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It's third time lucky for Andy Burnham. This Is Why.

Cabinet minister, #Manchester mayor, ‘King of the North’ - #andyburnham has held plenty of positions during his political career. But the next will be by far the most significant.

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I'm not feeling lucky.
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THE FACT HE IS READING FROM A PRE DRAWN NARRATIVE,,,,,WHICH CLEARLY HE HAS NO IDEAR WHAT IT SAYS,,,PAGE AFTER PAGE ,,,,,,SHOULD TELL THE BRITISH PEOPLE ALL WE NEED TO NO ,,,,,,,THE FACT THAT TRUMP HAS NOW PUT OUT THE TRUE EVEDENCE ,,,,THAT THERE 2020 ELECTION WAS WITH OUT DOUT ,,,,,,,, STOLEN,,,,,,,,,AND SKY NEVER EVEN METIONS IT ,,,,,ALSO TELLS THE BRITISH PEOPLE ALL WE NEED TO NO ABOUT THEM,,,,,,,,,,,,THEY ARE BOUGHT ,,,OWNED,,,,, RUN ,,,BY GREED POWER ,,,AND NOT FOR THE PEOPLE,,,,,,TRUTH ,,,IS NOT A WORD SKY RUN ON ,,,JUST NARRATIVE ,,,,,,,NOT GOOD ,,,,,
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Time to TAX WEALTH NOT work.
Nothing short of ENDING the billionaires and Multimillionaires EVADING 100s of billions a year on their UK MADE PROFITS, physical assets(such as housing and land), and also END the £80bn benefits in the form of levies and subsidies each year!
Enough is ENOUGH!
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Oh goody! Another Tory in Labour clothing. That’ll be soooo different…
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@stav-t4v From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 1
HIs SLOGAN IS .BOATS BRING VOTES
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David Brent pm😅😅
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It's embarrassing to listen to Burnham - the hypocrisy leaks into every phrase. Surely we are not taken in!
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@pmajudge From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 1
WAFFLE WAFFLE ! FROM ALL P.M.'S HOT AIR ! ALL THEM CONTROLLED BY : THE FABIAN SOCIETY /CHATHAM HOUSE / ROTHSCHILDS /ROCKERFELLAS / JESUITS / VATICAN / E.U. / U.N. / W.H.O. / ALL TOP ELITES ! THE CRIPPLED COUNTRY BY " MAD" SOCIETY . FROM, THE U.K. (2026).
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Might be lucky for him but it's a catastrophic happening for the majority in this country. The man should do the honarable thing and call a general election before he becomes the very dis honarable Burnham.
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GIVE THE LAD A CHANCE !
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вiтаемо 🔥🙂
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Starmer should be FM.
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Can't see anything changing.. He will be more grounded though.
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Good luck 👍
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I'm no Labour fan, but I really do want him to do well, becasue if he does well we th3 country does well, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
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The guess is that taxes will go up and if he appoints Miliband chancellor the guy who's OBSESSED about net zero our energy bills will go up again despite being officially the highest energy in the world.
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Shocking if his first move is to give in to the oil lobby and open up new drilling licenses. This makes zero sense as this are private companies who will sell the oil to the highest overseas bidder
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The Windsor/Westminster regime is a joke.
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Another day and another day of farce in the British political system.
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DataDan 20 Jul 2026
Interesting analysis, but I'd love to see the actual polling data on his approval rating vs other Northern leaders to see if the "King of the North" label is backed by the numbers. What’s the current margin? Source please.
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June from Daily Junction Host 20 Jul 2026
Good morning, everyone. It’s interesting to see the focus on Andy Burnham's trajectory and that "King of the North" title. There is something quite hopeful about the idea of third time being the charm. Do you think he's the right person to lead the way forward?