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Liz Webster: Labour is not going to win again...

🔴 ✅ “Labour is not going to win again by out-Reforming Reform or out-Greening the Greens. Labour has to have its own agenda.” @campbellclaret is right. Chasing Nigel Farage only keeps the debate on his territory. Labour has to define its own vision for Britain’s future. That means restoring economic growth, rebuilding Britain’s confidence and strengthening our security. 🔥 Brexit has weakened all three. The answer isn’t to refight 2016, wr must build a new relationship with Europe based on security, resilience and shared prosperity. Defence. Energy. Food. Supply chains. AI. Trade. Food security is national security. Britain needs a government prepared to say that cooperation with our European neighbours is common sense/survival strategy in a far more dangerous world. The UK needs a credible plan to make Britain stronger again.

Alex Wickham: Andy Burnham says he’ll make it harder...

NEW: Andy Burnham says he’ll make it harder to claim benefits, vowing to “get really serious” about cutting the welfare bill and setting up a clash with Labour MPs “It's about changing the nature of the support and making some of the support conditional upon people taking opportunities that are presented in front of them,” he tells @BBCLauraK “Let me just say something more though about what you're driving at, which is the welfare bill. I think we've got to get really serious as a country at getting the welfare bill down” There are no details yet on how he intends to do it but it will be a major challenge Keir Starmer’s efforts to reduce the welfare bill by just £5 billion sparked a huge rebellion from Labour MPs - organised by Burnham supporters including Louise Haigh - from which he never recovered

Alex Wickham: Andy Burnham declines twice...

NEW: Andy Burnham declines twice to say he can trust Donald Trump Asked by @BBCLauraK he says only that he’s had one “warm” phone call with him. Asked a second time he says “it’s a changing world” It’s the first evidence of how Burnham will handle the US relationship. The diplomatic answer Keir Starmer used to give was that he did trust Trump Burnham also declines to commit to spending 3% of GDP on defence despite John Healey saying failing to do so leaves the country unsafe. That position surely cannot hold if Healey is to remain in post He says there won’t be an “early” election but doesn’t rule out calling one before 2029
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