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Almost 80 MPs have called for Starmer to Resign. Streeting making his move before Burnham has a chance to get in. Leadership election between Starmer, Streeting & Rayner, & a few MPs looking to make a name. Official Tue 12th?

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SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 11/05/2026 21:44

Link to spreadsheet of Labour MPS calling for resignation - https://x.com/GuidoFawkes/status/2053925699824574889

Streeting has to make his move now, Starmer will never be this weak and he has the chance to go now.

Burnham might be more likely to win, but he is not in, and where exactly is a safe seat by election they could parachute him in for? (nowhere)

So - Streeting will never have a better chance of being PM, he pulls the trigger NOW or he never pulls it at all.

I did say on Thursday that I thought it would be Friday or Monday.... Tuesday is a pretty good guess.

This is a quiet Bat People moment... That Speech... not worth remembering...

Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) on X

Matt Bishop according to Sam Coates. 75. https://t.co/qC4H6KwkEZ

https://x.com/GuidoFawkes/status/2053925699824574889

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TemperanceWest · 12/05/2026 13:01

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I guessed your post would be reported.

@myrtleWilson thanks, very useful to know.

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:02

Catpuss66 · 12/05/2026 13:01

I am not a labour voter, but what do you think any of the others are going to do? Reform & tories are more less the same thing they want to privatise the nhs, cut benefits for disabled people Reform will get rid of workers rights predominately women will suffer maternity pay etc. not sure at the moment a change is a good thing as a country we need some stability & need a calming presence in the face of chaos that the US has caused. Think they all parties should stop this trying to tear down the PM let him concentrate on running the country rather having one eye on his back waiting for the stab.

I think they will address the cost of living crisis - a huge cause of which is a badly managed net zero policy (which in principle I agree with but not at this cost) and secondly I think they will tackle legal and illegal immigration. Those are the two highest issues on voters minds right now according to latest polls.

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OneTealShaker · 12/05/2026 13:04

Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, who has safeguarded a grand total of 0 women and girls.

She is so bad that victims from the grooming gang enquiry (the enquiry that she failed to get off the ground) criticized her and walked.

Let’s be honest, Jess Phillips has resigned because she is an utter joke and has failed to anything. This is a just a convenient get out clause.

Thefastandthecurious5 · 12/05/2026 13:16

OneTealShaker · 12/05/2026 13:04

Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, who has safeguarded a grand total of 0 women and girls.

She is so bad that victims from the grooming gang enquiry (the enquiry that she failed to get off the ground) criticized her and walked.

Let’s be honest, Jess Phillips has resigned because she is an utter joke and has failed to anything. This is a just a convenient get out clause.

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Okay. And how will Nigel Farage and his ministers be better?

myrtleWilson · 12/05/2026 13:21

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 12:59

Literally not me that was someone else.

Really? Comes up in AS - you should report to MN if other people may be posting under your username

ByGraptharsHammer · 12/05/2026 13:37

Thanks @myrtleWilson

NorthXNorthWest · 12/05/2026 13:38

Changing leader is not going to fix the sh*t show that is Labour. It never seems to lead to effective investment, just more destruction and waste. As for the ‘new’ person, it will probably just be more burning of other people’s money by an even more left-leaning, clueless bandit.

SapphOhNo · 12/05/2026 13:41

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:02

I think they will address the cost of living crisis - a huge cause of which is a badly managed net zero policy (which in principle I agree with but not at this cost) and secondly I think they will tackle legal and illegal immigration. Those are the two highest issues on voters minds right now according to latest polls.

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But migration is coming down?

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:41

SapphOhNo · 12/05/2026 13:41

But migration is coming down?

Not to the levels the public want according to polls.

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SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:42

myrtleWilson · 12/05/2026 13:21

Really? Comes up in AS - you should report to MN if other people may be posting under your username

Feel free to PM me a link.

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SapphOhNo · 12/05/2026 13:43

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:41

Not to the levels the public want according to polls.

But its on that trajectory you can't just close airports and ban immigration completely. We do rely on it.

BackToLurk · 12/05/2026 13:43

OneTealShaker · 12/05/2026 13:04

Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, who has safeguarded a grand total of 0 women and girls.

She is so bad that victims from the grooming gang enquiry (the enquiry that she failed to get off the ground) criticized her and walked.

Let’s be honest, Jess Phillips has resigned because she is an utter joke and has failed to anything. This is a just a convenient get out clause.

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Minister for safeguarding her career

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:45

SapphOhNo · 12/05/2026 13:43

But its on that trajectory you can't just close airports and ban immigration completely. We do rely on it.

I think you may have misunderstood what people mean by immigration they do not mean people coming in here on holiday

and the general mood of the country is to remove ourselves from any legislation that requires us to take in refugees. The mood music is that the system needs a complete reworking.

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ServietteUnion · 12/05/2026 13:46

I like Starmer but to my mind he made himself look terminally weak when Burnham was blocked from standing in Gorton and Denton, which ironically was intended to protect him from challenge. I think the chaos and division occurring in the PLP now is appalling and can only do ever-increasing damage. But this is where we are now and a leadership challenge seems inevitable. The best thing now is to make sure Starmer is succeeded by someone who's up to the job so this whole shitshow isn't repeated in a year's time, and for me that would be Burnham, not Streeting, and certainly not Rayner or, god help us, Mahmood.

Yabu to follow Guido Fawkes, OP.

OneTealShaker · 12/05/2026 13:48

SapphOhNo · 12/05/2026 13:41

But migration is coming down?

Illegal migration is going up.

MandingoAteMyBaby · 12/05/2026 13:48

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:45

I think you may have misunderstood what people mean by immigration they do not mean people coming in here on holiday

and the general mood of the country is to remove ourselves from any legislation that requires us to take in refugees. The mood music is that the system needs a complete reworking.

That’s not the “general mood” at all.

The current government are bringing down the asylum backlog. Something Conservative governments never do.

Almost 80 MPs have called for Starmer to Resign. Streeting making his move before Burnham has a chance to get in. Leadership election between Starmer, Streeting & Rayner, & a few MPs looking to make a name. Official Tue 12th?
SapphOhNo · 12/05/2026 13:48

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 13:45

I think you may have misunderstood what people mean by immigration they do not mean people coming in here on holiday

and the general mood of the country is to remove ourselves from any legislation that requires us to take in refugees. The mood music is that the system needs a complete reworking.

No I haven't misunderstood. I'm talking about legal and illegal migration.

Reform talk as though we can function without any migration.

Illegal migration has to be reduced as much as possible but that should include by actually having a working asylum system.

Swiftie1878 · 12/05/2026 13:58

SapphOhNo · 12/05/2026 13:48

No I haven't misunderstood. I'm talking about legal and illegal migration.

Reform talk as though we can function without any migration.

Illegal migration has to be reduced as much as possible but that should include by actually having a working asylum system.

Migration needs a wholesale rethink.
Someone has to take responsibility for that.
No-one will.

The whataboutery is nonsense - watch, listen and learn what the public are saying. They aren’t being quiet about it. It’s very overt!

Didimag48 · 12/05/2026 13:59

Just read this am that Burnham has strong ties with genocidal Israel...Wouldn[t want him as PM/leader of Labour!

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 14:02

MandingoAteMyBaby · 12/05/2026 13:48

That’s not the “general mood” at all.

The current government are bringing down the asylum backlog. Something Conservative governments never do.

If it’s not the general mood, why are Reform annd Restore polling so very very high?

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SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 14:02

Oh THAT.

oh I stand by every single comment I made there. Doubly so to be honest.

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Allisnotlost1 · 12/05/2026 14:03

MissBowen · 12/05/2026 12:42

Yes, I can explain to you what is shameless about it and I will do so by using a simple analogy.

You have been appointed manager of a sweet shop on a fixed term contract. Your employer believed all the good things you said and were impressed with you. In addition, the sweet shop next door, which was once popular, is failing and the newish sweet shop, down the road had a good following which has ebbed away.

Therefore, your employer is rubbing his hands and waiting for you to do great things for his sweet shop.

However, you decide that selling humbugs has worked for you before. No problem. Your employer knew this was your thinking and that it has contributed to your success.

Alas, the sweet buyers decide that they have gone off humbugs and are enticed back to the old sweetshop and the newer one. Your employer's shop sees a fall off in business.

However, you are determined that selling humbugs is the way forward and believe that it is right for you to continue.

All three sweetshops, including yours, decide to hold an Open Day. The newish sweetshop does brilliantly well-they have ditched humbugs altogether.

No-one wants your humbugs and not only, do new customers fail to take an interest, you lose old customers to your rivals.

Your employer is pretty pissed off. You are ruining his business. He heartly reprimands you. You refuse to take notice.

You bleat, on repeat, that you are doing a good job and you are on a fixed term contract and will see it through.

Your employer and co-workers start to shout that you are a twat-you are destroying their lives.

They get up a petition to get rid of you-you still bleat, on repeat, that you know what you are doing and have a fixed term contract. You say you are bullied.

They tell you to get to fuck and eventually you have to go, still bleating, on repeat, that humbugs are superior.

Anyone who cannot do a job, risks the employment of others, is shown they are not wanted but still sticks to the job is, I think most reasonable people can agree, shameless and cares only for his own skin.

Luckily, in business and commerce, the manager's arse would have been down the road long before the shop was forced to close.

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Thanks for trying but that analogy doesn’t work for me at all, it’s far too simplistic to compare government to a small business. The PM is not selling anything, the electorate have already bought the manifesto. Would you anticipate a new PM immediately calling an election on a new manifesto?

You could argue that a small proportion of the employer has raised concerns via local elections, but most didn’t bother to do so or were not able to.

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/05/2026 14:03

ServietteUnion · 12/05/2026 13:46

I like Starmer but to my mind he made himself look terminally weak when Burnham was blocked from standing in Gorton and Denton, which ironically was intended to protect him from challenge. I think the chaos and division occurring in the PLP now is appalling and can only do ever-increasing damage. But this is where we are now and a leadership challenge seems inevitable. The best thing now is to make sure Starmer is succeeded by someone who's up to the job so this whole shitshow isn't repeated in a year's time, and for me that would be Burnham, not Streeting, and certainly not Rayner or, god help us, Mahmood.

Yabu to follow Guido Fawkes, OP.

I actually don’t follow him, but it’s very useful to get up-to-date political news and to get it from a wide spectrum of political sources that’s called not being in an echo chamber I follow Zac Polanski on x as well

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FatEndoftheWedge · 12/05/2026 14:04

@MissBowen I really appreciated the "heartily reprimands you " comment

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