Jones Knifes Burnham Squarely In The Front

 

Good news that VAT will be cut on electricity bills. It’s a simple way for families to save a few quid, and to mechanically help to keep inflation that little bit lower.

But the DigitalID program was unfunded.

The government will have to set out how it will pay for its new… https://t.co/3iqrTFf1Nv

— Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) July 21, 2026

 

Given that it was in the public domain yesterday that digital id wasn't funded, it is noteworthy that "journalists" such as Rigby didn't mention it when trumpeting the £45 per annum saving in VAT on fuel bills.

Only when Jones blasted it out on twitter, did they bother to mention it! 

Burnham's Quality Picks

 

It's The Lie That Gets You - Burnham Denies Role In Ousting Starmer

 

Burnham says "it wasn't me" who brought down Sir Keir Starmer - it was the Parliamentary Labour Party.

 

 

 

🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham says he wasn’t involved in ousting Keir Starmer pic.twitter.com/TtRopB0F84

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) July 17, 2026

Governed By HR - Burnham's Vision of Rule by Lanyard

 

Full text of (long) Burnham email to Labour MPs on the new regime

- Cabinet expected to “prioritise PLP engagement”
- Whips office as “HR department”
- No more legislation presented as “fait accomplit” by ministers and officials

(1/2) pic.twitter.com/4jH8RUrW0e

— Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) July 8, 2026

Burnham, a man with zero vision, has decided that the best way to govern is for every Labour MP to put his/her idea to a committee of lanyard wearing HR types.

This will end in disaster for Burnham, the Labour Party and the country. 

Place-Based Cooperation - The Meaningless Phrase From The Working From Home PM In Waiting

 

"Place-based cooperation – the latest buzzphrase from yesterday’s speech by Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham – is simply the new meaningless slogan of the lanyard-wearing Westminster class.

Burnham promises a grand devolution of power across the UK. Yet Scotland and Wales already stand as cautionary tales of where this path can lead: bloated bureaucracies, poor economic performance and governance failures that England would be unwise to emulate.

Even as senior civil servants work from home, Burnham glossed over the reality. Whitehall will retain control of the issues that matter most to voters. Apart from AI, mass migration, the soaring costs of Net Zero, and defence, central government will continue to dictate:

• Where asylum seekers are housed and dispersed (“dumped”) in communities
• Where pylons and wind turbines are imposed on the landscape
• Where housing for asylum seekers and refugees will be built
• Taxation policy and overall spending
• The direction and funding of the NHS
• National defence and security priorities

In short, the big strategic decisions stay in London. What gets devolved are the messy local consequences and the blame when things go wrong."

Britain's PM In Waiting

 

As the post Makerfield glow of success fades, and Britain's PM in waiting salivates at the prospect of leading our once great country, he and his acolytes should consider the following:

• A party of over 400 MPs is not credible if it has to shoe in a candidate from outside of their ranks to fill the non vacant slot of PM.

• Labour hates Starmer, because he is Starmer. The voters hate Starmer, because of what is happening to the country under a Labour government; changing PM won't halt Britain's collapse, unless the PM changes course.

• Six months in and the new PM, the Labour party and the country will realise that he is in way over his head. 

Things will become progressively worse! 

 

Burnham Chickens Out

 

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.