Another Twitter Bitch Fight for the ages. Ring the bell, it’s time for Stadlen versus Shippers…
Matthew Stadlen (@MatthewStadlen, 7:54 PM · May 11, 2026) – The media feeding frenzy today – in particular – has been a disgrace. Egging on Labour MPs in some sort of bid for chaos/excitement/column inches/podcast stats. This isn’t a game or a spectator sport. It’s the running of our country. Shameful.
Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) – Coming from a comic commentary chancer like you, this is really quite something. Put a sock in it and leave the coverage to the professionals
Matthew Stadlen – He doth protest too much.
Tim Shipman – I’m not protesting at all. I’m just pointing out that your views are irrelevant
Matthew Stadlen – If they were irrelevant, Tim, a) I wouldn’t have been on national TV three times today, and b) you wouldn’t be sending me hostile tweets.
Tim Shipman – Genuinely hilarious. Gosh you’ve been on telly 3 times. I’ve turned down about 17 broadcasting bids today. You really are the most ridiculous human being
Matthew Stadlen – “I’ve turned down about 17 broadcasting bids today”. You’re tweeting like you’re studying for GCSEs, Tim.
Tim Shipman – You’re the idiot who measures your success in TV appearances. Nothing could be more vacuous
Matthew Stadlen – Tim, you literally just measured yourself in TV appearances you’ve “turned down”. I was merely correcting your factually inaccurate and hostile tweet.
This one was such a blockbuster it is doing the rounds in SW1 today. Even as Starmer sinks below the water line…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”