Labour Needs a Leadership Showdown to Properly Assess Andy Burnham and Prevent a Crisis

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KEIR Starmer entered Downing Street less than two years ago insisting he would end the chaos of five Prime Ministers being forced out inside a decade.

Today no-one — least of all — believes

Andy Burnham has no plan for any of the three major problems this country faces Credit: Reuters Sir Keir Starmer and his Chancellor squandered the public’s goodwill almost from day one Credit: AP

The US President yesterday blamed failures over and Net Zero for Sir Keir’s demise.

In truth, the terminal mess the PM has found himself in runs much deeper.

The British people trusted Labour with a thumping landslide victory in July 2024.

Yet Starmer and his Chancellor squandered that goodwill almost from day one.

But what comes next could be even worse. Ministers and Labour MPs seem desperate for a quick coronation of as Prime Minister.

But what really qualifies him for a job of this magnitude? Burnham has NO plan for any of the three major problems this country faces: welfare, immigration and Net Zero.

He has NO mandate for his programme of using taxpayers’ cash to nationalise , water and much else. Besides, unless he’s willing to slash public spending there’s NO money for this fantasy stuff anyway.

He performed so many U-turns during the Makerfield by-election that voters can hardly be sure what he stands for.

Can voters really imagine Burnham on the world stage where being a master of a 30-second video is no match for international diplomacy?

Will Donald Trump or the slippery powerbrokers of Brussels fall for his chips ’n’ gravy routine, or eat him alive?

Inexperienced Burnham has been entirely absent from Westminster since 2015 and didn’t stand on the manifesto Labour won on in 2024.

At least and — who both became PM after was toppled — had some claim to legitimacy, having served in senior ministerial roles at the time of the election.

Crucially, Burnham’s economic socialism means the markets are already watching nervously.

Even the unions fear the prospect of Red being his Chancellor.

The should at the very least hold a leadership contest to test Burnham properly.

A stitch-up that installs a man without a plan is a disaster waiting to happen.

Maybe….

NOEL Gallagher knows all about creating magical moments.

Thousands of supporters singing Wonderwall after the win against Croatia moved to tears.

says it was one of his greatest moments wearing the Three Lions shirt.

Now and propel to more glory tomorrow.

As he almost wrote, Tuesday is be the day…