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"He had to resign"

"Why?"

"They won the by election"

"Wait, what..?"

Thinking about all the living ex-PMs, and I can't say that I think any of them went before their time.

I would say that Britain is going through PMs extraordinarily quickly because the people chosen to become PM simply aren't that good at it.

Will Burnham be better? Will he be good enough to remain PM after the next election?

I would guess not. But he has a better chance than Starmer did.

Maybe we need to look further back at who become MPs.

Days like this you realise how overstaffed the BBC is. Instead of insight and comment from people in the know, you have them interviewing each other while spouting unevidenced comments.

Just waiting from Trump to announce his support for his long time friend Andy Burnham, and then the BBC interviewing each other about what it means.

Hats off to Kemi. A big win.

SKS goes to podium lists his "achievements", many of which are pure fiction, fails to acknowledge any mistakes.

Total lack of self awareness to the end.

If he has been as successful as he thinks why has he gone. SKS Fans please explain

I’ll miss the SKS fans please explain

AMB fans - of which he starts with rather more - might have some explaining to do, before too long?

Peter Brookes in The Times:

I think we are close to that point already. On Radio 5 this morning the listeners texting the show were almost entirely opposed to what is happening. The only people who seem convinced that Burnham is the answer, and that a change of leadership will solve our problems, are the Parliamentary Labour Party. The listeners to Radio 5 many of whom claimed to be Labour supporters and members were adamant that the goings-on in Westminster were not to their liking.

SKS goes to podium lists his "achievements", many of which are pure fiction, fails to acknowledge any mistakes.

Total lack of self awareness to the end.

If he has been as successful as he thinks why has he gone. SKS Fans please explain

I’ll miss the SKS fans please explain

AMB fans - of which he starts with rather more - might have some explaining to do, before too long?

I predict PB will publish a thread by next May saying Labour should bring back Starmer.

Sweeney74 Selebian eek

About the upcoming article (which the mods may not publish: there are no guarantees). I have to warn you that it isn't like my usual ones, which are usually researched and cited with citations, just like a grown-up. This one was tossed off in about half-a-hour and only had two versions[1] and has no citations nor illustration. It's just that the confluence of two recent events and the obvious metaphor[2] was obvious, and the article wrote itself.

[1] @TheScreamingEagles , please publish the latest one, not the first draft
[2] Simile, analogy, whatever