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Posted on 07/18/2026 9:29:21 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
As Andy Burnham prepares to become prime minister on Monday, his Conservative predecessors have lined up to give him their advice on succeeding in the job.
While Sir Keir Starmer has said he will not give his successor advice in public, other recent occupants of No 10 have been more forthcoming, stressing the pressures of time Mr Burnham will face.
Writing in The Sunday Times, Rishi Sunak urged Mr Burnham to “soak up every second” of his arrival in Downing Street, saying he regretted not allowing himself “a moment of reflection”.
But once inside, he added, it was “imperative” for a prime minister to “have a plan” for using their time most effectively, regularly engaging with MPs and driving “two or three” key priorities from No 10.
Mr Sunak said: “The constraints on your time mean it is vital you pick your priorities, and communicate them to Whitehall quickly while your stock is at its highest.”
Amid speculation about Mr Burnham’s Cabinet picks, Mr Sunak also stressed the importance of appointing the “most able” ministers to the jobs that most mattered to a prime minister’s priorities.
While attention has focused on whether Ed Miliband or Shabana Mahmood will be chancellor, the former prime minister said it was the choice of foreign secretary that would be the most important.
He said: “Burnham wants to spend less time on international affairs than his predecessor did, but this will begin to be possible only if he has a foreign secretary who is sufficiently well known and respected on the global stage to stand in for him.”
But he suggested that this would only go so far, urging Mr Burnham to secure one-on-one meetings with other world leaders given “the extent to which personal relationships influence international diplomacy”.
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Why would anyone listen to those two idiots?
It will get worst under this new fool
Listen to what they say and then do the exact opposite.
Hic!
Boris intentionally sabotaged Brexit.
The best advice those two idiots could give would to study everything they did and do the exact opposite.
Especially, Boris Johnson who was given a huge mandate by the public and blew it all in record time.
Please listen to Rishi Sunak. It will result in the biggest loss for Labour in the history of UK politics.
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