It isn’t that difficult to come up with noble thought; implementing them is a very different matter. Andy Burnham’s relentless pursuit of UK PM office is a very cautionary tale! He (Burnham) means well (as Starmer did in 2024/25), but…..

Few hours ago, MP Jess Phillips said she won her seat despite Starmer. Ok Jess. But you would just be another MP in opposition without Starmer. I am not suggesting Starmer is perfect, but I think he is definitely being treated unfairly right now. Now, it is possible that he didn’t listen to advice and that these MPs now lining up to see him gone, had spent months trying to help him; I wouldn’t know those details. But in light of what is publicly known, this is no way to do things. The pressure he’s being put under, to resign, is not right.

If Burnham’s been paying attention, he should know that what he must do, is sit down with the struggling communities (those folk who are wallowing in poverty), create jobs, new sectors, implement an immigration system that can recoup some cost from any migrant coming in via illegal means and implement measures that will make it less appealing to risk lives crossing the Channel. That’s all he needs to do. Slapping VAT on private schools and crucifying the middle class is no way level-up society; it simply drags everyone down!

Anyway, good luck to Burnham.

And goodluck to Starmer. I think he did try to do well.