He thinks he’s reinvented politics and Whitehall and Westminster in three weeks, with the same people who were there before.
The car crash will be seen from space
I'm imagining just how popular Starmer would be now if the same Labour PR machine now over promoting Burnham had got behind Keir, the best leader we had in years.
Instead Labour decided that he wasn't one of them, and so briefed against him.
He was head & shoulders above Burnham
So the new Chancellor Healey confirms that if the state pension is your only source of income, you will not pay income tax.
Of course Rachel Reeves made that decision last year. So it’s not a new Burnham government decision. Reckon fair bit of this is going to go on.
Look, hate to say this, but it is becoming rather obvious that Burnham simply isn’t Prime Ministerial material.
He’s a jolly populist - a nice chap to all intents and purposes.
Great. Lovely.
But we don’t need that.
We need, and had, a serious politician in Starmer.
Burnham and his co-conspirators undermined that. Destroyed it.
Please tell me I’m not the only one to see this?
It’s all going to go horribly wrong, and very soon.
@UKLabour have learned absolutely fucking nothing.
They are a bunch of blithering idiots.
I wouldn’t necessarily care if it wasn’t the future of this country at stake.
@andyburnham
Who chairs a COBRA meeting if Andy Burnham, the PM, is in Manchester?
It's an emergency response committee convened by the Prime Minister in Whitehall to coordinate the government's response to national crises, terrorist attacks, etc.
Its all beginning to look very messy indeed.
Does the US President have a ‘White House West’ in LA?
Does the French President have an ‘Élysée Palace sur la mer’ in Nice?
How can Andy Burnham justify spending millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on his vanity project of No. 10 North?
This is Burnham madness. He insists on flying to Manchester No10 in the government’s biggest plane at a cost of £30,000. Why not take the train like everybody else?
A valid point made by a follower.
Andy Burnham.
Has got No10 North up and running in 3 days.
Obviously.
This has obviously been in the planning for quite some time.
Burnham’s No10 doubles down on his use of official jet to travel to No10 North in Manchester from Glasgow this morning
If he continues to fly weekly to No10 North on GBNI it will cost about £10 million / year, up to £30 million to taxpayers before the next election
EXC: Burnham flew to his first day at No10 North on Prime Ministerial jet GBNI, an Airbus A321. This would have cost around £30,000 for taxpayers
He landed in Manchester at 0957 so has been ‘working from No10 North’ office for less than an hour
https://t.co/d6vIhAw2jS
If you’re just waking up and haven’t caught the news yet…
Reform UK lost two council by-elections to Labour last night in Thurrock.
I know Zia Yusuf and Nigel Farage won’t be tweeting about this one, so just making sure you’re all aware 😂😂😂
Fact check.
In January 2026, @Keir_Starmer announced a support package for pubs and live music venues, including:
A 15% discount on business rates bills from April 2026, on top of earlier support.
A two‑year real‑terms freeze on pub bills.
So, is @andyburnham selling a 5% discount as a 20% or is he adding a 20% discount on the existing 15% bringing it to a 35% discount?
It seems like it’s the second. If so, why adding an extra discount on a category that was already benefiting of one when there’s plenty of business struggling in the Uk?
Could it be because message of Starmer’s cut had been hardly mentioned by the press despite being popular, while for Burnham, it sounded like the perfect horse to ride?
I’ve got to admit, following Burnham’s undoubted coup, I’ve rather lost faith.
I know I said I would give him space, but so far I’m not overly impressed.
I think he just wanted the hat.
Am I alone?
@UKLabour@andyburnham