Alex Wickham: NEW: Friends of Keir Starmer…
NEW: Friends of Keir Starmer say he will stand against Wes Streeting in a leadership contest if the health secretary has the numbers to trigger one “I am certain he will stand,” one says of the PM So question now is does Streeting have the numbers?
Dominic Bradbury: So if I understand this correctly…
So if I understand this correctly, Labour are seeking a fully engineered seat win for Andy Burnham so he can return to Westminster and run as leader, as in: they're taking a massive shit on British democracy again to cheat the system. Yet Boris had to resign over cheese ... 🤔
Felix Rex: There are no men left in Ukraine…
There are no men left in Ukraine. They are fighting to defend a nation that will be made up with the remnants of their women and African/Islamic/Indian men now pouring in. Zelensky can flee to Israel, but this is nothing short of a civilization catastrophe that did not need to happen had he not been "placed" in his position. Weep for Ukraine.
Timothy Ash: But the reality is Trump…
But the reality is Trump said no more wars but he has now got himself into a war with Iran he cannot win. The Trump cult might not like to accept the reality but he is now going into a summit with Xi from a position of extreme weakness.
Liz Webster: Trump just admitted it…
🚨 Trump just admitted it: “Do Americans’ financial situations motivate my Iran policy?” “Not even a little bit.” Food/energy soaring bc of his war and he doesn’t care. Britain is paying a heavy price for being tied to this unpredictability.
David Kurten: It is repugnant that a bent British court…
It is repugnant that a bent British court tried 6 defendants for criminal damage but is going to sentence them for terrorism without the jury being informed. This breaks all norms of due process and a fair trial, and must not be allowed to stand.
Britain Is Still Paying the Price for Trump’s War
There appears to be no end in sight to the crisis in the Middle East, and ordinary people across Britain continue to feel its effects in their everyday lives. Rising prices, economic uncertainty and growing financial pressure are fuelling mounting frustration, much of it now spilling onto social media.Luke McGee: Trump has 2 options…
Trump has 2 options if he wants to break the deadlock in Iran: embarrassing climbdown or significant escalation. Neither guarantees US success, but the alternative is a status quo where US soft power gets weaker by the day. My latest for @theipaper
Howard Beckett: This headline from The National…
This headline from The National tells us everything we need to know Keir Starmer: ‘Starmer 🇬🇧 silent after 🇮🇱 passes horrific death penalty law for Palestinians’ To be silent to fascism is to be complicit It’s unforgivable Starmer should hang his head in shame.
Clr Brian Silvester: Donald Trump's former Border Chief…
Donald Trump's former Border Chief has a blunt solution for Britain's small boat crisis. He says the UK must "turn them around." I have been saying this for years. Why are #Reform & Restore fixated on 'Detain & Deport?Illegals shouldn't be allowed to set foot in UK.
Daniel Lacalle: The UK economy has been demolished…
The UK economy has been demolished by net zero, uncontrolled immigration and keeping/increasing all EU taxes and overregulations. Nationalising British Steel will burden taxpayers and wil not make it competitive when energy costs have soared due to net zero.
Pat Condell: Starmer has done this to himself…
Starmer has done this to himself. He’s being judged on his record, a shameful one. Virtually every decision he has made while in power has been to the detriment of the British people. His tone deaf response to the Southport murders sickened the country. He deserves no sympathy.
Ben Judah: Starmer's authority is now crumbling…
Starmer's authority is now crumbling. But even those most committed to a new Prime Minister should pause for thought about what it means for Britain in the world. For all his many, many domestic missteps, Keir Starmer has genuinely led on Ukraine, make tough calls with Trump and rebuilt relations with Europe by working intensely with President Macron and Chancellor Merz. Labour in government was shocked at how quickly it was swamped by foreign affairs from Gaza and Ukraine, to Trump and Iran. This isn't going to change. However Starmer's challengers have no foreign policy experience, no geopolitical worldviews, no foreign affairs teams and no experience in explaining our place in the world and its tumult to the public. But if they succeed that will be half their job. What's the plan for a geopolitical pivot to Europe? What's the strategy to deal with Trump and our fragmenting Western alliance as China's Axis of Authoritarians deepens? What's next for Britain's extensive diplomatic and security role when it comes to Ukraine? Who will be maintaining key connections to the White House? Changes at the top are often necessary. But they are delicate and not cost free internationally. In diplomacy so much is bound up in personal connections and trust built up over time. Building since 2016, these musical chairs at the top have now become so intense, with Prime Ministers lasting roughly two years and Foreign Secretaries now annuals, our allies and partners are frustrated. I've heard from European and Gulf leaderships first hand it is hardly worth investing diplomatically in a counterpart who's suddenly gone and thus hardly worth investing in Britain.
Andrew Bridgen: President Trump talks about child trafficking…
President Trump talks about child trafficking into the US. 300 000 children are missing. Please let’s also prosecute the wealthy and powerful individuals who abused children through Jeffrey Epstein.
Alex Wickham: ***NEW: State of play this evening***…
***NEW: State of play this evening*** Keir Starmer has defied all expectations, surviving the day despite some 90 Labour MPs calling for his head and four junior ministerial resignations. A minister tells Bloomberg they are astonished Starmer has managed to get through it without being forced to announce a timetable for his departure, saying the day went better for him than anyone can have imagined. Starmer’s stance at cabinet effectively dared his rivals to come out and publicly challenge him. As of this evening, no one has. Streeting is speaking with Starmer tomorrow morning, as per @steven_swinford , after the PM blanked him post-cabinet. The health secretary’s allies say he won’t say anything to distract from the king’s speech. Labour MPs and aides think Streeting is conducting what one calls a campaign of attrition against Starmer by drip-feeding his supporters’ calls for the PM to go. His camp deny he is orchestrating a plot. Streeting’s supporters say they are divided about his strategy. Some are disappointed he has not yet gone over the top, fearing he could be seen as losing his nerve and being labelled a bottle job. However, others caution that pressure has to grow organically on Starmer before Streeting is able to challenge him, otherwise the soft-left will accuse him of a cynical move to force a contest before Andy Burnham is ready. One Streeting supporter says they fear his chances of becoming PM are decreasing. They say they’re struggling to see how he has a path to No10 because if he runs the soft-left will put someone up against him who is likely to be favoured by members. They say they’re coming to terms with what they see as the likelihood that Burnham will succeed Starmer. However so far Burnham is also still silent. He’s in London meeting MPs and discussing his options. His camp insist he has a plan to make it to parliament, but so far they’ve stopped short of announcing it. Labour is in a state of paralysis tonight. David Lammy says no one has come forward and no one seems to have the numbers against Starmer. Most in Labour don’t expect that to hold. They still think the PM will be forced to announce a timetable in the coming days if Streeting, Burnham and the cabinet move. But as of right now, he clings on. Story with great colleagues @EllenAMilligan
Pat McGinnis: So if Tommy Robinson didn’t help…
So if Tommy Robinson didn’t help crush the BNP by continually calling them ‘racist’ ‘fascist’ & ‘anti semitic’ the BNP may have been able to take power & actually stop more rapes & sexual assaults by the grooming gangs BNP were in place with many elected officials ready to goLiz Webster: Trump asked on whether Keir Starmer…
🚨 Trump asked on whether Keir Starmer should remain PM says Starmer is “getting killed” over energy and immigration policy and again demands Britain expand North Sea oil and gas drilling. Asked again whether Keir Starmer should remain PM: “That’s up to him.” The irony is striking: Brexit was sold as taking back control. Now a US president is publicly telling Britain how to run its economy, energy system and borders.
Martin Daubney: BREAKING…
🚨🚨BREAKING: Jess Phillips QUITS as Safeguarding Minister - which will surely now trigger more demands for Starmer to go Keir Starmer said he wanted to be Prime Minister for ten years. At this rate, will he make it through the next ten hours? TUNE INTO @GBNEWS FOR ALL THE LABOUR PSYCHODRAMA
Adam Brooks: By 9pm tonight, more than enough MPs…
By 9pm tonight, more than enough MPs will have called for Starmer to go, and that allows Cabinet ministers to make their move with ‘cover’… or with confidence that it is the will of the Party. KEIR STARMER IS FINISHEDDominic Bradbury: I don't know what's more shocking…
I don't know what's more shocking, the fact Starmer is still in a job this morning or that not one single Labour MP has the moral fibre or backbone to stand up and start the process to remove him. Pathetic. Just like we always knew Labour would be in Government.
David Poulden: Comrade @Keir_Starmer lectures us about stopping…
Comrade @Keir_Starmer lectures us about stopping 'far-right agitators' from speaking at a march, while Islamic hate preachers openly call for death to Jews and gays in our mosques without a whisper from him. He lets thousands pour in on boats with zero checks, but bans people like @JoeyMannarino , @ValentinaForUSA and @EvaVlaar for having the wrong opinion. This isn't about stopping hate, it's about silencing anyone who doesn't fit his narrative. Free speech in the UK is dead...
David Frost: Labour also said the numbers…
Labour also said the numbers would be capped. The EU has consistently resisted. Expect Starmer's call for more "ambition" to mean capitulation on that too.
Liz Webster: INCREDIBLE!!! Hard man Brexit @SteveBakerFRSA exposes…
😮 INCREDIBLE!!! Hard man Brexit @SteveBakerFRSA exposes the truth about Starmer’s rejoin deception: “Honestly, it’s such nonsense because he’s not changing his red lines. Even if you were on his side, you’d have to admit that’s never going to work. The EU won’t give us the access we want to the single market without free movement, and Starmer isn’t going to commit to free movement. This is the problem. People keep failing to understand it’s just basic incompetence. What is the EU about? It’s about political integration, free movement of people, and a single currency. Keeping the pound was always an exemption. Yet our PMs keep negotiating with the EU as if it were something completely different. The stupidity of this speech …… saying Britain will be ‘at the heart of Europe’ but not actually at the heart of Europe… The EU will hear it and they will guffaw at him straight out of the blocks.”Howard Beckett: Starmer thought the defence to promoting friends of pedophiles…
Starmer thought the defence to promoting friends of pedophiles to 🇬🇧 Ambassador to 🇺🇸 & to the ‘House of Lords’ was: “I kicked my former leader [Jeremy Corbyn] out of my party” Starmer is not a ‘decent man’ His values are plain warped.
Carl Benjamin: I recall ages ago saying that Starmer…
I recall ages ago saying that Starmer wouldn't see out the full term, and that it would end with everyone looking at him and asking why he was still there. Looks like that time is fast approaching, but my goodness how I hope I am wrong!Alex Wickham: *GILTS EXTEND DECLINES…
*GILTS EXTEND DECLINES; UK 10-YEAR YIELD RISES 9BPS TO 5% (Bloomberg) -- UK government bonds slid as calls grew for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step aside following his party’s large losses in local elections last week. Yields on 30-year gilts, which are sensitive to political and fiscal risks, rose almost 10 basis points to 5.68%. For bond investors, the main concern is that a new leader could shift Labour to the left and hike spending to win back disaffected voters.Felix Rex: There are no men left in Ukraine…
There are no men left in Ukraine. They are fighting to defend a nation that will be made up with the remnants of their women and African/Islamic/Indian men now pouring in. Zelensky can flee to Israel, but this is nothing short of a civilization catastrophe that did not need to happen had he not been "placed" in his position. Weep for Ukraine.Adam Brooks: KEIR STARMER claims that he’s steadied…
KEIR STARMER claims that he’s steadied the economy!!? Tell that to the 150,000 hospitality staff that lost jobs due to two punishing budgets. Unemployment higher. Borrowing costs higher. Inflation higher. Small businesses closing at record rates. IDIOT
Philip Proudfoot: Living in Britain is watching the media…
Living in Britain is watching the media smear and vilify good people who want to make positive change, while they celebrate and platform far right goons, funded and backed by almost comically evil tech multimillionaires. It does make you feel a little mad.Read more