Potential hot take: The people calling Burnham a neolib and saying he'd be no different to Starmer are wrong. The people acting like Burnham would be the 2nd coming of Jesus and usher in a British golden age are also wrong.

@caibyy Burnham is pretty similar to Starmer. Probably more so than any current or former cabinet minister.

@apsamuelson If Starmer is similar to Burnham then he wouldn't be having a leadership challenge mounted against him

@caibyy Well he isnt yet, because noone has the numbers ...

@caibyy Starmer was clever enough to get the party rules changed so it would be very hard to get rid of him. 81 MPs needed supporting a single candidate, when Corbyn only needed 35 to get on the leadership ballot.

@apsamuelson @caibyy Literally the first thing he ever did at Conference.