Burnham

[Deereyme66]

Given Starmer’s a dead man walking in the electorate’s eyes, Burnham could set the cat amongst the Reform pigeons. I’m assuming he’s weighed up every hurdle and when the leadership vote surely comes in the next few years, I can’t see anyone in the Party beating him. And why not? He’s had a good few years as GM mayor and may aswell make his move now. Can’t see current Labour voters in Gorton and Denton not voting for him in the by-election and may gain more non-Labour too. Farage will be irked I reckon. The supposed ‘man of the people’ v the actual ‘man of the people ‘

[Northumbiron]

A proper Socialist?

May irk some on here too!

[Deereyme66]

Blocked! Boooo!

[Siderite]

I have always found him a bit of a weather vane and his attempts to undermine Starmer, as useless as he has been, for the past few years, has been underhand.

[Deereyme66]

He’d be a bigger challenge to Farage in a general election than Starmer or any other potential leader of the Party. That’s the bottom line for me.

[64]

Starmer is toxic,nobody close to Starmer can be trusted and there’s still too much Blair influence in there. Andy Burnham at ” seems ” to mostly reflect what should be Labour values in my opinion.Starmer sees politics a game to be won and stay on top ,no morals at all.His chasing racist votes is proof of that.

[64]

PS Wes Streeting is even worse.Proper ladies parts

[Siderite]

Streeting is the only minister who seems to have had some benefits in his own task of healthcare, but it is probably not surprising I am more fond of someone when it is not shared by 64.

I am not surprised Burnham was blocked; from a strategical point of view, it would be silly to allow someone in who has been scheming for years and would cause friction.

[Deereyme66]

Burnham’s been focused on his role as GM Mayor the last few years, and a good job he’s made of it too. If he harbours ambitions to lead the Party and the country I wouldn’t hold it against him. It’s politics and he’s hardly Machiavelli.

[Siderite]

It’s perhaps not surprising, but he hasn’t been subtle in interviews for quite some time now, and I have no doubt there would be internal issues coming if he was a back bencher. It’s politics, so I am not saying he is a bad person or has been a bad mayor, but from party leadership it would be a fraught move for them to allow in someone to stand when they will likely cause issues.

[Deereyme66]

I think it will cause more issues not letting him stand. Firstly, they need to find a strong candidate for Gorton and Denton. There’s been a lot of flag hanging round those parts recently.

[Iron-awe]

Think Burnham missed his chance when he ran against Corbyn , as a union member I voted for him back then but he didn’t really gain any ground against the far left candidate or Russian sympathiser or whatever Corbyn was, most people I talked to reckon he was a fruitcake, Corbyn not Burnham I mean.

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