Andy Burnham picks fossil fuel lobbyist James Purnell as chief of staff. Just in case you thought energy policy might improve.
More of the same, then.
Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff
Submitted 5 weeks ago by mjr@infosec.pub to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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eleijeep@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
hellothere@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Again, Burnham does not - and has never - spoken for the left of the party. And I don’t mean the SCG, I mean any non-Blairite.
He’s a snake and always has been. If people think Starmer is bad, you’re gonna be spitting blood by Christmas.
mjr@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
SCG?
And I suspect many would still rank Blair’s government above any since, despite the Iraq scandal and it including Mandelson. Even now, some still listen to him, despite his funders.
I doubt anyone serious expects Burnham to be far left. Not even the tabloid headline writers believe what they’re writing.
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Neither the Guardian article, nor his Wikipedia entry mention any lobbying for fossil fuels. Do you have a source for this?
mjr@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
It literally says he was CEO of Flint Global. It’s known they’ve lobbied for BP, but they don’t declare who they work for.
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Well as someone who’s never heard of Flint Global, I think the fossil fuel link required supporting data.
Even still, having worked in the past for a company that did lobbying for many industries, one of which was fossils is still a ways from “fossil fuel lobbyist”. That sort of claim requires more direct evidence for me.
He is however the former chair of Friends of Israel though, so I think were on the same “fuck this guy” page.