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Andy Burnham Crushes Reform in Makerfield (novaramedia.com)
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[–] 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Are any of the Left still in the Labour Party?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Not really... but I bet there's quite a lot who'll simply follow the current party line, so if the Labour leader were to steer things leftwards towards the centre (or ideally past it), many of them would follow it.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Starmer stood for Labour leadership on a considerably lefter platform than the vague stuff Burnham's been saying. Burnham as PM isn't going to change Labour's current policies. He might be better at campaigning. When people realise that nothing's going to change, helped by the rightwing press, they'll turn on him too.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    The difference is that he's got form.

    I, like most people here (Manchester), voted against having a mayor in the first place. When the Tories made the position anyway, I voted against Andy Burnham.

    But he's absolutely won me over. In the time he's been mayor, directly because of his policies, Manchester has improved dramatically.

    Starmer promised a lot, but Burnham has actually delivered change already.

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