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If Labour didn’t exist, would you invent it? Streeting, Rayner, Burnham – you need to tell us why

The party needs a leader who understands the difficulties facing ordinary people. I am yet to see anyone obviously equal to that challenge If this were a poker

May 15, 2026 2 min read The Guardian

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If Labour didn’t exist, would you invent it? Streeting, Rayner, Burnham – you need to tell us why

📰 Continuing coverage: Andy Burnham Labour Candidate

The party needs a leader who understands the difficulties facing ordinary people. I am yet to see anyone obviously equal to that challenge If this were a poker game, Thursday lunchtime was the point when players were finally forced to show their cards. Was Wes Streeting holding all the aces, as his people relentlessly claimed, or a pair of fours and a lot of empty bluster?

Did Andy Burnham even have any cards, if he couldn’t name an MP willing to surrender their seat for him? (At the 11th hour, Makerfield MP Josh Simons did the honours). Would Angela Rayner – late to the table, after scraping together £40,000 in accidentally underpaid stamp duty in order to play – scoop the jackpot by default?

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