Andy Burnham and his march on London

From regional Pro Consul to all-conquering Caesar – the rise and rise of Andy Burnham

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The self-proclaimed ‘King of the North’ marches (by train) to claim his Corona Triumphalis

“Andy Burnham crossed the Rubicon around Milton Keynes, emerging in Londinium as a suave Marketing Executive with an oversized bag of samples.

“Greeted by adoring hoards, he entered the Senate (Westminster Hall) to receive their unalloyed sycophancy, straining to ingratiate themselves in a mass-selfie.”

In Episode III of the Facts4EU Podcast Series 4, Graham asks what Andy Burnham will do when coronated, but particularly how he will find £28 billion to fund the defence of the realm.

If Mr Burnham is short of ideas, Graham proffers an imaginative “Three Bird” solution to the funding conundrum, but admits it won't get off the ground.

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The Facts4EU Sovereignty Podcasts - Season 4 Episode III

Andy Burnham and his march on London

From regional Pro Consul to all-conquering Caesar – the rise and rise of Andy Burnham
The self-proclaimed ‘King of the North’ marches (by train) to claim his Corona Triumphalis

A personal view by Graham Dale of Independence Facts4EU.Org

“The unopposed coronation of Andy Burnham is wrong, but not unconstitutional. Even if Burnham is not challenged for the leadership, he should reveal the policies on which he intends to govern the nation and on which he should be examined and challenged.

“The man who offered a job to Jeremy Corbyn and then served him in his Shadow Cabinet deserves an interrogation of his beliefs, opinions and motives.”

Graham's allusions to Burnham's rise from provincial Pro Consul to all mighty Caesar includes a warning: the Ides of March are but nine months hence.

Graham sees Burnham as a high-risk gamble by the Labour Party, keen to see off Reform UK in any upcoming general election, but to the rest of us he really is a “pig in a poke”.

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Reader Comments 5

1. Have You Wondered , Wednesday, July 01, 2026, 07:37:

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Perhaps the Makerfield and the wider electorate ought seriously focus on this very significant and fundamental point:
Does the fact that the Makerfield MP who resigned, despite being favoured and elected by the constituency, to allow Burnham a convenient expedient opportunity to become PM shines a spotlight on the betrayal of democracy and highlight the contemptuous attitude Burnham and Westminster has towards the electorate?
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2. Andy , Wednesday, July 01, 2026, 08:00:

His fall will be even more rapid.

3. Gazzablack , Wednesday, July 01, 2026, 08:41:

The EU spends about £100 million a year moving it's Parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg.
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Burnham wants to copy their example by moving himself, staff and support services between London and Manchester

4. Have You Wondered , Wednesday, July 01, 2026, 08:50:

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3. Gazzablack - Some Strasbourg gravy train satire.
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Meanwhile – V D Leyen & Guy Verhofstadt are motoring down to another session at the Strasbourg Circus Parliament in Verhoffers Aston Martin, swerving around all the trucks on the E411.
“GV – all these trucks !”
“Mmm! They belong to the EU. This is the 40 odd trucks allegedly on the road all the time to swop all the kit from Brussels to Strasbourg and 5000 bods allegedly, for the 1week meeting in four in Strasbourg - decreed to keep the French vanity project going. Minimum of €150million a year to do it apparently.”
“GV - just think - all that pollution. Andreason & Malmstrom must be seething, all that wasted EU taxpayers money.”
"The whistle blower Andreason? She caused a right stir in London Parliament with her book ‘Brussels Laid Bare’ even recorded in Hansard. Good job we had that Welsh EU Commissioner guy and his family to take her round the back of the Berlaymont bike sheds & sack her. Well – the commissioners have their uses – eh.”
“My – there’s a coincidence – look who’s in the second lane in the coach. It’s the Commissioners. They’re singing their chant. Quick VDL – record it on your two new phones . No - not the defence data phones, the two after the Covid data phones.
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The Plebs have voted us out the door.
We’re doomed politicians that’s for sure
But unlike them we’ll never be poor.
We’ll just step into the revolving door!
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Un-electable and appointed we will reign
We stepped aboard the EU gravy train
A week in Strasbourg each month you go
The password is – Mmm - Ahhhhh – Bisto!”
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5. Steve Atkinson , Thursday, July 02, 2026, 13:23:

How do they think the public are expected just to accept this Ex Mayor of Manchester, who leaves this position only for his expectant further climb, but from where , who and how.
No one voted for Andy, we are not that daft, whilst Mayor of Manchester Mr Burnham was the man pulling the strings at decision time,
When it came to the Racial Rape & Murder of mainly white British girls, by a majority Pakistani Muslim contingent, almost all of whom are close associates of each other, some in fact operating family units.
Mr Burnham thought it best to put a lid on this by not charging the rapists, but instead charging the victim and there family for having the gaul to complain,
Not a chance can this country afford a man of this character to hold any level of power.

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