Unnamed allies of Andy Burnham have briefed journalists that he is thinking of cancelling spytech firm Palantir’s £330m contract with the NHS – only for other anonymous sources to roll back on the claim.
He hasn’t done anything controversial enough to warrant stepping down
I picture it as a cumulative effect. He’s stumbled enough that it has built up to him being expected to step down.
He was immediately off on the wrong footing when he came in and accepted a bunch of gifts while the country then (and still now) were struggling with cost of living. Then there was the U-turns, and the whole Mandelson thing was the straw that broke the camels back.
Not that it matters who comes in next as PM, it will still very much be the same decline the country has been experiencing.
I picture it as a cumulative effect. He’s stumbled enough that it has built up to him being expected to step down.
He was immediately off on the wrong footing when he came in and accepted a bunch of gifts while the country then (and still now) were struggling with cost of living. Then there was the U-turns, and the whole Mandelson thing was the straw that broke the camels back.
Not that it matters who comes in next as PM, it will still very much be the same decline the country has been experiencing.
The camel’s back was not broken, though. What happened was the media flogged a dead horse, and told everyone it was a camel.