It's interesting how the seismic nature of the past 3 weeks has been totally and utterly missed by the media. Or maybe that should be "missed" by the media.
As the dust settles, and reportage turns to history, the fact that someone has gone from citizen to PM in the space of a month - totally and utterly eclipsing anything nearly all other established democracies are capable of delivering[1] will be commented on.
Not only that, the person doing it has no connection to the political existence of the government he will be leading. No only did he have no part in the 2024 administration. He's been out of parliament since 2010. If you wanted to design someone who was capable, yet blessed with the political invulnerability of "not being there", you'd be hard pressed to find a better example. Any other contender would have been tainted with the Mandelson fallout. Not Burnham.
If the press want to throw any mud at Burnham, then it will have to be something he did in Manchester. And the biggest problem the press have here, is they have been peddling a message that Manchester doesn't matter for years. And if they didn't care about it, why should the rest of the country.
This premiership will be fascinating in future PM-ranking podcasts 😀
[1]Also blowing Farage and his "I will be PM in a few years" line into oblivion. You can imagine the conversations can't you ?
May 2026
Shadowy-cabal-of-fascist-backers: "So, Nigel, how is the plan to be PM going ?"
Nigel Farage : "As well as we planned, lads[2]. Come 2029 I'll be there. Just a few more £5,000,000."
SCOFB: "Why can't you do it quicker"
NF: "It's the system. You can't just rock up and be PM you know."
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July 2026
SCOFB: "You know you told us 'you can't just rock up and be PM' ?"
NF: I'm sorry I can't take your call right now. If you leave your name and number I'll get right back to you
[2]You know they will call themselves "lads"