George Eaton

The hurdles in Andy Burnham’s way Unlike Boris Johnson in 2014, the mayor’s path to No 10 is fraught with obstacles

From my piece on Friday: “Members of Labour’s ruling NEC say that there is no prospect of Burnham being approved to stand.” www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Labour NEC sources say they have barred Andy Burnham from seeking selection in Gorton and Denton.

Interviewing Wes Streeting at Fabian Society conference today where he denounced “disgraceful” briefings against Andy Burnham. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Miliband ally tells me: “Ed wants the party to unite under Keir’s leadership and believes that bringing our best talents onto the pitch can help achieve that.”

Ed Miliband tells the Fabian Society conference: “I very much hope the local party will have the option of selecting Andy Burnham as the candidate”.

Sadiq Khan calls for progressives to “fight back and champion the benefits of legal migration” in Fabian conference speech.

He warns of the “construction sector grinding to a halt, care homes left understaffed, our universities badly hit, and even greater challenges for the national finances”.

The right’s Trump curse strikes again: Canada, Australia and now Denmark.

Rather than exporting the revolution he’s aiding centre-left incumbents.

The hurdles in Andy Burnham’s way Unlike Boris Johnson in 2014, the mayor’s path to No 10 is fraught with obstacles

The hurdles in Andy Burnham’s way

Unlike Boris Johnson in 2014, the mayor’s path to No 10 is fraught with challenges

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The British right’s Trump problem For conservatives, the president is an electoral albatross

The British right's Trump problem: why he's an electoral albatross rather than an asset. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

The British right’s Trump problem

For conservatives, the president is an electoral albatross

Today's Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...

The British right’s Trump problem For conservatives, the president is an electoral albatross

The British right's Trump problem: why he's an electoral albatross rather than an asset. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer The Canadian leader has articulated the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own

Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer – his Davos speech outlined the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Carney has found his home. He hated being confined to speak about monetary policy + financial stability as a central banker + took every opportunity he could to stray into grander, political things. Now talking grand, political things is his job and he is not passing up the opportunity to do it.

Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer The Canadian leader has articulated the progressive realist doctrine that should be Starmer’s own

Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer

Today's Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social

This from Carney is a version of the “progressive realism” that David Lammy and his adviser Ben Judah championed at the Foreign Office but that Starmer never embraced as his own. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Ha, thanks, but I'm not Paul Wells!

Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer The Canadian leader has articulated the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own

Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer – his Davos speech outlined the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

The Carney doctrine Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”

As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

What should we do less of? The question that, in so many different contexts, we all like to duck. All the more so if the answer gets anywhere near private consumption.

The Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer Donald Trump’s threats have given the Prime Minister a chance to reset his government

Why the Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer: pursue a far more ambitious reset with Europe + remake fiscal policy for a new era of self-reliance. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Canada PM hails strategic partnership with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’ Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from US

Carney's embrace of China is a big geopolitical moment and where Europe will end up by default if US aggression persists. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Really good. A highlight:

Milei turns to Falklands as Argentina’s troubles mount Argentina’s Milei has revived the Falklands claim at the UN. With London distracted and his economy in crisis, he’s gambling on weakness.

He's getting more interested ukdefencejournal.org.uk/milei-turns-...

An underexplored question is what Trump and Milei’s partnership and the “Donroe Doctrine” could mean for the Falklands.

The Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer Donald Trump’s threats have given the Prime Minister a chance to reset his government

The Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer. Trump’s threats have given the Prime Minister a chance to embrace a new direction on Europe and fiscal policy.

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The Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer Donald Trump’s threats have given the Prime Minister a chance to reset his government

Why the Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer: pursue a far more ambitious reset with Europe + remake fiscal policy for a new era of self-reliance. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion – European Council on Foreign Relations Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relati

[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them.

To cite some examples:

- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence

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Starmer’s most unambiguous criticism of Trump: “Applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is completely wrong.”

Worth noting that the EU’s reluctant tariff concessions to the US, agreed between VdL and Trump at Turnberry, haven’t yet been approved by the European Parliament.

There’s no realistic prospect of the US deal going through now.

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Afraid so. www.facebook.com/reel/9000611...