Politics
Nobody Voted for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham.
The British political system is flawed. The people, represented by their MP’s in parliament, voted for Sir Kier Starmer. They didn’t vote for Andy Burnham to be their Prime Minister.
This comes after the Tory party cycled through multiple Prime Ministers in their term in office - Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak. Now Labour have switched out Starmer to try to save their brand. This is unacceptable.
It serves as a sign of political instability. The UK, historically a secure two party system, now has several parties dividing votes - Lib Dems, Greens, Reform, Labour, Tories, and Restore. This makes it harder for any government to make decisions if it cannot get a majority, which makes it harder to govern. The next government may likely be a coalition.
What is causing this demise? It is hard to say. Most probably, it is the innate character of the British people, combined with establishment dominance of the media. Labour and the Tories have tried to govern a country that no longer exists, using old fashioned ideas, whilst America and China have zoomed ahead. Rapid and massive demographic changes have also altered politics, and we now have an explicitly Muslim block, who are voting either for Labour or Greens or for Independent MP’s.
The occurrence of independent MP’s, voted for on religious lines, is, frankly, unacceptable. The British Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, are quite literally laid out in the form of a chapel, each aisle representing where choristers would normally sit. It is based on the earlier St Stephen’s chapel. And the foundation of all of our law is Christian morality and the teachings of the Bible. Foreign theologies and foreign ethnicities do not belong in our country, nevermind our parliament.
This is a clear fracturing of two party dominance and this hails political instability. Burnham inherits a Labour majority, which would suggest, seeing as this is the last time Labour will ever have that kind of power, that they, or whoever controls Burnham, will use it. Burnham has said he will deliver “the biggest change in 40 years” which sounds nothing but ominous, considering that he is a Fabian. All of this under the fact that he has no legitimacy and no consent of the people.
But what has caused the fracturing of the two party system? Likely age. The Tory and Labour party were not made for modern Britain, but many loyal lifetime voters carry on voting, even whilst new parties arise. Also media dominance, the mainstream media is locked down on control of the opinions of the people. Another might be the abstraction of power and accountability from MP’s, making them unaccountable to their representatives and causing general discontent with governance. The other is the relative economic and geopolitical weakness of Britain, leaving the people to seek out other options. And the other is social media, pushing a disintegration of voter concerns, with the people voting explicitly on the lines of environmental policy or EU membership.
Ultimately, the fracturing in the two party system perhaps reflects a fracturing in Britain. The desperate attempt to usher in Burnham is sad, and given the radical Fabian philosophies of Burnham and the Labour front bench, they may go full authoritarian in their death throes, whilst they still can with a strong majority. This is concerning.
18th July, 2026