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@KevinASchofield waste of everyone's time.

Looking increasingly unlikely that Wes Streeting will challenge Keir Starmer today. Some in his team are not convinced he has the 81 supporters locked in to formally launch a contest. Suspicion that Angela Rayner's announcement this morning that she's been cleared by HMRC is also making Streeting think twice.

can wes streeting hurry up, its 10am and nothing has happened.

@tvukzone here comes another flop.

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@larisamlbrown @thetimes i might throw my hat in the ring at this point.

EXCLUSIVE: Al Carns WILL join the race to become PM if there is a contest. A parliamentary source told @thetimes "Al Carns has said ‘he is getting on with doing his job, but if someone fires the starting gun, he isn’t afraid of gunfire’." They said the implication was Carns "would throw his hat in the ring should someone trigger a race"

ooo we are on the right side of the sofa. #gmb

@HardTruth2000 @ONS i only agree with the numbers when i believe they are right, any other time, the numbers are wrong.

@ONS There is something very wrong with these numbers.

GDP grew 0.6% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2026. Services (+0.8%) construction (+0.4%) and production (+0.2%) all increased. Read the full article ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/grossd…

@DPJHodges why doesnt starmer sack streeting or miliband then? doesnt he have to guts to stop his challengers? if he sacks them and they werent planning, starmer would look stupid, if he doesn't and they are planning, starmer would look stupid, lose lose for starmer.

Where we are at 6.40: * 4 candidates now on the pitch Streeting, Rayner, Burnham and Miliband * Starmer effectively playing Russian Roulette with 4 bullets in the chamber. Any one triggers and gets 81 names (or in AB case a seat) it’s over. * Cabinet watching, preparing

@HouseofCommons it be out of date by the end of the day.

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@BethRigby ws: resign ks: no ws: okay

He was in and out of No 10 in 16 mins. Pretty short meeting that

@SophyRidgeSky how can the 90mps who told him to go, support the kings speech? party before country once again. what a joke.

Yesterday morning on Downing Street it felt like things were about to tip over the edge. When we were told by No10 that the agenda for Cabinet was going to focus on international affairs and not leadership - we didn't believe it. But that is exactly what Keir Starmer did. In perhaps the most Keir Starmer move ever, he was saved by process. He told Cabinet that if anyone wanted to raise his leadership they could see him afterwards, one on one. And then refused to meet them. Now this morning Team Starmer are saying the moment of peril has passed. They say Streeting doesn't have the numbers and Burnham doesn't have a seat. But are those two things true? This morning - Wes Streeting - is going to finally get his meeting with the Prime Minister. What happens will be critical. Will he ask the PM to set out a timetable for his exit? Will he resign? Will he launch a leadership bid? But in truth today might NOT be the day that Streeting acts. That's because it's the King's Speech later in the morning - a big set piece event where the government lays out its legislative priorities. Streeting - and others - may not want to derail the etiquette of that event - given the involvement of the King. Which all means that Keir Starmer might have a bit of time in hand... He's saying he's going nowhere - that the rebels don't have the numbers. Lyndon B Johnson says the first rule of politics is learning to count - and we'll find out soon who's done their sums right.

@StephSpyro why do you think that is?

Treasury now confirming my tweet

If you're not watching Sky News, put it on. Absolute shitshow. Robert Peston falling over, Beth Rigby flying across the screen to scream at MPs. Sophy Ridge ducking like someone's yeeted a grenade at her. And then this happened...

@ToryFibs how can he govern with any of these numbers. now that 70-80 have said time is up. how can they go back in a week or twos time if starmer is still around and back him. they are becoming a joke like the tories.

Now 86 MPs (Rebecca Long Bailey the latest).

We now go live to Downing Street

@superTV247 what about emma and oti mabuse, would work and would be sort of like what DWTS did where their co-host is a former dancer and sibling to someone on the panel.

🚨🚨 Zoe Ball has revealed she will NOT be a new host on #Strictly this year. “No, I didn’t get it, but I tell you what, if who I think has got it, we’re in safe hands and our new hosts are going to be fabulous.” The Sun also claim it will not be Rylan, Alex or Angela.

Looking forward to Wednesday

Ok but I think this line is long enough already…

@Steven_Swinford >Could we see front-bench resignations this wee? he he, he said wee.

Here's where we are this morning: * Keir Starmer will commit to putting Britain 'at the heart of Europe' in his speech this morning. But what does that mean? The Brexit red lines - no free movement, no to rejoining the EU and customs union - remain. Allies say he is signalling towards the next Labour manifesto and Parliament. But critics say never mind the next Parliament - he'll be lucky to survive this week * Don't expect much policy in the speech - it's heavy on rhetoric. We need to end incrementalism, break with the status quo. The trail felt v much in keeping with the Starmer we've seen for some time * The despair is growing. The number of MPs calling for Starmer to go are ticking up - now well over 40. @breeallegretti reports that two ministers were talking about 'going kamikaze' over the weekend and quitting. Could we see front-bench resignations this wee? * Angela Rayner didn't explicitly call for Starmer to go, but she laid down a clear market and put him on notice. Her 1,000-word statement culminated with this: 'The prime minister must now **meet the moment** and set out the change our country needs'. It is not subtle - fail to meet the moment and we will move * Wes Streeting is ready to go - he has been for months - but has no intention of going first. He'll move if/once the contest begins. He believes he has the MPs and the policy platform. My colleague @breeallegretti revealed his shadow team includes former No 10 aides, several ministers and several advisers * Starmer appears absolutely adamant that Burnham must not be allowed to return to Westminster. The reasoning is the same as it was in January - Labour would risk losing Manchester, losing a by-election and it would be a distraction. The difference this time? Starmer is much, much weaker. * Andy Burnham thinks he has a way back to Westminster. Whatever happens we'll be hearing from him later this week * Starmer's allies point to the fact that there is no such thing as an 'orderly transition'. Experience suggests that they are right. From the moment the prime minister announces he is going his authority evaporates. The government stops governing. Everything becomes subsumed by the leadership contest. Given the tribes within Labour it will be very, very messy * There is widespread concern that Starmer made things worse over the weekend. First with his early interview on Friday, before the carnage had even really begun, insisting he was going nowhere. Secondly with the appointments of Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman, which has been met with bafflement. Then with his 'eight more years' interview in The Observer * One ally described Brown and Harman’s appointments as “uniquely ill-judged" and the Observer interview as delusional'. “On Friday I was optimistic that he’d seen off the threat to his leadership. But after all the missteps on Saturday I’m not so sure. He’d have been better off doing nothing at all.” * Catherine West's one-woman stalking horse campaign shows just how precarious things are for Starmer. The expectation is that she won't get the numbers. But in the current climate anything could happen. The pandora's box is very much open. What happens next is highly unpredictable thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@BBCNews oil prices everytime trump talks

Oil prices jump after Trump dismisses Iran proposal to end war bbc.in/4tnwULP

@JackElsom @TimesRadio rayner won't like that.

🚨Peter Kyle - a close ally of Starmer who has been sent out on the media this morning - tells @TimesRadio that Andy Burnham should return to Parliament at the “next general election” and not before. He says that Burnham made the choice to stand for Manchester Mayor and should honour that term. In short, seems that No10 currently not budging on bringing back Burnham.