Matt Chorley

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@MattChorley I was watching it live wife asks “who’s that running in late bit embarrassing ?” - me “ that’ll be Chorley, yup it’s Chorley”

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Labour MP Josh Fenton-Glynn tells me on @bbc5live that the Prime Minister must set out a timetable for an “orderly transition” to a new leader. The MP for Calder Valley who was elected in 2024, said “it’s very difficult to imagine a world where he leads us into the next election.” It was the first time that Josh Fenton-Glynn had spoken out, taking it to 84 Labour MPs who have now explicitly called for Keir Starmer to resign or set a timetable for his resignation as Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister will “have a strong legacy” and “he’s done a great job” but that “his voice doesn’t cut through” and the Government needs to be able to better communicate the change it is making. He said the election results were the “public sending a message.” Fenton-Glynn said the party shouldn’t act “like frightened deer” in any leadership contest but set out a timetable with a new leader in place “by the end of the year at least.”

@DylanDylan1909 Better than that - I scored a penalty at their ground

@MattChorley do you support Chorley? ⚽️ Were you named after the Lancashire town? lol

Ah, nobody’s called me posh before

@the_davidhicks @bbc5live If you don’t think that dozen of Labour MPs calling for the prime minister to resign while the cabinet meets isn’t news, I’m sorry I can’t help you

@MattChorley @bbc5live Ridiculous media frenzy desperate for Breaking News.

Been here before - live from Downing Street all morning on @bbc5live

A reminder of the Pyramid of Peril from @BBCNewsnight in February

@JohnFranklin_55 @BBCNewsnight Sorry you feel like explaining the significance of different tiers of government is not useful to people who might not know the difference

@MattChorley @BBCNewsnight Presented like it’s on 1970s children’s TV. An agenda pushed by you. You’re an imposter.

@bergersmicer You do know that’s me in the video?

BBC balance? It’s not funny Matt. You’re as big a clown as Laura K and the rest of the Young Conservative journos!

It’s reached the top of the pyramid

@JohnFranklin_55 @BBCNewsnight Turned out to be accurate though

@MattChorley @BBCNewsnight Just childish, low grade, news as entertainment content. Newsnight used to matter. This is nothing.

@loespl Multiply by π

ok so how many PPS resignations would equal 1 cabinet resignation??

@Phillip16484278 I went to Huish Episcopi state comp. Huish’s grammar became a sixth form in 1979! Not sure how old you think I am!

@MattChorley The exception doesn’t make the rule. I know many kids in Taunton, as it happens, who were cast aside at 11 years of age. 11 plus failures.

I’m just someone from a working class background who didn’t go to university not being put on a pedestal

Stephen Kinnock, Health Minister, tells #Newsnight members of Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet "may well" tell the PM to resign at their weekly meeting tomorrow morning.

@auntrel01 Yes.

@MattChorley Do you think you’ve covered political content impartially lately Matt?

@Phillip16484278 I didn’t do the 11 plus. I’m not sure there were any state grammar schools in Somerset (or my corner of it)

@Diogenes1 No. I didn’t go to university

@MattChorley By “didn’t go to university” do you mean you went to a polytechnic?

How the Tories used to deal with these things