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I'd be in favour of them having to call a GE inside six months. As much as 'we don't vote for a PM', most people couldn't pick their local MP out of a lineup of two and the vast majority are voting to put their guy into number 10. Six months. I said that when the Tories were playing musical chairs and I hold to it now. I'm already seeing reports in the press about how things are improving. Gradually yes, but improving none the less. Starmer (for all his faults) has laid the groundwork for future success and I hope Burnham can continue that trend. It just seems a little silly that we waiting 15 year to get back into power, and then within 23 months we decided to ditch the guy who got us there because the media decided they needed to brew up this entire scenario.

I think one simple change that would have stopped the latest Labour psycho-drama is to put in place a rule that if you change PM you immediately call a general election. I reckon a lot of MPs would be a lot less keen on regime change if they had to put their own seat at risk. Yes, there are times when your PM is so disastrous, so corrupt, so unfit to serve that you simply have to get them out immediately, but chopping and changing just because they are down in the polls is fucking stupid. Especially when (in Burnham's case) you have a desire for power and see this as a quick route to get to the top. On Starmer, I think he is honest and competent, which are (for me) the two most important characteristics in a PM. I don't want a charismatic, exciting PM in the same way I don't want an exciting pilot when flying to the US. I want the flight to be as boring as possible, not some showman who chucks in the occasional barrel roll for funsies. The UK was clearly steadily improving on his watch. Economy was growing despite Trump's best efforts, NHS waiting lists were going down, immigration (if you happen to have replaced your entire personality with "genuine concern" over small boats) has dropped massively, and all the Tories could say in response was "We would have made all these numbers bigger/smaller." despite 14 years of evidence to the contrary. I reckon if Starmer had been left to serve out his term, we'd be in pretty good shape and looking at a return to a (probably slightly smaller) Labour majority in the next GE. As it is, Burnham will have maybe a month's grace before everyone is asking Magic Andy where their sunlit uplands are.

Season 5 already in production, meanwhile The Terminal List still working on World Cup schedule lol. This looks really cool too.