Meet the woke warrior heading for Downing Street ^85.7%

spiked - By Malcolm Clark - 7/5/2026, 5:00 PM

Negativity Bias 84.2% - Biased Writer Voice 71.4% - Politically Right Leaning Bias 35.2%

The news that Andy Burnham has appointed James Purnell as his chief of staff has been greeted with horror by the likes of Owen Jones and Zack Polanski. This is usually a good sign. Purnell’s past as a Blairite minister, pro-market stance and failure to despise Israel cast doubt, for them, on Burnham’s claim to be radical. Others might... more