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@BROKENBRITAIN0 This by-election is just to give Starmer a breather he’s not going anywhere!!

🚨BREAKING: Keir Starmer has CONFIRMED he will NOT set out a timetable of resignation if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield By-election 🇬🇧

@BBCPolitics So there you have it this so called by-election is just to give Starmer a breather!!

"I do want to fight the next election... I'm not going to walk away," PM Keir Starmer says Follow latest updates: bbc.in/4dwtz79

@BROKENBRITAIN0 I’m sure every morning he wakes up and says I’m still here so I’ll carry on!!

🚨NEW: Keir Starmer WILL fight on 🇬🇧 The prime minister has u turned once again after telling friends he will stand down the other day, with Starmer now saying he will NOT be setting out ANY departure timetable and will be”getting on with his job” He really is gonna have to be forced out of Number 10.

@PolitlcsUK Said like a true Starmerite!!

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham says he doesn’t want to rejoin the EU “Brexit has been damaging, but the last thing we need right now is to re-run those arguments”

@SkyNews Stand down so he hasn’t resigned?? Is he edging his bets? So he gets defeated and still keeps his job as Mayor?

Andy Burnham says anybody who votes for him will be voting to "change Labour, because Labour needs to change". The mayor of Greater Manchester has been given permission to stand down from that role and run in the Makerfield by-election. trib.al/yGvMYT5 📺 Sky 501/YT

@Telegraph That’s put paid to it then! Starmer carries on!!

🔴 UPDATE: Sir Keir Starmer has said he will “100 per cent” support Andy Burnham as Labour’s candidate at the Makerfield by-election Follow the latest updates ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

@christopherhope @GBNEWS He won’t go knocking on doors or making speeches in Makerfield though will he!!

NEW PM Sir Keir Starmer orders "everyone in our movement" to campaign "100 per cent" for Labour - and probably Andy Burnham - to win the Makerfield by-election. More coverage on @GBNEWS. Sir Keir Starmer told party staff this morning: “We now have an important by-election coming up. It is Labour versus Reform. We will know very shortly who the candidate is. "Whoever they are I am going to support them 100 per cent and I want every member, everyone in our movement to support them. A Labour candidate to beat Reform. That is the fight that we are in.”

@DailyMail They won’t have a second referendum he will just do it!!

POLL OF THE DAY: Would Britain vote to rejoin the EU if a second referendum is held? trib.al/PkLuMH7

@PolitlcsUK @PatrickChristys @AvaSantina What about the campaign for Manchester??

🚨 NEW: Labour MP Dawn Butler will launch a campaign to become Mayor of London this Wednesday The election takes place in 2028 and Sadiq Khan has not yet confirmed he is running for a fourth term [@AvaSantina]

@PolitlcsUK From afar he won’t be knocking on doors!!

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer says he will support the Labour candidate in Makerfield “one hundred percent” “I want every member, everyone in our movement to support them”

@MENnewsdesk Where’s he parked the car? Or is he getting the bus back?

Andy Burnham has been snapped going out for a run this morning - latest manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

@SkyNews Has Burnham resigned as Mayor yet??

BREAKING: Labour MP Josh Simons has officially resigned from parliament, it has been confirmed. Politics latest: trib.al/PKFBgRy 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

@GuidoFawkes He says but it’s more lies he is not going anywhere!! It’s a con!

Starmer: I Will Support Burnham in By-Election “One Hundred Percent” order-order.com/2026/05/18/sta…

@BethRigby Blablabla same old Starmer. Only visits places he won’t have any questions fired at him!! Are you not,running his campaign to stay Beth??

NEW: PM visited Labour HQ today & he’s coming out fighting. Starmer acknowledges tough results and that “it’s not been easy circumstances in last 10 days” Makes it clear he’s carrying on with the job “to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country” Says he’ll support the candidate in Makerfield 100% Also uses the remarks to highlight his record - 2 child benefit cap, renters’ rights, NHS lists - and make point that many people just want govt ‘to get on with it’ Full quotes: “I just wanted to come here to Labour Party headquarters to say a big thank you to you. The election results were not the ones that we wanted, they were really tough. But you worked your socks off. “It’s not been easy circumstances in the last 10 days. But you have just got on with the job that we asked you to do. “If you look at just some of the figures that came out last week. We had growth figures that were the best in the G7. That's because of the hard work that we've done in government. On the economy we've got ourselves into a good position, having inherited a real basket case from the last government. “The NHS figures were really good, which again vindicates what we did, which was invest in the NHS, which is what we said we would do. “And that's on top of all the other things… The Employment Rights Act. The biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation. “And then of course all the work that we are doing around child poverty, of which I am really proud. What a game changer that will be for a whole generation and will be measured for years and years to come because the children will feel the impact for the rest of their lives. They will have chances they wouldn't otherwise have had. “The election results tell us that people are frustrated, they don’t feel that their lives have changed quickly enough. “We need to build up the urgency of what we do. We need a bit more hope in there. And we need to remember at all times what we are here to do. We were elected to government to serve the people of this country. “And I remind myself every day that in July 2024 millions of people voted for us to come into government, to get on with the job, to govern, and to bring about the change that they want. “So I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country. Delivering for the very many people who voted us into office, who are saying, ‘just get on with it, get on with the job, get on with the change that I need to see in my life’. And that is what I am going to be doing. “We now have an important by-election coming up. It is Labour versus Reform. We will know very shortly who the candidate is. Whoever they are I am going to support them one hundred per cent and I want every member, everyone in our movement to support them. A Labour candidate to beat Reform. That is the fight that we are in.”

@ITVNewsPolitics @DanielHewittITV Has he resigned yet as Mayor you can’t do both jobs!!!

"People can't afford life's basics, they can't afford a few pints at the weekend, they can't afford a holiday". Andy Burnham tells @DanielHewittITV the public are right to tell politicians to "do better". Watch in full: youtube.com/watch?v=8_NVko…

@SkySportsF1 I was beginning to think they’d cancelled F1 this year!?!?

Who will be leading the way as F1 heads to Montreal, this weekend, for the Canadian Grand Prix? 🇨🇦

@SophyRidgeSky It’s all a con Sophy! Starmer is going no where it’s a Labour pantomime!! To deflect from Starmer getting the UK back into the EU. When does Burnham resign as Mayor?

Keir Starmer won’t set out a timetable for his departure - very clear from David Lammy, I think this kills any speculation he could do it ahead of Makerfield “Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life…There will be no timetable”

@ITVNewsPolitics Has he resigned yet as the Mayor of Manchester!!

Burnham says ‘Manchester-ism’ can transform the whole of UK as he defends Makerfield by-election bid itv.com/news/granada/2…

@SkyNews Someone else who shouldn’t be near power of any sort!!!

"Britain's future lies with Europe - and one day, back in the European Union." Former health secretary Wes Streeting says the UK needs a new special relationship with Europe, as he calls Brexit a 'catastrophic mistake'. trib.al/zxwWsWg 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602

@EricLDaugh I’m sure he won’t go until his job is done. His goal is the EU.

🚨 JUST IN: UK PM Keir Starmer is planning his RESIGNATION, saying in private he wants it to be "orderly" — Daily Mail GOOD RIDDANCE! He can't leave soon enough. He just got WIPED OUT in the elections and a sea of patriots just gathered today to make their voices heard! Keir is a failure. He will not be missed. 🇺🇸🇬🇧