He has done it! The toolmakers son has resigned!

ViceVersa

I have my doubts. I have serious concerns about his stance on women's rights, for one thing. The way the whole thing has been handled leaves a bad taste in my mouth too.

I do agree, also I feel KS has been hounded out somewhat.

Btw, a fabulous and heartfelt speech from a thoroughly decent PM!

foxie48

He didn't really have any other option, did he? I just feel very sad that British politics has become so vile and divisive. No wonder we struggle to get decent people to stand for parliament but just like we get the police we deserve, we also get the politicians we deserve!

👏👏👏👏👏👏

Sago

Feelings?

Could Mr Burnham restore Labour?

It’s about the country, not Burnham, not the party, but all of us!

Whoever we lend our political vote to, every single one of us deserves better than this!

I really hope AB is extremely proud of himself and behaves better than he has done to date, I hope he lends his support and frankly his thanks to Starmer until he takes the reins.

Good luck Burnham, I truly hope you have done the right thing for our country, heaven help us, and you, if you don’t use your power with care and don’t serve us all with the care, consideration and decency we all deserve.

"He has done it! The toolmakers son has resigned!"

Shocking thread title. Like him or not, he is Keir Starmer, still Prime Minister of the UK.

Why refer to him as the tool makers son. Very disrespectful.

A toolmaker's son

So what?
Totally unnecessary and disparaging.

MaizieD

What a horrible thread title. Starmer's detractors vindictive to the last.

How spiteful, imo.

He didn't really have any other option, did he? I just feel very sad that British politics has become so vile and divisive. No wonder we struggle to get decent people to stand for parliament but just like we get the police we deserve, we also get the politicians we deserve!

MartavTaurus

This has become a regular occurrence in the UK. It makes us look rather silly. The People of the nation aren't getting to choose.

I agree, it’s not democracy as I understand it.

So annoying to have Steve Bray blasting out (EU unofficial anthem) Ode to Joy

At least it wasn't Benny Hill though.

It's like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. One thing I hope Burnham does is to sack Rachel Reeves. One of the worst Chancellors we have ever had.

Patsy70

I usually feel sympathy towards PMs when they resign, whether I support them or not. Who would want that job?
I’m sure his wife and children will be relieved.

I very much doubt his wife and children are relieved.

Starmer, in the eyes of his cabinet, his ex-colleagues, the country, the LP has utterly failed and has been totally humiliated.

Starmer stepped up to the biggest job in our country, thanks in part, to the media, to Reform and to making a (very) few poor decisions, he’s been hounded, hunted down, derided and very publicly humiliated.

Makes me ashamed as a fellow human and a LP supporter.

Yes what about Boris?
An upperclassman example of bumbling incompetence .

Cossy

MaizieD

What a horrible thread title. Starmer's detractors vindictive to the last.

Couldn’t agree more, but then there are some people not content with simply sticking the knife in, have to give it a few twists too.

For some, these situations bring out the very worst, for some, they struggle to even find a simple drop of human kindness.

Compassion and empathy goes a very long way, but for some this is not possible.

Disgraceful, isn't it?

I think he's done the right thing, but I felt so sad listening to the speech. He was given an impossible task, said it would take time to achieve it, yet people haven't given him any grace at all. I hope the soundbite crowd are pleased with themselves.

I now await the 'what about Boris?' comments 🙄

This has become a regular occurrence in the UK. It makes us look rather silly. The People of the nation aren't getting to choose.

The right wing media (and their followers) has a lot to answer for.

A bit late as others posted but I’m sure you know what I mean.
A humble background is still a thing to be castigated by some.

Cossy

MaizieD

What a horrible thread title. Starmer's detractors vindictive to the last.

Couldn’t agree more, but then there are some people not content with simply sticking the knife in, have to give it a few twists too.

For some, these situations bring out the very worst, for some, they struggle to even find a simple drop of human kindness.

Compassion and empathy goes a very long way, but for some this is not possible.

I'm not going to let it bother me. It says a lot about the person who wrote it.

The two posted above just show human nature, so divisive.

Andy Burnham’s father was a telephone engineer and his mother a receptionist. If we care ….
It does feel as if the Labour Party has a knee jerk reaction to Reform and it’s simply wrong to remove Starmer over this.

MaizieD

What a horrible thread title. Starmer's detractors vindictive to the last.

Exactly weren’t people castigated for mentioning another politician’s trade?
Although he is a toolmaker’s son so it is a factual comment about an ancient occupation. Often requiring a high level of skill.

I usually feel sympathy towards PMs when they resign, whether I support them or not. Who would want that job?
I’m sure his wife and children will be relieved.

Maremia

Was that part of the 'problem'?
He wasn't 'elite' enough for some?

Yet too elite for others?

MaizieD

What a horrible thread title. Starmer's detractors vindictive to the last.

Couldn’t agree more, but then there are some people not content with simply sticking the knife in, have to give it a few twists too.

For some, these situations bring out the very worst, for some, they struggle to even find a simple drop of human kindness.

Compassion and empathy goes a very long way, but for some this is not possible.

I think the title of this thread says it all - it is an example of media soundbites at their worst and shows the way in which people have been led by the nose into this mess, the effects of which the rest of us will need to endure.

What a way to run a country ......