🚨 The HuffPost UK weekend read on the week that made Keir Starmer's exit from N0.10 inevitable. 💥 How Andy Burnham is heading for a "coronation" if he wins in Makerfield. 💥 Burnham allies are already gathering MPs' nominations so he can move quickly to oust the PM. 💥 But a Burnham defeat could trigger a "Hunger Games" style leadership race, with Ed Miliband and Yvette Cooper among those in the frame. 💥 The Burnham campaign are focusing on the 16% of voters who have yet to make up their minds. 💥 But a former Starmer aide warns: "The bigger question is whether the Labour Party is a viable political vehicle if Andy Burnham can’t win Makerfield." huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/k…

Whitehall Departments Facing More Cuts To Fund Defence Cash Boost, says Lisa Nandy huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/m…

Funny how his concern about being scrutinised by the media coincided with revelations about the £5m he got from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire.

It is very odd that the leader of a party that's been ahead in the polls for nearly two years can't just say 'yes' when asked if he wants to be prime minister.

So not a title winning manager then

Can’t begin to think how excited my old man would have been today. Little throwback in his honour at a difficult time of year with Father’s Day coming up, his birthday along with the anniversary of his death Monday, here’s hoping for a #Scotland win to have plenty to smile about

Rachel Reeves is Keir Starmer’s greatest blind spot Me for @theipaper inews.co.uk/opinion/worked-n…

Reform UK Reinstate Councillor Who Said Nigerians 'Should Be Melted Down' huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/r…

An audience with Mark Viduka, on the terrace of his cafe in the Zagreb hills. On his enduring love for Leeds, fleeing Croatia, going awol at Celtic, fights, fall-outs, the World Cup and why, aged 50, he still doesn’t miss football at all. @TimesSport thetimes.com/article/9dcd8de…

Chris mason to Keir Starmer: "You will lead Labour into the next general election." Starmer: "Well that's what I want to do." He knows the game's up

A slightly different Commons People podcast this week. No @nicholson_kate1 so I interviewed former No10 communications director @James___Lyons on Burnham, Starmer and the future of the Labour Party. There's also a dispatch from Makerfield, where I spoke to Labour campaign bigwigs Louise Haigh and @anneliese_midge podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

'Who's Your Defence Spokesman?': Reform's Richard Tice Left Squirming By GB News Reporter huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/r…

Exclusive: Andy Burnham Heading For Labour Leadership 'Coronation', Says Former Starmer Aide huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/b…

Scotland kick off their World Cup against Haiti in the early hours of Sunday. But HuffPost UK can reveal that a row over visas for the Belarus national team nearly meant they never qualified for the tournament at all. Full story 👇 huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/v…

CHOOSE SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆 @ScotlandNT @LewisCapaldi

Bravo @christopherhope Absolutely skewers Richard Tice here on Reform UK's approach to defence. Great journalism.

SCOOP: Former No.10 aide James Lyons tells our Commons People podcast that despite what Starmer is saying now, he is unlikely to fight on if Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield. "The prime minister can survive, the question is ‘will he’, and I think if Andy Burnham is elected next Thursday, I don’t think he will. “I think there’s every chance that what we will see is a coronation and we will see a significant number of MPs nominating Andy in a way that makes it very difficult for the prime minister to fight on." huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/b…

Exclusive: Andy Burnham Heading For Labour Leadership 'Coronation', Says Former Starmer Aide huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/b…

Really really odd answer. Nigel Farage suggests in a couple of years there might be someone better to be PM. That’s quite possibly before the next election.