Burnham goes off the boil After a month of frenetic activity, this was the week when Andy Burnham’s new government began to encounter something rather less exciting than political momentum: governing. Reform UK returned to the polling lead with the YouGov voting intention poll based on 16th-17th August data, which placed Reform UK on 24%,…
There are few more dramatic backdrops than the White Cliffs of Dover. They have become the visual shorthand for Britain’s immigration debate. Standing there this morning, the Prime Minister promised to take stopping the boats seriously, because he understood that the public took it seriously too. There’s a case for saying that Shadow Home Secretary,…
Definitely better at Tik-Tok, not sure about “governmenting.” Every new Prime Minister inherits two jobs. One is to govern. The other is to convince the country that governing has already begun. Andy Burnham’s first week suggests that modern politics has become better at announcements, but worse at delivery. Following Andy Burnham’s coronation as King of…