The local elections will be “challenging“: “It’s got to be a moment of reflection… I understand the real frustration people have got with politics and politicians. I honestly, I really understand that. And they’re right to say politics just hasn’t been working.”
Doesn’t rule out standing for Parliament again: “The politics we’ve pioneered as mayors: place first, not party first – that needs to go national, and so we do need to reform Westminster. I can’t remove the kind of feeling that someday I will try and go back. I’m not ruling it out…”. Here’s a reminder of every time he said he’s serve his full third term as mayor, whichends in May 2028…
Declines to back Starmer staying on beyond the locals, instead saying he merely deserves “credit” for some of the things he’s done. Is anyone surprised…
Meanwhile the Starmerites are briefing out threats to block Burnham’s return at any cost. The NEC elections in the summer will make it more difficult to pull the same defensive manoeuvres again…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”
