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Ally Fogg
Ally Fogg@AllyFogg·
@mynnoj I was vaguely hoping people would assume he was dead
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Ally Fogg
Ally Fogg@AllyFogg·
I met James Purnell at a charity conference about 20 years ago when he was a minister. He was extraordinarily arrogant, rude and dismissive. I presume those are prerequisites for the job.
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Cat B@couiza·
@theideareview @BethRigby @darrenpjones I am being ..which is why I will not support him just because he is about to become the next PM. I‘ve some very serious doubts about his abilities to carry this off..particularly on the world stage where he has no experience. Apart from buses “Hope” & “Change” what is he about?
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Beth Rigby
Beth Rigby@BethRigby·
EXCLUSIVE: @darrenpjones tells me he won’t challenge Burnham getting reassurances over his economic policy, but says over 100 MPs unhappy & he did have numbers. Says he was also angry on a "personal level" over Starmer’s forced exit & “felt a bit disappointed” in way PM treated
Sky News@SkyNews

Chief secretary to the prime minister Darren Jones has said he will not run to become the leader of the Labour Party, raising the chances of a coronation for Andy Burnham. He spoke to Sky's @BethRigby trib.al/29sfWHy

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@mcdermottkc_ @theideareview @AndyBurnhamGM Agree 100%. Much criticism was directed at the Tories for changing leaders without consulting voters - This isn't democratic, Starmer was 2 yrs in, had achieved a lot & I wanted to see the end plan. We'll never know and I won't vote Labour next time.
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Gerard McDermott KC
Gerard McDermott KC@mcdermottkc_·
The problem with the seemingly inevitable coronation of @AndyBurnhamGM is not that he is unpopular or incompetent .. indeed the evidence is that he is both competent and popular ..and very personable. It is (and will remain) that it appears to many that he has been foisted upon us. The circumstances are very different to those in which Alec Douglas-Home became PM …but the Tory party of the early 1960’s would have been proud of this coronation. One of the features of a democracy is that those who are governed get to choose. In this process there appears to be no choice … for the PLP, for the Labour Party Members or the Country. Yes …he is now a member of the H of C and yes in mid term the question is whether he can command a majority in the H of C … but many of us are asking …. Where was the choice ? Where was the selection ? However well he does … and we should hope he does well … that will never go away. One is left thinking that maybe the concerns of many MPs were focussed on 2029 rather than 2026.
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Barry Halverson
Barry Halverson@barry_halverson·
Burnham is about to be handed the crown without members getting a say. He contributed nothing to re-building the party & nothing towards the current majority. With enough Labour MPs behaving no differently to the Tories they condemned & replaced. My membership is now resigned
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Peter Makin
Peter Makin@PeterMakintps·
@barry_halverson pretty simple, either Burnham breaks the self inflicted labour doom loop, or farage is in sooner than you think
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floralk
floralk@mouldygoldfish·
@barry_halverson Mine will be the same, soon. Am biding my time just to be doubly sure that my vote can't be used, then I'm done with the backstabbing snakes.
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PaulSimon
PaulSimon@PaulSimon2791·
@Sussexbrighton4 @Steven_Swinford I do not. The King of The North professes to be many things as he wipes out 40 years of neoliberalism, ten of which included him.
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Steven Swinford
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford·
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham is expected to appoint a former Blairite cabinet minister who is one of his oldest political allies as his chief of staff as he seeks to overhaul No 10 James Purnell, who served as pensions minister, culture secretary, and work and pensions secretary in the New Labour governments of Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is the frontrunner for the role, The Times has been told He is said to be viewed by Burnham as a “serious figure” who is capable of implementing his radical plans to reform Downing Street and Whitehall The pair, who entered parliament together in 2001, shared an office as novice Greater Manchester MPs, with Burnham representing Leigh and Purnell holding Stalybridge & Hyde Burnham frequently joked that he was overlooked for broadcast interviews in favour of Purnell, who was educated in France and Surrey Purnell is chief executive of Flint Global, a major PR and lobbying firm, a role that may present issues over potential conflicts of interest in government thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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WTAF
WTAF@wtaf_uk·
@Steven_Swinford What was that about "40 years of Neoliberalism"?
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limianguo
limianguo@sennenboy8989·
@Steven_Swinford More careerist politicos. Can we not get some people in that have actually achieved something outside of politics?
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Tharries
Tharries@TharriesYT·
I want the Burnham camp to treat Starmer’s Labour the same way they treated Corbyn’s, it won’t happen unfortunately, but I’d love to see them get a taste of their own medicine. Have Andy make a speech about the morally bankrupt Labour Party he inherited.
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Joe Todd
Joe Todd@josephalextodd·
@bencsmoke we'll see what happens but it can all be true: he can do big tent labourism with soft-populist characteristics, productive state + limited public ownership, exactly what Kier could have done if he wanted to govern for more than 2 years
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Ben Smoke
Ben Smoke@bencsmoke·
it should be setting alarm bells off that so many people from so many different political traditions within the labour party appear to have had assurances and commitments from burnham… simply cannot all be true!
Beth Rigby@BethRigby

EXCLUSIVE: @darrenpjones tells me he won’t challenge Burnham getting reassurances over his economic policy, but says over 100 MPs unhappy & he did have numbers. Says he was also angry on a "personal level" over Starmer’s forced exit & “felt a bit disappointed” in way PM treated

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The Burnham Programme
The Burnham Programme@theideareview·
@LPOOLYOURPARTY Purnell is the 'get things done' type. Every PM is gonna need someone who can do the dirty work. Dont kid yourself.
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Liverpool Your Party
Liverpool Your Party@LPOOLYOURPARTY·
Andy Burnham's choice of chief of staff, arch-Blairite James Purnell, is unpromising to say the least.
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Marie McHugh
Marie McHugh@Mariehaley13131·
I feel so angry with myself for voting @LucyMPowell as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party! All this time, she and her cabal, plotting against @Keir_Starmer She promised unity! What a hypocrite!
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