Calls for Burnham to Quit

After a disastrous first 14 minutes as Prime Minister (Designate) voices within the Labour Party are beginning to say that it may be time for Andy Burnham to go.

The last quarter (of an hour), in which very little actual change has been perceived in the country, has seen his poll ratings flatline, and the sense that 'Britain is broken' lingers with the electorate.

In all this time as leader (designate) he has only made two public statements, and none of these have addressed the fundamental problems in the country, problems which are fundamentally part of the everyday lives of the fundamental voters.

Unless Burham can reverse this swing against him, he faces an increasingly uphill battle to rally MPs and win over public opinion.

Several names have been mentioned as successors, but as yet no clear favourite has emerged, largely because they are all very poor choices. Each potential candidate has their own obvious personal and professional flaws. So any of them could end up as PM.

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Ring bemoans lack of hats being thrown into it

A Westminster based ring has complained about the severe lack of hats being thrown into it, it has been confirmed. 

Ringo Tsar, 35, a 24-inch diameter composite metal ring with silver plating cut a dejected figure outside 10 Downing Street this afternoon, as it became increasingly clear that there were unlikely to be a procession of head-covering objects being thrust in his general direction.

'Times have never been as tough in this game as they are now', noted Tsar sadly. 'When a PM resigns there's usually plenty of hats being thrown in. When Johnson left, there were more hats than you could throw a shitty stick at. Same with Theresa May - it was like that scene in The Thomas Crowne Affair where there are hundreds of Pierce Brosnan's wandering around an art gallery in black bowler hats.'

'Even in 2008, when Tony Blair resigned and Gordon Brown was nailed on more than Jesus on Good Friday, John McDonnell took off his Che Guevara style beret and tossed it into me to generate a bit of a leadership contest', continued Ringo. 

'Not this time, seemingly. Keir Starmer steps down, and its just Andy Burnham, sombrely placing his slightly left of centre, man of the people cap in, and everyone else bloody well steps aside.' 

'To be honest, I might throw my own hat out of myself, or would I throw myself off of any hats I have inside me, I don't know. Anyway, I resign', concluded the ring confusedly. '

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UK ready for next Village Idiot

As Keir Starmer prepares to resign, the nation eagerly awaits the next numbskull to be outsmarted by a stapler. Said one voter, ‘It’s like waiting for Christmas, where all your parcels conceal a shiny turd. Will be it be Wes Streeting, will it be Andy Burnham, who knows, who cares, whoever it is will be will treat the welfare of the nation like optional side quests.’

The new PM will need to harness Starmer’s electrifying energy of a man trying to push a pull door for three full minutes. ‘We needed bold ideas, so no doubt we’ll get someone who is confused by their own reflection, thinks salad goes in the microwave and acts like Benjamin Netanyahu is a kindly old man.

‘The UK expects the new incumbent to have the strategic foresight of a dropped croissant. The reliability, of someone who loses their keys while holding them. And the calm authority of a man discovering a wasp in his shoe. So, basically, another Keir Starmer.

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