Andy

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Andy

Andy

@andyofthings

Sheffield, England Sumali Mart 2009
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Andy@andyofthings·
@DLidington That of course would depend upon how confident he is feeling by then, and I am by no means suggesting he should. However, realistically, to deliver "change" promised in current manifesto, the red lines in that manifesto are an obstacle. That's the real reason Starmer had to go.
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@DLidington I doubt very much he has ever considered calling an election immediately. However I wouldn't be surprised if he is open-minded on calling one later (e.g. next year), once he has had a chance to storytell why he needs a new manifesto (ie to cross fiscal and/or Brexit red lines).
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Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist·
There is only one “change” that will work for Burnham. A genuine, relentless focus on growth. Two decades without earnings growth. That’s why electorate is fed up. Only growth will repair contract between generations and allow social ills to be tackled thetimes.com/article/f5b040…
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@fteconomics Of course on an issue like this we will still be divided 🤦‍♂️ But that divide has shifted and rather than being a close run thing, a thoroughly clear majority now want to rejoin. To frame that as "still divided" is disingenuous at best. Really though it is just dishonest.
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@Liam_Holman99 The reality is that Labour's manifesto promised change that wasn't achievable given the red lines. It was always going to end in tears, and if it hadn't been Burnham it would have been someone else, but coming from outside parliament he is uniquely placed to work around this.
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@Liam_Holman99 Not enough progress. That's the problem Starmer supporters seem unable to see. He has boxed himself in with red lines on fiscal rules and Brexit. As a result he cannot deliver enough change to recover Labour's polling. This is why MPs now need him to go.
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Liam Holman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿@Liam_Holman99·
If Starmer is given more time, he could make more progress. This debacle itself is likely to turn many voters away from Labour.
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@AndyRejoinEU He won't do that because he has set his own red lines against doing just that. This is why he is going. Not the toxic media stuff. But because MPs can see he has boxed himself in on Brexit & fiscal rules, so cannot improve Labour's polling. Way more likely Burnham does this.
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Andy@AndyRejoinEU·
I sincerely hope Keir Starmer calls a General Election tomorrow, announcing a manifesto of rejoining the EU and Proportional Representation. He has the power, it would stop Burnham in his tracks, and a win would be good for the country
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@a_libutti What are you talking about? He obviously doesn't have enough MPs on his side, or even enough of the cabinet, or else he'd stay on. And as for members, he doesn't have their support either (Yougov). Show your working, where are you getting your numbers from?
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Andy@andyofthings·
@business @opinion There's a clear majority in every EU country in support of UK rejoining. There's a clear majority in UK to rejoin. We wouldn't have to join the Euro. We wouldn't have to join Schengen. Brexiters are scared now their project has clearly failed. This is the real Project Fear.
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Bloomberg@business·
Brussels will set the bar so high on reversing Brexit that no British government, including one led by Andy Burnham, would feel able to leap it, writes Max Hastings (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Kate Degerdon@KDegerdon30481·
"British respondents said leaving had hit their main priorities: the cost of living (66%), the economy (65%), youth opportunity (57%), illegal immigration (56%) and trade (56%). Even most leave voters (58%) said Brexit had made illegal immigration worse" theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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@MirrorPolitics As indeed they should be. Starmer's own red lines on fiscal rules & Brexit left him unable to deliver the change he promised. Only way to improve things is to drop some of these red lines. Just beginning rejoin negotiations would lower borrowing costs for govt & mortgages.
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Mike Buckley@mdbuckley·
UK proponents of a ‘bespoke deal’ fail to recognise that the EU are pretty happy with the deal in place now. They don’t have the desire or bandwidth to replace it with a new arrangement. They also have other third country relationships - what they offer us sets a precedent they can’t afford. They famously hate the Swiss-EU deal which is onerous and complex, they’ll never repeat it. That doesn’t mean they’re ignorant of UK politics, or that they are against greater UK involvement in the EU economy, defence and security, migration or support for Ukraine, quite the opposite.
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Mike Buckley@mdbuckley·
A decade on it should be clear that the EU have zero intention of offering the UK a hypothetical ‘bespoke deal’. We have three options: the status quo, customs union and / or single market as a rule taker, or join up with full rights and obligations. ft.com/content/102b1b…
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Andy@andyofthings·
@mdbuckley A bespoke deal and halfway house of CM/SM are both rearguard actions in defence of Brexit. The latter sounds seductive, but you'd need to have the same arguments as you'd have for rejoin, yet end up rule takers, allowing Brexiters to cry 'sovereignty' again. It's a trap.
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Andy@andyofthings·
@SionJobbins And no, not because people have been taught to hate him. But because he cannot counter that, because he has boxed himself in with red lines, both on fiscal rules, and on Brexit. So he cannot deliver improved outcomes in peoples lives, ie the change he promised.
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@SionJobbins Why do so many people see the hatred and vitriol directed towards him and conclude that it must therefore be that which has forced him out? Back to basics: correlation is not causation. He's going because Labour MPs believe someone else will do better at the next election.
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Andy@andyofthings·
@timfarron @RKakati The vitriol and hatred is awful and weird, but it has been present pretty much since the day after the general election. It is not the principal reason he is going now, although of course it has played its part in making it more difficult for him to win people over.
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Andy@andyofthings·
@timfarron @RKakati I know what you mean, but that is not why he is now going. Only way he can beat Reform is to improve outcomes, but he boxed himself in with fiscal redlines & promises not to join the SM etc in order to get elected, so he cannot improve outcomes. Labour MPs now realise that.
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Tim Farron@timfarron·
Starmer’s been a poor PM, but the vitriol and hatred towards him is just weird. It comes from both the far left and far right. It’s contrived by people whose motives are deeply suspect. Part of me wants him to survive just to spite them.
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Mark Leonard@markhleonard·
1/Ten years ago, Britain voted for Brexit. New ECFR/Mandate polling out this morning reveals something Westminster hasn't noticed: the country has quietly changed its mind — and not in the way you'd expect. The Leave/Remain divide is dead. Here's what replaced it. 🧵
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D@_Unknown_D_·
The problem with the UK is we have an electorate that wants a Japanese approach to immigration, Nordic welfare, an American tax system and a political class that would rather pander to this delusion as opposed to levelling with public about the necessary trade offs. This approach will continue to produce failed leaders until it fundamentally changes.
Ben Leo@Benleo

Soon to be seven prime ministers in ten years in Britain. Unprecedented. What went wrong? I’ll take a guess: nobody is listening to the electorate. Politicians think they know better and ARE better than the little people. None of them GET BRITAIN. Careerists.

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