Here's the new boss, same as the old boss.

"Meet James Purnell. Andy Burnham's chief of staff. He supported Iraq invasion; ex chair of Labour Friends of Israel; said that Winter Fuel Allowance and free bus passes should not be sacred; supported PFI, lie-detector tests for benefit claimants. Next?" -- Prem Sikka (on the former bird site)

#UKpol

@foxcj

#generalelection now..... looks like #burnham has caught a dose of Thatcherite Blairism #corruption

#ukgovernment is out of touch, selfish profiteering #establishment antiquated right wing hitlerism

@RichRARobi Momentum-backed Burnham, the authoritarian corporatocracy continuation candidate, with an improved, less robotic, style of speech?