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“four traditions”
“And federal election records also show he has also donated to Maine's far-left Democratic Senate candidate, Graham Platner.”
“Voters across Greater Manchester will head to the polls on Thursday 30 July”
“two of these, “Whig Imperialism” and Labour’s “Democratic Centralism” have now clearly bitten the dust. Two remain: “Tory Nationalism” and “Democratic Republicanism””
“Mukhamadkulov, an immigrant from Uzbekistan who is a donor to far-left Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner...”
“The by-election was triggered when Andy Burnham resigned as mayor following his return to the House of Commons after winning the Makerfield by-election on 18 June.”
“nominations for Labour leadership candidates do not close until 9 July”
“an immigrant from Uzbekistan who is a donor to far-left Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner and who, closer to home, has publicly complained that his Brooklyn neighbors were not tipping enough.”
“Labour's Burnham won the first mayoral election in 2017 and secured two further terms in office.”
“The SCG has around 30 members”
“Goldman, a two-term incumbent representing downtown Manhattan and a swath of Brooklyn, is trailing a progressive primary challenger, former New York City comptroller Brad Lander, in the polls, with the primary vote taking place Tuesday.”
“People living in all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester will elect his successor on 30 July.”
“81 MP nominations are needed to get on the ballot”
“Lander has been endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and has frequently denounced Israel throughout the campaign.”
“in which the group’s candidate Bell Ribeiro-Addy failed to breach the threshold”
“in the last Labour leadership election in 2020”
“This caucus of left-wing MPs was founded in 1982”
“92.7 per cent in the Sun and 97 per cent in the Express backed yes.”
“63 per cent – of Brits thought Andy Burnham should go to the country in a general election if he became prime minister. That included 56 per cent of Labour voters.”
“just 25,000 voters in Makerfield”
“403 Labour MPs”
“Britain is about to get its seventh prime minister in ten years.”
“Five of those six outgoing leaders were pressured into announcing their departure at a lectern outside the door of No 10 rather than losing a general election.”
“just one served the full term to which they were elected.”
“the SCG has around 30 members”
“last year’s deputy leadership election, in which the group’s candidate Bell Ribeiro-Addy failed to breach the threshold”
“in the last Labour leadership election in 2020, Rebecca Long-Bailey stood against Keir Starmer”
“John McDonnell stood as Gordon Brown’s only challenger in 2007”
“Diane Abbott stood on behalf of the group in 2010”
“Jeremy Corbyn, who won the Labour leadership in 2015”
“The SCG has yet to publicly announce whether they intend to stand a candidate against Burnham in the 2026 leadership election”
“His popularity only saw a slight surge – from 29 per cent favourable to 38 per cent – when the Conservatives committed public opinion suicide by elevating Liz Truss.”
“As of June, only 15 per cent of voters think he can speak for the nation.”
“At day 670 of governing the country, Starmer stands as the least liked of all recent premiers to have made it this far”
“At the same distance into their respective premierships, it is five points below Rishi Sunak”
“20 below Boris Johnson”
“15 below Theresa May”
“21 below David Cameron”
“even nine points below Gordon Brown”
“For every voter who agrees he is a strong leader, there is one who doesn’t know and almost four who disagree.”
“Under Keir Starmer’s leadership, Labour won the general election after being locked out of power for 14 years.”
“The party’s landslide parliamentary majority is the second-biggest Labour victory in terms of seats in the party’s century-long history”
“Seven Labour MPs had the whip withdrawn for six months after they voted with the Scottish National Party to remove the two-child benefit cap”
“pre‑announced on social media, 18 hours earlier, by President Donald Trump.”
“Walking up this street two years ago was the proudest moment of my life," Starmer said a little after 09:30am this morning (22 June).”
“Starmer was allowed just nine more words, and 12 seconds of speaking, before he was forced to compete with Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”.”
“A choir began at 35 seconds into the resignation speech.”
“Rishi Sunak stood in the pouring rain in May 2024 to announce the last general election.”
“When Sunak’s predecessor Liz Truss stepped down in October”
“14 years of disappointment and despair under the Tories”
“On the tenth anniversary of Britain’s vote for endless political chaos”
“the sixth prime minister since the EU referendum resigns”
“the one I inherited two years ago”
“By September the country will need to have a fully functioning political crisis for Burnham to jump into”
“two more Prime Ministers”
“Nominations for a leadership contest will open on 9 July with a new leader and prime minister in place by the end of parliament’s summer recess in early September.”
“He said he had spoken to the King on Monday morning (22 June) to tell him of his decision.”
“Britain is now due to get its seventh prime minister in ten years.”
“He had insisted on Friday (19 June) that he wasn’t going anywhere.”
“Burnham’s allies have made it clear privately that a September handover would be their ideal timeline to allow the new leader to prepare for office, as well as giving Starmer time to leave with dignity, secure his legacy and serve a full t…”
“Donald Trump even announced Starmer’s impending resignation on his social media, stating it as fact.”
“He has taken his time with most of the most important decisions in his leadership, and has regretted the moments where he hasn’t, such as the sacking of Olly Robbins.”
“Starmer still doesn’t see why he should go. He is looking around at the chaos caused by people who have wanted to get him out of office for at least six months – Burnham, Wes Streeting, his once-loyal friend Ed Miliband – and thinking, as …”
“rather than the alternate world he imagines in which loyal ministers cheered on positive economic indicators, Labour pulled together, and the focus fell on Nigel Farage’s questionable £5 million donation.”
“the alternate world he imagines in which loyal ministers cheered on positive economic indicators, Labour pulled together, and the focus fell on Nigel Farage’s questionable £5 million donation.”
“the latter the party’s first Scottish by-election win in 59 years”
“turnout in Makerfield had been nearly 59 per cent”
“more than six points higher than at the general election that produced Labour’s loveless landslide two years earlier”
“the party’s poll share has drifted, from around 31 per cent last autumn to perhaps 27 per cent now”
“the 7 per cent of Makerfield voters who just opted for Reform’s yet more evil twin”
“The Conservative Party got 2 per cent of the vote in the Makerfield by-election on Thursday.”
“The result was a dramatic fall from its – admittedly poor – share of 11 per cent in the 2024 general election.”
“In last month’s local elections, Reform nearly had a clean sweep in Essex. Nigel Farage’s party won 53 seats in the county and gained control of Essex County Council, ending 25 years of Conservative rule.”
“But in Harlow, a town in the west of Essex, the Tories won all 11 seats up for election – a sign, Kemi Badenoch claimed, that the party is “coming back”.”
“In 2016, Harlow voted 68 per cent to leave the EU.”
“While Reform did come second in every seat, it was on average around 40 per cent behind than the Conservatives.”
“With only a third of seats up for election this cycle, the Conservatives were the only party that could realistically form a majority.”
“In an interview after the count, Harlow Labour Leader, James Griggs, described the election result as “the Dan effect” and that he had “basically made [the election] a referendum on himself”.”
“was elected by a landslide, with a majority of more than 9,000 votes”
“Seventy‑eight Labour MPs have signed an amendment to the Representation of the People bill calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform”
“I put them back under public control with the £2 fares, so you take that principle and apply it to energy and apply to the water [industry] – that’s what I think we need to do.”
“after a nine‑year absence”
“Andy Burnham will return to parliament on Monday after a nine-year absence as the MP for Makerfield.”
“The former Manchester mayor was elected by a landslide, with a majority of more than 9,000 votes.”
“Seventy-eight Labour MPs have signed an amendment to the Representation of the People bill calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform.”
“will return to parliament on Monday after a nine-year absence”
“with a majority of more than 9,000 votes”
“Seventy-eight Labour MPs have signed an amendment to the Representation of the People bill calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform”
“A Remain backer in 2016, Burnham said at Labour Party conference on 29 September that he would like to see the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime”
“as per reporting from 20 May”
“in an interview with Radio 4 on 20 November”
“In an interview with the New Statesman published on 24 September, Burnham said: 'We've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets'”
“in a speech to the Institute for Fiscal Studies on 20 January”
“In an interview on 18 May, after the announcement of the Makerfield by-election, Burnham said he would stick to the government’s current fiscal rules”
“On 29 April, he said Labour needed to consider a 'different course' which could include borrowing outside of the fiscal rules to pay for increased spending”
“Burnham told the New Statesman’s Ailbhe Rea in an interview on 3 June that he is open-minded on North Sea oil and gas”
“In an interview on 16 May, Burnham said the UK needs to put more things back in public control: 'energy, housing, water, transport'”
“In an interview on 10 June 2025, Burnham said: 'We have got to have more of a politics of co-operation'”
“In an interview on 31 May he described the 'straitjacket of the whip'”
“In a speech the following day (17 May), Burnham appeared to soften his position”
