Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield byelection – as it happened
By Andrew Sparrow

Prime minister tells reporters reporters he would campaign personally in the contest

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/21/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-rachel-reeves-cost-of-living-echr-single-sex-spaces-latest-news-updates

#Politics #UKnews #RachelReeves #Labour #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Labourpartyleadership #KeirStarmer #Conservatives #ReformUK #Greenparty #WesStreeting #AndyBurnham #Taxandspending #Capitalgainstax #Economicpolicy #Economics #Migration #Immigrationandasylum #HouseofCommons #OfficeforNationalStatistics #AndrewMountbattenWindsor #Chemicalindustry #Business #Money #Tax #Byelections #ZackPolanski #Brexit #Foreignpolicy #EmilyThornberry #Europe #EuropeanUnion #JamesCleverly #AndrewSparrow

Former foreign secretary claims Donald Trump does not respect Keir Starmer

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/james-cleverly-trump-starmer-respect-33732121

Just when you thought you couldn't dislike Farage and his coterie any more they hit a new low
#Farage #JamesCleverly #ReformUK

'Far too little, far too late': Starmer 'didn't prepare properly' for the Iran war, says Cleverly
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/james-cleverly-starmer-iran-war-response-5HjdXRH_2/

BBC Question Time crowd chuckle as James Cleverly squirms amid Middle East war debate

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bbc-question-time-crowd-chuckle-36824996

Local Elections in Britain Postponed as Labour Collapses in Opinion Polls

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/uk-government-plan-postpone-local-elections-reform-uk-legal-action/

@ianbetteridge

The agreement that was negotiated by #JamesCleverly, of course.

So when is Cleverly also defecting to #ReformUKLtd, do we think?

It's getting quite full of the people that outright did the things that #NigelFarage has postured as being against.

#ConservativeAndUnionistParty #DiegoGarcia #ChagosIslands

Tories clash over chairman's Nazi jibe at Nigel Farage's Reform

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-clash-over-chairmans-nazi-36301768