Enough there to encourage Starmer not to roll over, but not enough for Starmer to see off Burnham. That would be the optimal outcome for Labour and Burnham. Burnham's claim to be changing Labour… (View Post)

I remain reasonably confident of the prospects of a Burnham win in Makerfield. The recent More in Common polling at national level showed Labour 6% behind Reform, but 3% ahead with Burnham as leader,… (View Post)

Definitely more so. (View Post)

Quite. Both Nigel Farage and Steve Bray are pr*ts. Neither should be PM. (View Post)

I don't think that Starmer has given up. He probably calculated that he might either have been unable to block Burnham or that if he had then it would have absolutely trashed his remaining credi… (View Post)