frozen snapshot — 2026-08-11 · see today →

What's on Keir Starmer's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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his successor's honeymoon ending 27% the verdict on his record 18% no early election to reset it all 15% · newthe goodbye still being filed abroad 11% · neweverything else 29%

Burnham's Growth Plan Is Missing, and Everyone Has Noticed

The Times says he lacks serious economic advisers; Ashcroft's focus groups ask whether he has a plan at all.

Opinion | Britain’s ‘Silly Season’ Is Deadly Serious

WSJ · 2026-08-10

our translation

he keeps insisting he's moved on, but every 'burnham has no plan' headline is a quiet argument that the last guy did

Times and Ashcroft both pile onvery sure · 4 sources

'A Shameful Legacy': The Obituaries Keep Coming

Two fresh legacy verdicts filed todaypretty sure · 2 sources

The Snap Election He Never Called Is Now Burnham's Problem

new — Telegraph and Ashcroft both raise itpretty sure · 2 sources

Foreign Desks Are Still Writing The Starmer Exit

new — Outside desks still explaining the handoverpretty sure · 2 sources

tuesday, august 11

Read the Ashcroft focus groups, claim not to have(reported)

Draft a legacy rebuttal and send it to nobody(safe bet)

Check whether FIFA has actually called about that super sub job(reported)

Watch one clip of Burnham's cost-of-living tour, wince(reported)

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

The source

Whose side is Andy Burnham on, does he have a plan, what will happen to taxes, and do we need an election?

news.google.com · 2026-08-11

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