Friday, 19 June 2026

Bye Bye Keir

Keir Starmer must be feeling a bit giddy today because Andy Burnham has completed the first step of his journey towards turfing him out and moving his furniture in 10 Downing Street.
The hardest bit done, he know has to find 81 MP's to back him which he already has and win the leadership contest which seems like a foregone conclusion because it is hard to see Starmer emerging from this with the keys to the Black Door still in his pocket.
My problem was Starmer was always that he wasn't Labour enough and Burnham is making big promises to warm all Socialists hearts such as gradually Nationalising water, energy and transport and a massive program of affordable housing.
To say that since they gained power the Labour Party has been a disappointment is an under statement and the latest YouGov poll showed that 37% of the country think there should be a change at the top of Government and we may just get our wish.
I get that after 14 years of ideological right wing nonsense from the Conservatives there was a lot to fix, the inherited economy was dreadful and the services so hollowed out by cuts and austerity that it was never going to be a quick fix and STarmer has done some good things with closer ties to the EU and the recent Social Media ban for under 16's  but otherwise we were heading towards wasting the opportunity to actually do something.
Unfortunately for Starmer, he will be remembered as that guy who led the Labour Party into power after 14 years and then piddled it all away doing very little when he finally got in and then got replaced.   
Labour is a Socialist Party, it should act like it and under Burnham, we can only hope it does.

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