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@donmcgowan The Sky news presenters are the worst. @SamCoatesSky is like a dog with a bone he can't let go.

Our media fixation with Keir Starmer is becoming a literal drag on the country now. As I write this, I can already see the replies forming below, accusing me of being a Labour shill etc. but, believe it or not, I am not. Maybe it's worth setting this out — I have no party affiliation. None. I'm not 'on the right' … but that's as far as it goes. There are policies and people that I admire across the Lib Dems, Greens and Labour. Conversely, there are policies and people I am vehemently against within each of those parties as well. There are some decent Conservatives left but fewer and fewer in frontline politics and I can have excellent discussions with those moderate Tories that remain. Where my line in the sand is drawn though, as I'm sure you're all aware, is the far-right. Reform UK and Restore Britain. I have no common ground with their populism — I see through the propaganda. This doesn't mean that I think every member of Reform UK is a bad person, far from it, but I cannot rationalise their top-line bravado into credible politics. So, with all that being said, I think the witch-hunt of Keir Starmer is distracting the public from some far more serious crises. Since the very day Starmer took office, there has been an onslaught from the media; desperation to try and topple him and his principal team. This played out successfully with Angela Rayner, and they have been vicious and relentless pursuing Rachel Reeves. I listened to Paul Brand on LBC at the weekend continuously comparing Starmer to Boris Johnson in terms of sleaze. Have we collectively lost our minds? There is no other Prime Minister in history that compares to Johnson for scandal. The elephant in the room — Peter Mandelson. But is it really an elephant still? Clearly, Starmer should never have brought the Prince of Darkness into his team, that was a madness and severe failing of judgement. One for which he has accepted responsibility and apologised on multiple occasions. The vetting process appears to be, pretty much, a non-story, despite what Dan Hodges and GB News are shovelling out. So … we should be moving on. Shouldn't we? Kemi Badenoch and her famously robust judgement felt not yesterday, and spent more of her diminishing political currency by pushing Starmer with six questions at PMQs on the subject. She was met with a well briefed lawyer, that, in all honesty, made her look a bit silly for continuing her defeated line of questioning. While this continues to dominate the headlines, other far more crucial issues are being missed — we're going to run low on fuel soon, the cost of living is about to skyrocket, holidays will be cancelled imminently. But mainly ... the cost of living is about to skyrocket. We saw in yesterday's inflation rise that food is already moving upward, if Trump's ludicrous war in Iran continues, then we're all going to suffer the consequences. Surely, this is a far more pressing matter? One in which the government should be fully engaged in order to help protect the public — it's number one duty. It is very telling that Reform UK are spending very little time on the Starmer issue. They sent Lee Anderson out to raise this issue, for goodness’ sake. LEE ANDERSON. Farage is hyper focused on the local elections, safe in the knowledge that the media is obsessing over Keir Starmer, once again. He's making hay while the S*n shines on Labour. Jeez! This went on a bit, sorry, but it feels critical to me. We are being led around by the nose by the legacy media outlets. They smell blood in the water, but I really don't think the story is there. Not yet. And while the sharks circle, Reform UK are flying under the radar, ready to swoop on the local elections [sorry for the weird mixed metaphors — it's early!]. Have a lovely sunny day. 🌞

@MatthewStadlen The more worrying thing is the British public might vote for him. Doesn't say much about the country as a whole.

Since the Brexit referendum 10 years ago, we’ve had six Prime Ministers (including Cameron). The sixth, Starmer, is wobbling. It’s been a decade of immense instability, and the idea that the chief architect of Brexit, Nigel Farage, would improve things is one of the most audacious claims in British politics.

@kateferguson4 Its what gets stirred up in the press. So in a way its your own fault.

Walking into Parliament on Wednesdays has become horrific. Men outside the gates harassing & following you & filming it, all in the name of protest. That’s on top of the deafening Brexit protests that have been going on for a decade. It’s toxic & designed to be intimidating.

Hey @Morrisons I will never buy ONE thing from you ever again unless this guy, trying to stop shoplifting, is reinstated. RETWEET IF YOU AGREE

@ReMyPoInTeR @PolitlcsUK Your right I cant spell lol

@peterabrooks25 @PolitlcsUK Ponies 😃

🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch asks Keir Starmer if he will "finally take responsibility" and resign Starmer: "She claimed Mandelson could not have been cleared. She was wrong. She said Ministers must have been told. She was wrong. She rushed to judgement as always" #PMQs

@1ohreally @BethRigby I am not defending him. I expect he will be gone soon. We just seem to be in a cycle of getting rid of PMs

@peterabrooks25 @BethRigby How pathetic that you’re defending him. If Starmer had any decency he would resign for his catastrophic decision to appoint Mandelson in the first place. Twice sacked from government & known links to Putin as well as being a friend of a notorious child sex offender Epstein!!

Quick take: Back to the no smoking gun. Badenoch sums it up: "I cannot accuse the Prime Minister of deliberately misleading the House, but everyone can see what has happened here. This was not due process. Everyone knows the price of misleading the House. Will the Prime Minister finally take responsibility and go?" The Q on Thursday night was has the PM knowingly misled the House, that he's cleared of... BUT the impression it leaves: pressure to get appointment done, lack of attention to vetting, trying to rush it through, ignoring red flags raised before the appointment announced, putting Mandelson in and giving him case-by-case access to docs despite his background, the sacking & then blaming of Robbins. It looks terrible for a PM that promised to lead a government of integrity, accountability and stability

@HannathJane @PolitlcsUK He will probably be gone soon enough then on to the next one.

@peterabrooks25 @PolitlcsUK Starmer doesn't do debate, he does orders.

@ReMyPoInTeR @PolitlcsUK I said reform is racist and you know what you are getting if you vote for them. The good people of the UK might be able to see beyond that and vote for them anyway. Hopefully they are not one trick ponnies.

@peterabrooks25 @PolitlcsUK So over half the country is racist are they? You don’t half talk waffle. If you think this disgusting incompetent government is any better than reform, Tories or even restore than you really are a deluded man.

@QuintonJacobs71 @PolitlcsUK Well that depends on what each individual member of the British public wants as we all probably want something different. And as for getting a kicking in May , that's democracy and we all like a protest vote in council elections.

@peterabrooks25 @PolitlcsUK Oh, so your argument for not getting rid of this incompetent liar is that we might end up with someone else? Well, maybe if the Labour Party actually did what the British people wanted, they wouldn’t be getting a kicking on May 7th.

🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch asks if Keir Starmer stands by his claim that "full due process was followed" with Peter Mandelson Starmer: "Yes... Olly Robbins was asked if he shared the [UKSV] decision with me. He said no. That puts to bed all the allegations levelled at me" #PMQs

@ReMyPoInTeR @PolitlcsUK No just REFORM but if you vote for them its fine because at least you know what your voting for and if your happy to have racists run the country that's fine. Its called democracy.

@peterabrooks25 @PolitlcsUK Oh you’re one of those guys… call everyone a racist 🙄

@ReMyPoInTeR @PolitlcsUK I Don't think he is a good P.M but he is better than some of the other options. Just think in a few years time we could have the U.K version of Trump. Nigel RACIST Farage

@peterabrooks25 @PolitlcsUK I just don’t understand why some people are so blinkered they think Starmer is a good PM!! Itnfact, it’s worrying . God help us!

@BBCPolitics How pathetic that politics in this country has go so low that getting rid of another P.M is more important to the media and opposition parties rather then debating how we can make the country a better place to live and work in.

Kemi Badenoch asks why Peter Mandelson was given access to highly classified briefings, before receiving clearance “Because he was a privy councillor, he could have access to other material before developed vetting,” says PM Keir Starmer #PMQs: bbc.in/4mJODLr

@KevinASchofield How pathetic that politics in this country has go so low that getting rid of another P.M is more important to the media and opposition parties rather then debating how we can make the country a better place to live and work in.

After the week he's had, Starmer will be pleased to have got through PMQs unscathed.

@PolitlcsUK Here we go again with another round of lets try to get rid of another Prime Minister. In a few years time we could end up with Nigel RACIST Farage as the next P.M. Be careful what you wish for.

🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer doesn't deny that No 10 asked for Matthew Doyle to be given an ambassadorship "When people leave roles in any organisation, there are often conversations about other roles they want to apply for, but nothing came of this" #PMQs

@LBCNews Here we go again with another round of lets try to get rid of another Prime Minister. In a few years time we could end up with Nigel RACIST Farage as the next P.M. Be careful what you wish for.

Sir Keir Starmer's going to face further questions about Lord Mandelson, at PMQs in the next few minutes. Listen LIVE: l-bc.co/LBCNews

@SkyNews One down one to go.

Baroness Brady steps down from West Ham after 16 years. 🔗 trib.al/OYEzWZQ

@EdwardJDavey The problem is we have become a country that just wants to bring down the government of the day rather then all parties debating to make the country better. This is why I will never vote again.

Unbelievable. Not content with appointing Mandelson as US ambassador despite his links to Epstein, Starmer tried to appoint another man with a known friendship with a sex offender. When is the Prime Minister finally going to take some responsibility?