Miliband eyes a top job in Team Burnham. Just don’t mention the North Sea

politico ^ | June 21 | By Charlie Cooper

[RandFan]

Britain may — very likely — soon have a new government under Andy Burnham. Amid the swirl of senior Labour figures vying for a place at the top table, one name keeps coming up: Ed Miliband.

The energy secretary, who led the Labour party himself between 2010 and 2015 — when he was rejected by voters at the ballot box — is regarded by many MPs, as well as by bookmakers, as the frontrunner to be Burnham’s chancellor.

The two men are longstanding political allies and have been in regular contact in recent weeks, including one-to-one phone calls about policy during the Makerfield by-election campaign, according to three Burnham allies.

In response to reports that he could quit if besieged Prime Minister Keir Starmer does not signal his willingness to stand aside for Burnham, a spokesperson for Miliband told POLITICO he has “no plans to resign.”

But the energy secretary is influential among Labour backbenchers and members. Once regarded as a close ally of Starmer, who has placed significant faith in his net zero agenda, Miliband’s moves over the coming days could seal his leader’s fate.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: andyburnham; edmiliband; primeminister

[RandFan]

Oh dear. 'Red' Ed is the architect of Net zero, restrictions on North Sea oil and gas among other things.

He'd be terrible but it looks like some sort of promotion.

I can't believe he would get the chancellor job that would repulse many of their own MPs and supporters never mind the opposition .

[bray]

Communist have no reason to run other than promoting lies to make lives miserable. The CO2 fraud was the largest in history.

[joshua c]

burnham is just another collectivism who is better at messaging