Got to echo this.

Unlike the low-stakes infighting nonsense that we often have, this is really important.

Multiple polls have shown that not only is Andy Burnham much more popular than Starmer (big surprise, who isn't?), but that he's more popular than Farage. And that is a big deal, because almost nobody else is.

He's an attractive choice for the left, and he's attractive for Northerners who want change - two camps which Starmer has well and truly lost.

No of course not.

It just seems like their time could be better spent dealing with problems instead of infighting. Then maybe the deluded fools who've fallen for the Farage con would wake up.

But that's wishful thinking. I'm old enough and cynical enough to see how little really changes. The rich still get richer with the rest fighting over an ever shrinking slice of the pie while politicians tinker around the edges.