BodilEven if nothing else happens and Starmer clings stubbornly on for another three years, Wes Streeting and Jess Phillips out of government is, frankly, already an improvement. Assuming he doesn't somehow slither through a leadership election and into No 10, of course.
The drama deepens on the Real Housewives of Westminster: an MP has now stepped down in order to allow the King in the North to ride down to London to save the Labour Party. The constituency in question is Makerfield, which is currently polling nearly 50% Reform, so there's an interesting choice for you. Presumably the idea is that since it's in Greater Manchester, Burnham will wiggle his sceptre and breeze through anyway. Or they might be hoping Farage in his inscrutable wisdom will try to run Matt Goodwin again.
Meanwhile, Wes Streeting, the former Health Secretary and MP for Palantir, has apparently decided not to press his advantage and call for a leadership challenge before Burnham has time to ride down there. It might be that he just saw the poll indicating that if he and Starmer were the only candidates, Starmer would win. That's how much everyone loves Wesley.
No other challengers have so far appeared. While Angela Rayner has just had her tax scandal resolved in her favour, it seems unlikely that she's interested in challenging Burnham.
And what the Lord of Chaos plans, only the Lord of Chaos knows.
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