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Yep !
And denial is a river in Egypt .
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham says he wasn’t involved in ousting Keir Starmer
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'In politics- stupidity is not a handicap'( Napoleon Bonaparte) Of course I am referring to the other side!😆 ( Passionate about politics)
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Labour is engaged in a massive and exhilarating group hug. It is on a pink cloud of anticipation and excitement.
Unfortunately it is speaking entirely to itself, and (perhaps) some of its core base.
It all feels totally disengaged from the wider country, let alone the world.
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A plotting backstabber now calls for unity. Irony is alive and well !!!
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking
"We are united, and we put the power that comes from that unity at the service of people and places who have been waiting too long for politics to let them hope again," Andy Burnham says after becoming Labour Party leader Follow live: bbc.in/4prGDQR
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@Hepworthclare OMG - He is behaving like all the other politicians who tell a pack of lies straight faced- and expect you to believe it!! Farage and Boris Johnson spring to mind immediately! COMPLETE lack of respect for the intelligence of others! The PRETENCE!!!
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I couldn't believe what I was hearing !
He claims it was the PLP - nothing to do with him.
He caused two unnecessary bye-elections - at great cost to the taxpayer - with the publicly declared objective of deposing the incumbent Labour PM.
This is way BEYOND denial.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham says he wasn’t involved in ousting Keir Starmer
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This picture of Burnham needs to be posted and reposted from now and expecially on Monday.. and pictures of @Keir_Starmer posted everywhere with our prime minister as caption..ready?
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@LaindonFEMINIST Just wondering why John McDonnell and Shabana Mahmoud are on the list?? Any answers?
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An interesting list of only 23 Labour MPs who didn’t nominate Burnham. I thought there were more. But …..
Carolyn Guse #FBPE# 🇬🇧🇪🇺🥀@Carriegusewize
@LaindonFEMINIST @browniesmissus From Labour List.
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@Hepworthclare Well you may be right Clare- but I think- It's just not time YET to knock him down!
Media watching and waiting!!
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Has anyone else noticed - or am I imagining it ?
Listening to #r4today & also to the broadcast media in general - there seems to be a shift in attitude towards Burnham compared to the hostility towards Keir Starmer and his predecessors.
Particularly noticeable in Chris Mason.
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@JackElsom Rubbish! Hot water first 'cos you need the liquid to be as hot as possible- to make the tea as strong as possible!
Got that wrong already Andy!
Weak on tea! Weak on policies!😏
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Andy Burnham reveals how he takes his tea, eats his Christmas dinner, and wears his sandals.
All this chat about him ducking serious scrutiny is clearly unfounded.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham reveals he puts milk in his tea before water "It softens the tea bag a bit and makes it stronger"
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⬇️This! Quite right! NOT being democratically elected will always hang over AB's tenure!
Gordon Fielden@GordonFielden
Andy Burnham's Premiership Begins with One Unanswered Question Few politicians have travelled from the political sidelines to Number 10 as quickly as Andy Burnham. Yet it is not the speed of his ascent that should concern the country, but the remarkable absence of public scrutiny that has accompanied it. In the space of a few weeks, Mr Burnham has returned to Parliament through a by election, become Leader of the Labour Party and now assumes the office of Prime Minister. Such a remarkable political rise would ordinarily be accompanied by intense public debate, a detailed leadership campaign and rigorous examination of the programme upon which the incoming Prime Minister intends to govern. Instead, the country has been presented with broad aspirations but remarkably little substance. His first speech as Labour leader promises a new direction for Britain, growth in every postcode, greater power for local communities and a distinctly Labour programme. These are attractive political aspirations, but they are not a programme for government. There remains very little explanation of how these ambitions will be delivered, how they will be financed or how success will ultimately be judged. It is extraordinary that a politician can become Prime Minister without first presenting a detailed programme for government to either Labour's membership or the British people. There has been no contested leadership campaign, no sustained examination of competing ideas, no opportunity for members to test his vision and no meaningful national debate about the policies he now intends to pursue from Number 10. Instead, the electorate is simply being asked to trust that the detail will follow. Equally significant is the manner in which Mr Burnham secured the Labour leadership. Whilst the Parliamentary Labour Party acted within the party's constitutional framework, the process bears all the hallmarks, in my opinion, of having been carefully managed to ensure that no genuine leadership contest ever emerged. By rapidly consolidating parliamentary support behind a single candidate, the Parliamentary Labour Party ensured there would be no meaningful choice for Labour's membership and no opportunity for ordinary members to decide who should lead their party. A process may comply with the written rules whilst still raising legitimate political questions about whether it reflects the democratic spirit those rules were intended to uphold. Hundreds of thousands of Labour members found themselves watching events unfold rather than participating in them. The leadership was effectively settled before they were ever invited to express a view. The consequences extend well beyond the Labour Party itself. Andy Burnham now assumes the office of Prime Minister without having presented a detailed programme for government to either his own party or the British electorate. Constitutionally, that is permissible. Politically, however, it presents a very different challenge. Leadership in a parliamentary democracy may be determined in Westminster, but lasting political authority depends upon public confidence. It is this that may become the defining weakness of Mr Burnham's premiership. In my judgement, the Parliamentary Labour Party manufactured a process that ensured its preferred candidate reached the leadership without ever having to submit himself to a genuine contest before Labour's membership. That may satisfy Westminster, but it is unlikely to satisfy many Labour members or many voters across the country. Far from healing divisions within Labour, this process risks creating a deeper divide between the Parliamentary Labour Party and the grassroots membership who were denied any meaningful voice in choosing their leader. Nor is that divide confined to Labour alone. It extends into the wider electorate, many of whom will inevitably ask why the country now has a Prime Minister whose programme for Britain has never been subjected to a contested leadership election, never fully scrutinised by Labour's membership and never tested before the British people. If Andy Burnham wishes to remove those questions once and for all, there is only one convincing course available to him. He should seek his own mandate from the British people on the basis of his own programme for government. Only then will the electorate have the opportunity to judge not merely the man, but the vision he now asks the country to embrace. In my judgement, it is unrealistic to believe that Mr Burnham can simply govern until the scheduled General Election in July 2029 without these questions becoming increasingly significant. The issue of political legitimacy, the absence of a contested leadership election, the lack of a direct mandate from Labour's membership and the absence of meaningful public scrutiny of his programme are unlikely simply to disappear with the passage of time. For that reason, I believe the pressure upon Mr Burnham to seek an earlier mandate from the British people will grow rather than diminish. If he wishes to establish an undisputed political authority of his own, rather than merely inherit office through parliamentary process, he may ultimately conclude that there is no substitute for asking the electorate directly for its confidence. Whether one supports or opposes Andy Burnham politically is, in many respects, beside the point. The issue is far larger than one individual. It concerns the standards of democratic accountability that the British public should expect of anyone who seeks to occupy the highest office in the land. A Prime Minister should not simply inherit power. He should demonstrate his vision, defend his programme and earn the confidence of those he seeks to govern. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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It's illustrative how highly regarded Starmer is outside the UK where people are not influenced by the poisonous British media.
Sky News@SkyNews
During Sir Keir Starmer's final trip as PM to Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Starmer the Order of Freedom honour, which is the highest award for a foreign person in Ukraine. It comes as Starmer pledges €300m to fund fighter jets. trib.al/dfr83EP
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I'm wondering who funded it all !
Emilio Casalicchio@e_casalicchio
SCOOP: Hayden Munro will be Andy Burnham's political director in No.10. The former campaign director for New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has been working for Labour vet Jim Murphy's firm Arden Strategies. He was drafted in to co-ordinate the Burnham leadership campaign.
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@alexwickham @Jess_Shankleman @ChaplainChloe So he's doing the same as Keir Starmer- or nearly the same as Keir Starmer! Oh but he might be controversially digging for gas! Hmmm!🤔
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Exclusive with @Jess_Shankleman @ChaplainChloe
Andy Burnham has asked the civil service to prepare announcements on new drilling in the North Sea and public control of Thames Water within days of taking office.
Government officials are drawing up plans for energy and water that can be announced as soon as next week, aimed at quickly demonstrating Burnham’s commitment to delivering change, according to people familiar with the matter.
Officials are working on a range of options. They include signalling willingness to approve new oil and gas fields at Jackdaw and Rosebank, and an expansion of so-called tie-backs which allow further drilling on or near existing fields.
No final decision has been made on what form the North Sea announcement will take, but Burnham is likely to indicate he is in favour of more drilling, the people said.
A complicating factor is that public consultations have been launched on Jackdaw and Rosebank it’s hard for him to formally approve them before they have finished. Government officials expect him to ultimately back at least Jackdaw.
New North Sea drilling may be welcomed by Trump and trade unions but it could provoke criticism from environmentalists and some on the Labour left. The Greens may also seek to take advantage.
One official says approving Jackdaw and Rosebank wouldn’t breach Labour’s manifesto pledge to ban new licenses to explore new oil and gas fields. Jackdaw’s license was granted under the previous Conservative government so doesn’t require a new one.
Burnham’s aides have also tasked the civil service with preparing an announcement on the public control of Thames Water. They have told officials they want to make water a priority.
One of the options being readied by officials is putting Thames into special administration, a form of temporary nationalisation. Some working on the transition plans think Burnham will proceed with that outcome.
Burnham is also understood to be interested in pursuing an approach similar to mutualisation which would see water companies converted into not-for-profit cooperatives owned and run for the benefit of customers.
The approach is favoured by Burnham, with supporters of the measure arguing it would not cost the government the eye-watering amounts that straightforward nationalisation would. He has been presented with plans for how this can be achieved.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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But @andyburnham wasn't elected, was he? @Keir_Starmer was though, & it was to effect change. He didn't make mistakes. He laid the foundation for change & it was starting to happen in a big way. Burnham could learn integrity from Starmer but he doesn't have the capacity for it.
dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠@dave43law
Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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@dawnjarvis @1867_Owl I experienced the same Dawn. I have voted Labour all my life but have just sadly resigned from the Party because I know I will NOT be able to support my MP in the future! I am dismayed and angry that she has supported this coup - and that we have lost such an honourable PM!
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@1867_Owl I know including my own MP that’s what I am upset about.
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So I have done it. With a very heavy heart. I have resigned from the Labour Party. I can’t stomach how Keir Starmer has been treated enough is enough. Nobody will bothered I know but I feel better already.
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When @Keir_Starmer was asked whether he has any advice for Andy Burnham.
He replied"I shall give my support privately if asked for, not publicly when not asked for."
That's CLASS
I'm afraid I'm not as gracious as you keir..I'll give Burnham "advice" whether he wants it or not 😆
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Doesn't make any sense - except for the ego and over reaching ambition of Mr Burnham who knew his only chance to seize power was via 'the back door'.... and of course aided by his little cabal of ' wronged MPs( in their eyes ONLY!) Always be the UNELECTED PM! No respect for him!
Linda Pearson@LindaPears87262
So, chancellor Merz values Keir Starmer's views & opinions & will stay in close contact. France affords one of the highest honours to Keir Starmer President Zelensky afford the freedom of Ukraine to Keir Starmer. Labour part hierarchy, oust him as PM. Make it make sense.
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🚨 NEW: President Zelenskyy has gifted Keir Starmer the Ukrainian 'Order of Freedom' - the highest award for a foreign person - during his final visit as PM
Starmer says he will "treasure it forever"
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Andy Burnham should have consulted the rank and file. He has no legitimacy whatsoever.
@andyburnham
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It’s clear watching Starmer’s final PMQs that the Labour Party has just made an absolutely catastrophic error, blinded by panic, afflicted by petty opportunist factionalism, and entirely disengaged from the national interest in a dangerous world.
What a huge, huge
blunder. 🤦🏻♂️
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