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Andy Burnham now officially Leader of Labour Party.

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ronib Fri 17-Jul-26 16:59:49

Another psychodrama and who cares?

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MaizieD Fri 17-Jul-26 16:43:49

Are we going to talk about his speech or rehash recent arguments?

I think he's made himself a real hostage to fortune.

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Mollygo Fri 17-Jul-26 16:08:54

Primrose53

Just saw a bit of his speech and sounds like he is going to make some big changes.

I still don’t get how he was only elected to Parliament a month ago but is going to become Prime Minister next week!

Quite easy. AB decided he wanted to be PM, established a route to do that via various others willingly stepping down or being coerced into doing so and there you are!

He wasn’t that keen on the PM swapping without a GE when it was Tories, but that’s politicians for you.

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Tuliptree Fri 17-Jul-26 15:58:57

Primrose53

Just saw a bit of his speech and sounds like he is going to make some big changes.

I still don’t get how he was only elected to Parliament a month ago but is going to become Prime Minister next week!

Quite easy to understand. KS resigned , AB stood for leadership, no one else did. Labour largest party so leader becomes PM. QED.

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Primrose53 Fri 17-Jul-26 13:24:38

Just saw a bit of his speech and sounds like he is going to make some big changes.

I still don’t get how he was only elected to Parliament a month ago but is going to become Prime Minister next week!

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