The more I’ve learned about Andy Burnham since the Labour leadership struggle kicked off, the less positive I’ve felt about swapping Starmer for him; it sounds as if he’s just more of the same. Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband are the only serious prospects I’d have much time for, but if Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election tomorrow (not a foregone conclusion) I expect he’ll be unstoppable. As for Tony Blair’s intervention a few weeks ago, it shouldn’t have been a surprise from the man who followed Bush into Iraq, but you live in hope—as in, hoping he’d just keep it to himself. Anyone advocating against net zero in 2026 is the enemy, full stop. And enough of these government interventions to prop up home use of fossil fuels in response to Trump’s war: waiving taxes at the pump, delaying sanctions on Russia. This isn’t business as usual, and we shouldn’t be acting as if it is; Trump has created the conditions to push us away from fossil fuels, and we have to seize the moment. (And I…
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