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@KayBurley Damning with faint oh-so-late praise... your prejudice is showing.

I have never been a fan of Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Top politicians need to realise it’s not just the message, but how you sell it that cuts through to the public psyche. His policies may well have been among the best for the country and some undoubtedly were but Sir Keir never seemed able to land them with the public. Voters rarely reward policies they don’t emotionally connect with. Yesterday’s reset speech didn’t help. What exactly was he trying to tell us. Now, in what could be the death throes of his tenancy in No 10 after less than two years at the top, I do find myself feeling for him. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps and reached not one but two of the highest offices in the land. So, as the wannabes circle the Cabinet table this morning, positioning for what may come next, spare a thought for a man who genuinely wanted to make a difference, but never quite mastered the art of making his case. Fair?

The prime minister has told his Cabinet that he is staying put and will get on with governing. Well done Keir, do not back down from the bullying media. Stand your ground and fight. #BBCNews

@KarlTurnerMP People revealing their colours today!

I have today issued a statement calling on the Prime Minister to resign. This is not something I do lightly. I have known and supported him for many years, but the Labour Party is losing the trust of the people we were elected to serve. Full statement below.

@JohnSlinger Yes, what on Earth are they going to report on now? I can think of 5 million things.

You can almost tell that many of the journalists are totally flummoxed by the fact that the prime minister is staying on. It’s almost like there was a narrative that he was going to go…but he hasn’t.

@JamesCleverly Cleverly: Desperately Seeking Relevance

Starmer cannot survive this, and doesn’t deserve to. He did not have a plan for government. He had no mandate for winter fuel payment cuts, working tax increases, business tas increases, huge benefits increases, family farm tax etc. His political and personal judgement is shockingly poor. He thinks the rules don’t apply to him, he blames everyone else but takes no responsibility himself. Hence the list of people that he appointed and then fired, Mandelson being just the highest profile. The chaos within the Government, the Labour Party, and the country are his fault. Whether he stands down today, or clings on for a while longer, it is clear he won’t lead Labour into the next General Election. Whoever takes over needs to put the country before party and sort this Starmer created mess out.

Bet the BBC had to grit their teeth when writing this

@barbedquill @KayBurley This your idea, @KayBurley?

@KayBurley If only there were clues as to why people think the media are culpable x.com/KayBurley/stat…

Always easier to blame the messenger

The ministers urging Starmer to go are feeding the hysteria. The next leader will be subject to instant leadership speculation and the next, and the next, whether Labour, Reform or Tory. Britain is becoming ungovernable. And the media fixation on this tittle tattle is not helping

This video should be compulsorily broadcast onto every screen in the country. TV and mobile phone, on loop until the danger passes.

@archer_rs @ElizabethBangs Giving us 'facts' about this morning; written last night!

The British mainstream media has worked as a group to undermine and destabilise Keir Starmer ever since his election because the people who fund the media feared and hated him. This is not random but a coordinated, well funded coup d'état in plain sight. The media is a disgrace

@KernowQ @mikeplant63 There's plenty of us... hidden by the algorithm

Wow! Huge number of new followers from supporting Starmer! Hundreds for an account severely suppressed my muskrat. Follow back limit reached. Will add ASAP!!

Wonder if Chris Mason will offer a balanced view this morning. Oh!

@smerkinkones @ObserverUK It was a rhetorical question... I think you may be confused.

@reasury @ObserverUK He tried to hide it and declared it late so yes to both questions. He also failed to declare £800k funding his leadership bid which Lubner also contributed to. Happy?

The Observer issue no. 12,231 The man who bought Britain Christopher Harborne funded the Brexit party, put £5m in the pocket of Nigel Farage and bankrolled Reform to become a national party. He is a crypto billonaire who lives in Thailand Featuring: Keir Starmer interviewed by @RSylvester1 @DAaronovitch on the biggest donor in British political history @CatNeilan on the coming investigation into Nigel Farage Pick up a copy today, available nationwide. Subscribe to get a copy of The Observer delivered right to your door every week: observer.co.uk/subscribe

Labour, you may have done plenty of good things over the last two years, but people are not hearing about them because Lisa Nandy has done one of the worst jobs imaginable as Culture and Media Secretary. She has been weak, incompetent, and far too scared to properly challenge the watchdogs. GB News has been allowed to keep pushing the line, breaking standards, spreading misinformation and facing nothing more than a few harsh words. No real action. No real consequences. The papers and broadcasters are supposed to follow rules and regulations. They are not supposed to be allowed to mislead the public freely while the government sits there doing nothing. But that is exactly what it feels like is happening. And if Labour seriously thinks the media does not matter, then sit back and rely on hope. Hope that people somehow feel the good things you are doing, while the bad press makes everything look pointless. @Keir_Starmer, you have been warned. If you are truly listening, then Lisa Nandy needs to go. It is that simple. Labour needs someone with a backbone who will challenge media bias, hold the watchdogs to account, and make sure the public actually hears what the government is doing. I have spoken to people who genuinely thought, from watching Sky and the BBC, that Nigel Farage and Reform were the governing party. The fact that this can even happen shows how badly Labour has taken its eye off the ball. You are not taking control. You are not leading. You are walking on eggshells, burying your head in the sand, and letting the media shape the story for you. And then you act shocked when people do not hear your message.

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EVERYONE needs to STOP. THINK. REFLECT  Wednesday's Kings speech will descend into utter chaos if the witch hunt continues WHY is Starmer unpopular? Because the media have done EVERYTHING in their power to tarnish his reputation  It's a RIGHT-WING COUP driven by the LEFT!!

Dear Labour MPs, Keir Starmer isn't your enemy, the media is your enemy. Show some backbone and defend the man who bought Labour into government after 14 years in the wildness and has done more in 18 months for families than the tories did in 14 years. #C4News

@browgars @RobertJenrick

@RobertJenrick Great work and well done for wearing a slightly dirty i.e. used jacket unlike virtually other politician I have seen in glaring orange/yellow etc brand new coveralls. This is hopefully what we get from Reform - honesty and saving our money.

It's arrived. As promised the JCB pothole machine is now in Newark. It fills them in ten times faster. And it’s made in Britain 🇬🇧 Only Reform UK County Councils are serious about fixing our roads.

@nickrob85 @TonyB_1997 @RobertJenrick Wow, only Reform would use a machine that doesn't do what it says on the tin.

@TonyB_1997 @RobertJenrick Wow, interesting, so they cost a million quid and don’t actually fill the holes, so back to expensive contractors to fill them which is why we can’t maintain the roads in the first place- genius!

@LocalHistorian_ The *Reading* of the Lord's prayer? Ooh, tricky.

Reform UK councillors in Kent have put forward rule changes that will allow for the reading of the lord's prayer and singing of the national anthem before council meetings. As you can imagine, the Green's are beside themselves with rage. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…