Burnham ‘would make better PM than Starmer’
Voters believe that Andy Burnham would do a better job than Sir Keir Starmer in tackling almost every challenge facing Britain.
Mr Burnham, the Greater Manchester Mayor, was judged to be better placed to handle matters such as taxation, pensions and welfare and the cost of living crisis, polling for The Telegraph found.
He also scored better on managing immigration, crime, the NHS, the environment, housing policy and culture-war issues such as gender identity.
There are many things a chap could say about this leap in the dark. One is the obvious problem that Burnham isn't an MP.
Voters believe that Andy Burnham would do a better job than Sir Keir Starmer in tackling almost every challenge facing Britain.
Mr Burnham, the Greater Manchester Mayor, was judged to be better placed to handle matters such as taxation, pensions and welfare and the cost of living crisis, polling for The Telegraph found.
He also scored better on managing immigration, crime, the NHS, the environment, housing policy and culture-war issues such as gender identity.
There are many things a chap could say about this leap in the dark. One is the obvious problem that Burnham isn't an MP.
If he becomes an MP then another problem is that he'd have to become a Labour MP with all the baggage this entails.
A third problem is that he's Andy Burnham with a lack of relevant experience senior Labour politicians usually bring to their roles.
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Is there such a thing as a Safe LabourSeat for him to win?
I think my neighbours cat would make a better job than Starmer.
Pretty much anyone or anything would do a better job than Starmer
dearieme - I hope there is a deceptively safe seat which he manages to lose. What fun that would be.
John - better than Burnham too I expect.
Bucko - I agree, I have a log in the log store which would be quite suitable.
It's easy to criticise voters' beliefs but in the end they (and we) can only choose between the options available. So in a similar retrospective analysis many voters chose to 'vote against' the Conservatives in the last General Election, and the consequences have been dire. So 'voting against' Keir Stumbler could also generate unforeseen consequences.
I have chosen (for 2026) to pay much less attention to the inner workings of the Labour Party and far more attention on the alternative parties available... but I suspect we are all limited by the alternatives available.
DJ - to some degree parties are what voters make them and to my mind voters are far too loyal and do too little analysis. I'm aiming to focus more on candidate experience, but then I wouldn't vote for a Labour, Lib Dem, Green or Tory candidate anyway because of their party.
Alternative parties it is then.
I would consider the Monster Raving Loony Party as a voting alternative, but it appears they are already in government.
Penseivat
I have found it increasingly difficult to find anything outstanding in the Monster Raving Loony Party manifesto because the other parties have used all the lunacy available at the moment.
Similarly I notice
Penseivat and DJ - good point, other party names are deceptive in that respect.
Labour doesn't labour, Conservatives aren't conservative, Lib Dems aren't liberal or democratic and Greens are mad.
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