May all be pure speculation of course, but a recent interview with the New Statesman seems to indicate that Andy Burnham may yet not rule out another bid for the Labour Party leadership. Certainly, he sees the failings of Al's favourite Son of a Toolmaker and drops hints about being interested in working with others -and not necessarily just those within the Labour Party itself-to try and get the country back on track.

I dislike too much of what both Bad Enoch and Nige stand for and- whilst I still believe that he tries to do the right thing- Starmer consistently fails to listen to others and "read the room" and too often fails to properly think through policies. The analogy of a blind man surrounded by garden rakes just waiting to get hit in the face by one after another seems an apt one to me. Certainly he is no leader. From what I know of Burnham, he would be a far better choice and likely a popular one for many disillusioned centre-left voters. Quite how this would work out even if he was interested is another matter entirely but could be another option?