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Health groups urge Burnham to scrap “deadly” NHS agreement with Trump to save over 200k lives

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Health groups urge Burnham to scrap “deadly” NHS agreement with Trump to save over 200k lives

19 health groups have co-authored a letter sent to new Makerfield MP and likely-PM Andy Burnham to urge him to scrap a terrible agreement made with Trump which could see almost 230k preventable deaths. The new deal will divert £44.7bn from essential health services to cover the cost of new medicines, which comes as a huge boon for greedy Big Pharma and a foreboding death knell for hundreds of thousands of British citizens. Academics from the University of York, Liverpool and Christchurch hospital in New Zealand have found that this level of reduction in NHS spending to foot the bill for…

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Defence secretary confident Burnham will resource the military

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Defence secretary confident Burnham will resource the military

Dan Jarvis, the new defence secretary, has told the Guardian he doesn’t have “a shred of doubt” that incoming prime minister, Andy Burnham, will ensure the military gets the resources it needs. Jarvis, whose donors include Labour Together millionaires and recruitment firms PSD and Odgers Berndtson (who are linked to private healthcare), says he is confident the PM-in-waiting “values national security”. He said: What I absolutely will want to see is that in the next spending review we commit the resources to evidence the trajectory to 3.5% [of GDP]. I’ve known Andy for a very long time, and I have not…

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Future PM Burnham already upsetting some in Scotland, Wales

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Future PM Burnham already upsetting some in Scotland, Wales

Andy Burnham PM has already upset millions across Scotland and Wales before he steps into Downing Street (figuratively, at least, since he apparently plans to live elsewhere). With his various pronouncements, as he tries to convince the people of Britain that he plans on “doing politics differently” from all the predecessors who promised the same, he’s forgotten some key areas. Enough BurnhamPM ‘polemics’ Firstly, BurnhamPM made the egregious error of referring to the nations of Scotland and Wales as “the regions.” Wales’ governing party Plaid Cymru directly called Burnham out online, stating: But Wales isn’t a region, we’re a country. In…

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Future PM Burnham already upsetting some in Scotland, Wales

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Future PM Burnham already upsetting some in Scotland, Wales

Andy Burnham PM has already upset millions across Scotland and Wales before he steps into Downing Street (figuratively, at least, since he apparently plans to live elsewhere). With his various pronouncements, as he tries to convince the people of Britain that he plans on “doing politics differently” from all the predecessors who promised the same, he’s forgotten some key areas. Enough BurnhamPM ‘polemics’ Firstly, BurnhamPM made the egregious error of referring to the nations of Scotland and Wales as “the regions.” Wales’ governing party Plaid Cymru directly called Burnham out online, stating: But Wales isn’t a region, we’re a country. In…

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‘Don’t burn em’ Burnham!’ campaigners protest new oil outside parliament

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‘Don’t burn em’ Burnham!’ campaigners protest new oil outside parliament

Campaigners from Fossil Free London challenged prime minister elect Andy Burnham in a protest outside parliament on 2 July. Uncertainty lingers over whether he will approve the Rosebank and Jackdaw North Sea oil fields once he enters No.10. People held flame cut-outs and stood behind a banner reading ‘Fossil Fuels? Andy, Don’t Burn ’em!’. Others held placards that read ‘Stop Rosebank’, ‘Stop Jackdaw’ and ‘Stop North Sea Drilling’. The Burnham protest comes just after the UK endured a record-breaking heatwave. It closed hundreds of schools, as this June became the hottest the UK has ever seen. Scientists stress this extreme heat…

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Labour MPs set out plan to try and push Andy Burnham leftwards

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Labour MPs set out plan to try and push Andy Burnham leftwards

The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs believes that changing the party’s leader isn’t enough. Instead, it is trying to encourage Andy Burnham (or whoever else becomes the next Labour leader) to pull the party back towards more left-wing positions. In a statement, the MPs criticised the dominant Labour right for ‘chasing Reform voters‘ with right-wing positions. The small minority of 24 left-leaning Labour MPs want “immediate bold steps” that understand the “deep structural changes” Labour should be pushing to “reverse over forty years of neoliberalism“. MP Ian Byrne shared an image of the key changes the Socialist Campaign Group are…

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Useless Burnham has sacked off renationalisation

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Useless Burnham has sacked off renationalisation

When Andy Burnham unveiled his plan to run in the Makerfield by-election, the establishment media claimed he would renationalise utilities. Because we actually listened to what he was saying, we knew this wasn’t the case, and we pointed it out. Burnham himself disagreed with our assessment that he had no plan to end the privatisation nightmare. Now, Burnham has made it clear; his Labour government will not offer anything besides half measures: Andy Burnham confirming he won't take our key infrastructure back into public ownership. pic.twitter.com/LjibtBuEdL — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 29, 2026 Burnham sets out victory for the fat cats…

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Andy Burnham was funded by director of Gaza genocide-linked arms firm

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Andy Burnham was funded by director of Gaza genocide-linked arms firm

Any illusions of Labour Party “change” under Andy Burnham were dispelled last week when he appointed lobbyist, Blairite minister, ex-Labour Friends of Israel chair, and Peter Mandelson’s “boy” James Purnell as his chief of staff. The line from Team Burnham is that Purnell has cut all ties with Flint Global, the lobbying firm he led and held shares in until last week. But it seems that the firm has a history when it comes to conflicts of interest. Flint Global Flint Global’s current Defence Advisory Practice lead, James Clark, was previously outed as being a co-founder of the All Party Parliamentary…

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Polanski warns Burnham is kicking the can down the road

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Polanski warns Burnham is kicking the can down the road

On Monday 29 June, Andy Burnham finally gave us a fleshed out idea of what he has planned for the country. The answer – essentially – was more of the same. And while he is proposing a few actual changes, they won’t scratch the surface of the massive problems facing us. One person to recognise this was Zack Polanski, who said the following: The can doesn't need to kicked down the road, again. People have had enough of tinkering around the edges. Bold changes now. We are in crisis. Rent controls, wealth taxes, public ownership of what is ours. Real change.…

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Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank reminds Burnham he works for them

Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank reminds Burnham he works for them

A shady right-wing think tank is reminding Andy Burnham who he really answers to. The Centre for Social Justice is calling on ‘Labour’s incumbent Prime Minister’ to ‘grasp the nettle of welfare reform’. Whatever that means. The CSJ is making a big hoo-ha of the fact that there have been half a million more ‘out of-work’ benefit claimants for each Prime Minister that’s lost their job since 2019. Or to put it in terms that aren’t highly sensationalist, an increase of 2.7 million. Think tank’s figures as murky as them And it didn’t take long for them to start shitting on…

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Faiza Shaheen tells Burnham: abandon Israel to win back voters

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Faiza Shaheen tells Burnham: abandon Israel to win back voters

Former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen has told Andy Burnham what he needs to do if he’s to win back the voters Keir Starmer drove away: #politicslondon asks, how can Labour win back lost voters?@faizashaheen: Build council houses. Make people materially better off through policies like free school meals. End arms sales to Israel. pic.twitter.com/sErsFewDoh — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 28, 2026 It’s a lesson many in the Labour Party don’t want to hear. But one way or another, they will learn it. Faiza Shaheen Shaheen stood as an independent in the 2024 general election after Labour blocked her from standing. She…

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The Burnham Coup

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The Burnham Coup

Without so much as a leadership contest, it is becoming clear that Andy Burnham will be Prime Minister within weeks. Substantive change to the Labour Party machine, however, is a distant dream. Indeed, Burnham is acting as if he already has the keys to No. 10. Burnham’s chief of staff We now know that his chief of staff will be James Purnell, an ex-chair of Labour Friends of Israel. In 2002, Purnell was hosted by the Israeli state in Tel Aviv. Now, he will be the most senior adviser in the British government. The lobby group was one of the first…

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Polanski says Burnham must dump Israel, and recognise genocide, for Greens’ help

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Polanski says Burnham must dump Israel, and recognise genocide, for Greens’ help

Green party leader Zack Polanski has given presumptive new Labour leader and PM Andy Burnham an ultimatum over Israel. Polanski, Britain’s only Jewish party leader, has said that Burnham must dump Israel and recognise the Gaza genocide — anything less is a red line. In remarks after a university speech, the Green party leader said that Burnham’s apparent multiple personalities over key issues was a problem. Some versions would be a natural partner for the Greens, while others would be impossible — and the early signs are worsening: We genuinely don’t know which version of Andy Burnham turns up. I can see…

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Burnham hands cruel ex-DWP Minister the keys to No. 10

Burnham hands cruel ex-DWP Minister the keys to No. 10

Andy Burnham is already making moves on Downing Street, starting with appointing a chief of staff. The newly elected Makerfield MP has essentially handed the keys of no 10 to James Purnell. Friend of Israel and right-wing lobbyist As the Canary has already reported, Purnell was the chairperson of the lobby group, Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). He was also, until recently, the chief executive of lobby group Flint Global, which counts BP, Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover and Uber among its clients. Flint has also previously advised Thames Water.  As Ranjan Balakumaran said: This appointment exposes the absolute hypocrisy behind Burnham’s…

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Media scrutiny of Burnham just hit a new low

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Media scrutiny of Burnham just hit a new low

Andy Burnham is set to become the UK prime minister despite us having no idea how he intends to administer us. Given this, every journalist who gets within spitting distance should be demanding to know what the plan is. Instead, we’re getting sh*te like this: I asked in our video on #PMQs what Andy Burnham might have thought of being called ‘a pair of eyelashes & a black t-shirt’. We have our answer @IzzyLosseff https://t.co/rWcTm9meIF — Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) June 24, 2026 We are not a serious country For clarity’s sake, the above video features a coquettish Burnham saying: It’s dark…

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Trump doesn’t like Burnham, and Burnham doesn’t like…..well TBD

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Trump doesn’t like Burnham, and Burnham doesn’t like…..well TBD

According to Donald Trump, likely Labour leadership replacement Andy Burnham is a signal that “the UK is dying”. As far as we’re concerned, that’s the biggest vote of confidence the newly-minted Makerfield MP has gotten so far. The US dictator made his first public comments on Burnham on 24 June, during a meeting with NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte. When asked what he knew of the former Manchester mayor, Trump said: I don’t know, I think I see that he was, I guess, the mayor of a town. England’s second city, but we guess that doesn’t mean much when you consider yourself…

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Polanski brands Burnham a ‘Blair tribute act’

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Polanski brands Burnham a ‘Blair tribute act’

Andy Burnham appears set to take over from the outgoing Keir Starmer – but Zack Polanski has some questions. Of course, Starmer stepping aside means Burnham is set to become the country’s leader without proper scrutiny of what he has planned or how he intends to deliver it. While Burnham’s own words on this remain contradictory, we are starting to get an idea of what his government will look like. And Zack Polanski has responded as follows: NEW: Zack Polanski has accused Andy Burnham of a being a "Blair tribute act" over his move to hire top lobbyist and New Labour…

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Burnham says “we under tax wealth” but will he do anything about it?

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Burnham says “we under tax wealth” but will he do anything about it?

Tax Justice UK have posted a video filmed in November, challenging the newly elected Makerfield MP and likely-PM Andy Burnham on his position on wealth taxes. This comes as Burnham looks likely to take the top job of PM, leading many to pay attention to whether he sticks by his prior commitments. At the time, Andy Burnham seemed to recognise the unfairness of a system that taxes work heavily while allowing many of the wealthiest to pay less than ordinary workers. He notably said: We under tax wealth. If you take something as simple as council tax, people here [Manchester city…

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Polanski challenges Andy Burnham on 3 key questions

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Polanski challenges Andy Burnham on 3 key questions

Green leader Zack Polanski has asked the uninspiring Andy Burnham three key questions as he hopes to take over from callous corporate lackey Keir Starmer as prime minister. Polanski’s three questions for Burnham The questions Polanski hopes the new Labour MP for Makerfield will answer are: Are you willing to tax wealth fairly? Are you willing to bring our water companies and public services into nationalisation and public ownership? And are you willing to bring in proportional representation so we can have a fair voting system and a better politics that represents everybody? But Polanski doesn’t think Burnham has been at…

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Burnham runs scared as fox stunt exposes Labour’s hunting betrayal

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Burnham runs scared as fox stunt exposes Labour’s hunting betrayal

Protect the Wild activist, Robert Pownall, stood fully dressed up as a fox, next to a “cold” Andy Burnham last week. The Makerfield by-election was crashed by the crafty creature, as he stood to expose how the Labour party is betraying the lives of millions of animals in the UK. Pownall stood on the stage as an independent candidate to confront Burnham, the projected new leader of Labour, face to face on his party’s failure to protect our wildlife. Burnham prefers curating perfection over conservation Of course, the mainstream media all but ignored Pownall, save for a few snapshots of him…

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