The Burnham-backing pressure group Mainstream has published a 69-page document outlining how Burnham should ‘scale up Manchesterism nationally’. Oh boy…
The ‘highlights’:
Read the full document below:
Mainstream: The Productive State a Framework for Manchesterism by Guido Fawkes
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”