Andy Burnham
Greater Manchester Mayor
- Siyasi22 May
Burnham says politics ‘needs new script’ and vows to change Labour if elected as Makerfield MP – as it happened
Andy Burnham talks up his local credentials and says: ‘This is not business as usual, this is not more of the same’ On transport, Burnham says “I like my buses” (they were taken back under public control in Greater Manchester in 2023) but he was woeful about the cost of rail journeys. £364 is the cost of an anytime return from Wigan North Western to London Euston. So how can people here connect with the capital and all of the opportunities it’s got, if they cannot afford those train fares? We need to use rail re-nationalisation to reduce those train fares and make them affordable to people again. Change to the economy, change to education, change to housing, change to transport, change to care, and yes, to make it all possible. Change to politics. Continue reading...
Burnham: Siyasetin Yeni Senaryoya İhtiyacı Var, Makerfield Milletvekili Seçilirse İşçi Partisi'ni Değiştireceğim ‘He’s a natural’: Andy Burnham’s allies give his social media style a thumbs up
Labour MPs and PR experts praise his refreshingly forthright approach that is a marked contrast to Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham’s fingers must be aching. Between pitching to become the MP for Makerfield, continuing in his day job as the mayor of Greater Manchester and going for his regular runs, Keir Starmer’s would-be challenger has also found enough time to reply to dozens of posts on social media. Since it became clear that Burnham planned to stand as a candidate in the Makerfield byelection last Thursday, allies have delighted in his snarky retorts on X, pointing to posts that combine humour with a passive-aggressive thumbs-up emoji as proof he is a natural, and refreshingly forthright, communicator. Continue reading...
Burnham'ın Sosyal Medyadaki Doğallığı Starmer'a Alternatif Oluşturuyor‘We need a different path’: Andy Burnham vows to put energy and water under public control
Greater Manchester mayor says programme of renationalisation would be key policy if he succeeds Keir Starmer as PM Andy Burnham has suggested that a programme of mass renationalisation would be at the centre of his policy platform if he succeeds Keir Starmer as prime minister. The Greater Manchester mayor is seeking a return to Westminster via a byelection in Makerfield. He has been widely expected to challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership if elected and is seen as the favoured candidate of the party’s soft left. Continue reading...
‘We need a different path’: Andy Burnham vows to put energy and water under public control