Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour party
19 hours ago by erusuoyera to c/uk_politics
He’s doing a good job of that himself.
The previous MP for Makerfield was Josh Simons. Simons ran the Labour Together think-tank which purged the Labour Party of lefties and installed Starmer as leader.
When several investigative journalists began looking into potential campaign violations for Starmer’s successful General Election, Simons hired a PR firm to have private investigators probe the journalists’ private lives. He also directed MI5 to investigate them on false accusations of Kremlin ties.
When this came to light in February, Simons was forced to resign the ministerial positions Starmer had rewarded him with.
As buy-in for his comeback, he resigned his constituency to enable Burnham to stand. Burnham is widely expected by party sources to reward Simons with a senior position at No 10.
With respect, while that doesn't sound good, I don't think it's the kind of issue that leads to anything like "universal revulsion". It's the kind of thing that incenses politics nerds like us.
I also think "widely expected" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in your last claim.
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Can't wait for the media to work their magic on Burnham until he too is universally reviled. It already seems to have started.
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