An angry, threatening racist confronted @AndyBurnhamGM recently on his rounds in Makerfield and the video was posted on Twitter by a bigot with 213K+ followers. It's had 655K views in 21 hours.
Something people
aren't talking about is that, regardless of who wins in Makerfield, Burnham's
ambition to get into Number 10 has given a huge platform to the racists and
bigots. If @joshsimonsmp
had stayed in Makerfield & Burnham had stayed in Greater Manchester, the
bigots wouldn't have had the platform they have now in Makerfield and will have
in Manchester if Burnham wins, forcing a mayoral by-election. They're stronger
now, whatever the Makerfield result.
It's a no-win
situation. If Burnham loses, Makerfield will go to Reform. If he wins, Greater
Manchester will have to go through a mayoral by-election with massive Reform
investment, & huge empowering of the racists & bigots. Reform would
probably win. Any good work Burnham has done would be shredded. He'd have to
kiss his legacy goodbye. And so would Manchester.
He'd be unpopular in Westminster and would have divided Labour even more, making it vulnerable to Opposition parties, especially Reform. We could soon end up with an unelectable Labour Party again, and Farage as PM.
Internationally,
Burnham would flounder. EU leaders and Zelensky would be distraught at losing
such a strong ally in @Keir_Starmer,
and his integrity, statesmanship and strategic skills would be missed
enormously. All the good work he's done and is doing would be badly eroded.
Ukraine would really suffer. Putin could gain the upper hand again.
And for what? I can't even see any upside for Andy Burnham.
He should have seen this coming. Should have gone to Specsavers.
