Claire McNabAndy #Burnham has chosen his #Blairite former colleague #James Purnell as his chief of staff. 🤮
No surprise that the Blairism is winning out over his #Manchesterism. But still, 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Chris Brooking@2legged I don't know how much of a Chief of Staff's role is influential and how much just functional. I'm hoping that the appointment is just a token appointment, and not an indication that Burnham has become centrist establishment.
@chris108 Its very v influential.
The Chief of Staff does policy oversight. personnel management, control of access to the PM.
@2legged Oh, that doesn't sound good.