Alison Connorton 🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇺🇦

Love the explainer. @darrenpjones is a rock star. He's got it all & he's good at his job, which he clearly loves. He could have challenged Keir Starmer if he wanted. But he didn't want to. Because he's trustworthy & his commitment to the UK & the Labour Party, is real.🌹

@sainsburys mud and gravel with my TTD “hand selected” strawberries bought today - don’t mind a bit of soil but this has bruised nearly all the fruits 🤷🏻‍♀️

After starving us for more than two years, this is the food that Israel allowed to be brought in.

If you want to know how and why we've ended up in a situation where tens of thousands of people rally in London in support of a far-right influencer, backed by wealthy North American fascists including the owner of this platform, I just wrote a book about it.

What is becoming increasingly clear from mainstream coverage is a basic assumption that simply does not hold. There is a repeated claim that Labour members, supporters, and the wider electorate are aligned behind a change in leadership. Yet anyone who actually listens to people on the ground hears something very different. There is support for the Prime Minister. He won the mandate, and many are content to see that mandate carried through. What is emerging is not a demand for change, but frustration at a parliamentary party that appears to be talking to itself rather than to the country. That disconnect is where the real danger lies. The Parliamentary Labour Party risks becoming so detached from its own base that it creates a backlash of its own making. Not a theoretical one, but a very real reaction from voters who will not take kindly to internal manoeuvring overriding the result they endorsed. The idea that Andy Burnham can simply be placed into a seat and return without consequence underlines that disconnect. In the current climate, there are no guarantees. A by election would be contested hard from all sides, and as Sir John Curtice has already indicated, the likelihood is that Andy Burnham would not be in a safe position and could well lose such a contest. Such is the strength of Reform across these constituencies that the very fact a sitting Labour MP would step aside to accommodate him only heightens the risk. You are potentially giving up a seat that is secure for the remainder of the term, only to place it into immediate jeopardy. Lose that contest, and it becomes a significant political gift to Reform, amplified by a right wing media that will seize on it relentlessly. At the same time, there are early signs, however modest, that the government’s economic direction is beginning to show movement. There remains time within the term for that to develop and be judged properly. That is where the focus should be. Instead, what is unfolding is faction set against faction, each advancing its own preference while handing an advantage to opponents. It is precisely this kind of division that benefits others and weakens Labour’s position. Much of this appears to be driven not by grounded political reality, but by media narrative. Commentary is being treated as consensus, and speculation as direction. If that assumption is wrong, and it may well be, the consequences will be significant. The public will not quietly accept decisions that appear to override the mandate they supported. And when that moment comes, it will not be the commentators who are held accountable. It will be those within the party who chose to act on it.

#TheMediaShow British news media has become embarrassing. I was genuinely shocked by their behaviour, yesterday, as were many other observers.

#PoliticsLive Jess Phillips, of all people, should know how politicians can be demonised by the media and social media. Disappointing that she's joined the feeding frenzy.

@Ofcom Isn’t it about time you stared investigating the bullying clearly taking place agains the Prime minister, please investigate the conduct of Sam Coates and Beth Rigby of Sky, Chris Mason and Laura Keunssberg BBC and Robert Peston ITV , if you don’t then you are no better

@Haggis_UK I've directed news programmes for the BBC and SKY and outside broadcasts during general elections for ITV and Channel 4 and I have never, ever seen, in 20 years, as blatant anti Labour bias as in this current period

I waited 14yrs for a Labour government & these backbenchers have decided to throw it back in my face by calling on the only Labour leader to win an election since 2005 to resign. I’m disgusted with each and every single one of them including my own MP, @Tom4EWAS

The media has us believing that Reform took over the country. But the reality is this. How embarrassing

Unpopular opinion? I don’t think Starmer should go. 1. Emulating a revolving door of hapless have a go c*nts set by the Tories will help nobody. 2. The man made hysteria playing out isn’t just undignified but has fuck all to do with politics or what’s right for Britain.

Three ministers gone, including Jess Phillips, which is surprising. Meanwhile, the unnecessary chaotic scrambling caused the markets to shit themselves and the pound fell. Making us poorer. Perpetuating the decline Farage helped to cause and profits from. Great work, morons.

@SophyRidgeSky Hi Sophy, yesterday was the day that you, @BethRigby and, especially, @SamCoatesSky lost whatever bits of credibility you had left. You were like rabid audience members at a Roman Colosseum. Pathetic.

What ARE we going to do about the media in the UK? They are no longer journalists or newscasters, but seem to want to create the news themselves. This is unacceptable, and has been for decades with Murdoch etc, but now our national broadcaster, the BBC, has jumped into the cess pit too. Something to look at @Keir_Starmer perhaps? A new Director General at @BBC might be a good starting place, then banning non-domiciles from owning our national press. Just a thought to sort the bastards out.

I’m hearing that Andy Burnham has purchased a meal deal at WH Smith in Euston station. Beth, Sam and Sophy are en route to ask the checkout assistant what flavour crisps he chose. Meanwhile Nigel Farage trousered a £5m bung and didn’t declare it. Back to the crisps story.

So bored of news outlets trying to write the news rather than report it.

Journalists screaming questions at Ministers who they know will not answer is a clear indication of the state of the press in this country. They must know that they have contributed massively to this situation and that politicians despise them.

I strongly dislike reporters shouting at Ministers as they enter Downing Street. It's performative nonsense. Not once in history has one of them replied. It's childish and unprofessional.

To be honest, the behaviour of the press pack outside Downing Street is a national embarrassment, and has been for a long time. Yelling out questions aggressively like a bunch of drunk pub bores. Grow up and be actual journalists.