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@Tumpa_Lion @samuelap1_ agree, despite Salahs astonishing stats conversion rate has been a weakness for several seasons. Lots of chances created.

@samuelap1_ This is facts.. I question what ppl are interpreting what there watching ..our biggest issue for last 4 years has been finishing..also the "we don't create chances" in CL we have the most big chances with most big chances missed.. also up there chances created in Prem ..

Out of all the criticism levelled about Slot and Liverpool, the stuff about being stale and predictable in-possession is so far from the truth. I’ve just checked and apart from Manchester City, no team has made more final third entries, talk about being divorced from reality.

@_StuartLynn @SangitaMyska 💯% the cabinet has an equal duty to sell their respective visions, collectively and individually, to the leader.

@SangitaMyska As the proverb goes: ‘When you point a finger at someone, three fingers point back at yourself.’ Streeting, like the rest of the Cabinet, cannot be absolved of responsibility if there really has been such a vacuum and drift.

"But where we need vision, we have vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift." Wes Streeting's resignation letter is brutal. It also echoes a key criticism levelled at Keir Starmer: the PM has struggled to identify coherent values around which Labour MPs can rally. It’s not clear from the letter what Streeting's alternative “vision" is. He stops short of triggering a leadership contest.

For what it’s worth, I’m told Morgan McSweeney hasn’t set foot in Downing Street since February. So Labour MPs shouldn’t get too worked up about it…

When I was a nine-year-old schoolgirl, my teacher asked us to write a news article. She told me, 'All I want to know is Who, What, Where, When, and Why.' It took me two attempts, but I finally produced a piece that she said satisfied exactly what a reader needs to know. So, let us play teacher with Chris Mason today. Let us look at how he manipulates and manufactures drama for the BBC, a service we pay for. Who: He cites 'friends and allies' of Wes Streeting, using anonymous whispers instead of a single official statement from a man who has neither resigned nor told the media he is standing. What: He describes 'jostling on the start line' of a race that does not officially exist, masquerading speculation as a foregone conclusion. Where: He sets the scene in a fictionalised 'expected race for leader', ignoring the reality that governance happens in departments, not in a journalist’s imagination. When: He claims a challenge is 'imminent' to create a false sense of urgency, despite no confirmation of any such move. Why: He does it to feed the 'anger factory' and secure clicks, knowingly trading national stability for media ratings. Journalism is supposed to inform citizens, not project chaos. @ChrisMasonBBC has failed my teacher’s test. He is not reporting the news, he is attempting to invent it. Do we pay the BBC so that journalists can play soap opera directors with our future? #BBC #ChrisMason #Journalism #UKPolitics #Starmer #WesStreeting #Truth #Accountability

Farage "I CAN'T BE BOUGHT!" Also Farage: "I will say IRA slogans on video for £80!"

"There’s no money in politics, particularly doing it the way I’ve done it: 20 years of spending more than you earn.... I'm 53, separated and skint." - Farage in 2017 A few years later, he's buying a £1.4m house for cash. What changed? dailymail.com/news/article-5…

If these growing financial scandals involving Farage do not become resignation issues then this country is completely throwing in the towel on standards in public life.

@Peston @adamboultonTABB "feverish wishful thinking" just about nails the politicos state of being

Those close to Streeting say he has more than 81 nominations and could trigger a leadership contest. But they believe Streeting’s announcement could be pre-empted by the PM announcing a timetable for his departure, even today. This could all be feverish wishful thinking. But I have been told by less partisan government sources that we are “in the end game”. The alleged background is that some signatories of the “I back Keir letter” are telling him privately his time is up, that assorted cabinet ministers are set to tell him the same, and that one of those who works closest to the PM has been briefing such to backbench MPs. BUT Downing Street is saying the ball is in Streeting’s court and there is no chance of the PM announcing a departure timetable today. And that if Streeting wants a leadership contest, he will have to trigger it. It is quite the game of chicken, with the future of the government at stake

@wallaceme The "challengers" all seem to have proved themselves unsuitable by the lack of strategic acumen displayed so far. None of it reccomends them for the leadership role they apparently covet.

The only outcome of leadership controversy that is definitely worse than any one winner is telling the entire country that there's a challenge underway then...spending days without anyone making their mind up to actually do it.

@AnfieldIndex @GrizzKhan x.com/i/status/20490…

❗Why have Liverpool suddenly become so mentally fragile when the pressure rises? @GrizzKhan and panel on the latest RedRoom Podcast

Don’t normally do politics on here but as a Labour Party member I have to say that Wes Streeting as PM is the very last thing the party or the country needs at the moment. Keir was elected on a manifesto and despite the noise from the media, a lot of good work is being done.

It will be a travesty if @wesstreeting announces his intention to challenge the prime minister. I always had a lot of respect for Wes and I thought he was smarter than this. If he does challenge Keir he will almost certainly lose and he'll destroy his reputation in the process.

Watching Starmer in the Commons this afternoon I can tell all the doom mongers gossiping on Sky news and the BBC that he isn’t going anywhere. He was relaxed, confident, amusing, and absolutely at the top of his game. Wrap it up guys.

@tdubey @JonTonge and an indicator of there is nothing safe for Labour. If Streeting was PM you can be sure oppos would throw everything at his seat.

@DannyMaxim @JonTonge That was news because it is so rare.

Wes Streeting has a constituency majority in Ilford North of 528. How does this compare with the majorities of Labour PMs at the time they became party leader? Starmer: 27,763 Brown: 18,216 Blair: 14,859 Callaghan: 10,718 Wilson: 5,927 Attlee: 551 MacDonald: 3207

@tdubey @JonTonge Like Eluned Morgan last week?

@DannyMaxim @JonTonge As a Prime Minister, he would have a better chance of retaining his seat.

Lewis Goodall is at it again, presenting himself as some kind of authority on how events will unfold, yet time and again his assertions fail to materialise. There comes a point where this ceases to be analysis and begins to look like posturing. What people are asking for is not speculation dressed up as insight, but facts. Clear, grounded reporting. Instead, we are seeing narratives pushed that drift further and further from reality. That matters. When political journalists amplify instability, markets respond. Confidence is affected. The cost is not abstract, it is borne by the public. There comes a point where there must be pushback. A collective sense that enough is enough. Report what is happening, not what you would prefer to happen. Because when the line is crossed, it is not just politics that suffers, it is the country as a whole.

@omamoll @DamianLow3 @Hepworthclare Yes he stood twice and lost to Milliband E and Corbyn. Not sure what it says about Labour that Burnham now seen by some as the best option given those previous defeats.

@DannyMaxim @DamianLow3 @Hepworthclare Burnham stood for leadership before and didn’t get the vote. Was known as flip flop Andy.

Three questions MPs demanding Starmer steps down need the answer to. 1. Who is the best replacement? 2. What is their policy platform that is different? 3. Can they win over the electorate? The evidence suggests that none of the alternatives can answer any of these questions.

@timetoshine1234 @narindertweets @tonyr101 Of course not, Farage will revelinbeing "stitched up" and martyred because he poses a threat to the political establishment. Standing to be an MP in a winnable seat was a strategic error, opened up scrutiny and duty which will harm him before next GE so maybe hopes for recall?

@narindertweets @tonyr101 Obvs not.

A possible second investigation into Nigel Farage. Will he now resign?

@NicholasTyrone Also under priced, any successor being more catastrophic. Also under priced, Starmer winning and becoming successful.

An underpriced result of any leadership contest is that Starmer actually wins it, which means Labour are effectively stuck with him for the next general election, which would be catastrophic for them.