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Joined November 2011
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theguardian.com/world/2026/o… #Burnham #AndyBurnham "A relatively modest affair?"

Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget?

In today’s newsletter: First Edition readers and people struggling with the cost of living tell us what the government could do to improve their lives

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theguardian.com/commentisfre… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Healey #Labour #BOE #ECB #FED #WorldBank #IMF #banks #banking #greed #NoKings #StopOligarchy #FightOligarchy #Westminster Stop borrowing from commercial banks at for-profit rates Instead compel HNWI to lend to government at 1%

My advice for Burnham’s first budget? Hit the banks – and hit them hard | Polly Toynbee

Bankers have barely begun to repay the billions they cost the country after 2008. In this PM they may have met their match, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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newstatesman.com/politics/uk… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Brexit #RejoinEU if they dissolve the clause in the Lisbon Treaty that centeralised decision making in the European Commission #EUCO should be the only forum for #European cooperation

PMQs: Andy Burnham can't dodge Brexit questions

The PM has made no secret of the fact he thinks the UK's Brexit deal isn't good enough

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The Global Spring retweeted
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #Healey #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Labour is favouring the bond market?

Andy Burnham Tests Labour Loyalty With Budget Built for Bond Market

Next week, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey must deliver what his predecessor, Rachel Reeves, couldn’t: A budget that keeps both the bond market and the governing Labour Party happy.

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theguardian.com/commentisfre… #AndyBurnham #Burnham #Labour #Makerfield #Plaid #SNP #SinnFein #Cornwall #Yorkshire #England #Scotland #Ireland #Wales "Domination of British politics by conservative economics is coming to an end?" It should. As fast as possible

Despite what the UK right will tell you, appeasing bond markets has actually led to instability |...

Austerity has benefitted bond traders but impoverished UK society and led to the rise of populism. Is it right that we carry on adhering to their interests, asks Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Faure #EELV #Lecornu #France #Healey #ECB #BOE #FED #Luxembourg #Switzerland #Brexit #RejoinEU #banks #banking #debt #Wallstreet #FightOligarchy #NoKings Stop taxing people Compel the high-net-worth to lend to government at 1%

France’s Fiscal Mess Has Only One True Solution

France’s crisis keeps getting more extreme, spilling over the weekend into broader protests that precipitated hundreds of millions of euros in damage and nearly 2,400 arrests. The country’s leaders...

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The Global Spring retweeted
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bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Debt #IMF #WorldBank #ECB #BOE #Healey #Faure #EELV "No room to maneuver" with the French financial crisis and unrest on the streets Compel high-net-worth people to lend to governments at 1%

A French Accident Waiting to Happen

By certain numbers, France’s finances don’t look so bad. In euro-zone reality, there’s no room to maneuver.

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The Global Spring retweeted
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reuters.com/world/european-g… #Faure #EELV #France #Melenchon #Macron #démocratie #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EU #EUCO #Costa #NATO #OTAN #NAVO #Rutte L’heure est venue Décentraliser la fédération française pour en faire une confédération de régions pleinement souveraines

Governments warn citizens over security in France after riots

Governments in Europe and Asia, including China, on Monday advised citizens travelling to France to avoid large crowds and exercise caution, ​warning of a deterioration in security conditions after...

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The Global Spring retweeted
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nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opini… #FightOligarchy #NoKings #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EELV #Faure #Melenchon A new social contract #Democracy rather than #oligarchy

Opinion | France Comes Unglued, Again

A model for progressive policies has become a model for their flaws.

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The Global Spring retweeted
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cnn.com/2026/10/20/economy/f… #NoKings #FightOligarchy #G20 #G7 #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EndLondonrule #Brexit #RejoinEU A new egalitarian order to spread across the world?

France’s crisis sounds familiar. Is America next? | CNN Business

France is on fire, and it faces a political and an economic reckoning that feels dangerously familiar to Americans.

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The Global Spring retweeted
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nytimes.com/video/world/euro… #EFA #Faure #Melenchon #EELV #Paris #France #Macron #Lecornu #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EUCO #Costa #EuropeanParliament C’est le moment de décentraliser le pouvoir et la richesse Vive la révolution

Video: France to Extend Curfews After Largest Riots in Years

France’s prime minister said partial curfews in several cities across the country would be extended, as the government tried to reassert control after the largest riots in years.

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walesonline.co.uk/news/polit… #Lab21 #Labour #Burnham #KeirStarmer #IndyWales #Plaid #RachelReeves #FreeTheNorth #AndyBurnham #Indyref2 #Northumbria #SNP "Rebuild the #UK so we're together by consent Mutual respect, proper participation, radical re-direction of power to local places"

Drakeford slams says UK Government is 'incompetent to its core'

Wales' First Minister didn't hold back in his conference speech

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#Burnham #AndyBurnham
YesCymru
@YesCymruOct 20
Be the generation that leads Wales to independence! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Join YesCymru 👉 yes.cymru/join #Annibyniaeth #IndyWales
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk/… #IStandWithManchester #NorthernRepublicNow "#Burnham stood up for #Manchester but he spoke for #Britain The state displays such coercive power - leaving the north to engage in our own version of The Hunger Games, where only the wealthiest will survive"

Furious MPs in Greater Manchester slam 'insulting' financial package

‘Never since the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 has the state displayed such coercive power over the people of Manchester’

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irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/… #FreeTheNorth #Northumbria #Burnham #Manchester #Yorkshire #Cumbria #Mercia #Lancashire #Newcastle #Leicester #Birmingham #Think32 #Stormont #IndyWales #Senedd #Holyrood #Indyref2 #England #Labour "Great Britain: A polity on its way out" #EndLondonRule

Fintan O’Toole: Both Queen Elizabeth and Boris Johnson embody a polity on its way out

Fintan O’Toole: Britain is now living in The Long Goodbye

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 25
politico.eu/article/andy-bur… #Brexit #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanParliament #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Streeting #Falconer #RejoinEU if they rescind the clause in the Lisbon Treaty that centralises decision making in the European Commission

Burnham open to return of free movement between UK and EU

The U.K. prime minister said he wants an “honest discussion” about migration within Europe.

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theguardian.com/business/202… #Labour #LibDems #Burnham #Corbyn #KeirStarmer #LisaNandy #AngelaRayner #FreeTheNorth #wellbeing #permaculture #coops @CoopParty #Resilience? Local production of basic goods, by worker-owners

Leavers’ pride may not endure as Britain’s poverty rises

The emotional three-word catchphrase ‘get Brexit done’ has been replaced by a new one: ‘supply chain issues’

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#Burnham #AndyBurnham #AUOB #SNP
All Under One Banner@AUOBNOWOct 19
#EndLondonRule #ScottishIndependence #AllUnderOneBanner #UnitedForIndependence
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ft.com/content/8ca4994b-375f… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EndLondonRule #AbolishTheMonarchy #London #Labour "Extending devolution to Middle #England faces significant hurdles due to a lack of institutional capacity and financial autonomy" Create it

Burnham’s Middle England challenge on devolution

A boost for town centres and cities against the suburbs could come back to bite him

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#Burnham #AndyBurnham
Olivier Faure
@faureolivierOct 24
Ce n’est pas une manifestation, c’est une marée humaine. Les changements de parcours n’y auront rien changé. D’Orleans à Paris la mobilisation est massive ! Elle dit à la fois la colère et la joie d’un peuple qui porte dans ses gènes la volonté de vivre ensemble. Loin de tous ceux qui voudraient nous séparer. Merci aux lycéennes et aux lycéens d’avoir rappelé cela. #YoungPeopleAreTalking.
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