Carl Turner

He's charismatic.

So I could go on of the things where Andy Burnham has said one thing and now he's kind of in full-scale retreat as he, you know, he's become the MP for Makerfield and is the next Prime Minister.

That is the Member of Parliament, Carl Turner, an ally of Andy Burnham.

For all that we heard the bromides yesterday about we all owe Keir Starmer a great debt and we should be thankful to him, is this the authentic voice of what the Labour Party is thinking today?

It's time to move on.

Welcome to the Newsagents.

It's a really interesting question about whether Keir Starmer was the author of his own demise or it was the forces in the British media.

Personally, I think it's overdone.

Keir Starmer had agency.

I don't think the media barons exercised the same power as once they did.

But we're now in the position where Keir Starmer is dead.

And, you know, you talk about Westminster Hall.

It was in Westminster Hall where the Queen lay in state.

And, you know, when the Queen died, the Queen is dead.

Long live the King.

And we are seeing that in politics now, where long live the new King, Andy Burnham,

And that is why 200 MPs wanted to be part of that photograph, wanted to be in a position where they could say, oh, look, I'm loyal to you, Andy Burnham.

Will you give me a job?

That is politics as we see it today.

Now, there's a huge amount we still don't know about what Andy Burnham might do if and when he becomes prime minister.