Keir Starmer may have killed off the chief threat to his crown by blocking the popular Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham¡¯s return to Parliament, but the vacancy as chief pretender was immediately filled.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting now has a few months to show he¡¯d make a better British prime minister than Starmer. It¡¯s far from certain that he would.
Psychologically, many Labour lawmakers can¡¯t yet come to terms with Burnham¡¯s political execution. They look at opinion polls suggesting he was the one party figure with a hope of turning around their fortunes and chafe at Starmer¡¯s leaden leadership and dismal ratings. Fifty wrote to Labour¡¯s politburo, the National Executive Committee, urging it to reverse its rejection of Burnham¡¯s candidacy for the once safe seat of Gorton and Denton.
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