Burnham's Green Threat Leaves His Own Side With A MASSIVE New Problem

Right, so Andy Burnham has threatened to stop working with the Greens, and Labour councillors are now being asked to risk the partnerships helping them run their own councils, all it seems, in the interests of the state of Israel as a result. In Sheffield, the Labour leader has already sent the ultimatum to their Green partners. Reject your party’s position on Zionism, or this arrangement ends.

It’s quite a thing to announce when you’ll still need somebody’s votes to get your agendas passed though isn’t it? But I guess next to the interests of Zionism, next to the interests of Israel, that’s secondary. Israel first, it’s like Starmer never left.

All of this obviously began with the Greens’ conference vote declaring Zionism racism. Burnham condemned it and ruled out partnership with the Greens while the policy remained. Then, the following day, Labour chair Bridget Phillipson took that position into local government. Local Greens must publicly reject the policy and urge their national leadership to reconsider, or Labour withdraws from any working arrangements with the Greens. Change your policy at our demands or else. Balls to the will of your members. Well, we know Labour says balls to theirs, but the Greens being member led, means the leadership cannot do that even if so inclined.

Now picture being a Labour councillor who spent weeks negotiating an agreement after the local elections. The Greens peeled away a metric ton of Labour’s seats. You’ve settled your disagreements, agreed priorities and started getting things done. Along comes your national party with a new condition, concerning a conference vote your local partners cannot reverse.

And yet if they refuse? You get to work out who’ll support the administration instead. Negotiations reopening at local level across the country all over again!