Chris Mason anchors BBC Downing Street coverage as PM's future awaited

kimmi71

this is how i found out

FriedChurro54

Larry could probably run the UK better too, lol

Jay’s Art Corner44

There will be actual international mourning when Larry dies.

DawnTheSylv (🎀~)29

Is this how I'm learning the PM is retiring.

it's teki29

this is how i found out. can i get all my news from you from now on mr rumble tumble

JamesQuest10

I want you to know, this is how I found out Kier Starmer resigned.

Thistle8

Oh, so Kier finally took the walk off the pier? I get all my news from drift monarchs apparently.

MisterDisco 💚6

I’m surprised we still haven’t appointed Larry as Prime Minster and King of the UK yet

Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️4

Just about the only competent one at Downing Street all that time. ^_^

Fruppet2

We should just make Larry the Prime Minister at this point.

Sofya2

cat king cat king cat king

💫 Destiny-Smasher 👊2

Is this how I'm finding out Starmer official resigned lol

Bean2

I, for one, welcome our new feline overlord

Farniro2

Always love any news about Larry. He's the best! 🥰

♥️ Charlie ♥️2

They used to call him Larry The Cat but they now call him the Cat King

ArryTheStarry 18+2

Well at least he does his job which is to catch mice (and raise public morale)

Lepus Marj 🔜 Anthrocon2

Perhaps we should start calling him Lawrence. One should not become too casual with a cat of his station.

mare56.bsky.social72

Why not just make Larry the next prime minister!

squirrels1963.bsky.social34

On the other hand wouldn’t we be lucky if we too could change our leader that easily. 🇺🇸

Linda Potter17

Maybe he actually is in charge.

diannmason.bsky.social15

Such a stressful job! Larry needs extra treats!

jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous13

I don't think they can lose much by making him Prime Minister do you?

abraunbe.bsky.social13

Larry is the longest-serving member of the British state. He’s even got the King beat!

sapiens365.bsky.social12

"It's all good. I've got them all under control".

Julia10

Would it not just make more sense to make Larry the PM at this point?!?

Gill L8

Larry will soon have the new PM in shape and will make sure they know who is in charge

Peregrine Sparrow7

That cat has seen some shit. Good luck indeed.

SuSuCity7

Love Larry He should meet @george-the-station-cat.bsky.social

Patricia Lamonte7

All of them have been real doozies, mate!

llmysecrets.bsky.social7

It's time for people to put Larry where he belongs. In charge

Veronica P6

I think Andy Burnham will be a cat person.

Paul Da Pork Hunt & Mr Moo (Friends with Larry)6

Hey Burnham Listen the fuck up and listen good! The nation in this political shit show only cares about the one and only important issue. Its not up for debate or discussion, but we all need to hear it & you need to sign a document stating and declaring it. You will look after the well being of

The Witty Kitty 🐈🇨🇦6

One Queen & currently a king. My, what a record!

danablankenhorn.bsky.social6

Larry is the QEII of cats.

Jake5

Are we going to need the lettuce again?

frankmacken.bsky.social5

They say cats have 9 lives. Does this mean that Larry has 2 more PMs to see off??

Cynfulfan4

They are going to run out of people soon

CaffieneKitty 4

Oh god, I saw this and thought for a second he'd died. O.O

expectedmore.bsky.social4

I hear he's very good at dispatching the rats.

MJ Foghat4

Why don't you just let the cat be PM? He couldn't do a worst job than the first six did.

addakisson.bsky.social4

Tell Larry I said "pspsps"

Frodo da Pirate🏴‍☠️4

They should just name Larry 'Prime Minister' already.

capnmatt.bsky.social3

Why not a series based on Larry's inside track?

chocolatefire.bsky.social3

Till this👆🏾 post I thought the cat was just an AI meme 🤣 “Doozies” indeed! I’m still debating whether it’s worse to be outsmarted by a single cell organism, or have a head of lettuce out live one’s tenure as PM bsky.app/profile/numb...

Rosie 🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🎨 Artist 🖋️ Author3

They should hire the cat as PM.

Richard Adlof . . .3

Ya'll know that cats toy with their food, correct?

Russ DiBello3

I don't know if anyone's suggested this yet, but "Larry" ought to "write" a tell-all book about what he's seen at Number 10. (I think I just made somebody rich!😉)

Datheistz3

I love Larry. He can tell who was going to cool and who was a cunt

jbhthescots.bsky.social3

I'm sure Larry will get on famously with dog-lover Andy Burnham.

Marooned with this whiteboard.3

Thoughts and prayers pal. May this one love cats at least.

JanieChezem2

Larry will do a great job. 👏 🐈🐾

RicH Owens2

What’s Larry got that 6 PM hasn’t ?

Kev2

He'd probably make a better PM than any of them

Thomas Wolfe2

Have you tried Hugh Grant yet?

catlady04.bsky.social2

Poor Larry They should make him prime minister at this point

Julie2

Poor Larry. Between Liz Truss and Boris Johnson, he’s seen some things 😵‍💫

Hastur2

They should just make the cat prime minister.

@GermanCucumber2

It least there is ONE sane mind in that house. Have fun, Larry!

🇬🇧Trump dead yet? 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇬🇱2

Is that the same physical cat? After all 'Downing Street cat' is a job title which any moggy can do. Prime Minister is a job title which any human can do, any number of different people have held that title over the last 10 years but they've all been PM (or First Lord Of The Treasury)

Jane 🇦🇺 🫶🌻2

Poor larry yet another dopey politician to break in.. he really does have it tough..

Terry2

I guess BREXIT didn’t go so well.

Jeanthejust2

Wow, many humans don't live long enough to have 7 consecutive cats!

straight up sneasling it2

There are no cats in the Epstein files.

JJ 🇺🇳2

Let's hope Farage never wins the election. We can't do that to Sir Larry.

Paul C Pinkosh2

Can’t wait for his book to come out!

Thomas Swords2

Why don’t they just make Larry the Prime Minister

In case of emergency break glass2

Larry will keep them in line, or see them swiftly dispatched

Elizabeth No War or ICE2

I could understand if Larry is having thoughts about coups & authoritarian rule. I genuinely had to paws... uh, pause and think hard before continuing on to say, "No, Larry, democracy has value. Persevere. Surely there's a leader in the making that you—" oh fuck it, I can't. Go for the coup, Larry.

whats-important.bsky.social2

Awe be fair he's been loyal and seen more than one rat go in and out of that door without trying to catch and kill them. WOULD HE WERE BIGGER

Claudia Conway2

Can we just make Larry PM already? We know we can rely on Larry.

Uistienne Poynsenby Ph.D 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦2

Larry should be the PM!

Carpe Derpum2

The incoming one is a fanboy and staunch supporter of genocide and ethnic cleansing. I guess Labour is aiming to shoot its own face off.

Parker46

Friend texting me BBC Helicopter shot of Euston Station awaiting the arrival of Sir Andrew Brylcreem causes me to feel strange urge to hurl myself through nearest plate glass window.

Sharonmbowles36

And now Farage is already on BBC News opening his gob about wanting an election. And those same journos will just LAP it up

Vetinari33

I‘m German and got asked by a friend why Starmer had to go. I couldn‘t really explain it. Starmer isn‘t corrupt, hasn‘t had an affair, hasn‘t broken the law, hasn‘t ruined the economy, hasn‘t lied (not much, anyway). In the end I shrugged and said „Die spinnen, die Briten“, Asterix style.

Travellersuzy31

It's all had a Lord of the flies vibe... deeply unpleasant. I hope Starmer can just take some time away from all this nonsense and spend time with his family and friends. The press will move on to devouring the next person who dares to think they might be able to make a difference

Mark Mack27

100%. “So Chris Mason, how do we find ourselves facing ANOTHER PM”? 🙄

SusanDonovan525

Dreadful day for Labour. They will come to regret this. So many members furious with Streeting and Burnham, a coronation won't go well. He had a lot of friends who will be expecting a job. Leaving hundreds of MPs on the backbenches, who owe their jobs to Starmer, and will be furious with the chaos

Virginia23

Makes me quite nauseous-I’ve wasted an entire day off stomping about and swearing a bit 🙃

Jean20

Reporters, staring at the rain and asking "where did the storm come from?" while holding the hose. They aren't reporting on a tragedy; they're reviewing a play they helped write, produce, and direct.

Tony17

While flicking through the channels, I had the misfortune of landing on BBC2 to see the beaming face of Chris Mason. Says it all really. I moved on quickly.

ooaabarbara.bsky.social15

Yes, they are. Screamed about the winter fuel payment. Most don’t need it. Screamed about a suit and glasses, after a PM looking like he’d been pulled through a hedge backwards. Went ballistic over Mandelson when he was a tactic for dealing with Trump. And they wonder where the hate came from 🤷‍♀️

Offa’s Tyke15

They are vultures. Can’t stand any of them. As soon as it was finished I turned off the TV.

Scoop McNugget13

When are you going to resign prime minister? When are you going to resign prime minister?! When are you going to resign prime minister?!!! ARE YOU GOING TO RESIGN NOW PRIME MINISTER?!?!? Why do all these prime ministers keep resigning? Is it because Britain is ungovernable?

JudePo13

They’ve got a whole new set of stories now. What larks. .

Nicki Stephens12

The political ignorance and the lack of insight into what’s coming down the track is terrifying. If folk thought that the last two years were bad, we’ve seen nothing yet. IMHO Burnham, while a man of talent, offers nothing new, is less qualified for the top job. Farage must be gleeful.

dotdarling.bsky.social12

And some, of whom I expected better, trying to gaslight public by insisting that it wasn’t down to them.That his own people decided he needed to go. And why exactly was that? Anything to do with 2 yrs of unrelenting, exceptionally nasty attacks influencing the public & therefore the polls & voting.

Kid Charlemagne11

There's a shit-ton of journalists, especially political ones, who now see themselves as news-makers, instead of news reporters. In my mind, they all meet at their private members clubs to congratulate each other on their successes in ruining the political landscape, and fucking the people/country.

gjjonesy.bsky.social10

And so the wretched cycle begins again. So very tedious

DeborahSuzanne10

They went for Raynor, got her out, Starmer and now they’ll go for Burnham. It’s all so depressingly predictable

Alyx AKA Mr Rambler9

Sam Coates Is driving me insane going on about the amount of PM's in the last 10 years. He is a vulture who lives off of it

La Reine des Metaphores9

Indeed. And Pippa's piece in the Guardian reads like "my part in his downfall." Me and @treborfirst.bsky.social are cheering ourselves up by creating Andy's fantasy cabinet....

Christopher Kelly9

Hmm, not really. Journalists are certainly guilty of giving Farage an easy time, but Starmer resigned because of a long list of policy mistakes that alienated Labour's core voters, culminating in local election catastrophe

Alison8

If I were Starmer, I wouldn't have made the announcement until 10pm, let them all swelter for the day whilst I sipped something cool & refreshing in the garden, sending the occasional selfie saying 'still thinking about it!'. He's a far better person than me.

snicho.bsky.social7

Collective pats on the back. While also strutting around trying to have p*ssing matches… “I did this”…”it was my scoop” …”my ‘unbiased’ analysis”. Meanwhile the right wing elite, Bannon, Putin et al….laughing their arses off…uk politics….all bought & paid for by foreign agitators & carpet baggers.

Beatlebum7

Nick Ferrari has spent 2 yrs hammering Starmer on a daily basis,this morning he was bemoaning to a govt minister that Starmer is popular with his listeners and why does he need to go.....

Trevor Hicks6

Burnham's upcoming battle isn't against Farage or Badenoch, but against the orchastrated right wing social media.

iangor.bsky.social6

Sky News have called it a momentous day many times now. Can’t be that momentous if it’s happened 7 times in 10 years. No analysis why it’s happened. Continued harm done by Brexit never getting a mention.

Dianne Bancroft5

You should add “with glee”.

I couldn't agree more. What were once well-respected journalists have become nothing more than gossip columnists.

theviewfromorbit.bsky.social5

O.G 'Spitting Image', late 80s - early 90s. Plus ça change...

Foss Mann5

Billionaires decide what the news is. BBC, Sky etc all hop aboard for the ride.

Simon5

They are beyond a joke. Rigby and Sky news and Mason and BBC have been on Starmers case since about an hour after he was elected. Fucking parasites

ÓLiatháin ☘️💚5

Fucking vultures. No better than the bin-diving hacks and upskirting paparazzi.

bulloverman.bsky.social4

I think ultimately that we, as modern humans, have lost the ability to focus and concentrate on anything for any len

PWCoghlan4

The images of a helicopter following the progress of Burnham’s train have all the reassuring vibes of a helicopter following Sunak’s taxi & desk jockeys on FR24 following Priti Patel’s flight from Kenya to Obscurity Nonetheless, this should all go really well 🤔

Grace Hurford PhD4

We should take bets on how quickly the media will turn on the king of the north …

Pete Lowe 🌹4

Whether Burnham does a good job or not, he will still have to deal with the same negative nonsense from our so called media, whose sole aim is to get Farage into government for clicks and shits.

Kate Anne3

The media wants Farage in no. 10, that is clear. But Starmer had a majority and 5 years. Instead of regulating the media, and compelling the BBC and Ofcom chiefs to appear before a select committee to explain themselves, he chose appeasement.

Markeye3

And in 24 hours they’ll start again. For them it’s a game - and politicians should have no truck with it. Labour is never going to get a positive reception from most of our press - whoever fronts the party. So if they start trying to get the party to play musical chairs, just tell them to sod off.

Barry3

I was really hoping he would stall for a few days and watch the bastards roast in the heat.

gazingat.bsky.social3

And they’re also talking about the positive impact of Starmer and what he might be remembered for… First I’ve heard them say anything close to that?!

eaglecanfly.bsky.social3

This happened because of the thirst of their overseas living owners to have Nigel Farage, elected as Prime Minister.

Kentish Wabbit2

Since brexit the press needs constant drama.

debsypud.bsky.social2

Exactly this. Journalism these days has been infected by the same disease that politics has, but I can't tell who infected who?

J. Alan2

I would like to know how much money was made on Polymarket after Trumps announcement yesterday predicting this.

tanders24.bsky.social2

Sickening - they’ll all saunter back to their air conditioned ivory towers to plot against the next one

Dexter Crisp2

* searches for meme of man in hot dog costume *

timoconnorbl.bsky.social2

What has, I confess, mystified me somewhat is how cross they seem to have got, increasingly, as that for which they have pushed so hard has got closer. Like a dog that catches the truck and then starts growling at the world.

Kate2

A Sky news helicopter was following Burnhams cab. I mean... seriously, WTF

Remember America!2

Vance this morning on his “successful“ negotiations with Iran… “The process is like building a house and what we have done is built a framework for laying a foundation…” In other words, he has done nothing but tell a story about a house needing a foundation.

Ambient Soul Music Club2

BBC currently tracking KotN in his taxi live. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Elizabeth Picciuto12

Given the progression, the next incarnation is Henry Rollins

Eric Reese10

The Prime Minister regenerates almost as often as the Doctor these days.

Sava Red6

ew it’s like a tech bro uniform I hate it

CDN_GRL4

Ask this guy how well the Black T-shirt Gambit worked.

Sam Adams4

that’s not a prime minister, it’s the dad who brings snacks to field hockey games

Matt McCoy3

Meet the new boss Same as the old boss

a frolicking baby in summer 🌭2

be careful Britain, in a consultant driven world a t-shirt on a president means wartime tough stuff

Strandschaf2

What unit is a 'truss'?

@raystonian2

Out with the old; in with the old

Cool G17

Yes I'm afraid he's overcum!

john0634.bsky.social9

He looks so grey these days. Has he been sleeping in a coffin.

Penney Esq. FBPE. Easygoing, but I mind more as I get older8

Quite literally, my wife said that she was surprised that he suddenly appeared on live TV this am, as she thought he would be doing exactly that somewhere!

Jonty7

Needs to be a warning on these posts. My lunch is in danger of coming back up! 😃

Nick6

he’s working on his strategy to remove Burnham next

Saltsplace5

Thanks - I’m now trying to get that image erased from my head 😱

The frog faced traitor4

He was admitted to hospital at 9:46 this morning after passing out due to 90% of his bodies blood volume rushing to his penis during starmers announcement

Steve3

I didn't realise he'd learned to wank. He is growing up quickly

drgonzo1.bsky.social3

Made me laugh out loud. Well played.

Dave3

We go over live to ...

Ian Miles3

One hand on his and another on Nigel’s now that Labour have taken the limelight

Mrs O3

That’s only because he’s run out of socks

A moon shadow2

Tennis elbow & Wimbledon's not even started.

Griffin2

Would be a shame if he pulls it right off and bleeds out…

dcash.bsky.social2

Busy writing an article on how Starmer resigning and Burnham PM elect, is fantastic news for Saint Nigel and can only bring Farage a step closer to ultimate power.

Simon Evans27

Yes. It's all a massive game for them. A contrast with Starmer's real dignity and upset. They're planning the same for Burnham now. BBC News is finished as any sort of objective authority.

Andy20

I despise them all now, but I especially reserve my deepest levels of contempt for BBC journalists who’ve completely abandoned everything the BBC was meant to be. Particularly Mason and Kuenssberg.

Smeffles16

Put the Today programme on this morning because of The Events. Every time he was on Chris Mason made it about himself. His wife's had to do the school run so he can wait outside Downing Street. He's been in this situation x times etc.

MrMirth15

They're happy. They get paid a lot of money to help bring down a UK Prime Minister.

Illuminatus11

Mason honestly looks like the school spanner, about to be comprehensively wedgied. I need a fresh egg to perform a rite of summoning for Robin Day to rise, and pull them down to the dungeon dimensions for all eternity.

Dewie9

I do hate almost all political pundits. Creating work for themselves with endless fucking speculation and whispers from "a cabinet insider" until the headlines cause enough uncertainty to make something happen. Worse than gossip columnists.

Tony Jones8

Can't quite make out the MAGA branding, Chris. Just pull it down a bit (which will also hide your face)

In at the deep end8

They’re partly responsible for this debacle, along with Rigby, Reid, Peston and the right wing media…..they look like they’re having a jolly, their plans for a news frenzy realised.

theviewfromorbit.bsky.social8

Never mind Robin Day or Brian Walden. Eddie Mair or Louis Theroux would have these two for lunch.

Carl8

If whoever ran the BBC was doing their job properly, these two prize muppets would be hauled in for a bollocking and if they left the office on a last warning they should regard themselves as lucky. Instead, the BBC will probably see this as "engaging" with viewers or some other cobblers.

MrMurph7

💯 They are lightweights compared to their predecessors.

Tim Becile6

I don't associate a baseball cap with Mason. Baseball bat, yes.

Clive6

Mason hiding his bald head the combover not doing its job anymore

Caroline Kovacs 6

What would Brian Redhead say?

Nick M6

the fact that Mason's RED BASEBALL CAP also looks like Jennings' school cap is also very on-brand

nellofolddrury.bsky.social5

I think they've just been told that they've got a big bonus. Political journalism is not what they do, a pair of clowns.

Sally Rose5

Stupid pair. Ludovic Kennedy would have had them for breakfast.

marwoodwithnail.bsky.social4

Two 6th form newsletter level idiots that are a Hugh reason why the bbc needs it popularity testing by a funding model change. The bbc is not fit and well.

maggieh78.bsky.social4

There's an incredible lack of humanity when it comes to politicians.

Nich Starling4

Mason was a sycophant to Boris Johnson and is an apologist for Farage. He’s not objective or even handed.

Wee Chrissie B3

“Journalists”? Not by my definition. Disgusting.

Jez 🤍💛💙3

It's so very cringe. Embarrassed for them.

Bob Bear3

They sum up exactly the depth the BBC has sank to, both wouldn't be out of place on a BBC regional station the worst part we pay their wages.

Nicky3

This makes me feel physically sick. Is every member of the press a sociopath? Is it now a required trait for the job. What absolutely repulsive people they are.

Darren Rigby-O'Neill3

Mason's waiting for the Sunshine Coach.

theviewfromorbit.bsky.social3

Would you buy a used car from either of them? I wouldn't. Smug, shit-eating grins begging for a thorough shoeing.

Illuminatus3

Like a school trip for gimps.

Stevie2

Probably close to £1million of public funding for those two chuds.

Fine Leg🏏2

Onanists. Of the highest order.

Dr Jo Kershaw10

What’s more, it probably would have meant he had a bit more forgiveness for some of the other decisions the actual Labour vote base didn’t like, such as the immigration stuff (not that I think he should have done that!)

Ollie Springate6

Quite but he outsourced his political thinking to people who did not understand who their voters actually were & could not accurately interpret their election win.

Jack London5

I am uncertain if it is a character flaw or his comparative political inexperience until late in life, but this is what characterised Starmer - the tone deafness on matters close to Labour hearts. That and the element of "I" in his leadership in place of "we" Perhaps it was both

Tam Linn4

The imperative was to soothe the markets. We are in a zero sum scenario with the interests of society in a loosing competition with the interests of capital. It will take an exceptional politician to rebalances things, or a war / depression, gulp.

rbr440.bsky.social4

In a nutshell: lack of political acumen.

cam-toffee.bsky.social3

I think it defines the reason for his failure. A lack of political nous. When everything is one disaster after another he was never able to read the room. But the vitriolic hatred of him is so bizarre!

Martin Lewis2

Key point when pondering whether Starmer was actually better than perhaps we thought. Lost him so much goodwill within the party. WE scrapped the cap, not him.

Josey2

That's what Burnham needs to do differently. He needs to come in with some big-seeming ideas and implement them asap, which yes not easy to do, but he has to be SEEN to be doing something. His honeymoon period is going to be very short.

Rosa Luxury2

There is only one version of Burnham and that is continuity Starmer

marybartram.bsky.social2

Burn Him they say, no I clearly said Burnham .

Wavioli2

You are the fool, Mr. Starmer. Punch, one of the great fool-victims of history. For you have accepted the role of king for a day. And who but a fool would do that?

Benny Brycheiniog5

It makes me think one of the only growth industries in the UK is in lectern manufacturing.

Douglas3

I like the way they all have a different lectern design. Like Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver.

patter.bsky.social3

the liz lectern, because she screwed the country

Goblin Gubbins2

The end of every PM's resignation speech.....

Jamie McKelvie16

James Landale is now my mortal enemy. Whoever he is

Richard5

Just keep Kier away from the cat for the next few weeks, we dont want him to try to add to his legacy...

Devon Heinen4

Honest Q: How old is Larry the Cat nowadays?

Greg Wesson4

It must be a bank holiday.

Annabelle Brie2

It's genuinely my great claim to fame in my family that I have pet Larry.

Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺2

I imagine there would be a constitutional crisis if a PM with a cat allergy were elected.

AnnE15

Don't be ridicoulous.The far right press have orchestrated all of this because they want Nigel in No 10.

Marlowe_UK12

Journalists have been helping Farage for years.

Claire S (UK not USA)8

And this is why despite having a digital subscription I haven't bothered reading the last 2 editions. Starmer is absolutely not perfect but it's outrageous to accuse him of lacking morals.

Clifford Hayes6

A reason for Starmer's failure is that he wasn't on the TV every other day boasting about his achievements. Like John Major and Rishi Sunak, he was more of a 'getting on with business' PM. To succeed these days, people need to be told things, even if it is BS. Works for Trump and Farage.

amkw1972.bsky.social6

Bollox, I see you’re already trying to shift blame. They were so shit scared of Starmer, they spread disinformation and then played on that fragile ego of Burnham

Barry Langford4

💯 Starmer’s disgraceful characterisation of 2020 Labour as “morally bankrupt” is just the last of many actions that utterly belie his much-trumpeted “decency.”

Bathsheba in Blue4

Huh? - the ‘real moral bankruptcy’ is Starmer ?!? What nonsense. So tired of the left being blamed for fascism instead of the actual fascists and the fascistic voters who vote for them.

berryjagoda.bsky.social4

If this happens you will be morally responsible What a disgusting comment! I expected better from you.

Nicola N 🇮🇪3

This is pure and utter bull, the man was hounded and if it will be anyone's fault it will be the media.

Laurence Raphael Brothers2

It's not a moral failure when you are unwaveringly true to your core beliefs. Of course, Starmer's core beliefs are in the superiority of the billionaire class, the absolute necessity of pandering to far-right populism, and a loathing of unions, immigrants, and indeed all marginalized people.

Katie Hamilton3

Or in the garden out the back, sitting at a card table like Dominic Cummings. At least it wasn’t pouring rain