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I wouldn't fault Burnham's experience with being close to power, MP and cabinet positions throughout the Blair years, twice ran for Labour leadership, Mayor of one of the largest metros in the country, he's got a better CV than most politicians.

What I find more worrying is how his positions and ideology, much like Starmer, are much too fluid and changing with the times to get power, socialist when that makes sense, Blairite when that does, maybe he's vaguely on the soft left but his leadership campaigns didn't show it, in fact his second leadership campaign was part of the reason the Labour membership turned to someone more of their roots with Corbyn. Now he's the saviour and for some on the right, a radical. The lack of consistency will be a problem for setting out a direction and breaking from the country default of power-focused neoliberalism that is the reason nothing ever seems to change with who's in power.

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15 hours ago, Iz様 🌟 said:

I wouldn't fault Burnham's experience with being close to power, MP and cabinet positions throughout the Blair years, twice ran for Labour leadership, Mayor of one of the largest metros in the country, he's got a better CV than most politicians.

What I find more worrying is how his positions and ideology, much like Starmer, are much too fluid and changing with the times to get power, socialist when that makes sense, Blairite when that does, maybe he's vaguely on the soft left but his leadership campaigns didn't show it, in fact his second leadership campaign was part of the reason the Labour membership turned to someone more of their roots with Corbyn. Now he's the saviour and for some on the right, a radical. The lack of consistency will be a problem for setting out a direction and breaking from the country default of power-focused neoliberalism that is the reason nothing ever seems to change with who's in power.

Which is why his choice of chancellor will be a huge indicator of his direction. Milliband or Streeting?

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