๐จ NEW: Andy Burnham is expected to keep Rachel Reeves as Chancellor if he becomes PM
A Labour MP who lobbied for such said: "Itโs a done deal. The last thing Andy will want to do is spook the markets"
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objectively one of the funniest things to come from this by election is seeing new statesman journalists increasingly stumped on what "manchesterism" is, while Burnham grows increasingly vague on the concept. Ailbhe Rea's piece on it this week really highlights this.
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Britons are more likely to see Andy Burnham as competent, likeable and decisive than they did of Keir Starmer before he became prime minister
Andy Burnham
Competent: 43%
Likeable: 41%
Decisive: 39%
Trustworthy: 27%
Keir Starmer, June 2024
Competent: 38%
Likeable: 31%
Decisive: 26%
Trustworthy: 27%
"The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or for outdated methods on either side of industry!"
@Wilkism_ i used https://t.co/38PaHk34RY to make the parliament diagram and used svgtopng to convert it to png then used paint net to overlay the diagram onto the wikibox high res screenshot and cropped out the canddiate portraits to add my own
@Wilkism_ no you go to the "edit source" section then copy the actual wikibox and paste it into your sandbox page on Wikipedia (you just need an account) then i edited it there and used this https://t.co/U0A6NExgiy guide to screenshot it, then (1/2)
@Wilkism_ 1. the pod here is that Macmillan doesn't resign and i think he was too tied to the tory sleaze and corruption at the time to bounce back electorally like home did
2. cuz i couldnt bear to see the big h get landslided :(
@thelastbluedog@EarthoOS in 2022 they must have genuinely just been hating for the love of the game because he only seemed to become controversial in 2024