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@Keir_Starmer No thanks. I can’t bear to listen to a word you say.

Strength through fairness. Hope for the future. Real answers to the challenges facing our country. This morning, I’m setting out the path ahead to build a stronger and fairer Britain. Watch my speech across my social media channels.

@GBNEWS And you wonder why no one takes GB News seriously.

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@mikegardner_wb Add. ‘I will not walk away’ 😡

Let’s get our word bingo cards ready for Starmer’s 43rd relaunch speech tomorrow. Mine has these: Toolmaker Change Renewal Fixing the foundations 14 years £22 billion black hole Far right Division Reform Farage Not our war Brexit Breakfast clubs Lifting children out of poverty

@BROKENBRITAIN0 The man’s a traitor. Simple as.

🚨JUST IN: Keir Starmer’s speech for tomorrow, in which he is trying to convince his MPs to keep him as Prime Minister, has been LEAKED 🇬🇧 "To meet the challenges that our country faces, incremental change won't cut it. On growth, defence, Europe, energy - we need a bigger response than we anticipated in 2024 because these are not ordinary times. "Strength through fairness. It’s a core Labour argument. And you will see those values writ large in the King’s Speech, and you will see hope, urgency and exactly whose side we are on. "People need hope. We will face up to the big challenges and we will make the big arguments: the Labour case that only Labour values and Labour policies can ensure our country not only weathers these storms, but emerges stronger and fairer. "This Labour Government will be defined by rebuilding our relationship and by putting Britain at the heart of Europe, so that we are stronger on the economy, on trade, on defence, you name it. Because standing shoulder to shoulder with the countries that most share our interests, our values, and our enemies - that is the right choice for Britain. That is the Labour choice.” Source: @PolitlcsUK

@bphillipsonMP Please can you just shut up and clear off.

We have delivered good, Labour things – action on child poverty, strengthening workers’ rights, protections for renters. But we can’t and we shouldn’t pretend the status quo is working. To stop Reform, we have to be bolder and we have to deliver change faster.

@alexwickham A group including Miliband has acted incompetently. Surely not!

NEW: — The Labour left are in a panic this morning amid fears that they have accidentally increased the chances of Wes Streeting becoming prime minister. — Supporters of Andy Burnham have desperately tried to get Catherine West to back down from precipitating a contest before he is eligible. She has refused. — Burnham allies say if a contest is triggered this week it will be between Streeting and Anglea Rayner, and that they are very worried Rayner’s opponents will be able to brief stories to the media to blow up Rayner’s campaign, clearing his path to No10. — John McDonnell has come out against West, warning that people “in the shadows,” read Streeting, will benefit from her challenge. — There is real anger on the left at how Burnham-Miliband-Haigh have handled their orderly transition move over the last few days because they think they have incompetently opened the door to Streeting. — One Labour left figure points to what they see as nightmare outcome: a contest triggered next week, Streeting v Rayner is the choice, then there is a concerted media campaign to destroy Rayner during the contest that leaves Streeting as the only viable candidate. — Another Labour left figure says current events make it “much, much more likely” than previously thought that Streeting could become PM.

@AllisonPearson To be honest it may be better if he stays. The destruction of Labour will be more complete.

What does it matter if Starmer goes or stays? His successor won’t know how to grow the economy Won’t cut state spending Won’t stop the boats Won’t offend its Muslim client group Won’t stand up for working people against “progressive” crap. Labour is the problem.

@CDP1882 🤣

Pathfinders and airborne medics have jumped into Tristan da Cunha, the remotest inhabited island in the world, to treat a Briton with Hantavirus. The British territory has no airstrip. The closest Royal Navy ship was days away and oxygen supplies were critically low.

@BarristersHorse About now.

At what point is an unwanted, rejected incumbent, considered a dictator?

@TheNorfolkLion Remember when he changed the way pension dividends were taxed and destroyed final salary pensions?

Remember the absolute disaster when Gordon Brown sold off 395 tonnes of Britain’s gold at the worst possible time? He even told the market he was doing it beforehand, which made the price tank even more. Classic. Well, gold’s gone up about 1500% since then. That same gold would be worth around £40 billion more today. Well, Starmer’s brought him back as his Finance Envoy. You honestly couldn’t make this shit up! 😂

@RSylvester1 @ObserverUK That’s how dictators behave.

Keir Starmer says he wants a decade in Downing Street and will fight any challengers - my interview for @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/politics/…

@RobertJenrick @CharlotteCGill Why was he allowed in the first place. Is this Tory policies coming back to bite us?

Dr Manivannan may be a nice young person. But I don’t want to live in a country where people on student visas can become elected representatives to national parliaments. He’s crowdfunding from Green Party members for his graduate visa for pete’s sake. gbnews.com/politics/elect…

@baylissbaghdad Putting her and Brown in the spotlight for disclosure?

I can't figure out whether Number Ten thinks the Harman / PIE story is so well-known that its effectively detoxified, or if they think it's just not a big deal, or if they've just forgotten about it (or maybe even weren't aware of it?).

@anon_opin Sounds like a win. Reduce the size of the state with no redundancies.

Civil servant here. If Farage wins the next GE, he'll call us all back to the office 5 days a week. The CS will then be on the verge of collapse, as thousands of people will either retire immediately or quit, due to the removal of WFH. Cheap optics will meet reality.

@Keir_Starmer You're beyond words now.

It’s important that we reflect and respond to these results - we haven’t done enough to offer people hope for the future. In the coming days I’ll be setting out the path ahead.

@Keir_Starmer @GordonBrown So you appoint the man who ruined final salary pensions and who sold off all the gold at rock bottom prices. Well done 👏👏👏

Today I’m pleased to appoint @GordonBrown as my Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation. As Britain’s longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon is well placed to work with our international allies to build a stronger Britain and boost our country’s security and resilience.

@DPJHodges If he genuinely thinks Brown and Harman are the answer, we really are screwed.

I genuinely don't understand what happens to people when they enter Government. Starmer has some really smart people around him. But how do grown adults sit in a room and say "We need to communicate change" then say with the next breath "Let's wheel out Harriet and Gordon".

@Keir_Starmer @HarrietHarman What a perfect choice. Not. Has Jess Philips been given the push?

I’m delighted to appoint @HarrietHarman as my Adviser on Women and Girls. Harriet is a strong advocate for women and girls and I know she will deliver greater opportunity for women in public life. I’m committed to tackling structural misogyny that is a barrier for too many women and girls. I look forward to working with Harriet to drive forward action on this important issue.

@offgriddesigner You have to laugh 😂

The desperation is now off the scale

@GuidoFawkes God help us

Gordon Brown appointed Starmer's "Special Envoy on Global Finance."