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Starmer and Burnham are two sides of the same coin

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:22 June 2026
Post last modified:23 June 2026

Keir Starmer has finally accepted defeat as he gave a speech stepping down as Labour leader. During his teary speech at the podium outside No.10, Starmer praised how he got rid of the antisemitism which had apparently plagued the party before he took the reins. He said his administration defied the odds, claiming: That we were consigned to history, that a majority at the general election, let alone a landslide majority, was impossible. But we proved those people wrong because we changed our party. Ripping out the poison of antisemitism, restoring trust on the economy, defence, and national security. However, the…

Burnham proposes land value tax as progressive voters sour on him

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:21 June 2026
Post last modified:21 June 2026

Speaking to Andrew Marr, Andy Burnham has suggested he wants to introduce wealth taxes in the UK: I'm no fan of Andy, but a land value tax is fucking based. https://t.co/AxK7i70YSt — Curtis Daly (@CurtisDaly_) June 20, 2026 If he delivers on this, it would be a more progressive direction for Labour than what we got under Keir Starmer. And there’s reason for Andy Burnham to talk up such policies, because the signs are that progressive voters are already losing patience with him. Andy Burnham — Wealth taxes Speaking to Marr, Burnham said: I think in this country we overtax labor…

Starmer’s secret Burnham attack plan leaks

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:20 June 2026
Post last modified:20 June 2026

Seemingly oblivious to reality, Keir Starmer has said he will fight against Andy Burnham in a leadership challenge. We say ‘oblivious’, because Starmer is one of the most unpopular PMs in history, and Burnham just smashed Reform in a by-election despite Farage’s party leading the polls for over a year. Should Starmer defend himself, we now know roughly what he has planned: NEW: A leaked No 10 document shows how Keir Starmer plans to stop Andy Burnham becoming PM “Andy Burnham hasn’t faced any real scrutiny yet. A true contest would likely see his support wane” [@Guardian] pic.twitter.com/Oq5TmYZp1E — Politics UK…

Tapp fires pro-Israel criticism at Burnham

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

Israel fanatic Labour MP Mike Tapp appears to have attempted to fire a Starmeroid ‘shot across the bows’ of new Makerfield MP Andy Burnham. Of course, being pro-Israel and Starmeroid, it’s grossly hypocritical as well as awful. Tapp told the BBC this morning that if Burnham or anyone else tries to challenge Keir Starmer, they would face pressure to stick closely to Starmer’s model of government. That means war on UK freedoms to protect Israel, along with cuts, privatisation and attempts to outdo fascist Reform on racial incitement. But Tapp framed it as not going “too far from [Labour’s 2024 general…

Burnham caught in yet another lie raising more concern that he is just another Starmer

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election, leaving many in the constituency and beyond breathing a sigh of relief that bigoted, abuse-justifying Reform UK didn’t take the seat. However, this does not mean we are out of woods when it comes to politicians who lie, manipulate, and exploit British people to inflate their own egos and amass power. The latest lie to add to the pile was made during his acceptance speech, when he said: I always knew one day I would seek to go back to Westminster to complete that unfinished business. As an aspiring law student, I attended Burnham’s…

The more scrutiny Andy Burnham faces, the less popular he gets

Post author:Ed Sykes
Post published:17 June 2026
Post last modified:17 June 2026

The Makerfield by-election has got people around the country talking about Andy Burnham again. And a new poll has shown that, with increasing scrutiny, he’s become a lot less popular. We reckon that’s because he represents the same kind of fence-sitting, corporate politics that gave the UK Keir Starmer. Unsurprising popularity dive Voters tend to view most politicians unfavourably, overall. But Andy Burnham was a rare case before the by-election campaign. Because there were actually more people who viewed him favourably. That has quickly changed in recent weeks, though, with YouGov reporting that his: favourability has declined markedly over the past…

Watch: Labour MP asked to name a single Burnham policy — and fails

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:17 June 2026
Post last modified:18 June 2026

Labour’s Manchester Rusholme MP Afzal Khan is on the campaign trail for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election. Voters go to the polls tomorrow, 18 June 2026. The Canary asked him to name a policy that Burnham supports — and got a lot of waffle in return. Labour — U-Turnham? In fact, Khan seemed unable — or perhaps unwilling — to mention any policy that Burnham stands for. But he’s sure that Burnham “has views on the policies” and that “the policies will be there”. This quandary likely stems from the fact that any time Burnham has been associated with a…

Count Binface Makerfield manifesto would stitch up Burnham

Post author:John Ranson
Post published:4 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Count Binface is among the candidates for the Makerfield by-election. So voters will have at least one coherent manifesto to ponder. UK politics has a long and rich tradition of electoral candidates who apparently exist in a different universe from everyone else. It’s how we ended up with Boris Johnson and Liz Truss as successive PMs. But aside from the utter deadbeats standing for allegedly serious parties, there’s the novelty candidate. The Official Monster Raving Loony Party pretty much wrote the book on this sort of thing. And its leader, Alan ‘Howlin’ Laud Hope, will be lining up alongside 13 others…

Burnham slams ‘desperate’ Farage over vile AI slop-post

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:31 May 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

On 30 May, Nigel Farage posted the latest in a long line of dehumanising political ads. Reacting with more good humour than Farage deserved, Makerfield candidate Andy Burnham responded as follows: Are you getting desperate, lad? Maybe keep your crypto millions for something else. — Andy Burnham (@AndyBurnhamGM) May 30, 2026 Using refugees as pawns like this shows that Farage lacks any empathy whatsoever. And if he cares this little for the people who are most in need, we’ve got bad news for anyone deluded enough to think he cares about them. Nasty Nigel Farage later highlighted what he was talking…

Rumours swirl of an early election if Burnham wins

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:31 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Andy Burnham is running to become the MP for Makerfield, Wigan. As everyone knows, if Burnham wins, he’ll challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, becoming the PM if he succeeds. Given that Labour has a huge majority and the party doesn’t have to call an election until 2029, most assume he won’t go to the polls early. If rumours are to be believed, however, he might be eyeing one up: EXCL: Andy Burnham is considering holding a snap general election if he becomes PM.https://t.co/4vTIQ2oH5Y — Kate Ferguson (@kateferguson4) May 30, 2026 Wargaming The latest rumours comes from the Sun, and…

Burnham hits back at Blair’s complete disregard for dismal living standards in the UK

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Andy Burnham has finally hit back at Tony Blair’s thinly veiled criticism of his potential leadership of the Labour Party. Blair previously published a rambling article via his eponymous think tank, the Tony Blair Institute, detailing his belief in the so-called ‘radical centre‘. From what we can tell, that means private-sector deregulation, centering AI above all, slashing welfare and wages, and sucking up to Trump. Really radical, that lot. The section of Blair’s essay which reads as an attack on Burnham is this: the alternative which thinks the answer is moving even further left on taxes, spending and welfare, spun with…

Greens grassroots push back: Burnham is ‘not what we stand for’

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A Green Party membership coalition has hit back at senior party figures, urging the Greens to stand aside in the Makerfield by-election. Their letter‘s message is unambiguous: the grassroots will not be managed into irrelevance. Green grassroots hitting back at Burnham The Canary can reveal a letter signed by Green Party members, circulating in response to a joint statement from high-profile party figures including former co-leader Jonathan Bartley and ex-councillor Rupert Read. It calls on Zack Polanski to rule out stepping aside for Labour’s Andy Burnham in Makerfield. Over 120 members and counting have so far signed the open letter, launched…

Burnham slammed for saying he won’t renationalise Thames Water

Post author:Alf
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

It’s been widely reported that Andy Burnham wants to ‘renationalise’ vital public industries and utilities. This sounds good, because people hate privatisation, and they want the UK to once more own its own assets. The problem, of course, is that Burnham isn’t planning to renationalise anything, as he keeps admitting: Andy Burnham says we could have a "localised public control option" for Thames Water What does that mean? Who is in charge? Where do the profits go? We need nothing less than permanent PUBLIC OWNERSHIP of Thames Water with households, workers and anti sewage groups on the board pic.twitter.com/0s1OT1mMzz — Cat…

Shapeshifting Burnham ditches trans rights to panic-grab Reform votes

Post author:Antifabot
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Greater Manchester mayor and Makerfield by-election hopeful Andy Burnham has dumped his past defence of Trans people to protect his bid for Westminster, it seems. Journalist Alex Wickham has revealed that Burnham now backs the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) restrictions on single-sex spaces. This u-turn appears to be nothing but a transparent bid for Reform votes, something we could have predicted coming a mile off. NEW: Another Andy Burnham u-turn appeared designed at dropping his past positions to win Reform votes He says he supports the EHRC guidance on single sex spaces and the Supreme Court ruling Previously he…