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Andy Burnham accepts Labour leadership, vows return to party roots

2026-07-17 News & Politics
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Andy Burnham has accepted the UK Labour leadership in front of his peers, vowing to take the party back to its Labour roots. Mr Burnham was reluctant to make any cabinet announcements, saying those would come after he is officially made Prime Minister on Monday. “It will take us to a country where life is more affordable, and all peoples and places are lifted from where they are now,” Mr Burnham said.

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@BigBopper-zm1kf 2026-07-17

This should do the trick 😂😂😂 I've got a cunning plan. Have you now Balldrick

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@collydogznampach7118 2026-07-17

This man is not even a representative of the people.

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@ianashton1593 2026-07-17

The manoeuvring and backstabbing will start as soon as he announces his cabinet !

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@KIA-MIA-POW 2026-07-17

...morally bankrupt if he does not call an immediate general election . . .

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@craigdrew-ozi 2026-07-17

Just Starmer 2.0

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@robic97 2026-07-17

It's the same political party, only the person that talks to the media has changed, that person being the PM. The rotten core that made the decisions the Starmer presented to the people hasn't changed.

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@IM-ei5rb 2026-07-17

From bad to worse! Will he continue to prevent the Uk to use North Sea oil & gas reserves?

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@suepaterson8948 2026-07-17

Any Labor/ labour government is a total disaster .

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@MadDogSurvival 2026-07-17

Comrade even uses the same hairdresser as his previous tyrant dictator

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@RobTucker-Returns 2026-07-17

VOTE RESTORE to save England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💪

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