"I will not walk away" Unlike Starmer, I shed no tears at his downfall. He accepts the decision with good grace, he said. But he didn’t. He whinged. His speech was an embarrassing string of self-exculpatory, delusional nonsense. He didn’t get it. He never did get it. Why did he think that the decision to lie to the Labour Party membership in the leadership election was ethical, moral, responsible? Or did he merely do what he was told by Morgan McSweeney and the Labour Together faction?
In his farewell speech, he mentioned many things of which he was ‘proud’. They were all fairly nebulous - “restoring Britain’s reputation in the world”. That kind of thing. So it’s worth remembering what he did do.
He stole my Labour Party.
He purged people like Dianne Abbott, Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn.
He fired Rebecca Long-Bailey who had stood against him.
He prevented Faiza Shaheen from standing as a Labour candidate.
He parachuted the likes of Luke Akehurst into safe seats.
He colluded with the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
He suspended seven MPs for voting against the child benefit cap, an act which he subsequently claimed to be his proudest achievement.
He cut the winter fuel allowance for pensioners.
He kow-towed to Trump.
He sent out Jacqui Smith as his spokesperson. Yes, her. For Christ’s sake.
And I could go on and on. I suppose we should be grateful that he isn’t.
When he was first elected leader of the Labour Party, and then again when he was elected prime minister, I was accused by many of negativity. I didn’t give him a chance.
I have no great expectations of Any Burnham. A new Chancellor perhaps, a different wrapping for the same product.
Don't forget, the man who enabled Burnham's candidature in Makerfield is the man who was McSweeney's partner in crrime at Labour Together.
Here we go again.
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