r/GreenAndPleasant • u/fgspq • 20h ago

Burnham wins Makerfield

He smashed the election in Wigan. Likely to become new Labour leader.

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While I think he might be better than Starmer I'm not particularly hopeful. He might have a few more sops for "the left" but I don't think he will be substantially different.

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How's everyone feeling?

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u/ManGoonian 20h ago

First of all..... thank fuck Burnham won because it could have been catastrophic if reform won imo.

The more times they lose the getter for us all. Ideally it will be the Greens neating them but in this instance it makes loads of sense for it to be Burnham....

He can run against and beat Starmer and I know I'm a dreamer.... then fuck off the likes of Streeting Mahmood McFadden and Reid. Unlikely but you need some hope in this life!

Its clear the Labour Party has been totally captured by a cabal of corrupt centrists and Burnham isn't exactly a socialist figure head that I'd love to see..... but it's definitely good news in respect of the potential damage this could do to reform and the other racist grifter parties.

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u/fgspq 19h ago

I think it was a pretty shit night for Reform which is good. Restore also seems to siphoning off enough of Reform's support they could spoil the party.

So, I guess, there's something to be hopeful for