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  1. theguardian.com/politics/2026/. I'll believe THAT when it happens, & not one single nanosecond before! I predict that #Burnham, #Miliband & #Streeting will follow the usual supine #Blair #policy with respect to any #US #President, including Donald #Trump, "Yes sir, no sir, three bags full, sir." The recent refusal by #Starmer to allow British-based #USAF airbases for attacks on #Iran was the nearest thing to #rebellion that any #Labour PM has come since the days of Harold Wilson.

  2. theguardian.com/politics/2026/. I'll believe THAT when it happens, & not one single nanosecond before! I predict that #Burnham, #Miliband & #Streeting will follow the usual supine #Blair #policy with respect to any #US #President, including Donald #Trump, "Yes sir, no sir, three bags full, sir." The recent refusal by #Starmer to allow British-based #USAF airbases for attacks on #Iran was the nearest thing to #rebellion that any #Labour PM has come since the days of Harold Wilson.

  3. "The Labour Party […] is a centralised, bureaucratic organisation that plays a key role in UK democracy whether or not the Labour Party is in government. The right [of the party] never truly ceded control over the Labour Party machine, even when Corbyn was in power. As observers from across the political spectrum have documented, key players on the Labour right worked behind the scenes to undermine him throughout his tenure."

    Burnham "has flip-flopped enough times for the Labour machine’s apparatchiks to accept he is no threat to their project.
    "Perhaps more importantly, Burnham lacks a coherent base that might hold him to account were he to tack to the right once in office. He doesn’t have strong links with the unions or any social movements. He is relatively popular among the Labour membership, but the Party has been so centralised under Starmer that members now play a much-diminished role – and Burnham is unlikely to change this.
    "In short, as with Starmer, there will be no one to challenge him if he reneges on commitments. Equally, there will be no one to defend him if the Labour machine turns on him.

    "The challenge Burnham faces is unresolvable within the current political settlement. For as long as Labour exists as a cartel, divorced from a mass base, it will remain a playground for lobbyists and consultants. These interests will fight tirelessly for their preferred policies – policies that directly contradict the interests of the majority of people in the UK. And any leader who attempts to democratise the Labour Party and take on these vested interests will be eliminated by the Labour machine.
    "The only way to square this circle is to build power outside the Labour Party".

    Grace Blakeley: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/t

    #triangulation #cooperation #cartel #lobbying #promotion #parties #acceptance #ThirdWay #TonyBlair #Starmer #Burnham #UKPol #UKPolitics #LabourParty

  4. "The Labour Party […] is a centralised, bureaucratic organisation that plays a key role in UK democracy whether or not the Labour Party is in government. The right [of the party] never truly ceded control over the Labour Party machine, even when Corbyn was in power. As observers from across the political spectrum have documented, key players on the Labour right worked behind the scenes to undermine him throughout his tenure."

    Burnham "has flip-flopped enough times for the Labour machine’s apparatchiks to accept he is no threat to their project.
    "Perhaps more importantly, Burnham lacks a coherent base that might hold him to account were he to tack to the right once in office. He doesn’t have strong links with the unions or any social movements. He is relatively popular among the Labour membership, but the Party has been so centralised under Starmer that members now play a much-diminished role – and Burnham is unlikely to change this.
    "In short, as with Starmer, there will be no one to challenge him if he reneges on commitments. Equally, there will be no one to defend him if the Labour machine turns on him.

    "The challenge Burnham faces is unresolvable within the current political settlement. For as long as Labour exists as a cartel, divorced from a mass base, it will remain a playground for lobbyists and consultants. These interests will fight tirelessly for their preferred policies – policies that directly contradict the interests of the majority of people in the UK. And any leader who attempts to democratise the Labour Party and take on these vested interests will be eliminated by the Labour machine.
    "The only way to square this circle is to build power outside the Labour Party".

    Grace Blakeley: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/t

    #triangulation #cooperation #cartel #lobbying #promotion #parties #acceptance #ThirdWay #TonyBlair #Starmer #Burnham #UKPol #UKPolitics #LabourParty

  5. #UK military bases used by US now legitimate target for #Iranian strikes

    #Iran warned on Thursday that #RAF #Fairford in #Gloucestershire, which the #US is using alongside #Chagos Island-based Diego Garcia to launch strikes on the country, could be targeted.

    New Prime Minister Andy #Burnham has continued the #Starmer era policy of permitting the US to use the bases for “defensive” attacks despite pushback from HumanRights groups

    thenational.scot/news/26405949

    #USAggression #USThreats #BoycottUSA

  6. #UK military bases used by US now legitimate target for #Iranian strikes

    #Iran warned on Thursday that #RAF #Fairford in #Gloucestershire, which the #US is using alongside #Chagos Island-based Diego Garcia to launch strikes on the country, could be targeted.

    New Prime Minister Andy #Burnham has continued the #Starmer era policy of permitting the US to use the bases for “defensive” attacks despite pushback from HumanRights groups

    thenational.scot/news/26405949

    #USAggression #USThreats #BoycottUSA

  7. Is Andy Burnham Rewarding #Starmer’s Challengers?

    And how will the new Prime Minister pay for the £2 bus fare cap in England?

    bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nzs7dm

    (c) #BBC #News

  8. Is Andy Burnham Rewarding #Starmer’s Challengers?

    And how will the new Prime Minister pay for the £2 bus fare cap in England?

    bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nzs7dm

    (c) #BBC #News

  9. Chris Mason: Another #Starmer critic gets promotion as Sarwar joins Burnham government

    Months after calling on Keir Starmer to quit, the Scottish #Labour leader is set to become a minister in Burnham's government, the BBC's political editor writes.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rv1

    (c) #BBC #News

  10. Chris Mason: Another #Starmer critic gets promotion as Sarwar joins Burnham government

    Months after calling on Keir Starmer to quit, the Scottish #Labour leader is set to become a minister in Burnham's government, the BBC's political editor writes.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rv1

    (c) #BBC #News

  11. So. Farewell then Karl Starmer.
    It was perhaps
    A free Arsenal ticket of Promises too far,
    of Beige presentation
    Satisfying no one
    You leave us now
    In the safe hands
    Of Continuity Starmer
    Thribb aged 17 and a half

    #thribb #starmer #privateeye #poetsofmastodon

  12. So. Farewell then Karl Starmer.
    It was perhaps
    A free Arsenal ticket of Promises too far,
    of Beige presentation
    Satisfying no one
    You leave us now
    In the safe hands
    Of Continuity Starmer
    Thribb aged 17 and a half

    #thribb #starmer #privateeye #poetsofmastodon

  13. @MiaMarkTwo

    hopefully burnham won't be such an authoritarian zionist wannabee dictator.
    fuck off #starmer - go live in israel.

  14. @MiaMarkTwo

    hopefully burnham won't be such an authoritarian zionist wannabee dictator.
    fuck off #starmer - go live in israel.

  15. Angela Rayner: #Labour's working-class warrior bounces back

    The potential contender to replace Keir #Starmer is now back in the cabinet under Andy Burnham.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlz3p

    (c) #BBC #News

  16. Angela Rayner: #Labour's working-class warrior bounces back

    The potential contender to replace Keir #Starmer is now back in the cabinet under Andy Burnham.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlz3p

    (c) #BBC #News

  17. Chris Mason: #Starmer ally takes swipe at Burnham's first big policy

    Sir Keir Starmer's former right hand man Darren Jones says Andy Burnham's VAT cut is unfunded.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62xzn

    (c) #BBC #News

  18. Chris Mason: #Starmer ally takes swipe at Burnham's first big policy

    Sir Keir Starmer's former right hand man Darren Jones says Andy Burnham's VAT cut is unfunded.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62xzn

    (c) #BBC #News

  19. #Zelensky și noul premier britanic Andy Burnham pregătesc prima întâlnire oficială: ”Voi fi alături de el 100%, așa cum a fost Keir #Starmer”.

    🔗 wp.me/p9KpFA-5q5Z

    #Știri #Ucraina

  20. #Zelensky și noul premier britanic Andy Burnham pregătesc prima întâlnire oficială: ”Voi fi alături de el 100%, așa cum a fost Keir #Starmer”.

    🔗 wp.me/p9KpFA-5q5Z

    #Știri #Ucraina

  21. Chris Mason: Cull of #Starmer allies as new chancellor faces crunching spending choices

    The appointment of John Healey is particularly fascinating, writes BBC political editor Chris Mason.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24mnn

    (c) #BBC #News

  22. Chris Mason: Cull of #Starmer allies as new chancellor faces crunching spending choices

    The appointment of John Healey is particularly fascinating, writes BBC political editor Chris Mason.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24mnn

    (c) #BBC #News

  23. @Oldfartrant @ChrisMayLA6

    He should pack his bags & surrender himself as a war criminal to the court in The Hague imo!

    …. but he won’t ’cos, as a self-important, puffed-up non-entity of a failed former prime minister of a country that long since lost its sovereignty to the US & Israel but which still thinks it runs an Empire, he believes he’s immune from prosecution!

    #Starmer #GoodRiddance

  24. @Oldfartrant @ChrisMayLA6

    He should pack his bags & surrender himself as a war criminal to the court in The Hague imo!

    …. but he won’t ’cos, as a self-important, puffed-up non-entity of a failed former prime minister of a country that long since lost its sovereignty to the US & Israel but which still thinks it runs an Empire, he believes he’s immune from prosecution!

    #Starmer #GoodRiddance

  25. Burnham becomes the UK's seventh PM in a decade after Starmer resigns

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham said politicians “need to be better” as he delivered his first speech Monday as Britain’s new leader.

    rfi.fr/en/international/202607

    #UK #News #UKNews #Starmer

  26. Burnham becomes the UK's seventh PM in a decade after Starmer resigns

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham said politicians “need to be better” as he delivered his first speech Monday as Britain’s new leader.

    rfi.fr/en/international/202607

    #UK #News #UKNews #Starmer

  27. New British PM Andy Burnham vows to end years of instability

    Burnham said politicians had failed to bring the stability needed to raise living standards.

    sabcnews.com/sabcnews/new-brit

    #News #UKNews #UK #Starmer

  28. New British PM Andy Burnham vows to end years of instability

    Burnham said politicians had failed to bring the stability needed to raise living standards.

    sabcnews.com/sabcnews/new-brit

    #News #UKNews #UK #Starmer

  29. Watch: #Starmer resigns, Burnham becomes PM... the day so far

    Andy Burnham has become the UK's prime minister after being appointed by the# King at Buckingham Palace.

    bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd0xgxgz

    (c) #BBC #News

  30. What is the correct number of arms to use to hug Keir Starmer if you are his wife? #Starmer #GoneAndForgotten

  31. 'A circuit-breaker moment': Watch Andy Burnham's first speech as PM in full

    Andy Burnham spoke outside Downing Street after he replaced Keir #Starmer as prime minister and leader of the #Labour party.

    bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c934q2kk

    (c) #BBC #News

  32. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

    De Britse premier Keir Starmer is opgestapt. Het koningshuis bevestigt dat koning Charles het ontslag van Starmer "welwillend heeft geaccepteerd", meldt omroep BBC. Starmer maakt plaats voor zijn partijgenoot Andy Burnham, die hem later op de dag zal opvolgen.

    rtl.nl/boulevard/entertainment

    #BritsePremier #Starmer #ontslag

  33. @manchestereveningnews.co.uk

    Don’t be duped by Burnham’s more “down with the people” personable ways, his mediagenic looks and his “Labour needs to change” drivel! He’s still a creature of the #IsraelLobby & the British establishment

    Check this out!!! Kennard nails Burnham’s balls to the floor!

    “Exposed: What Andy Burnham really thinks about Palestine” feat. Matt Kennard

    in The Deep Dive with Ahmed Alnaouq on YouTube

    youtu.be/qeA1qkuZ6VA?is=1t1M6m

    #UK #Labour #Starmer #Burnham #Palestine #Israel #Grnocide #LabourFriendsOfIsrael #LabourFriendsOfGenocide