The Original People's Forum: Hope springs eternal

...and the hammering of Reform / Restore Britain combined in a battleground constituency they'd see as having moved into their column (notwithstanding all the hype around the by-election and who they faced) will have given many who feared a wipeout fresh hope.

IMO there shouldn't be a coronation there should be a debate and the party should be dragged back from the right wing of politics to the left of centre where it belongs and for the next few years start pulling levers again for its traditional base. With a bit of luck in the global economy and the right redistributive measures taken domestically the cost of living crisis might ease and the knuckle dragger's lead in the polls overcome.

Burnham will leave a lot of people unhappy though if he's turning to economists who'll advise him to govern with one eye on the markets. He's said he wouldn't in the recent past so it's time for him to deliver on that.

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in terms of their own seats

And then there are a load of Red wave Labour MPs in longstanding Tory seats in the home counties who are probably done for whoever is leader.

Burnham wanting to refocus the government on neglected areas of the North isn't going to be popular with MPs or voters in the South (even though it is long overdue)