Watching people blame Angela Rayner for the stabbing of Sir David Amess is, I must say, one of the most depressing things I have ever, ever seen on Twitter.
As Lisa Nandy reminded us, Starmer self isolated six times.
As I recall Johnson and Sunak both pretended to be on a exemption project to avoid self isolation. And then were found out.
Quite a few of us who actually lived through the Blair Government years would prefer it now. It was a time of hope, ambition and opportunity. So much achieved but now overlooked by some because they are trying to rewrite history.
Tony Blair deserves his awards.
@GaryLineker
Marvellous news.
Now let’s stop this Tory government’s interference in BBC matters, and that starts with Chairman Richard Sharp resigning.
After all the coverage over Starmer’s decision to suspend the Labour Rochdale candidate last week, let’s see the same focus on how long it takes Sunak to take action and suspend Lee Anderson.
@MartinSLewis
@amnelz626
@ofgem
Paul Lewis from BBC MoneyBox also concluded that these Ofgem measures were being made in the interests of the industry and not consumers, so I doubt you’ll have to reevaluate and apologise anymore.
Starmer is gracious enough to say what he admires of Sunak.
When asked, Sunak was less gracious and refused to answer.
Very telling on who should really be PM.
#BBCLauraK
Cressida Dick was so defensive throughout that interview with Justin Webb. But to claim that the Duchess of Cambridge was working is just insulting the intelligence of those listening.
#r4today
Let me get this right, Starmer's team who deny any data breach are reported by Labour and it's made public whereas Long Bailey's team who acknowledged they'd breached data rules aren't reported. Is that right?
This is one of Sunak’s worst weeks of
#PMQs
His body language shouts he’s given up
His patronising tone tells us he can’t handle the pressure
His failure to answer shows us he has nothing to say
And his lies demonstrate that he is no different to Johnson, another deceitful PM
This was the Mail making accusations over Sue Gray not getting ACOBA approval.
Today, the Mail announces that Johnson will work for the paper, before getting ACOBA approval.
@NadineDorries
@David_Cameron
@UKLabour
Johnson was kicked out because he shamed the office of PM. He deserved no thanks, no applause, no standing ovation. He’s lucky he wasn’t booed out.
Does Rishi Sunak think Keir Starmer is a 'terrorist sympathiser'?
"The facts speak for themselves," the Prime Minister tells Piers Morgan.
@piersmorgan
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@RishiSunak
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#PMandthePM
Sunak only has himself to blame. He runs home, and Starmer meets with Heads of State.
Sunak is just hopeless at politics. And Starmer is looking more a Statesman every day.
After today’s
#pmqs
someone close to Sunak needs to have a quiet word with him and say enough is enough.
In refusing to call an election he is holding the country to ransom for his own vanity. And the country will resent that at the ballot box.
#GeneralElectionN0W
@DominicRaab
You forget two things
The Privileges Committee has still to report
The people will hammer you lot at the ballot box.
Perhaps we will move on when we want to, NOT when you tell us to.
@NadineDorries
These are parliamentary standards, this is a parliamentary committee, these are your fellow parliamentarians.
It is not a witch-hunt, it is due process. Sit down.
@AdamBienkov
Laura Kuenssberg’s irritation with being told the truth, that she perpetuates right wing press stories, was both marvellous to watch and well overdue.
His pain is palpable. Even in grief Kinnock is one of the most eloquent politicians and I hope that he gets to see the Labour government he once dreaded he would never see again.
“He was one of the first people through the door, when Glenys died.”
Lord Kinnock says he’s keen to get involved with Keir Starmer, who he describes as “decent” for his response to Glenys’s death.
@EdVaizey
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#TimesRadio
Rees Mogg now in trouble by dumping debate on Queens Speech and insisting on vote on deal without allowing questions nor providing an explanation. His insult to the House may well come back to bite him.
“He became a politician because he wanted to fix problems not because he wanted to impress with his wit and repartee.”
What our country desperately needs right now is a fixer. And Starmer seems perfect for that role.
The disdain I now hold for the Labour leadership is just beyond words. It's stuck two fingers up at its membership, the million who marched, the six million who signed the petition and every single Remainer in this nation. Contemptible.
#LabourNEC
Where is Steve Barclay?
Isn’t he Environment Secretary, and we do have severe flooding and numerous areas.
Shouldn’t he be out and about, and reassuring people.
Miriam is 41 years old and has three children. She also works as a well salaried MP.
Miriam meanwhile wants to prevent other women having the choice she had, of being a working Mum.
Hypocrite of the highest order.
Labour’s plan for babies….
Six months with mummy or daddy (if you’re lucky) then handed over to the State so mummy and daddy can get back to the Critical National Endeavour of Generating GDP.
Has anyone asked if this is best for children? 1/4
Islington North has been a strong Labour seat since 1930s. To stand as a candidate there, other than for Labour, has the sole purpose of reducing Labour MPs in parliament.
To do so simply means that you think yourself more important than you do the Labour Party.
@BorisJohnson
Will you be travelling back in time for Fridays announcement, when people learn that their heating bills go up to £3,550.
You’ll be hiding as usual.
@toryboypierce
Tory run Thurrock and Woking Councils also recently issued S114 notices.
This isn’t about which party, it’s about our country, and how our councils have been cut to the bone.
Why are the Tories so hellbent on getting rid of the Speaker.
They have a majority. They could have got their amendment through. They could have voted the Labour motion down.
Or did they?
The hullabaloo over the Speaker is a distraction from dissent on the Tory benches.
So Labour has:
Seen an increase in vote share of 3%
Has won 10 of 12 Comb Auth Mayor
Won every single City Mayor
Has secured another term as Welsh Government
Stopped the flow against Labour in Scotland
Media, can we have some balance in your narrative please.
Len McCluskey lying over Starmer on
@LBC
Starmer didn’t sack Terry for going on a picket line, he was sacked for going on the media without approval and made up policy on the hoof.
Truth is important.
I really do find the Corbyn crank left tiring. They are relentless in undermining Labour. Finding any reason to attack the Party.
The Tories are just sitting back and smiling. You utter fools.
Starmer invites Johnson to meet and work together to deal with violence against woamen. The PM declines that offer. Johnson doesn't give stuff about women's safety
#PMQs
@cattler
Apart from the fact that this is a ten year old photo, I don’t think that we should dictate to other nations how they should receive their guests.
@NadineDorries
@BorisJohnson
How come so many of our citizens died of Covid
How come we have the highest inflation for decades
How come we face a recession this winter with low productivity
How come we have strikes
How come crime is up 18% with fewer police than 2010
No. You did not get the big calls right
@ChrisNeilson17
@BBCPolitics
Well I’m a Labour member, and Starmer’s position on this is very much in touch with what I think.
Perhaps don’t try and speak on behalf of us all next time, because you don’t.
@cdarl67
@JackCroft04
Chris, Labour will only win a general election when Tory voters (and yes, they may have been members) decide to switch their vote.
Jack is very much welcome as a Labour member. The more the merrier.
Starmer to Sunak “Are any of the prisoners he is letting out early high risk?”
Important question which Sunak should answer, but refuses to answer. Not good enough.
#PMQs
Turns out there are, and they are a risk to children.
@Keir_Starmer
Could I suggest that those responding actually read the article. I like the bit…
“I represented striking miners for free. Not just sentiment and a photo opp. I backed up my words with action.”
I see that those who dislike Starmer were quick off the mark this morning, implying that he wouldn’t publicly condemn Hester’s words against Abbott and to give her his support.
And he has. They must be kicking themselves. They got him wrong again.
@RedRosa91940184
In December 2020 you were suspended for racism. February 2022 you were found to have actively supported a proscribed group which campaigns against Labour.
Time for you to recognise that the Labour Party doesn’t want you.
Starmer: “To change Britain, we must change ourselves – we need to clean up politics. No more VIP fast lanes, no more kickbacks for colleagues, no more revolving doors between government and the companies they regulate.”
Charles Walker is right, the safety of MPs is at sake. And that is why the SNP motion which sought to divide Labour and single out Labour MPs, should not have been raised.
Sunak disappointed that others are trying to politicise the Post Office scandal.
Has he seen his own party MPs and its client press attacks on Starmer. What a hypocrite.
#PMQs
No Hugh, Labour aren’t saying things will stay the same, they are saying things will get better at a pace that doesn’t destabilise the economy.
#bbclaurak
#BBCLauraK
claiming that the BBC and others reported on Labour leaning on the Speaker.
To be clear, one BBC correspondent tweeted about it, then added a denial by Labour.
But Laura K presents it as fact from several sources. Very poor.
Not sure about others but I don’t buy this ‘Menzies is a troubled man and should be left alone’ argument. He potentially committed fraud, and his treatment stands in stark difference to how Rayner is being treated.
#PoliticsLive
Key difference between Sunak and Starmer is that Sunak would have insisted that he, not his Sec of State, announced such a policy. With Labour, it’s a team effort.
A different type of leadership, and I know which I prefer.
@RicHolden
@RishiSunak
@Keir_Starmer
Sunak lied about crime stats
Lied about police numbers
Lied about taxation
Called the LOTO names
And couldn’t defend the ridiculous claim that public services are doing well.
What planet are you on.
#PMQS
What is this obsession from Laura that every all Labour politicians have to place precise figures on everything.
Yet doesn’t demand the same commitment from the incumbent government.
#bbclaurak
@Haggis_UK
He’s only referring to the resettled scheme. When you take resettled and refugee asylum together we come way way down…in fact at the bottom of the list.
Corbyn family now actively trying to unseat and prevent the election of Labour MPs, including Starmer.
Bitter, twisted and desperate, with no care about those people the now electable Labour government would help.
@BorisJohnson
The last Labour Government set out a clear plan for nuclear power stations. That was was 14 years ago.
12 years of Tory Government later, and you’re still promising to deliver any.
Distinctly getting the impression that those who have always hated Starmer are using the current conflict between Hamas and Israel as another way of attacking Starmer.
The attack on Starmer is becoming their principal motive.
I tend to avoid Owen Jones but have just seen his atrocious comments regarding Germany and the Palestinians.
Time for the
@guardian
to have a damn hard look at giving him a platform for voicing such opinions.
NEW: Axed Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen will stand as an independent against her former party.
Yesterday she resigned from Labour after what she described as "cruel and devastating" treatment.
Sunak’s No.10 address might carry more weight if he could explain what Lee Anderson said which was wrong.
Until you can recognise racial hatred, you can’t deal with it.
@tconnellyRTE
So the UK government is urging the EU to show *pragmatism* to resolve the problems the UK Government created by their own fervent anti EU ideology.
Unbelievable.
@PoliticsJOE_UK
And, as Starmer has explained, his father used to feel that people looked down on him because of his job.
And you’ve just demonstrated why he got that impression.
@brexit_sham
Theresa May wants a compromised Brexit to keep her party together, Corbyn wants a messy Brexit to get him into No 10. We the people will be the collateral damage.
Sunak’s wife describing his bed making skills as “one of his special skills”, adding: “Rishi likes to have it done nice and tidy.”
Well thank heavens he is Prime Minister. Such skills.
@BorisJohnson
@RishiSunak
In effect reversing the national insurance hike from April. The money you told us was desperately needed for NHS and care.
You are totally out of control.
Has the left wing finished smearing Keir Mather yet?
He’s won an historic victory to become a MP at a considerably younger age than they.
Can’t imagine why they are so bitter.
Gordon Brown backs Labour’s decision to move away from £28bn commitment. Reminding us all that the Tories have increased national debt from 40 to 100%
The need for fiscal discipline is paramount.
Jeremy Corbyn sat down with Sky's
@serenabarksing
to discuss Labour barring candidates from running, saying that what they had in common was that they supported a ceasefire in Gaza and came from the left wing of the party.
@getnorthern
Bloody hell, that's not divisive language, that that MP was asking a question in behalf of his constituents. Hancock can't take the pressure because he can't do the job.
Ten of thousands...are you listening T May, J Corbyn. We don't trust you on Brexit and we, the people, want to decide what is best for our country.
#PeoplesVoteMarch
@SimonClarkeMP
No. The fact that THE REST OF US stuck to the rules, didn’t break Covid Law, that is how and why we are getting through the pandemic.
Don’t take us for fools.
Rayner will have said this with the full backing of Starmer.
So, contrary to claims from the anti Starmer lot and reports in the media today, the Party leadership HAS not and IS not blocking Abbott standing for Labour.