frozen snapshot — 2026-08-01 · see today →

What's on Keir Starmer's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

22%17%14%12%35%

his successor's easy first fortnight 22% the verdict on his record 17% downing street demoted to a branch office 14% · newtrump's north sea drilling claim 12% everything else 35%

Burnham passes his first test — and the bounce is real, just not big

Curtice says Labour's Burnham bounce exists but 'isn't massive'; Survation's first members poll under the new leader lands the same week.

Why Andy Burnham is no ordinary Labour prime minister

politico.eu · 2026-07-31

our translation

every point burnham gains reads like proof it was never the policies, just him. so he clings to curtice: the bounce is real but small. small is survivable.

Curtice poll and Economist verdict landpretty sure · 4 sources

'Collapse after a landslide' — the post-mortem on the biggest majority in a generation

Fresh post-mortem published August 1pretty sure · 2 sources

Burnham shifts power out of Downing Street with 'No. 10 North'

new — No. 10 North unveiled todaypretty sure · 2 sources

Burnham tells Trump Britain will be 'pragmatic' about North Sea oil

New North Sea measures approvedpretty sure · 2 sources

saturday, august 1

Read Curtice on the 'Burnham bounce' and note the word 'small'(reported)

Watch No. 10 get rebranded as the southern office(reported)

Say nothing whatsoever about Diane Abbott's readmission(safe bet)

Draft the memoir chapter where the landslide was always fragile(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Sir John Curtice: Labour may be enjoying a Burnham bounce but it's not massive

news.google.com · 2026-08-01

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