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MAKERFIELD DAYS by @Will___lloyd A season of superlatives was dawning over Makerfield, a collection of peri-rural suburbs, former pit villages and towns spread beneath Wigan. The vote was seismic. Historic. Make-or-break. The chance of a lifetime. Andy Burnham had staked his
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There was a bitter irony as Starmer spoke of his aim of building “a fairer country, with dignity and respect”, as none was afforded to him. The man responsible, anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray, has said subsequently on social media that he only played the music to drown out “a
The Prime Minister is resigning – so shut up
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If he is uncontested, Andy Burnham now only has a few weeks to work out a policy programme for government before entering No 10. I wrote a few weeks back about the policy brains jostling to get their idea heard by the new MP for Makerfield for @NewStatesman. Worth a read!
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It’s a Monday morning, the Prime Minister is on the podium and he’s talking about “a page in country’s history turned, after years of disappointment and despair”. And for viewers who have just tuned in, he’s referring to the 14 years of disappointment and despair under the
Thank you, Keir Starmer, next
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Exclusive: Outgoing chair of the Labour Growth Group Chris Curtis has rowed in behind Andy Burnham's leadership bid. In a statement, Curtis praised Starmer for changing the Labour party and leading the country to a "landslide victory" & thanked him for his service.
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Excellent obituary from Marr. Square peg in a round hole. An apparently decent but thoroughly apolitical man is no qualification for premiership
Keir Starmer: A Political Obituary
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THE PRODUCTIVE STATE: A FRAMEWORK FOR MANCHESTERISM by @DantonsHead Solving Britain's problem requires an approach that transcends the dichotomy of private market provision and welfare state redistribution. What is required is a third pillar of political economy: the
The case for Manchesterism
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Wrote this about Burnham’s northern gambit
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Crucially, beneath the sloganeering, there is an unusually solid, well-worked underpinning to Burnham’s regionalist vision. Whereas commentators are still trying to work out whether “Starmerism” even exists almost two years into a Starmer premiership, we can clearly discern the
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The People’s Vote famously failed, and did so in a way that many (involved or otherwise) look back on with something perhaps worse than regret: cringe. Career wise, however, McVitie is not alone in lugging this very 2010s CV detail into a very different political decade. He
Whatever happened to Britain's top Remainiacs?
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EXC: Keir Starmer's chief of staff has announced to Number 10 staff he is resigning
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Crucially, beneath the sloganeering, there is an unusually solid, well-worked underpinning to Burnham’s regionalist vision. Whereas commentators are still trying to work out whether “Starmerism” even exists almost two years into a Starmer premiership, we can clearly discern the
Andy Burnham has one chance to save the North
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The great @AndrewMarr9 on the lessons of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer: A Political Obituary
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What’s going on? Always always read @PronouncedAlva
Will Keir Starmer resign?
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