Timestamps embedded in Andy Burnham’s leadership campaign site source code reveal his team set up the site on 6th May, even before the local election bloodbath that terminally damaged Starmer’s premiership. Obviously he knew which way the wind was blowing and wasn’t wasting any time…
It was also eight days before Josh Simons stood down to make way for Burnham’s candidacy in Makerfield. Which gives an idea of the timeline in the lead up to their pact.
The source code shows he previously considered “For the People” as his slogan, identical to the one used by Kamala Harris’s doomed presidential campaign. At least Burnham’s plot to grab the top job is likely to work…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”