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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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Labour applauds PM they just mercilessly sh*t canned

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Labour applauds PM they just mercilessly sh*t canned

So, Keir Starmer is stepping down as PM. And he’s doing so with a round of applause from the Labour MPs who just unceremoniously sacked him: Downing Street has just published a photo of the cabinet applauding Sir Keir Starmer at their final meeting this morning. pic.twitter.com/a1eXYGnmnY — Ben Bloch (@realBenBloch) July 15, 2026 We don’t think this latest display will enamour voters to Labour. Then again, they don’t seem to care about winning back public support. If they did, Andy Burnham wouldn’t be delivering continuity Starmerism. Clapped out Before we get into it, let’s remind ourselves what Labour MPs were…

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Manchester mayoral election — Greens slam ‘unserious’ Labour as Reform ‘go to war’

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Manchester mayoral election — Greens slam ‘unserious’ Labour as Reform ‘go to war’

The Green Party tells the Canary that Labour’s “contempt for Greater Manchester residents” is on full display as the mayoral election looms soon. The party slams Labour for failing to yet deliver a costed manifesto, saying that Greater Manchester voters need to know what they are voting for. It’s now just over two weeks until Greater Manchester goes to the polls on 30 July. Postal votes are already landing on doorsteps for the single most significant ongoing election in English politics outside of Westminster. But Labour’s candidate, Bev Craig, has failed to publish a manifesto yet. Even Reform UK, despite Clacton-caused…

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Cross-party MPs urge Labour to drop £330m Palantir NHS contract

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Cross-party MPs urge Labour to drop £330m Palantir NHS contract

Yet another parliamentary oversight committee has urged the Labour government to drop its multimillion-pound NHS contract with Palantir. The controversial firm’s contract is valued at £330 million. The health and social care select committee joins the science and technology committee in shunning Palantir. The latter stated the need for the government to find alternative technology partnerships in June. The allegedly war-criminal US spyware firm is steadily working into the UK’s National Health Service. It claims to provide streamlining technology and data services, but MPs cite “serious mistrust”. Critics accuse the notorious spy-tech company of enabling genocide in Palestine and powering ICE’s…

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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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Starmer issues apology on forced adoptions, but Labour still failing families

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Starmer issues apology on forced adoptions, but Labour still failing families

British prime minister Keir Starmer issued an apology on Thursday July 2 for the state’s role in forced adoptions over multiple decades. It rings hollow, however, given the man anti-poverty campaigners christened ‘Kid Starver’ continues to fail British families. Forced adoption is the practice of taking a child from parents without their full consent, and transferring that child to a foster family. The British state funded the system which between 1949 and 1976 resulted in the forced adoption of 185,000 children. It was often mothers who had given birth outside of marriage who were victims of the cruel practice. Social norms…

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Lesbian, gay, and bi support for Labour has ‘plunged’ after attack on trans rights

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Lesbian, gay, and bi support for Labour has ‘plunged’ after attack on trans rights

New polling from YouGov has shown that many lesbian, gay, and bi people have abandoned the Labour Party since the 2024 election: NEW | Following Labour's attacks on trans people, Labour support amongst lesbian/gay/bi Brits* has plunged Grn: 40% ( +23 ) Lab: 18% ( –24 ) Lib: 13% ( –3 ) Ref: 12% ( +4 ) Con: 8% ( –2 ) Via YouGov, 2 – 22 June (+/– vs GE24)––*Trans voters not surveyed pic.twitter.com/UhKxBognrc — Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) July 1, 2026 Labour let downs YouGov polled people by sexuality and gender. The results for heterosexual and not heterosexual were:…

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Labour overtake Reform in a national poll for first time since 2025

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Labour overtake Reform in a national poll for first time since 2025

In a further sign that the public is responding positively to Andy Burnham, Labour has topped Reform in a national poll for the first time since mid-2025: POLL | With Burnham, Labour LEAD Lab: 27% ( +4 ) Ref: 26% ( –1 ) Con: 19% ( –1 ) Grn: 11% ( –2 ) Lib: 11% ( – ) Poll: BMG Research, 23 – 24 June––(+/– vs standard voting intention) pic.twitter.com/FcysgjQIOk — Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) June 29, 2026 Can Burnham hold on to this lead? We’ve got serious doubts about that. But for now, things do seem to be shifting in…

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First Green on South Gloucestershire Council as Labour cabinet member defects

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First Green on South Gloucestershire Council as Labour cabinet member defects

Sean Rhodes, who has represented Kingswood since 2023, is now South Gloucestershire Council’s first Green Party councillor. Rhodes explained: As part of the South Glos Council administration, we have worked hard to improve the lives of residents in ever more difficult economic circumstances but the Labour government have absolutely failed in their promise to bring positive change to our country. The decisions made by this Labour government are making things worse for working people, and now we see them going through the same political soap opera that the Conservatives did in their end days. The Green Party has a clear focus…

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Poll has Labour leading Greater Manchester mayor race

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Poll has Labour leading Greater Manchester mayor race

Polling has emerged for the Greater Manchester mayor race, and it shows that Labour is starting the by-election in poll position: Greater Manchester Mayor First Preference Voting Intention: LAB: 33.2% (-30.2) REF: 30.1% (+22.6) GRN: 12.3% (+5.4) CON: 11.1% (+0.7) LDEM: 7.6% (+2.5) From FocusData / Hope Not HateFrom 22nd May – 5th JuneChanges with 2024 Mayoral Election — PolliticsUK (@PolliticsUK) June 25, 2026 All to play for The reason we’re having a Greater Manchester mayor by-election is because the old mayor – Andy Burnham – just became the MP for Makerfield. The reason he did that is because he wants…

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Polanski claims Burnham’s on the run as Labour literally retreats from Greens

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Polanski claims Burnham’s on the run as Labour literally retreats from Greens

On Wednesday 24 June, the Labour Party and Green Party simultaneously convened in Lambeth’s Agnes Riley Gardens, and Zack Polanski had something to say about it. These duelling rallies should have been a good opportunity for each side to demonstrate how much support they have. Things didn’t pan out that way, however, because the Labour side retreated from the field: Great rally this morning in Lambeth! Bizarre that Labour cancelled their rally an hour after I announced I was coming. Have they thrown in the towel already? Vote Green! https://t.co/1KnAdbnX0c — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) June 24, 2026 Polanski and ‘the Battle…

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Inside Labour Together’s secret battle against Jeremy Corbyn

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Inside Labour Together’s secret battle against Jeremy Corbyn

Newly released documents reveal the inner workings of Labour Together and its role in covertly undermining Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party. The documents were disclosed to Corbyn in response to a subject access request. They contain emails from Labour Together’s two key figures Morgan McSweeney and Josh Simons. McSweeney went on to be Keir Starmer’s chief of staff while Simons became a cabinet minister until he resigned following revelations that he had hired a reputation management firm to “proactively undermine” journalistic investigations into Labour Together, McSweeney and Sir Keir Starmer.  Simons subsequently vacated his Makerfield constituency seat for Andy…

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Bartley sums up why voters abandoned Labour for the Greens

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Bartley sums up why voters abandoned Labour for the Greens

Speaking on Politics London, former Greens co-leader Jonathan Bartley summed up why voters abandoned Labour: Jonathan Bartley: "Green voters.. want nationalisation.. they want whats happened in Gaza to be called out as genocide.. they want fresh economic thinking.. is there going to actually be any change with Burnham?" #politicslondon pic.twitter.com/NpipCehDHb — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 21, 2026 Greens — What voters want Bartley was the co-leader of the Green Party from 2016 to 2021. In that time, he co-led with Caroline Lucas and Sîan Berry. When asked what’s “best for London right now?”, Bartley responded: Definitely not Keir Starmer. Definitely, I think,…

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Polanski say it’s Greens VS Labour in Manchester Mayor race

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Polanski say it’s Greens VS Labour in Manchester Mayor race

Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election, and that means Labour now has two new races to run: the first is for the position of Labour leader, and the second is for the mayor of Greater Manchester. The first will be restricted to Labour MPs, obviously, but the second will be open to any candidate who can raise the deposit. Such candidates may want to think twice before putting the money down, however, as the Greens are confident it’s going to be a two-horse race between them and Labour: We said it was Greens vs Reform in Gorton and Denton, and…

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Polanski calls out Labour plan for ‘more gambling, more addiction, more devastation’

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Polanski calls out Labour plan for ‘more gambling, more addiction, more devastation’

Labour’s gambling minister has said she’d like to see the industry “grow.” This provoked criticism, because the gambling sector has profited by preying on those who are most vulnerable to addiction. Among said critics is Green Party leader, Zack Polanski: Labour’s plan for growth More gambling, more addiction, more devastation to household finances. Utter shambles. pic.twitter.com/tCoQek9TdF — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) June 18, 2026 Growth Baroness Fiona Twycross made the comments in a Lords’ committee, where she said: It’s a regulated licensed sector we would like to see grow. Twycross was talking about it growing in opposition to the illegal gambling sector.…

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Labour MP boosts right-wing Green Party misinfo

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Labour MP boosts right-wing Green Party misinfo

On 17 June, the right-wing news account GB Politics claimed the following: NEW: Green party-led Bristol city council has banned residents from flying the England flag during the World Cup because its “making migrants feel uncomfortable” As it turned out, this wasn’t true. But that didn’t stop a Labour MP from spreading the misinformation to his followers: This is silly and offensive. Been proudly wearing #England’s flag today https://t.co/leFEAgm5Im pic.twitter.com/xGKfRYkDMV — Adam Jogee MP (@AJogee) June 17, 2026 Oh, and the guy has turned off his replies too, because of course he has. Labour England pin w*nker GB Politics is reporting on…

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

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

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…

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Unison gen-sec: Labour is ushering in fascist Reform UK

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Unison gen-sec: Labour is ushering in fascist Reform UK

Andrea Egan, who took over in January as general secretary of Unison, has said that the Starmer government is ushering far-right Reform UK into power. The comments come as Unison’s annual conference begins today. Left-winger Egan ousted Christine McAnea in a vote of Unison members. McAnea had long been accused of prioritising the Labour right’s manoeuvres over the interests and democracy of Unison members. This week’s conference is Egan’s first in her new role. In an interview with the BBC’s Iain Watson, she said that the union had been a “sleeping giant” that had been “subservient” to Starmer’s Labour for far…

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Sinister Labour MP wants to ‘finish the job’ on assisted dying

Sinister Labour MP wants to ‘finish the job’ on assisted dying

The Labour MP who has launched another attempt to rush assisted dying through parliament has urged the Lords to ‘finish the job’. Labour MP for Rochester and Strood Laura Edwards is attempting to push assisted dying through parliament again using dirty tricks. BREAKING: The Assisted Dying Bill will be reintroduced to Parliament next week by Labour MP Lauren Edwards pic.twitter.com/uzvJm5mIoR — Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) June 14, 2026 Dirty tricks again on assisted dying Under the Parliament Act, if the same bill is passed by MPs in two consecutive parliamentary sessions, peers have no power to stop it. While Lords can suggest amendments,…

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Labour pushing bill to legalise ‘dark money’ political bribery

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Labour pushing bill to legalise ‘dark money’ political bribery

Keir Starmer’s Labour party is trying to push a bill through Parliament that amounts to legalising bribery. Hollow corpse stuffed with cash Clause 60 of the Representation of the People bill will remove caps on political donations and de-couple donations from companies’ UK taxable profits. Starmer has already pulled murky political tricks to mask its passage so far. He is ignoring almost all the recommendations of Labour’s own already-weak ‘Rycroft Review‘ into foreign political interference. UK state-corporate media are ignoring the bill. This video from the Canary explains: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Canary (@thecanaryuk) Starmer already…

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