AIBU to feel the media is pushing Starmer out?

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To feel the media is forcing Starmer out and to be annoyed by this.

They need constant drama and content and this is done at the expense of the country. Starmer is boring but things are improving despite major problems like Iran in the background.

If this were 20 years ago he’d have been safe. They are treating government like football clubs and want Burnham as they think he’s more showbiz. These foreign owner media outlets don’t care about the stability of this country, they just want headlines and drama on X to drum up more drama for headlines and opinion pieces where the media all interview each other.

The country is becoming ungovernable because them and I’m sick of it.

Great. Another PM. The new one will be in for a week before people are drooling at the mouth screaming for them to resign. I’m genuinely annoyed Starmer gave in, we needed stability and who the fuck are we going to have next? Bloody depressing.

So it was the media who forced Andy Burnham to run in Makerfield?

Sir Keir Starmer has a law degree from Oxford, served as a human rights lawyer and was head of the crown prosection service. In what world is that not a smart person? There are many things people can cause SKS of but not being an intelligent person is not one of them. Utterly ridiculous comment.

I have said on another post and said it when he was chosen. He's the rebound guy. He was never going to be there for long.

Totally. I was willing him to fight on.

Andy Burnham only ran because the media had been so negative about Starmer that he saw an opportunity.

I used to be a Burnham fan but not any more.

Labour promised us stability, compared to the last government. Their instability has been brought about by an extremely weak man, who was out of his depth. Of course he was cannon fodder for the media. There's no room for sentiment in politics.

Was referring to Labour frontbenchers NOT Starmer.

Which is what I think as well

I don't think anyone really thought this was going to happen this way though - I haven't bothered clicking on any news about it and have completely stopped clicking on Trump/Israel news and "deal" blabberings. So it can't be generating them clicks because it is boring and annoying and smacks of the Tories. No one wants to have a carousel of PM's who get nothing done because they only just unpacked.

Starmer is front bench. The others in cabinet are well educated with degrees from Oxbridge and other top unis. Rachel Reeves has a masters in economics and worked in the bank of England

Me too. I really thought he would.
God help us if someone like Lammy throws his hat into the ring or Angela Rayner and the members vote them in.

The media were reporting discontent within the PLP. Thats why Burnham saw an opportunity.

Or are you saying the Labour MPs calling for his resignation weeks ago were all told to by the media?

To an extent I agree, however he has done too many u turns and no one knows what he stands for. He has blown a large majority by pandering to the noisy left of the party and not sticking with policy. He was also far too reactive to media criticism.

The electorate never vote in a PM. We vote in a party, who have elected a leader.

I've just been marvelling at the fact that Kwasi Kwartang has reinvented as a political commentator; he and Truss brought the country to the brink of ruin with his mad budget, and yet there he was on GMB, pontificating about the complexities of government.

Looking back on it, the reason Starmer has been unsuccessful is mostly due to the 2024 general election.

He made a series of promises that he didn't need to in order to beat the Tories, who were in an incredibly bad state. That may have led to a thumping majority, but he would have been far better off having a smaller majority and more policy flexibility.

If he hadn't promised not to raise taxes he would have been in a much better position. In doing so he just committed the country to the same old old.

This is probably at the root of the poor local election performance, which really is what is driving his exit. Other events along the way are just the straws breaking the camels back.

You can't say that when he hasn't had a full term though.
He will never be someone who "didn't do his job" because he wasn't given full time.

Yeah it's a total shitshow. I'm a Labour supporter, but I am done with activism now. They're all bloody idiots. I'm just going to focus on my kids, writing and garden instead!

I think, judging by this thread, and by other comments I have read lately, that people are definitely more interested in "having a say" - get Starmer out! - than what is actually good for the country. The country is quite far down most people's lists in reality.
I wish Starmer well, in a career far away from politics now I hope, and I also hope Burnham's team are ready for the shit that the media (and the people) will be throwing at him from the second he takes over.

Ah, yes, the reliable source that is GB news! Wonderful! Let me guess, you vote for reform?

And totally this!

Partly that and partly because the media has absolutely slated him endlessly, without ever giving him a chance, with all the Two Tier Kier bullshit.

Burnham won't fare any better, and the media will make a big deal of the PM being chosen by one constituency in Manchester - effectively deciding the fate of the whole nation. Plus he's more left-leaning which nobody outside the Labour membership actually wants. Paving the way for a Conservative/Reform victory at the next GE.

Wrong lol, I'm a Kemi fangirl.

Don't forget the whole Trans issue is coming with Burnham. Back to 2018 we go on a Labour version of the Tory Magic Roundabout of PM's no one voted for.