Burnham - Labour's Chosen One

 

In a stunning display of talent depth, Labour's formidable army of over 400 MPs has scoured its benches and discovered, to everyone's mild surprise, that not a single one is up to the job of Prime Minister. After months of hopeful shuffling and desperate polling, the party has been forced to eye up non-MPs like some sort of political Deliveroo order. 

Step forward Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, who now finds himself in the curious position of being imported as the great white hope—because when your own parliamentary supergroup can't produce a single credible leader, the obvious solution is to recruit from outside the building, like a football club signing a veteran striker on a free transfer to stave off relegation. 

Democracy in action, folks!

Wouldn't it be funny if he lost? 

Burnham's FU Message To The Voters of Makerfield

 

Burnham's slogan for this election is "For Us" (FU), here's what he really means as per Nickie Brown:

Let’s have a think about what’s happening in Makerfield. 

This by election is costing taxpayers £226,208. And it’s happening because a Labour MP chose to step aside to make room for Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions. 

He admitted that himself. But here’s some more interesting figures. 

If Burnham wins, he’ll have to resign as Greater Manchester Mayor too. That triggers another election costing taxpayers around £4.7 million. So in total, nearly £5 million of public money could be spent not on improving services, fixing roads, supporting communities or helping struggling families, but on political career ambitions. 

 People are struggling with bills, crime, NHS waiting lists and communities being ignored. 

Yet Westminster politics still seems focused on who climbs the ladder next. 

That’s what frustrates people. Not democracy. 

Political games made to look like democracy.

Streeting Resigns

 

Streeting's Brief Meeting With Starmer

 

He's Refusing To Go!

 

A madman will sooner burn the country down and rule over a kingdom of ashes, rather than give up power!

Advice To Angela Rayner

 

When using AI to write your political statements and interventions, proof read them first.

Unless that is you really do intend to abolish freeholds? 

A Tale of Two Keirs - The Alpha and The Omega of Labour

   

 

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of the red flag, it was the age of the red wall, it was the epoch of cloth caps, it was the epoch of sharp suits, it was the season of hope for the working man, it was the season of despair for the working man, it was the spring of socialism, it was the winter of centrism, we had everything before us in 1893, we had nothing before us in 2024, we were all going direct to the promised land, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period that some of its noisiest authorities in Islington and in the old mining towns insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were two Keirs, the one the alpha and the other the omega of the Labour Party; the one who lit the fire, and the one who built its funeral pyre.