Joshi Herrmann

Journalist up north. Founder of @millmediauk. Get the very best GM by-election/Burnham coverage by joining @manchestermill as a paying member.

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that many people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble.

I wrote this for @ManchesterMill - I hope it’s insightful and fair.

https://t.co/Vh6P57t40G

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

Could an ex-philosopher be the new Burnham?

Meet Geraldine Coggins. She's written a book on metaphysical nihilism, ran in every general election since 2015, and reshaped Trafford's politics as one of its first elected Green councillors. Now she has her eyes on the mayoralty.

[Luke Raikes @lukeraikes]

Really welcome this from @andyburnham

It will help ramp up public investment in regions and make a real visible difference to peoples lives.

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

Who really wins with supplementary voting? We've got the answers.

Our data guru @JoshHousden has built an interactive calculator to examine how the new voting system will shape the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election next month.

[Josh Housden @JoshHousden]

🟣 New article in @ManchesterMill

This time with an interactive tool for the upcoming mayoral election

Here's FocalData polling with 2nd preferences modelled...

Ofc, at this point in the campaign, 2nd preference flows are pretty much anyone's guess — so it's up to you!

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

🚨 We’re hiring a Senior Editor 🚨

We need an exceptional editorial leader - someone who can edit ambitious journalism, develop writers, and help shape the direction of one of the most exciting teams in British journalism.

[The Post @liverpoolpost]

🚨 We are looking for a Staff Writer to join our team in Liverpool 🚨

We’re looking for a fantastic writer who can capture what’s going on in the city and its wider region, and who can deliver really solid reporting that sets the agenda.

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

As Jen Williams writes in her excellent @FTMag profile: “It also feels disconcerting that, after a decade of covering Burnham, I am unsure what he might do in government.”

[Hugo Gye @HugoGye]

*Andy who?*

Britain is in decline, says @TheEconomist

Burnham brings hope - and skills Starmer does not have

He has some good ideas, and some worrying ones

Now he needs to rise to the moment (and face down his MPs)

Our leader this week: https://t.co/BU7o1vMzdc

[Tom McTague @TomMcTague]

Show me a better couple of covers than these. Gorgeous!

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

Trump was asked what he knows about @AndyBurnhamGM - the man who is likely to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - and he said "I see that he was, I guess, the mayor of a town" ... insightful stuff, sir.

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

There are 206 casinos dotting London's high streets. That's four times the number of Greggs and twice the number of Nandos.

How did they get so big? And why can't councils do anything about them?

Read @AndrewKersley's investigation

https://t.co/lzkqIgEGsH

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

A chief of staff doesn’t need to be totally ideologically aligned with a leader. Many good ones haven’t been.

But they are gatekeepers to the person at the top, and this looks….extremely bad.

[Financial Times @FT]

Top Andy Burnham adviser lobbied for Thames Water https://t.co/RGNnUD4MwC

[Laura Phillips 💙 @LauraPh222]

@JenWilliams_FT @joshi @katierazz @BBCRosAtkins on @AndyBurnhamGM’s media strategy USDAW on filming of its members. Carlos Barragan, @nytimes on romance fraud networks. As #BBC long wave closes Jeffrey Borinsky explains its place in broadcasting history. https://t.co/ouQHj2bSL3

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

@tianran @JenWilliams_FT Ooh look forward to reading Jen’s

[Randeep Ramesh @tianran]

worth re-reading @joshi great piece on Burnhamism https://t.co/5895uuR3fY in the light of @JenWilliams_FT excellent read https://t.co/CVrkH96N7P because in the light of the CoS appntmnt you have to wonder that the risk is that in Downing St, narration will no longer be enough

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

@lara_spirit Funnily enough Burnham’s longtime CoS in Manchester, Kevin Lee, was also working in private advisory before joining Team Burnham many years ago - clients included United Utilities.

But back then Burnham wasn’t promising to dismantle rentier capitalism.

https://t.co/LJouOitV3d

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

If like me you’re a bit sceptical about Burnham’s heart being in his new “ending 40 years of neoliberalism” thing, appointing a big Blairite as CoS is another clue.

Burnham wants to bring utilities under “public control”. Purnell advises water/energy firms on “regulatory risk”.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

EXCLUSIVE:

Andy Burnham is expected to appoint a former Blairite cabinet minister who is one of his oldest political allies as his chief of staff as he seeks to overhaul No 10

James Purnell, who served as pensions minister, culture secretary, and work and pensions secretary in the New Labour governments of Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is the frontrunner for the role, The Times has been told

He is said to be viewed by Burnham as a “serious figure” who is capable of implementing his radical plans to reform Downing Street and Whitehall

The pair, who entered parliament together in 2001, shared an office as novice Greater Manchester MPs, with Burnham representing Leigh and Purnell holding Stalybridge & Hyde

Burnham frequently joked that he was overlooked for broadcast interviews in favour of Purnell, who was educated in France and Surrey

Purnell is chief executive of Flint Global, a major PR and lobbying firm, a role that may present issues over potential conflicts of interest in government

https://t.co/e3qmp06x7W

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

In today’s State of It podcast, @lara_spirit says the unresolved chancellor pick “speaks to a big unanswered question” about the economic direction of a Burnham government.

If that’s still a question now, after years of wanting to be PM, it’s going to remain a question.

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

At the Institute for Government summer party where the talk here is that James Purnell could be Andy Burnham’s chief of staff….

… if he could accept the pay cut…