Andy Burnham is a surprise fan of cryptocurrency and Web3. Every cloud…
The Manchester mayor gave a gushing nine-minute speech at an event held by Stand With Crypto and the Manchester Blockchain Alliance last year in which he said: “If this is about economic progress and social progress — I’m in.” He also gave a gushing interview the next day about how great crypto is…
He said: “Web3 could be the democratisation of it all.” At another point he said: “Manchester was the home of the Industrial Revolution. Let’s make it the home of the web3 revolution” and pledged to “work with you to make this the web3 powerhouse that we want it to be.” The Manchester Mayor told a room of 100 crypto founders: “I’m in. I’m bought in. What you’re doing is what Manchester is all about.” Starmer’s Labour has, meanwhile, taken steps to shut down crypto in the UK…
Labour MPs are usually rabidly opposed to decentralised finance, because they want to exercise control over Brits’ bank accounts. They’ll have to change tack under Crypto Andy’s regime…
Someone tell Sam Tarry…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”