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So Andy Burnham is going to be PM

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Exnor said:
What will change if he wins ?
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Ideologically, I wouldn't say he's too different from Starmer but there are some differences so I would say him being a continuity is a real possibility.

He's spoken a lot about the economic imbalance of the North and control of utilities. These sound pretty vague to me tbh, he's commited to Rachel Reeves' economic rules which doesn't indicate a change in economic policy and he hasn't committed to re nationalisation. However, decent numbers of actual left wing MPs are backing him.

On the other hand, he does support greater devolution (not that surprising for a Metro Mayor) and PR. He does at least possess better communication skills than Starmer and hopefully better judgement skill.
 
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... Who?

And an observation: could it be that UK prime minister posts are more about popularity than anything else? Compared to other countries, that is.
 
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So Andy Burnham is going to be PM