In one line: he spent six years alienating the people who were desperate for reasons to support him, to chase the people who would always find reasons not to.
“Farage's whole political strategy was pulling parties to the right. Lowe is now using the same strategy against Farage” @robfordmancs.bsky.social says
Reform pitching right could hurt Farage by "motivating anti-Reform voters" to do whatever it takes to stop him winning
The stakes are high.
If Burnham fails, we could well get Reform.
Anyone still advocating for a failed Starmerite McSweeneyite triangulation strategy aimed at Red Wall anti-immigration voters should frankly be suppressed as harshly as the left of the party were.
This isn't about reconciliation.
And apparently the UK shouldn’t have PR because First Past The Post leads to more stable governments.
OMG why is this damn platform not banned?! How bad does it need to get?!
'The SSP achieved something no other left-wing breakaway party in Scotland had achieved in last 50 years: namely, getting their candidates elected under their own banner, rather than relying upon defections from other parties.'
Professor Gregor Gall, via The National
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Andy Burnham once stated he didn’t understand why Cornwall and Devon don’t have a joint mayor. Which goes to show how little he understands Cornwall.
Cornwall’s MPs will have to work extra hard to help him understand that the Cornish are a nation.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
📌 ICYMI — Revealed: The ‘Right-Wing Arms Race’ to Deport Non-White Britons – Backed By the Tufton Street Brexit Lobby — @nafeez.bsky.social
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/06/18/revealed-the-right-wing-arms-race-to-deport-non-white-britons-backed-by-the-tufton-street-brexit-lobby
Former Tory MP boasts about another former Tory MP removing plans implemented when Tory MP was MP.