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Burnham restores the whip to Diane Abbott and deplorable bigot Joani Reid

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Burnham restores the whip to Diane Abbott and deplorable bigot Joani Reid

With Andy Burnham not two weeks into his tenure as PM, the new Labour leader has restored the whip to both Diane Abbott and Joani Reid. Both MPs went through independent disciplinary processes. Starmer suspended Abbott for a second time back in July 2025. Both suspensions related to a 2023 letter in the Observer, in which Abbott claimed that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people experience prejudice but not racism. The letter triggered the first suspension, and her defence of that opinion in a 2025 interview triggered the second. Reid, for her part, relinquished the whip voluntarily in March 2026. The Metropolitan Police…

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‘Try-again’ PM Burnham lauds nukes and militarism during BAE visit

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‘Try-again’ PM Burnham lauds nukes and militarism during BAE visit

New PM Andy Burnham’s left-wing credentials have lasted about as long as left-out milk. Less than a fortnight into his reign, the gimmicky Scouser was spotted bowing to The Holy Nukes in a visit to BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness death factory. BAE won’t fix what’s broken Burnham told reporters: Keeping this country safe is the first responsibility of any government – but security is not only about what we build; it is about who builds it, and who benefits from it. Nukes, naturally, are well known for bestowing safety. In a press release ahead of the visit on 30 July, the government insisted:…

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Burnham pressed to keep privatisers out of National Care Service

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Burnham pressed to keep privatisers out of National Care Service

Andy Burnham is planning to finally implement the much-needed National Care Service (NCS). While it’s undeniable that we need this service, the question is what the NCS will be: a privatised mess like the NHS of today or a nationalised treasure like the NHS of the past? With the finer details yet to be decided, now is the time for people to make their opinions known. Andy Burnham has promised to bring in a new system of social care. But the government needs to address the desperately important issue of who owns and runs it. Privatisation has been a failed —…

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Badenoch has some totally serious conditions before working with Burnham on social care…

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Badenoch has some totally serious conditions before working with Burnham on social care…

Good news everybody, Kemi Badenoch wants to work with PM Andy Burnham to fix social care. Only, the leader of the least relevant opposition party in recent memory has some demands that she’s definitely in a position to make… The Guardian reported yesterday, 27 July, that the new Labour leader is seeking long-lasting change for UK social care. That change is certainly needed – Age UK estimates that as many as 2 million older people currently have unmet social care needs in England alone. As such, Burnham’s offered to work collaboratively with other parties to make a plan. He stated that: I…

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Burnham backs ‘conditional’ welfare support in first PM interview

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Burnham backs ‘conditional’ welfare support in first PM interview

In Andy Burnham’s first interview as PM, the newly-minted Labour leader spoke about the need to “get really serious as a country” about “getting the welfare bill down”. And how exactly does he plan to accomplish this feat? Well, Burnham claimed that he didn’t want to “blame” people on benefits, before adding: It’s about changing the nature of the support, and making some of the support conditional upon people taking opportunities that are presented. Implying that people on benefits having been taking the “opportunities that are presented” sounds an awful lot like blame, to us. Blame by another name The BBC recorded its…

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Left-wing Jews demand Burnham do better than Starmer: ‘Good riddance’

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Left-wing Jews demand Burnham do better than Starmer: ‘Good riddance’

Jewish Voice for Liberation (JVL) has issued a withering statement seeing off disgraced former prime minister Keir Starmer and demanding better from his replacement. Starmer, buh-bye – do better Burnham In an article on its website, the left-wing group looks back on Starmer’s record, particularly the lies in his departing speech about the findings of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Labour under Jeremy Corbyn. JVL’s verdict is that the EHRC’s report, and Starmer’s shameless misquoting of it, are a hypocritical “triple outrage” and an “extraordinary travesty”. It elaborates: First, the EHRC did not make any finding of ‘institutional antisemitism’.…

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Don’t worry: we get that sinking feeling too when Andy Burnham opens his mouth

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Don’t worry: we get that sinking feeling too when Andy Burnham opens his mouth

If you’ve ever watched a politician promise you a three-course meal only to hand you a single stale budget-brand biscuit, you will recognise that exact sinking feeling I get whenever Andy Burnham opens his mouth. Andy Burnham: not sensible For years now, he’s been held up as Labour’s great sensible left hope – the man who stood up for the north, who’d take on the Westminster machine, who might just drag the party back to its working-class roots without scaring off anyone who owns more than one house. It’s a great story. It’s also about as believable as a government minister…

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Thames Water to fight Burnham as ‘temporary nationalisation’ rumours swirl

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Thames Water to fight Burnham as ‘temporary nationalisation’ rumours swirl

Thames Water has f*cked up so badly that the government may be forced to nationalise it. Rather than holding its hands up and saying sorry, though, it seems the incompetent vultures managing the company are planning to take the government to court. BREAKING: The group of investors engaged in a rescue bid for Thames Water are plotting a legal fight with Andy Burnham's new government over nationalisation. Our city editor @MarkKleinmanSky has the exclusive storyhttps://t.co/SHT8Hbpwmz pic.twitter.com/9rSuAm06yV — Sky News (@SkyNews) July 18, 2026 Thames Water the focus of scandals upon scandals Thames Water is arguably one of the worst companies operating…

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UK lobbyists press Burnham for oil field that will create barely any jobs

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UK lobbyists press Burnham for oil field that will create barely any jobs

Oil and gas lobbyists are desperate to open a new North Sea gas field and are reportedly pressuring Andy Burnham for the go-ahead. Yet energy industry documents show the proposed new Jackdaw field will only create 27 full time jobs. These include an environmental impact assessment filed by the oil field’s owner Adura. Adura is a joint venture between Shell and Norway’s Equinor. The assessment says: Over the lifetime of the field there would be a consistent level of employment averaging at nearly 500 jobs a year in direct, indirect and induced employment – this includes 273 direct jobs which exist on…

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Burnham pledges devolution, devolution and…devolution as new Labour leader

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Burnham pledges devolution, devolution and…devolution as new Labour leader

Andy Burnham is officially the new leader of the Labour Party after running the ‘contest’ completely unopposed. To mark the occasion, a Survation poll has pegged Labour and Reform in joint lead for popularity across the country, tied at 24%. The sudden jump in the polls owed itself to the combined effect of Labour’s increased popularity following Starmer’s resignation. Plus, Reform’s slump after scandal-struck Nigel Farage quit his seat in Clacton-on-Sea. The former Manchester mayor turned Makerfield MP secured the backing of 379 of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s (PLP) 403 MPs. In his inaugural speech as prime minister in-waiting, Burnham hit a…

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Spain offers Burnham an alternative to Labour’s Danish-style immigration crackdown

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Spain offers Burnham an alternative to Labour’s Danish-style immigration crackdown

During the Makerfield by-election, Andy Burnham backed Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms, aligning Labour’s prevailing strategy to the anti-immigration mood. Mahmood’s position, in short, follows the Danish Social Democrats’ model: harden rhetoric and reduce numbers to take the ground from the far right. Burnham had previously criticised the home secretary’s plans, warning they leave people “in a sense of limbo and unable to integrate”. But he seems to have dropped this concern to appeal to the political context of the Leave-voting, Reform-susceptible constituency of Makerfield. The broader public mood on immigration is, however, more nuanced. Having won the by-election, Burnham now has…

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“No to Manchesterism built on the backs of renters” — tenants tell Burnham ‘freeze the rents’

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“No to Manchesterism built on the backs of renters” — tenants tell Burnham ‘freeze the rents’

Greater Manchester Tenants Union (GMTU) are holding a demonstration to demand rent freezes from incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Principles and evidence alike support their claims. GMTU’s demo takes place on 17 July at Albert Square at 6pm outside Manchester Town Hall. The event follows the first ever demonstration yesterday outside the proposed site for Burnham’s planned ‘Number 10 North’. Some 20+ organisations attended, demanding ‘More Than Manchesterism‘. The new PM officially takes office on 20 June, having waltzed the Labour leadership remarkably uncontested. He replaces woefully unpopular Keir Starmer, who cried goodbye earlier this week. So much for Number 10…

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Starmer dismissed Holocaust survivors’ anti-genocide letter. Will Burnham ignore this one?

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Starmer dismissed Holocaust survivors’ anti-genocide letter. Will Burnham ignore this one?

In May 2026, Holocaust survivors and descendants wrote an open letter to Keir Starmer for his war on anti-genocide speech and protest. As with their earlier letters, Starmer ignored it. But how will Burnham act… Now, the group has written to incoming PM Andy Burnham to demand the reversal of Starmer’s police-state policies targeting protest and speech against genocide and in support of Palestinians. And the Jewish activists are asking, “Will Burnham ignore us like Starmer did?” The full letter, which points out the prominence of Jews in anti-genocide protest and the fact the only abuse they receive is from Israel…

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‘What about Israeli terrorists?’ — Burnham ‘ratioed’ for supporting IRGC ban

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‘What about Israeli terrorists?’ — Burnham ‘ratioed’ for supporting IRGC ban

Incoming PM Andy Burnham claimed he would bring “the biggest change in our lifetimes”. But instead he is bringing Starmeroid ‘business as usual’. Burnham shows no sign of undoing any of Starmer’s police-state measures intended to protect Israel, and in fact indicates he will take them further. And he has praised Starmer’s attack on free speech about the illegal US-Israel war on Iran. As his first use of his rushed-through law, Starmer has ‘designated‘ Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) — Burnham thinks this is great. Starmer’s new ‘National Security (State Threats) Act’ is an extension of supposed ‘anti-terror’ legislation, clearly designed…

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Mahmood’s anti-asylum bill is “horrifying”. Burnham just voted for it

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Mahmood’s anti-asylum bill is “horrifying”. Burnham just voted for it

The Starmer regime’s war on human rights continues with the passage of Shabana Mahmood’s punitive ‘Immigration and Asylum Bill‘ through Parliament. Burnham rallies behind Mahmood The bill’s provisions demonise asylum seekers and wage war on human rights and Britain’s obligations under international law. Presumptive next prime minister Andy Burnham supposedly represents change — at least that’s the claim — but it’s not borne out by events so far. And the same goes in this case, as Burnham voted yesterday in support of Mahmood’s racist new law. Budget bigotry Among its multiple abusive provisions, Mahmood plans to have asylum appeals decided by…

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More Blair-Starmer continuity — Burnham & Milburn team up against young people

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More Blair-Starmer continuity — Burnham & Milburn team up against young people

Presumptive new PM Andy Burnham has given yet another signal of his intention to continue where Keir Starmer and his Blair tribute act leave off. Burnham is now working “hand-in-glove” with Starmer adviser and Blairite privatiser Alan Milburn on forcing people into work. Milburn blames young people The plan is, of course, dressed up as “opportunity and life chances” for young people. However, Milburn’s May 2026 interim report for Starmer makes clear that the aim is to force them into work for economic growth rather than their benefit. 60% of those targeted are not currently looking for work — and Milburn,…

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Mothin Ali calls Burnham a ‘coward’ over Gaza genocide stance

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Mothin Ali calls Burnham a ‘coward’ over Gaza genocide stance

On 9 July, Andy Burnham issued a statement regarding ‘Labour’s stance on Gaza‘. In it, our incoming PM refused to call Israel’s actions a genocide, and did little to differentiate his position from that of Keir Starmer. Accordingly, Canary writer Joe Glenton described the statement as “milquetoast sop“. And he wasn’t the only one to notice Burnham is trying to pull the wool over our eyes: @andyburnham is a coward. He apologised for the position this Labour Government has taken on Palestine but He won’t call it a Genocide, he hides behind international law. He won’t commit to Sanctioning Israel.He won’t…

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Israel lobby groups demand Burnham roll back even milksop Gaza comments

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Israel lobby groups demand Burnham roll back even milksop Gaza comments

Israel lobby groups wasted no time in demanding Andy Burnham pull back from even his watery comments on Israel’s crimes in Gaza. Burnham refused last week to call the genocide a genocide. Instead, he said Labour “didn’t get right” its response. That would be Keir Starmer endorsing Israel’s crimes against humanity by cutting off fuel and water to the besieged open-air concentration camp. And ordering the RAF to provide active support for the slaughter of Palestinians — and almost certainly UK aid workers. And Burnham dared to suggest — after almost three years of slaughter, starvation, targeting of children, hospitals, schools,…

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Burnham plans to take Starmer’s ‘censor for Israel’ plan even further

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Burnham plans to take Starmer’s ‘censor for Israel’ plan even further

Presumptive new PM Andy Burnham has indicated that he will not undo any of his defunct predecessor’s war on UK rights and freedoms in support of Israel. In fact, he has made clear that he doesn’t think it’s tough enough and intends to take it further. Burnham picks up where Starmer left off For example, Burnham has said that he wants the under-16s ban to be delivered with urgency and reinforced the lies about doing it to ‘protect children’. But he thinks it is only a starting point: a “critical first step”. Burnham made a milksop apology yesterday for Labour’s ‘stance’…

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Andy Burnham offers milquetoast sop to Palestine. Sadly for him we weren’t born yesterday

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Andy Burnham offers milquetoast sop to Palestine. Sadly for him we weren’t born yesterday

Incoming PM Andy Burnham has said the Labour Party got it wrong on Palestine and will fix up. He’s pledged to put more pressure on Israel, including possible bans and sanctions. But is he to be trusted? Burnham told the Guardian: I know many people feel that at the start of Israel’s military action in Gaza my party didn’t get it right and I am sorry about that. The response has too often not been good enough. We need to do better. Adding: We’ve got to do more to put pressure on the Israeli government … Yes, we have taken some…

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