Jun 11, 2026 · 7 min · 8 segments
From nationalising utilities to spending on welfare, Andy Burnham is talking as if Britain's a rich country. In fact, the economy is on life support, taxes are too high and unemployment's rising. Will…
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Worth just taking a moment to think about the unusual dynamics of the by-election that's taking place this time next week, I think.
One in which, in order to change the government, you must vote for the government.
We'll leave it up to the good folk of Makerfield to determine quite how that might play out.
But Andy Burnham has made no secret of the fact that this is the first step on his return to Westminster, the next step being replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.
Who would be in his team? What his thinking is? What his priorities are? Where does he want to spend the money? What money, you might ask? Let's think about timings.
Consider this might be, what are we, we're now June, July, August, maybe Labour Party conference.
Who knows quite when and if this leadership challenge takes place and whether Keir Starmer fights it and wins it, which is what he says he wants to do.
Worth just taking a moment to think about the unusual dynamics of the by-election that's taking place this time next week, I think.
One in which, in order to change the government, you must vote for the government.
We'll leave it up to the good folk of Makerfield to determine quite how that might play out.
But Andy Burnham has made no secret of the fact that this is the first step on his return to Westminster, the next step being replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.
Who would be in his team? What his thinking is? What his priorities are? Where does he want to spend the money? What money, you might ask? Let's think about timings.
Consider this might be, what are we, we're now June, July, August, maybe Labour Party conference.
Who knows quite when and if this leadership challenge takes place and whether Keir Starmer fights it and wins it, which is what he says he wants to do.
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