"Forget the last two years or so. That's just been a false start. We're starting again with a blank slate. You know Keir has been a bit rubbish, I know Keir has been a bit rubbish. The only person who doesn't know he's been rubbish is Keir. But trust me. He will be gone by the end of the summer. What else can Starmer do? The reality is that the only reason Burnham is standing in the byelection is because he wants Starmer to go."
The piece questions whether politics has become detached from reality, using a surreal “through the looking-glass” framing. It describes Keir Starmer returning to Labour HQ after a weekend at Chequers and giving a demotivational-style speech while promising full support for the Labour candidate in the Makerfield byelection to beat Reform. It claims local election canvassing repeatedly found voters who said they would not vote Labour again under Starmer, expressing distrust and visceral dislike. It then imagines Starmer campaigning for Burnham while voters vote Labour to get rid of Starmer, portraying the strategy as a “blank slate” and suggesting Starmer will be gone by the end of the summer. It asserts Burnham’s candidacy exists mainly to force Starmer out.
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