his word and worked tirelessly for the good of the nation while others, in the party,have worked tirelessly for the good of themselves .

Labour hopeful Andy Burnham has u-turned on rejoining the EU, Bloomberg reports. “I am not proposing rejoining the EU…I respect the decision that was made at the referendum…The last thing we should do now is re-run those arguments.” Screeching 180 from just 7 months ago.

Day 1 Andy Burnham has performed his first U turn. #EU

True. Over the last couple of weeks he has gone from wanting to be in the EU to ruling it out. As you say, personal advancement over the good of the country. Situation normal then.

We are being reminded in real time why Andy has already lost two Labour leadership contests.

Why?

Labour MP's trying to oust the PM after 22 months are behaving as if they're still in opposition. Governing isn't easy, policies don't just suddenly appear on the statute book, it's takes time to make changes. Labour's policies are starting to bear fruit, this isn't the time for a leadership change.

Oh dear... Quite apart from the obscenity of paying a fascist £1.5m to ponce about on an 'entertainment' show... That money went into his company's bank account - and stayed there! Wherever the cash to pay for his posh house came from, it wasn't TV. Lying AGAIN, Nigel? share.google/YosMILMUNTcr...

Considering how Burnham is coming across in these opening manouveres, I wouldn't be that surprised if Reform chose not to stand a candidate in the Makerfield by-election If you could choose an opponent...

I mean, the intent is one thing, but in terms of relative complexity it’s like a bloke with a box of Brocks fireworks applying to do the next moonshot.

This the new Prime Minister? I think not

So he's a lying tw@? Who knew?

Quelle surprise.

So now we will have months of the news dominated by what Burnham or Streeting said. Division and distraction instead of delivery. Do these Labour rebels have any thought of the damage they're wreaking? I'm appalled.

As a THFC fan, I don't mind fans of other clubs doing this 'only Spurs can mess it up now' chat (Lie...I do) But self-identifying 'Spurs fans' doing it Get lost Back your team or back away

UK growth in 2026 has been revised up to 1.0% from 0.8% #Labour

Labour MPs, Please please please hold your nerve. No more pointless resignations No more introspection Team work please. Talk to the country please, not yourselves. The Government's strategy is starting to work. This is what members what. That aside, it is what the public demands.

The trouble with these strange times is that find yourself agreeing with people you are actively angry at. I liked that Michael Gove was attacking Burnham & Streeting The enemy of my enemy is my friend

No, starmer is a pragmatist so he campaigned for closer links If that is all burnham wants why is there speculation he could replace starmer? What is he going to offer that is different?

if i read that correctly you mean he wont say what he thinks should happen because he wants to be elected and then do something he hasnt mentioned? If he cant be honest with the voters in Makerfield god help us if he becomes PM!

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

Which direction is the wind blowing?

"Our man is a brilliant potential prime minister, but also if he's forced to discuss the central economic and foreign policy question facing the nation, his campaign will fall apart."

Farage almost never talks about brexit any more. He's pivoted entirely to the issue of "illegal" migration which I a bit ironic because one of the main planks of his own leave campaign was that Brexit would stop "illegal" immigration...

Typically the Greens have got themselves into a mess about standing a candidate in the Makersfield by-election If they DON'T fight the seat, how are they a serious national party? 'We've got principles and if you don't like them, we have others...' Their leader should sort this...oh hang on...

I've thought for a while the problem Labour had was if they turned on Starmer, there was no-one able to replace him So it has transpired Burnham & Streeting have shown themselves to be less credible leaders than Dastardly & Muttley in the Wacky Races (One for the teenagers...)

So the guy who gave up his seat so Burnham can have a go is now saying as well ‘ he won’t fix everything don’t expect too much he’s not the messiah’ Then what the fck is this all about then?? I fckn despair. He was on LBC The world has lost its marbles just now. Fckn insane.

List of things Andy Burnham has already confirmed he will not do. No Water Renationalisation or any other renationalisation. No Rejoin EU. No PR.