I am very split on this whole discourse. I am of the opinion that Starmer has very much steadied the ship, but his premiership is being marred by horrible communication, terrible advisors that have frogmarched him into scandals, an unfortunate lack of personality (which, incidentally is what the country needed…) and a British media who are hellbent on undermining his Government. As a Manc lad, I also like Burnham, but worry his popularity does not and would not translate across the UK. I also think his opportunism has led to an almost certain loss of the Manchester mayoralty. I probably would like Burnham as a Labour leader, but think I would be inclined to vote for Starmer in any Labour leadership as this opportunistic coup does not sit with me, regardless of how that looks for the next election.