keirstarmer.substack.com/p/passing-on... As we celebrate Keir's leadership but lament what has happened, I'm taking myself away from Bluesky. I don't have it in me to keep campaigning for Labour. I'll keep my account open but for now it is better for me mentally to focus on other things 1/2

Passing on the torch

Two years in government, what we've achieved, and what comes next.

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This Parliament is forecast to be better for living standards than the last. Unfortunately for Andy Burnham, most of the forecast growth will have already taken place by the time he's expected to take office. What other challenges face the new PM? Find out ⤵️ buff.ly/vTEZMib

No food standard can correct or justify the absurd cruelty of all factory farming and the Organic badge is falsely applied to the factory farming of Salmon - it’s rife with chemicals. www.greenbritainfoundation.co.uk/updates/orga...

Organic salmon: no such thing as organic factory farming

The Soil Association is weighing whether to keep certifying farmed salmon. We say walk away, because no standard can make factory farming organic

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More than a million of you watched our films and now know what "organic" salmon farming looks like. The Soil Association felt the need to respond -  twice in a week.

Keir Starmer, 'I didn’t enter politics to be Prime Minister'. But Andy Burnham did. He's just proved he did by ambushing Keir Starmer in such an appalling manner. A debacle so distasteful that some of us no longer feel we can support Labour.

labour.org.uk/two-years-of... 2 years of amazing progressive policies under Keir's leadership, a world away from 14 years of decline and austerity, and Labour MPs have tossed him aside like he was worth nothing to them. Click the link to learn. I can't help but agree with Jane's post below.

Two years of a Labour government – The Labour Party

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Jane Harbison@janeharbison.bsky.social · last mo.

And look at it now -after 2 years of good government -we look grubby and dishonourable

🚨 Labour won the 2024 general election two years ago today

Starmer warns Burnham will have to spend time on global affairs, in first interview since quitting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Starmer: Burnham will have to spend as much time on foreign affairs as me

In an untypically candid interview, the outgoing PM tells the BBC it was "really tough" to accept his political career was over.

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We don't need "placating" @pippacrerar.bsky.social . We want him to talk us through why shafting a sitting PM 2 years into a 5 year term actually helps the country. Can you interview him and get him to be specific?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

MPs warn Labour’s ruling body to quell fears over Burnham’s one-sided race to No 10

A new petition we all need to sign. Labour MPs should not go unaccountable. They need to justify to members and the voting public why they jumped right into the media's agenda. This isn't democracy. It is a coup.

Jane Harbison@janeharbison.bsky.social · last mo.

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CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and division The UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced. The culture secretary’s department is the UK’s second to quit the Elon Musk-owned platform over increasing concerns about the way it highlights and prioritises often inaccurate far right and racist content, and is used to incite violence and division. Continue reading...

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Reform UK is the party of ordinary working people. The sort of ordinary working people who get £5 million gifts from billionaires and earn £22,500 an hour for promoting gold bullion.

Farage earns £22,000 an hour for selling gold bullion. Is he really the man of people? #NigelFarage

Labour MPs: Let me again ask you: listening to Starmer's apology on behalf of the state for forced adoptions, why are you getting rid of him again? I fear you are making a gigantic mistake.

This is the brutal reality of Brexit. As the EU builds protectionist walls to shield its industries from China, the UK gets caught in the crossfire as an outsider. Severing single market access leaves British car manufacturing entirely at the mercy of decisions made in Brussels. 🛑👇

EU urged to exempt UK from car rules that could be worst Brexit impact yet

Bloc’s ‘made in Europe’ regulations risk shutting out British manufacturers in ‘most spectacular own goal in history’

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420,000 people have come off NHS waiting lists in England since Keir Starmer was elected. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The end of resident doctors strikes will only accelerate this trend. The thought of a Deform UK government is horrendous.

Ian Pearce 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 💙@pearcee.bsky.social · last mo.

Another Labour win 🌹!! Remember when the Tories wouldn’t talk and put waiting lists through the roof? Never forget. Resident doctors in England accept pay deal and end strikes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So let me get this right. Cameron inflicted a referendum on us that NOBODY WANTED. He did it save the Tory Party. Farage then took advantage and lied to the nation But when the people WANT something that would benefit us all on so many levels, we are shut down. Remind me again how democracy works?

Anti-Reform@antireform.bsky.social · last mo.

"Brexit is the biggest act of self harm any country has ever inflicted upon itself!" via We Demand UK

"Brexit is the biggest act of self harm any country has ever inflicted upon itself!" via We Demand UK

John Major talking more sense than majority of serving MPs. It's essential we rejoin before we slide any further into being a parochial backwater dominated by malignant narcissists like Farage doing the bidding of big oil et al. 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Wednesday marks 10 years to the day since Cameron resigned to let Brexit usher in a new era of stable self governance. Since then we've burned through: 5 more prime ministers 8 chancellors 8 home secretaries 9 foreign secretaries 10 education secretaries 10 defence secretaries Masterful work.

Politically homeless again & considering whether @libdems.org.uk membership would be a solution I thought I'd always be Labour but not after the shunning of members like me Thing is, I need @eddavey.libdems.org.uk to finally admit austerity on his watch was wrong news.sky.com/story/lib-de...

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey refuses six times to say whether coalition-era austerity was a mistake

The Liberal Democrat leader denies the austerity policies his party implemented alongside the Conservatives were to blame for the current crisis facing the NHS.

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This is remarkable.

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Donate to Emergency Relief for Venezuela Earthquake Victims, organized by I Love Venezuela Foundation

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This is fantastic news Angela Rayner👏

Nigel Farage's tip for Brits stuck in post-Brexit airport queues? 'Just go by dinghy, it's much easier!' So here’s a reminder of how his Brexit led to the small boats crisis. If UK news shows won’t call his bull**** out let’s do it ourselves youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...

It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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If you’re around the National Park this weekend, please 🚌 Travel responsibly - avoid blocking roads, entrances or emergency access routes 🌊 Stay safe around water 🔥 No fires or BBQs, and take all your litter home Respect the land. Respect the community. Respect each other 🙏

I hope every Burnham supporting MP is kept awake tonight by this image of Starmer commanding the respect of world leaders in Berlin today

The constant chatter about private schools reminds me exactly why I do this job. We’re raising more money than expected, school offer days passed smoothly, and we’re injecting money into state schools. My focus remains on the schools attended by the majority of kids in this country.

Folks, I have just written to Starmer's office pleading with him to challenge Burnham. Our democracy is at stake! You can do the same at contact.no10.gov.uk Please - one last push - the more who do this the better. Make your case!