Winston Smith

@WesternLensman @spencerpratt

LA Mayor Karen Bass claims @spencerpratt’s viral campaign ads are “taking a violent turn." “When your messages are so hateful, or when you demonize people, then you do provoke people who are unstable, and you can jeopardize people's safety." The ads have been inventive, effective and wildly popular — and this is the best counter that Bass can muster. Weak.

@PronouncedAlva @TomMcTague Was the mom a toolmaker? A bus driver?

Exclusive: Al Carns writes for this week's New Statesman about how Labour can win again. The armed forces minister, ex-marine and much-speculated-upon potential leadership contender writes: "I grew up in Aberdeen in a working-class family with a single mum. She worked hard – running a home and caring for her kids. I know what security means to my mum and I know what pressure does to families when money is tight and when the future feels uncertain. Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotional level as well as on an economic one, we will continue to lose voters who would naturally align with us. Working-class voters have not simply left Labour. Many feel Labour stopped understanding their lives, and so they looked elsewhere." @AlistairCarns @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

@DPJHodges Who?

Al Carns has written The Article newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

@BBCBreaking Lawfare.

Parliamentary standards watchdog to begin inquiry into whether Reform UK leader Nigel Farage breached rules over £5m gift bbc.in/3OYSh87

@LucyTCWife He'd lock you up in an instant.

Streeting is probably one of the only sane ones amongst them!!

@JohnRentoul Starmer will stand. So will Miliband. Rayner won't.

It’s going to be Streeting vs Rayner, then; I think Starmer won’t stand, nor will Miliband; Burnham will complain but won’t be let in

@GuidoFawkes @MrJWEsq Then he should be fired today.

Streeting ‘Preparing to Resign Tomorrow’ order-order.com/2026/05/13/str…

@MKDonnette @BBCBreaking That fat face and horrible voice surely rules him out.

@BBCBreaking Bloke has sleazy vibes, doesn't have leadership qualities and would be a huge mistake.

Wes Streeting allies tell BBC they expect him to challenge UK PM Keir Starmer for leadership as soon as tomorrow bbc.in/4uCGDii

@BBCBreaking @TonyDowson5 He ought be asked about this, directly, and then fired. He should not be allowed to determine the timing.

@owenjonesjourno Something the entire political spectrum can unite around.

We don’t know what happened exactly. But he has the look of someone who has just been told to fuck off.

@Jon_of_Albion @FUDdaily It's planned and coordinated. It has to be.

On Oxford St today. Went into four different newsagents/cigarette shops. Every single one now run by Afghans. Arabic music blasting, the aesthetics inside grim and alien. I walked out of each one. What was once a famous British high street now feels like a foreign bazaar.

@DPJHodges That fat faced fuck is toast. x.com/yougov/status/…

It’s on.

@Independent @BucketsOf_Rain Add in Beff, Peston, Brand......

In British politics, leaders come and go... however, there's been one constant at Downing Street - Larry the cat

@AshtonWard01 @Goosey30111568 @connieseery04 Yep. Soft left won't allow fat face a free ride.

@Goosey30111568 @connieseery04 Presumably it will be Milliband V Streeting?

The Ginger Growler. Will have to act now and enter the race. There's no time for Bumhums return.

@Will___lloyd @TomMcTague @NewStatesman That assumes he knows.

@Winston_Smith80 @TomMcTague @NewStatesman That’s classified

Al Carns writes for the @NewStatesman this week: How Labour can win again

@GuidoFawkes @MrJWEsq The fat faced fuck now has no option 😂😂🤣

WES STREETING has told allies he is ready to resign and personally trigger a leadership contest tomorrow, according to Aubrey Allegretti.

@RealDonKeith The car could have been waiting outside the door...... 😂🤣

🚨Wes Streeting just left Number 10 after only 16 minutes. He went in for a showdown with Keir Starmer and came out fast. Labour’s civil war is playing out in public. The knives are sharpening.

@Steven_Swinford @clarescastle @breeallegretti @patrickkmaguire @Geri_E_L_Scott That fat faced fuck confronted no one.

EXCLUSIVE from @breeallegretti @patrickkmaguire @Geri_E_L_Scott Wes Streeting has told allies that he is preparing to resign and trigger a leadership contest as soon as tomorrow The health secretary confronted Starmer this morning during a meeting ahead of the King’s Speech that lasted just 16 minutes over the turmoil engulfing the Labour Party Allies of Streeting who have spoken to him directly said that he has made clear that he is “going to go for it”. One said that he is likely to resign on Thursday and mount a formal challenge for the leadership One Streeting ally who has spoken to him said: “He is going to go for it. He’s going tomorrow.” Discussions have also been held to prepare for MPs to sign Streeting’s nomination papers, according to one of those with knowledge of the plans. Another who has spoken to him said that claims by Starmer’s allies that he has “bottled it” are wide of the mark and that he made clear in private that he will make a bid for the leadership A spokesman for Streeting said: “Wes is the Health Secretary, he is proud of his record of falling waiting lists and a recovering NHS. He is not planning to say anything following his meeting with the Prime Minister that might distract from the King’s Speech.” thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@GuidoFawkes Vic has turned up.

SPITTING RAIN BEGINS as Starmer leaves for Parliament.